The West Philippine Sea CATCH Season 3: Episode 2: “The Malampaya Gas Field in the West Philippine Sea: Updates and Developments” (Thursday, February 9, 2023)
About the guest speaker:
Usec. Eduardo V. Mañalac is a Former Undersecretary of the Department of Energy, Republic of the Philippines. He is an exploration geologist and Petroleum company executive and with thirty five years experience in national and international petroleum exploration and production management, acreage acquisition, government sharing contracts, and other joint venture negotiations.
He was appointed as President and CEO of the Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) on August, 30, 2004, President and CEO of the PNOC Exploration Corporation (PNOC-EC) in September, 2004, and subsequently Chairman of the PNOC Energy Development Corporation (PNOC-EDC) within the same time period. In these capacities, he succeeded in initiating new local exploration efforts, raising the national oil company’s competitive edge, ensuring the viability of local investment, renewing foreign interest in local oil exploration and development, and reestablishing PNOC and the country’s credibility in both the local and global oil industries.
His professional career spans thirty five years of experience (28 of those with the U.S. based Phillips Petroleum company now ConocoPhillips) in international petroleum exploration and production management, acreage acquisition, production sharing contracts, and other joint venture negotiations.
He attended the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Q.C. Philippines where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology in 1967, and where he completed post-Graduate studies in petroleum geology through 1969.
In this episode Usec. Eduardo V. Mañalac gives us the updates and development on the Malampaya Gas Field issue.
Watch it here: