The pipeline project appears to be finally off the drawing board following a recent meeting between Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. The respective national oil companies must now find the optimum solution for a subsea pipeline to flow natural gas from Sabah to the Philippines island of Luzon.
Landfall is envisaged at either Batangas or Bataan and first gas could be flowing within five years, the Philippines Department of Energy (DoE) said.
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