Tag: natural gas

• Tuesday, February 8th 2022 - 21:54 UTC

  Bolivia to change Hydrocarbons Law to increase gas output

  

  Bolivia's Deputy Minister of Exploration and Exploitation Daniel Mayta Jiménez Tuesday said that following the discovery of the Margarita 10 well and in a move to foster investment and encourage production, the Hydrocarbons Law 3058 -enacted May 17, 2005- needed changing.

• Monday, February 7th 2022 - 09:13 UTC

  New gas well found in Bolivia, expected to generate millions of dollars

  

  Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora has confirmed over the weekend the discovery of large gas reserves which -he hoped- would yield substantial profits to the country.

• Thursday, January 27th 2022 - 19:50 UTC

  Bolivia's gas output problems spells collapse for Argentine reserves

  

  Just when the deal between IEASA and Bolivia's YPFB for the supply of gas is about to end (Jan. 31), Argentina has been offered 35% less for the winter compared to previous years, it was reported.

• Wednesday, November 3rd 2021 - 03:45 UTC

  Energy exports to Brazil to finance Argentina's infrastructure works

  

  Argentina's Energy Ministry has ruled that energy exports to Brazil will finance the Vaca Muerta gas pipeline and electrical transportation works, it was announced Tuesday.

• Thursday, September 30th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Can Argentina Finally Realize Its Oil Potential?

  

  By Matthew Smith for Oilprice.com – For a decade, successive Argentine governments in Buenos Aires have enacted a range of policies aimed at reducing energy imports and exploiting the Latin American country’s vast hydrocarbon potential.

• Friday, August 20th 2021 - 14:09 UTC

  Brazil interested in buying gas from Argentina's Vaca Muerta

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Thursday announced in his weekly broadcast on social media that his country had started negotiations to purchase gas from Argentina's Vaca Muerta. “It is not easy to start importing gas, creating, building pipelines,” Bolsonaro said.

• Wednesday, May 26th 2021 - 08:30 UTC

  Bolivia's economy grows 5.3% in between January and April 2021

  

  Economic activity in Bolivia has grown 5.3% from January to April 2021, according to The Global Index of Economic Activity (IGAE), Economy Minister Marcelo Montenegro announced Tuesday.

• Saturday, November 21st 2020 - 09:21 UTC

  Argentina presents incentives to attract investors for its “Gas Plan”

  

  Companies that participate in Argentina’s natural gas production plan will have free access to the official foreign exchange market, the central bank said this week, opening a loophole in tight capital controls that have been in place for more than a year.

• Friday, October 16th 2020 - 09:58 UTC

  Argentina wants energy firms to invest US$ 5 billion to boost gas production

  

  Argentina wants energy firms to invest some US$ 5 billion to boost hydrocarbon production and generate jobs in the country's prized Vaca Muerta shale play, as well as to bring in much-needed foreign currency.

• Monday, August 31st 2020 - 09:48 UTC

  Argentina determined to promote oil and gas production and exports

  

  Argentina’s new energy secretary Dario Martinez plans to promote oil and natural gas production with a view to increasing exports as part of a strategy to pull the economy out of one of its worst crises on record.