The City of Batangas gears up activities on trade, finance, education and
medical services for most part of the province . As a center for trade and
commerce, it hosts one of the largest oil refineries in the country, Pilipinas
Shell, and three natural gas power plants, namely, Keilco, First Gas and
Malampaya On-Shore Gas Plant. Other major industries include: San Miguel Food
Corporation, JG Summit Petrochemical Corp., Universal Robina Corp., Himmel
Industries Inc., Chemphil Bulk Terminal, San Lorenzo Power Plant and First
Philippine Industrial Corp. It is the center for education, with three of the
largest universities
