Tag: gas natural

• Tuesday, October 5th 2021 - 06:50 UTC

  Gold becomes the main export of Bolivia in the eight months of 2021

  

  Gold, bullion, and jewellery have become Bolivia's main export in the first eight months of this year totalling almost seven billion dollars, considerably higher than the US$ 4.213,4 of the same period in 2020, which represents a 65,4% increase, according to the official INE stats office.

• Saturday, July 31st 2021 - 06:56 UTC

  Russia plans to dominate Arctic sea routes with the largest fleet of icebreakers

  

  Hoping to develop the Northern Sea Route across the Arctic into an international shipping lane, Russia is building a group of icebreakers to be powered with liquefied natural gas.

• Tuesday, November 12th 2019 - 21:05 UTC

  Bolivia warns Argentina of possible shortage in gas supply due to seizure of plants

  

  The Bolivian state-run oil company YPFB Monday notified Argentina that due to the taking over of some of its facilities in the hands of the groups leading to the overthrow of President Evo Morales, there could be problems with the supply of gas. But the Mauricio Macri administration sees no reason to fear shortages thanks to the reserves stocked, it was reported.

• Saturday, October 6th 2018 - 09:10 UTC

  Peso devaluation to affect Argentine households retroactively

  

  Argentina's government Friday allowed home gas suppliers to charge extra as of January 2019 to make up for the recent devaluation of the peso against the US dollar.

• Friday, July 27th 2018 - 07:41 UTC

  US clears the way for natural gas exports to Latin America

  

  The U.S. Energy Department on Wednesday cleared the way for faster approval of small scale exports of natural gas including liquefied natural gas to Latin American countries by issuing a rule that does away with a public interest review of the shipments.

• Saturday, November 11th 2017 - 08:55 UTC

  YPF will relocate investment from natural gas to crude oil, because of changes in subsidies policy

  

  Argentina's state-run oil company YPF is “disappointed” by cuts to the government's natural gas production subsidies and will re-allocate investment toward crude oil production.

• Saturday, April 22nd 2017 - 09:15 UTC

  ExxonMobil betting heavily in developing Argentina's Vaca Muerta shale gas

  

  ExxonMobil is planning to speed up investment plans for shale gas drilling in Argentina’s prized Vaca Muerta formation in the Neuquen province. Exxon will start drilling Vaca Muerta in May, by drilling horizontal wells with laterals of 2,500-3,000 meters, Neuquen province governor Omar Gutierrez said this week.

• Thursday, February 7th 2013 - 21:53 UTC

  Aubrey McClendon and the Destruction of the Natural Gas Market

  

  Aubrey McClendon is gone – or at least he's on his way out from Chesapeake energy (CHK). But the destruction of the natural gas market, where he was the ringleader in the shale gas land grab and cratering well price, is his real legacy, and not likely to be recovered from anytime soon. While Aubrey will now go into a very wealthy retirement, he leaves behind a decimated market and a long road to making natural gas a true transition fuel to energy independence and a renewable future.

• Thursday, October 6th 2011 - 02:57 UTC

  Preliminary reports show Uruguay could have on shore recoverable gas reserves

  

  The chances for Uruguay of having significant commercial reserves of natural gas and oil are on the increase according to recent reports from US Energy and Geology agencies and published in the Montevideo press.

• Wednesday, June 8th 2011 - 23:00 UTC

  Energy-short Argentina stocking LNG to face falling winter temperatures

  

  Argentina will receive this week two LNG cargoes from Spain's Gas Natural as it steps up purchases to meet rising demand in the face of falling temperatures, according to Argentine state owned energy company Enarsa sources.