The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and Palawan State University (PalSU) are set to launch the Philippines’ first petroleum engineering R&D laboratory to support the country’s oil and gas exploration efforts amid the ongoing global oil crisis.
The P4.9-million Drilling Fluids Research and Innovation (DFRI) Laboratory will be launched on March 25 in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, DOST-Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development (DOST-PCIEERD) said in a statement on Thursday.
It is expected to help the country develop its own sustainable drilling fluids, specialized liquids crucial to modern oil and gas exploration and operations.
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