THE 1,200-megawatt (MW) Ilijan power plant has resumed receiving natural gas from the Malampaya gas field after four years.
Supply resumption followed the rehabilitation and restoration of the Ilijan natural gas receiving facility, which started in June 2022, and the restoration of the Tabangao-Ilijan Pipeline.
"Bringing Malampaya gas back to Ilijan is more than just a resumption of fuel supply, as this milestone is also about putting our existing energy infrastructure to work and making the most of the resources available to our country," said Yari Miralao, president and CEO of LNGPH.
An interim natural gas supply arrangement was also signed between Prime Energy and South Premiere Power Corp. (SPPC), operator of the Ilijan power plant, for the provision of natural gas from Malampaya over a six-month period starting Sept. 1, 2026.
"What we are celebrating today is not just the admission of Malampaya gas and the beginning of a new gas supply arrangement, but also the continued use of critical energy infrastructure that was built decades ago and maintained to serve the country’s evolving energy needs," Prime Energy President and CEO Donnabel Kuizon Cruz said.
LNGPH is a joint venture consortium owned by Meralco PowerGen Corp., Aboitiz Power Corp. and San Miguel Global Power Holdings Corp. and is the parent company of SPPC.
Prime Energy and its joint venture partners (Prime Oil and Gas, Inc., UC38 LLC, and PNOC Exploration Corp.) operate the Malampaya Project under a service contract with the government.
