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  2. Energy in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The Philippines also generates a significant amount of electrical energy from oil, albeit to a lesser degree than compared to coal and natural gas. In 2013, the Philippines sourced 5.97% of its energy from oil-based sources. [7] As of March 2016, there were a total of 212 gas and diesel-powered facilities in the Philippines.

  3. Philippine National Oil Company - Wikipedia

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    PNOC Exploration Corporation is the upstream oil, gas and coal subsidiary of the state-owned Philippine National Oil Company. A government owned and controlled corporation, the Company was incorporated on April 20, 1976, and is mandated by the government through the Department of Energy (DOE) to take the lead in exploration, development and production of the country’s oil, gas and coal ...

  4. Energy mix - Wikipedia

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    The energy mix is a group of different primary energy sources from which secondary energy for direct use - such as electricity - is produced. [1] Energy mix refers to all direct uses of energy, such as transportation and housing, and should not be confused with power generation mix, which refers only to generation of electricity, [2] as ...

  5. Fuel oil - Wikipedia

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    The emissions from ships have generally been controlled by the following sulfur caps on any fuel oil used on board: 3.50% on and after 1 January 2012 and 0.50% on and after 1 January 2020. [25] Further removal of sulfur translates to additional energy and capital costs [26] and can impact fuel price and availability. If priced correctly the ...

  6. Octane rating - Wikipedia

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    In spark ignition internal combustion engines, knocking (also knock, detonation, spark knock, pinging, or pinking) occurs when combustion of some of the air/fuel mixture in the cylinder does not result from propagation of the flame front ignited by the spark plug, but when one or more pockets of air/fuel mixture explode outside the envelope of the normal combustion front.

  7. Petron Corporation - Wikipedia

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    Petron Megaplaza in Makati, Philippines was Petron's headquarters from 1998 to 2010.. Petron's history dates back to September 7, 1933, when Socony-Vacuum Oil Company (Standard Oil of New York) and Standard Oil of New Jersey (also known as Jersey Standard) merged their interests in the Far East into a 5050 joint venture named the Standard Vacuum Oil Company (Stanvac).

  8. Malampaya gas field - Wikipedia

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    This was the first oil and gas platform to be designed and built in the Philippines, and its successful completion has made the country a player in construction for the oil and gas industry. The upstream component of the US$4.5 billion Malampaya gas-to-power project was expected to provide substantial long-term revenue of between $8 billion ...

  9. Common ethanol fuel mixtures - Wikipedia

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    E85, a mixture of 85% ethanol and ~15% gasoline, is generally the highest ethanol fuel mixture found in the United States and several European countries, particularly in Sweden, as this blend is the standard fuel for flexible-fuel vehicles. This mixture has an octane rating of 108, however, the Ethanol molecule also carries with it an oxygen ...