(The Philippine Star) | Updated April 30, 2017 - 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines -
State-run Philippine National Oil Co. (PNOC) is seeking clearance from the
Governance Commission For GOCC (GCG) to pursue its reorganization and transform
from a holding company to an operating firm.
The company requires
more people as it enters its first year as an earning government-owned or
controlled corporations (GOCC), said PNOC president Reuben Lista.
“I called commissioner
Samuel Dagpin to consider our request for reorganization because I need the
people for our projects to run because this is our first year to be
operational,” he said.
Under its
reorganization plan, PNOC would need 253 personnel. Currently, its workforce is
at 102.
Lista said the company
is eyeing to hire overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Qatar, Oman, Dubai and
UAE who have experience in the power sector.
“We’re thinking of getting
OFWs. We are using the embassies to scout some of them,” Lista said.
PNOC hopes to secure
GCG’s go-signal before it can start implementing its planned liquefied natural
gas (LNG) terminal.
“Before the LNG plants
can start operating, we have to train and get people already. This is our first
request with CGC, I hope they understand the urgency,” he said.
The LNG terminal will
be composed of an initial 200-megawatt power plant, storage facilities,
liquefaction and regasification units.
At present, PNOC is
only an investment and holding company for government’s oil and gas exploration
and renewables businesses. It also earns from interests in bank investments and
receivables from the Malampaya gas project.
But in 2014, the GCG
directed PNOC to transform itself from a holding company into an operations
company “to take upon itself the implementation of the ongoing or incipient
programs of some of its subsidiaries, as well as any new programs it may
develop in the future.”
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