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The Bolivian government said it had never enforced a decree nationalizing Pan American Energy's stake in a huge natural gas project and was in talks with the company over future investment plans, reports Reuters. Energy Minister Juan Jose Sosa said in January that the gas-rich country's state energy...
Bolivia’s YPFB plans to negotiate three new contracts with Brazil's Petrobras to explore Tarija’s natural gas fields in the southern part of the country. Foreign investment is needed to boost Bolivian natural gas reserves and production. Natural gas is the impoverished country’s...
BG Group has started production from the the first phase of the Margarita gas field in Bolivia. Phase one is expected to reach capacity in the second quarter of this year. The project involved the construction of a new 77-kilometre network of gas gathering and export pipelines, four wells and...
Many traditional oil-importing countries such as France and Chile could transform themselves into exporters since the discovery shale gas.According to experts cited in an analysis from entornointeligente.com, which cited British Petroleum (BP), proven reserves of conventional gas reach about 187 billion...
State oil company Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) announced today its 2011-2020 strategic exploration plan, which aims to work in 118 areas over the next 10 years in search for natural gas, crude oil, and condensed gas.Bolivian president Evo Morales said this would ensure energy...
Repsol YPF expects the production of the Margarita natural gas fields in Bolivia to reach 14 million cubic meters in 2014, a significant increase over 2011 levels of 3 million cubic meters and the 9 million cubic meters expected in April 2012.The company plans to invest over $1 billion in two phases...
The government of Bolivia postponed a study to define the limits of a large natural gas field operated by Repsol YPF, whose presence is disputed in two regions in the southern part of the country.Carlos Villegas, President of Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) said Wednesday at a...
PetroVietnam has made a successful foray into Bolivia by entering into an agreement with the state-owned oil company for exploration and evaluation of the natural gas potential in certain fields, according to the Bolivian news agency.The YPFB officials of the Latin American nation sealed a yearlong contract...