Malampaya Sculpture Unveiled at Keppel Subic Shipyard

SUBIC, Zambales – A SCULPTURE was recently unveiled at Keppel Subic Shipyard in this town as an expression of gratitude by the Malampaya Consortium “to the hardworking men and women of the Malampaya Phase 3 team, and its contractor for delivering the first offshore platform designed and built in the Philippines.”

“The Depletion Compression Platform, the first offshore platform to be designed and fabricated in the country is a source of national pride,” said Sebastian C. Quiñones, Shell Philippines Exploration (SPEx) managing director, in his message on behalf of the Malampaya Joint Ventures Partners composed, aside from SPEx, of Chevron Malampaya and the state-owned Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC).

Keppel officials led by Kok Weng Leong, president of Keppel Philippines Marine, Inc. (KPMI) and Ezra Chiam, president, Keppel Subic Shipyard, Inc. (KSSI) welcomed guests and visitors at the unveiling.

Created by the winning artists from the Shell National Students’ Art Competition, the unique sculpture recreates the Malampaya flame with scrap from materials used in the construction of the second Malampaya platform which was completed and towed out on February 2015.

Quiñones said the platform was completed with some 11.8 million safe man-hours.

“Looking back, I can say with great pride that the Malampaya Deep Water Gas-to-Power Project, the first of its kind in the Philippines, has truly contributed to our country’s progress,” Quiñones said, “since it began commercial operations more than a decade ago, Malampaya has consistently provided a reliable and cleaner energy resource to power the nation.”

The sculpture stands proud at the parking lot on the right of Keppel Subic Shipyard’s main gate. (Vic V. Vizcocho, Jr.)