Tag: Raul Sendic

• Monday, January 16th 2012 - 19:29 UTC

  Landless peasants with 80 families occupy and take over farm in north of Uruguay

  

  The landless peasants’ movement has reached Uruguay: the self called “shaggy” ones with eighty families, have taken over a 400 hectares farm in the extreme north of the country Artigas, and have been occupying the land since.

• Friday, September 9th 2011 - 09:23 UTC

  Uruguay launches second round of hydrocarbons offshore exploration

  

  Uruguay detailed plans to auction 15 offshore exploration blocks on Thursday, part of the energy-short country's efforts to reduce its dependence on imports of oil and natural gas.

• Monday, July 4th 2011 - 05:28 UTC

  Uruguay confirms second round of offshore oil exploration for next September

  

  Uruguay confirmed a second round of offshore lease bidding for hydrocarbons exploration next September. The country’s state run oil refining company ANCAP plans to offer 15 areas with sizes ranging from 2,300 sq km to 12,000 sq km, said sources from the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining.

• Monday, April 4th 2011 - 07:08 UTC

  Source rock and possible shale oil discovered in the centre of Uruguay

  

  Uruguay state-run oil and gas company ANCAP announced the discovery of source rock which might contain underground shale oil or natural gas deposits.