Energy & Oil

• Saturday, June 9th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine gas cuts pushes Chilean energy plant to bankruptcy

  

  Enersis, a subsidiary of the Chile's energy giant Endesa, will provide GasAtacama with 20 million US dollars needed to save the electricity supplier from imminent bankruptcy.
  Lacking a steady supply of natural gas from Argentina, GasAtacama has had to burn expensive diesel to generate electricity. It is thus incurring losses each day it continues to operate.

• Friday, June 8th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile launches tenders for oil and gas in Magallanes

  

  Chile invited on Friday local and foreign companies to invest in the exploration and production of oil and natural gas at 10 promising blocks in the Magallanes region, on the southern tip of South America.

• Tuesday, June 5th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Desire Petroleum Announces Acquisition of Site Survey Data in the North Falkland Basin

  

  Desire Petroleum plc announces that on 3 June 2007, Wavefield InSeis ASA commenced a contract to acquire high resolution 2D shallow-seismic data, at a number of potential drilling sites, on its licences in the North Falkland Basin, using the seismic vessel “Bergen Surveyor”. This vessel has just finished work for Falklands Oil and Gas Limited on their licences to the south of the Falkland Islands.

• Tuesday, June 5th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Rockhopper: Environmental Impact Assessment and see signs of improvement in rig market

  

  Rockhopper Exploration plc (Rockhopper) (AIM:RKH) is pleased to announce that it has appointed RPS Energy (RPS) to undertake an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) over licences PL023 and PL024. The EIA will be conducted in parallel with Desire Petroleum's EIA over licences PL006 and PL007, resulting in cost savings for both companies.

• Monday, June 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Repsol looking to divest 45% of Argentine unit YPF

  Spanish-Argentine oil company Repsol YPF SA admitted Monday that it's looking to divest a stake of around 45% of its Argentine unit YPF which it purchased in 1999 for the sum of 15 billion US dollars when Argentina was ruled by President Carlos Menem.

• Saturday, June 2nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Antarctic Chill Kills 31 In Argentina

  

  The cold spell that gripped Argentina since early this week has left 31 dead, the Spanish news agency EFE reported.

• Friday, June 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Energy for sustainable development, main issue in OAS summit

  

  The Thirty-Seventh Regular Session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) will open in Panama City, Panama, next Sunday, June 3, with a focus on “Energy for Sustainable Development,” in recognition of the fundamental importance of energy resources for the future of the nations of the region.

• Friday, June 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile invites corporations to look for oil and gas in Magallanes

  

  Next week Chile will officially invite international corporations to participate in the exploration and production of hydrocarbons in the Magallanes Region. Chilean Minister of Mines Karen Pniachik will be in Punta Arenas for the opening ceremony.

• Thursday, May 31st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Shipments to Chile resumed

  Argentina resumed shipments of crucial natural gas to Chile's populous central region yesterday, Chilean energy officials said, easing fears that an acute energy shortage could worsen.

• Wednesday, May 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Record demand collapses Bs As natural gas system

  

  Private car owners and taxi drivers waited patiently in long queues early Wednesday morning in Buenos Aires, hoping to load their fuel tanks although most compressed natural gas CNG stations remained closed or working with an only pump.