Malampaya Gas Pipeline

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Malampaya Gas Pipeline is an operating natural gas pipeline in the Philippines.

Location

The pipeline runs from the Malampaya field off the coast of Palawan Island to the Batangas LNG facility on Luzon Island.

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Project Details

• Operator: Udenna Corporation
• Owner: Udenna Corporation (90%); PNOC Exploration Corporation (10%)
• Parent company: Udenna Corporation (90%); PNOC Exploration Corporation (10%)
• Capacity: 450 million cubic feet per day
• Length: 313 mi / 504 km
• Diameter:
• Status: Operating
• Start year: 2002
• Cost:
• Financing:
• Associated infrastructure:

Background

Developed in the late 1990s, the pipeline was the first project in the Philippines to actively undertake a community consent process as part of its Environmental Impact Study (EIS). Shell acquiesced to this process after being criticized for its environmental and human rights abuses in other projects in the 1990s. In March 2020 Chevron sold its 45% share in the pipeline and the Malampaya gas project to Udenna Corporation.

An onshore gas plant in Batangas receives the gas for further processing, before it is sent to power-plant customers. These key customers include Sta. Rita power station (1,000 MW); San Lorenzo power station (500 MW); San Gabriel power station (414 MW); and Avion power station (97 MW).