Philippine National Oil Company(PNOC)

November 26, 2021 Dear Philip John, Thank you for your request dated Nov 26, 2021 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Sorghum as a source for Bioethanol in the Philippines. We received your request on Nov 26, 2021 and will respond on or before Dec 17, 2021 08:57:21 AM, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations. Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHgsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEVBOT0MtMDUwNzYyOTIwODE4DA, for request with ticket number #PNOC-050762920818. Thank you. Respectfully, Ms. Katrine Arielle Bernabe-Alvarado FOI Officer

December 9, 2021 Dear Philip John L. Canque, Thank you for your request dated Nov 26, 2021 08:57 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request: “I, Philip John L. Canque, from Atlas Fertilizer Fertilizer Corporation, is seeking for your permission and assistance if we can access the study of using ‘Sorghum as a source for Bioethanol’. The purpose of this request, is that I together with my groupmates from AFC were assigned looking for businesses development for the company, and it is the idea that started from biomass and after the consultation with Dr. Demafelis that we have known that there is a great demand for bioethanol in our country and the potential for sorghum as a source for bioethanol.” Our response: We have searched for the study on Sorghum in our archives and have found “The Final Report on the Feasibility Study for the Establishment of a Commercial Sweet Sorghum Plantation and a Sweet Sorghum Syrup Processing Plant in the Philippines” conducted by UPLB in 2015 to 2016. Since the file cannot be attached to this reply, you may access the PDF file through this temporary Google Drive link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FjSXKwE_PU4svFbeGfeSLppK_ohVou08/view?usp=sharing Please be advised that the link will expire on December 17, 2021. Only the email address you provided to us in this eFOI request will be given access. Kindly download the file as soon as possible. Further, this document shall only be used for the purpose indicated in your request, which is to serve as a reference about the potential of sorghum as a source for fuel along with its other uses. Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Atty. Graciela M. Barleta, OIC President and CEO, through postal address: Philippine National Oil Company, Building 6, Energy Center, Rizal Drive, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig 1634, Metro Manila, Philippines or contact PNOC through telephone number: (+63 2) 87897662. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 working days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result, within 30 working days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, Ms. Maria Belinda L. Cubelo FOI Decision Maker