Panayam kay Atty. Rino Abad, Director, DOE-OIMB | Unang Balita

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00:00It's a big hardship for the drivers.

00:03The new big-time oil price hike will be implemented starting today.

00:082 pesos and 70 centavos per liter of diesel,

00:172 pesos and 65 centavos per liter of gasoline,

00:22and 2 pesos and 60 centavos per liter of kerosene.

00:27At 6 a.m. this morning, the big-time oil price hike started.

00:35Here at the gas station,

00:38several motorists and vehicles queued up before 6 a.m.

00:46to catch up with the big-time oil price hike.

00:49Meanwhile, we have with us the director of the big-time oil price hike,

00:55Atty. Rino Abad, the director of the Oil Industry Management Bureau of the Department of Energy.

01:01Good morning to you, Director.

01:03Atty. Maris, this is Maris.

01:08Good morning, Ms. Maris, and good morning to the countrymen.

01:16Alright, first of all, Atty.,

01:18why is the big-time oil price hike being implemented this high?

01:24Why is the big-time oil price hike being implemented this high?

01:28Well, the net increase from last week's five trading days has increased.

01:40And it has reached that level of adjustment,

01:45the average that happened last week.

01:50For example, our gasoline, last week, Monday of the second week from last week,

01:59because we are comparing two weeks,

02:01the price of gasoline started at 76.94 USD per barrel.

02:09But when Friday last week, the price of gasoline reached 83.

02:15So from 76.94 USD, it reached 83.46 USD on Friday last week.

02:23So the price really rose from 76.94 USD to 83.46 USD.

02:28Let's use that as an example for gasoline.

02:30That's why the price really rose.

02:35Alright, Atty., how big is the effect of the ongoing tension in the Middle East?

02:46Well, Ms. Maris, that is the primary reason for the increase.

02:53But let's be clear, there is no supply disruption,

02:59there is no stoppage in the Persian Gulf in the delivery of oil.

03:05So in most likelihood, this is brought about by speculation, the increase.

03:12At some point, its effect will wane off and we will return to the fundamental situation

03:21before the mid-Iran attack to Israel, where there is an oversupply and a decrease in demand.

03:30And most likely, if Israel does not retaliate against Iran in the near future,

03:38we might be able to return to the rollbacks.

03:43Alright, what are our expectations?

03:45You mentioned that it is possible to return to the rollbacks.

03:50Because the question now of many drivers and motorists is,

03:54what are our expectations for the coming weeks?

03:56Will it continue while there is ongoing tension in the Middle East?

04:00Will it continue like this, that there is a big-time oil price hike?

04:07Or will we expect a rollback in the coming weeks, Atty.?

04:12Maris, you are correct in saying that the effect of this speculation will wane off

04:18because there is no supply disruption in the Persian Gulf.

04:23There is no problem, there is no stoppage in the supply that happened to Iran,

04:29even though it was included in the problem with Israel.

04:33So, the speculative effect of their conflict will really wane off.

04:40What we don't want to happen is that the speculation will be reinforced.

04:47The first step is to reinforce the speculation if Iran retaliates against Israel.

04:54If that does not happen in the span of how many weeks,

04:59it looks like we will reach our old fundamental situation in the supply-demand of oil,

05:07where the supply is high and the demand is low.

05:11That is why the price is good.

05:13Maybe we will really reach the rollback.

05:19Alright.

05:20Atty., in your studies in the Department of Energy,

05:23is there a possibility that we will have our own source of oil?

05:27And that we will not just rely on other countries?

05:32There is a chance that the Department will be aggressive in awarding what we call service contracts,

05:40oil and gas service contracts.

05:42However, Maris, we haven't seen or discovered for a long time.

05:51If we discover something in the coming years, we will develop it.

05:58It would take us probably five to seven years to do exploration.

06:05And that is also the time to develop the area before we can produce it.

06:11Admittedly, it will take a long time for us to use it.

06:17If we can find something, that would be the first problem.

06:21If we can find an area that has oil reserve or oil supply.

06:32And it will take a long time for us to go back to the rollback and price hike

06:38that is expected due to the speculations around us.

06:43Thank you very much for the information you gave us and for your time, Atty. Rino Abad,

06:49the Director of the Oil Industry Management Bureau of the Department of Energy.

06:53Good morning to you.

06:55Good morning to your program.

07:13Thank you very much.

07:43Thank you very much.

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Panayam kay Atty. Rino Abad, Director, DOE-OIMB | Unang Balita

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