In 2008, BGEC has partnered with Union Fenosa Gas S.A. for oil and gas exploration in the Service Contract 62 area located in offshore Balabac Island, Palawan of southwestern Sulu Sea.
SC 62 was awarded to BGEC in 2006 by the Philippine Department of Energy after a competitive bidding round. Union Fenosa Gas is a company jointly owned by the Union Fenosa Group of Spain and the Eni Group of Italy, and is involved in international oil and gas exploration and production, transportation, storage, trading and distribution. Union Fenosa Gas formed a local subsidiary named Palawan Sulu Sea Gas Inc. (PSSGI) to conduct its upstream petroleum operations in the Philippines under SC 62.