Rules and Regulations Governing the Philippine Downstream Natural Gas Industry

Pursuant to Republic Act (RA) No. 7638, otherwise known as the "Department of Energy Act of 1992", creating the Philippine Department of Energy (DOE); Executive Order (EO) No. 66, designating the DOE as the lead agency in developing the Philippine Downstream Natural Gas Industry; Administrative Order No. 38, providing for the Institutional Strengthening of the DOE;

WHEREAS, Republic Act (RA) 8479, otherwise known as the "Downstream Oil Industry Deregulation Act of 1998", mandates the Department of Energy (DOE) to promote fair trade practices, monitor marketing process and quality of Liquid Fuels and stop the operation of businesses involved in the sale of Liquid Fuels not complying with the national standards of quality;

WHEREAS, Department Circular No. 2011-12-0013 was issued on 15 December 2011 with the primary purpose of ensuring that all locally produced bioethanol by the accredited bioethanol producers are purchased and utilized by the oil companies before the latter are allowed to import supplemental bioethanol to comply with the Bioethanol mandate;