Phoenix Reinforces Support for Cleaner, Diverse Energy Mix with New Partnership

Phoenix Petroleum, the fastest-growing and leading independent oil company in the Philippines, reinforces its thrust for cleaner energy and diversified energy sources through a new deal with a manufacturer, distributor, and operator of generator sets that can run on raw wellhead gas, LNG, CNG, and propane rich LPG. The partnership was made official with a memorandum of agreement between Phoenix Pilipinas Gas and Power, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc., and Mesa Natural Gas Solutions LLC, an American company based in Casper, Wyoming. The MOA was signed by Mr. Dennis Uy, President and CEO of PPPI, and Mr. Scott Gromer, President and CEO of Mesa Natural Gas Solutions LLC on December 11 at the UDENNA Tower in BGC, Taguig City.

The agreement will make the genset units available in the Philippines with the corresponding commissioning, training, and technical support from the USA. Both companies are expecting the deal to promote the use of gas, and broaden the Philippines’ energy mix. The project also aims to contribute to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ initiatives on Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).

Present during the signing were Zachary Soukup, Director of International Development of Mesa Natural Gas Solutions LLC based in Oklahoma City, and Henry Albert Fadullon, COO of PPPI.

“Through this valuable project, we will be able to further support the Philippine government’s thrust to broaden our energy mix and move closer towards cleaner energy. Gas, being available in many parts of the world, will allow us to diversify and stabilize our energy sources as we help the country better secure its energy requirements. Considering the innovative properties of this technology, remote areas of the country that suffer from unreliable power supply and quality can greatly benefit from it, including businesses in the hospitality and manufacturing industries,” Mr. Fadullon said. He also stated that the genset technology will allow the use of propane rich LPG as a transition fuel while the availability of LNG is still being developed. Phoenix LPG Philippines, Inc. will supply propane rich LPG as the feed-stock to the Mesa gensets.

Often used in upstream operations providing power for remote locations even without access to the main grid, Mesa genset units are compact, mobile, and can be custom-engineered to fit the requirements of the clients. The performance of the gensets can be monitored remotely on a real-time basis and immediate action can be taken on-site if needed.

Also present during the MOA signing is Mr. Keenan Ugarte, Director of Primeiro Partners, the strategic advisor to Mesa Natural Gas Solutions LLC. “With this partnership, Mesa and Phoenix are providing three important benefits; high reliability, improved cost-efficiency, and strong environmental standards, all of which are needed in the Philippine power sector today. We see future growth for Mesa not just in the Philippines, but in other emerging markets globally,” Ugarte said.

Local industrial and commercial businesses, whose operations are reliant on efficient and stable supply of power, are expected to maximize Mesa’s technology, which aims to provide operational flexibility, increased uptime, and significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. With an uptime of more than 99%, Mesa has an estimated power generation fleet of 450MW. Last year, it installed not less than 25MW of power for micro-grid clients.