Consunji-led Semirara sees opportunities in LNG sector

By Lenie Lectura @llectura

a mong the company’s plans 10 years from now include an expansion of its power projects and “maybe even shift to lng if and when situation arises that makes this shift a good business opportunity,” said SMPC Chairman isidro Consunji during the company’s stockholders’ meeting held tuesday.

He said the Calaca coal plant in batangas could be an “ideal” location for the planned lng investment.

t he Calaca location is ideal for lng as well as coal. t he question is really just an issue of business viability but physically and technically, there is no reason why SMPC cannot go to lng,” Consunji said. SMPC is the country’s largest domestic coal producer. it supplies affordable fuel to power plants, cement factories and other industrial facilities across the Philippines. Under its power business, SeM-