Notice of application for Petroleum Service Contract
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Energy
Energy Center, Rizal Drive, Bonifacio Global City
Taguig City, Metro Manila
Notice of application for Petroleum Service Contract (PSC) under the Philippine Conventional Energy Contracting Program (PCECP)
Invitation for challenge
Date published: 27 January 2026, 10:00 a.m.
Last reviewed: 19 August 2026
Map No. TM-P-2026-01-003 shows Nominated Area No. 15 for the Philippine Conventional Energy Resource Contracts and Applications, Southwest Palawan Basin. It notes date of publication: 13 January 2026 (Daily Tribune and Malaya Business Insight) and deadline of submission of counter-offer/challenge: 16 March 2026, 1100H. The map outlines the nominated area in red covering about 500,000 hectares in the West Philippine Sea / Southwest Palawan Basin, with technical description coordinates, legend for petroleum blocks, municipal boundary, protected areas, sedimentary basin, existing contracts and applications, and location map. Scale 1:1,000,000, World Geodetic System 1984.
How to submit a challenge
Interested applicants may likewise submit their respective applications over the aforementioned nominated area in accordance with, and subject to, the timeline and procedures stipulated under DC2017-12-0017 (PCECP Circular and Guidelines).
A. Timeline
- 13 January 2026 - Publication
Nominating party published the existence of their application in the Daily Tribune and the Malaya Business Insight.
- 0900H02 February 2026 - Pre-submission conference
Pre-submission Conference to be held at the ERDB Conference Room (i.e., twenty (20) calendar days from date of publication).
- 1100H16 March 2026 - Deadline for challengers
Deadline for the submission of documents by other applicants or challengers (i.e., sixty (60) calendar days from date of publication).
- 1330H16 March 2026 - Opening of application/bid documents
Opening of the Application/Bid Documents will be held at the Office of the Secretary Big Conference Room on the same day as the submission deadline.
Challenge fee and where to file
Challengers must therefore submit their complete application documents at the DOE Records Management Division and pay the corresponding application (challenge) fee of Php 1,000,000 in the DOE Treasury Division, on or before the said deadline.
For further details on the PCECP application requisites and procedures, as well as the evaluation and awarding process, please refer to DOE Department Circular No. DC2017-12-0017 or the PCECP Circular and Guidelines.
Contact
Petroleum Resources Development Division (PRDD)
Telephone: (02) 8812-4016 or (02) 8479-2900 local 365