Prime Energy’s Malampaya Onshore Gas Plant (OGP) in Batangas has marked 25 years without a recordable safety incident involving harm to people or a significant process safety incident, underscoring the importance of operational discipline as the Philippines moves to expand indigenous natural gas production.

Filipino motorists appreciate the freedom to leave the house on a given morning without checking the last digit of the license plate. In Metro Manila, this can be worth a surprising amount of money. A day without number coding means another day of using the car, another day without arranging a ride, another day without pondering why a perfectly serviceable vehicle has to stay in the garage. So when a salesperson mentions that a particular electrified vehicle can be driven even on its coding day, a prospective buyer has incentive to sit up a little straighter.

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