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Malampaya’s main benefits to the
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The upstream component of the US$ 4.5 billion
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Malampaya is a joint undertaking of the
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Shell successfully completed
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The field was discovered during the drilling of the Camago-1 well in 1989, and following successful appraisal of the
Malampaya field in the 1990s, first gas flowed in September 2001. Commercial production started in January 2002. The field was developed and currently operated by
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criminal charges against Reyes and other defendants were rejected in
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