MANILA, March 26 (Bernama-PNA) -- Around 22.58 million litres of diesel have been delivered to the Philippines, augmenting domestic supply amid the challenges brought by the conflict in the West Asia, Philippine News Agency (PNA) reported.
In a Facebook post Thursday night, the Department of Energy (DOE) said the around 142,000 barrels of diesel was procured under its Emergency Energy Security Programme, which has been allocated 20 billion pesos (US$360 million).
The programme is part of government measures in line with the issuance of Executive Order (EO) 110, which declared a national energy emergency due to the impact of the ongoing conflict in the West Asia.
The Philippine government aims to procure as much as 2 million barrels of additional fuel supply through the Philippine National Oil Corporation (PNOC) and the PNOC Exploration Corporation (PNOC EC).
“The DOE will continue to focus on increasing domestic fuel supply. The immediate delivery of the diesel is part of the moves to prevent the disruption of travel, work and everyday lives of every Filipino),” DOE Secretary Sharon Garin said.
Garin, on her own Facebook page, said the arrival of the diesel is the first delivery from overseas, and that “there will be more deliveries in the coming days or weeks.”
“We’ve been working on this for three weeks, so to me, it looks like the most beautiful ship ever,” she said.
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