A local company would soon start commercial operations of a green plant that produces ethanol for vehicle fuel or raw material for the manufacture of liquor, methane gas, electric power and organic fertilizer in Negros Occidental. The green project, dubbed as Roxol Methane Recovery Project, was unveiled by Engr. Ramon Picornell at the opening of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Ethanol’
Local firm to produce ethanol for vehicle fuel (9/06/2010)
Posted in Manila Bulletin News, tagged Ethanol on September 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Supply lack may derail biofuels thrust (7/01/2010)
Posted in Business World News, tagged Biofuels, Ethanol on July 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
THERE COULD BE supply problems at gas stations by next year unless Congress amends a four-year-old law requiring oil companies to mix biofuels with gasoline, an Energy official said. This is because the volume of ethanol produced by local manufacturers is severely inadequate to meet the required blend, said Zenaida Y. Monsada, director of the [...]
Blame-game sparks on failure to get investments in ethanol (6/27/2010)
Posted in Manila Bulletin News, tagged Ethanol, Investments on June 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The league of independent oil players took their aim against the Ethanol Producers Association of the Philippines (EPAP) for pinning the blame on the oil industry for the consequent failure on ethanol production facility investments which were banked on to underpin the country’s Biofuels policy. In a press statement, the Independent Philippine Petroleum Companies Association [...]
Shell opts for ethanol importation from Brazil to meet E10 blend (6/24/2010)
Posted in Manila Bulletin News, tagged Biofuels, Ethanol, Shell on June 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
With fledgling domestic production, Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation is opting for continuous importation from Brazil so it can comply with the higher mandated ethanol blend of 10 percent (E10) which shall be enforced starting February next year. In an interview with reporters, Pilipinas Shell country chairman Edgar Chua noted that “if local supply is available [...]
Independent oil players support Biofuels Act (6/22/2010)
Posted in Philippine Star News, tagged Biofuels, Ethanol on June 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The country’s independent oil players junked yesterday the claim made by the Ethanol Producers Association of the Philippines (EPAP) that the oil firms are against the Biofuels Act, the law which seeks to enable the country to reduce its dependence on imported fossil fuels. “That claim was farthest from the truth as the oil industry [...]
Oil firms say local ethanol expensive (6/22/2010)
Posted in Business World News, tagged Biofuels, Ethanol on June 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
THE INDEPENDENT Philippine Petroleum Companies Association (IPPCA) yesterday rejected claims of the Ethanol Producers Association of the Philippines (EPAP) that it is hindering the development of a local biofuel sector. EPAP had said oil companies preferred imported to locally produced biofuels. In a statement, IPPCA Chairman Fernando L. Martinez said EPAP must first enhance production [...]
Local ethanol producers’ commitment not enough to meet 2011 E-10 mandate (6/18/2010)
Posted in Manila Bulletin News, tagged Biofuels, Ethanol on June 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Biofuels Law’s prescriptions will be to jack up the mandated blend of ethanol to gasoline at 10 percent (E10) starting February next year, but what ought to be delivered by local producers at 110 million liters is still way below the estimated 400 million bioethanol demand within that timeframe. “We are even lucky if [...]
Petron wants more ethanol suppliers (5/21/2010)
Posted in Business World News, tagged Biofuels, Ethanol, Petron on May 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
OIL REFINER Petron Corp. is looking for more local producers of ethanol, noting that domestic supply is not enough to comply with fuel blends set by law. In a statement, the company said it was open to “pursuing potential supply or off-take agreements with local ethanol producers and other prospective investors in the industry.” “We [...]
Tariff issue stalls P54-B business (11/05/09)
Posted in Business Mirror News, tagged Ethanol on November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
AT least P54 billion in fresh investments for ethanol production are now being held back by 18 companies as they are still awaiting a clear signal from the government that their projects will get enough government support, starting with a considerable tariff protection. Tetchie Cruz-Capellan, executive director of the Ethanol Producers Association of the Philippines, [...]
Ethanol producers seek 20% increase in MFN tariff (11/04/09)
Posted in Business Mirror News, tagged Biofuels, Ethanol on November 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
THE Ethanol Producers Association of the Philippines (EPAP) on Tuesday said it will seek the Tariff Commission’s nod for its petition to increase the most favored nation (MFN) tariff of ethanol to 20 percent from 1 percent. “Unless there is strong government support, investors will remain reluctant to commit billions of pesos into the Philippine [...]
