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May 26, 2021 11:40:am
Summary Manila-listed First Gen last month signed a five-year deal with BW Gas for the charter of BW Paris for its LNG import terminal in the Philippines.
by: Shardul Sharma
Floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) BW Paris, which has been chartered by Manila-listed First Gen Corp, can serve as a regional hub that can facilitate LNG use in the Philippines an.
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Published May 26, 2021, 2:38 PM
FGP Corp., which is a subsidiary of Lopez-led First Gen Corporation, has inked a six-year US$308 million loan facility with four banks – the proceeds of which will primarily be allocated to refinance debts funneled to its 500-megawatt San Lorenzo gas fired power plant; while the rest will be earmarked for expansion projects.
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The lenders in the new loan deal are Bank of the Philippine Islands, BDO Unibank Inc., Philippine National Bank and foreign bank Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation – Singapore Branch.
“The proceeds from the initial drawdown on the loans will be primarily used to repay the amounts due on FGP’s existing debt of approximately US$164 million,” First Gen has stipulated in its disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange.
Published May 26, 2021, 2:51 PM
Uy-led firm Phoenix Petroleum Philippines Inc. has denied interest to buy the ‘banked gas’ of state-run Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) that shall be extracted from the Malampaya field.
It was no less than PNOC President and CEO Reuben S. Lista who indicated that Phoenix Petroleum is among the firms that has standing offer for the banked gas, but the oil firm said that “statement is unconfirmed.”
In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), Phoenix Petroleum further emphasized that “the company has no knowledge of any interest to purchase banked gas as of date of writing.”
Published May 25, 2021, 4:08 PM
Lopez-led First Gen Corporation confirmed that it remains very keen on buying the ‘banked gas’ that can still be extracted from the Malampaya field.
According to Jerome Cainglet, vice president of First Gen, “we have expressed our interest to purchase the banked gas for use of our gas-fired plants.”
He qualified that since the 2016 bidding set by the Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC), which is the government entity now owning the banked gas, First Gen continued “to be interested if PNOC will sell the banked gas.”
It was PNOC President and CEO Reuben S. Lista who indicated to Manila Bulletin that several parties still have standing offers to purchase the fuel – and he named First Gen, along with Phoenix Petroleum Philippines Inc. of businessman Dennis Uy and state-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) as the prospective takers.