Tag: natural gas
natural gasNew YPF management says gas supply is guaranteed, in spite of Repsol
The current managers of YPF accused Spain’s Repsol of deliberately delaying or ignoring contracts to supply Argentina with liquid natural gas, following the seizure of a majority stake in the company belonging to the Spanish corporation.
“Brazil ready to live a natural gas golden era” with self sufficiency in five years
Brazil which currently imports 35% of the natural gas it consumes from Bolivia has found sufficient reserves to ensure self-sufficiency in the coming five years announced Mines and Energy minister Edison Lobao.
Mexico - Rising Natural Gas Superstate?
Americans looking south of the Rio Grande tend to forget, if they ever knew, that Mexico is, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, now America's second largest source of imports.
China to increase oil and sales tax (5 to 10%) to reduce consumption
China will expand a tax on oil and natural gas sales to the entire country as of November first to try and reduce consumption. The tax will be 5-10% of sales, the State Council said Monday.
Argentina en route to importing three times more natural gas than in 2010
Argentina could import 66 liquefied natural gas cargoes in 2011 triple the amount it purchased last year, according to data from state energy company Enarsa.
Soft loans for Brazilian suppliers of the oil and gas industry
Brazil’s state-owned BNDES development bank said it planned to provide about 2.55 billion dollars in financing over the next four years to suppliers to the country’s oil and gas industry.
Hydrocarbons-rich province says Argentina has no need to import natural gas
The governor of hydrocarbon-rich Neuquen Province wants to convince Argentina's government it can get all the natural gas it needs from Neuquen and doesn't need to spend billions to import the fuel from Qatar.
Brazil strikes natural gas onshore in the northeast of the country
Brazil’s state-controlled oil company Petrobras discovered natural gas in an onshore field near an area where Brazil plans to auction exploration licenses later this year.
Petrobras double-strike: major discovery in US Gulf of Mexico and in Brazil
Lucky week for Brazil’s Petrobras that announced major oil and gas discoveries in the US Gulf of Mexico and off the coast of Spirito Santo in Brazil.
France’s Total makes mega find that could boost Bolivia’s gas reserves by a third
The French energy giant Total and its Argentine partner, Tecpetrol, announced the discovery of a major natural gas find in Aquio in southeast Bolivia.
