A lawmaker on Wednesday urged the government to takeover Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp.’s refrigerated liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) import terminal in Batangas to avoid spikes in cooking gas prices.

Rep. Arnel Ty of LPGMA party-list urged the Department of Energy (DOE) to take over the storage facility in the town of Tabangao, which was permanently shut down by the oil refiner in September last year because of “business reasons.”

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