The government earned P52.7 billion in fees, taxes and profit-sharing from extractive industries, including mining and oil and gas production in 2012, the latest data available.

In a report by the Philippine Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (PH-EITI), the Department of Energy topped the list of of agencies collecting for the government. Government share in oil and gas production alone reached P28.994 billion.

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