Maintenance closure of Malampaya completed

The Department of Energy (DoE) said on Monday that a 15-day maintenance shutdown for operations at the Malampaya deepwater gas facility has been completed.

The first maintenance shutdown, which took place from February 4 to 18, 2023, ended without a recorded incident. While major regular maintenance work has been underway for decades, this is the first time it has been carried out by a Filipino team, the Energy Department said.
“Service Contract Consortium (SC) 38 was able to mobilize the necessary international technical services to work with the Philippine team,” the agency added.
“The work was completed without any reported incidents. This was achieved through careful planning and execution by Prime Energy, in coordination with the Department of Energy.”
The consortium includes Prime Energy Resources Development BV, UC38LLC and the state-owned Philippine National Oil Co.-Exploration Corp.
Deliveries to the power plants resumed at 00:01 Sunday as scheduled.
“Prior to the start of work, the Department of Energy, together with Prime Energy, held numerous meetings with stakeholders, local governments and other government agencies, especially in the area of ​​the onshore gas plant in Batangas,” the report said.
Energy Minister Rafael Lotilla welcomed the completion of the maintenance work and said he was looking forward to further upgrades to Malampaya.
Guillaume Lucci, President and CEO of Prime Infrastructure Capital Inc., the parent company of Prime Energy, recently said: “We are here to stay, we are here to invest, we are here to dramatically increase gas production with an extended term contract for service and available resources, and more importantly, we are trying to provide the lowest cost to consumers.”
The Malampaya field, which started production in 2001, is expected to be depleted next year, but the consortium is keen to develop new fields.
“Our awesome day for producing new gas or a new well [the] in the first quarter of 2026 and we hope to be able to speed this up as much as possible while doing it safely and securely,” said Lucci.