More than a decade after Arco, former operator of the Tangguh gas field in Indonesia proposed selling this gas to the Philippines as LNG, commercially viable receiving and regasification projects are now firmly within Manila's grasp.

There have been delays over these LNG import plans and also to the proposed onshore gas pipeline distribution network - gas demand is highest in Metro Manila and in industrial areas on the main island of Luzon - but real progress is now being made.

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