The Department of Energy (DoE) is thinking of using funds from the Malampaya gas facility to buy research vessels to explore possible oil resources in Philippine waters, an official said on Wednesday.

“Procuring that kind of ship is being seriously studied and considered,” Energy Assistant Secretary Gerardo Erguiza Jr. said.

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