CARACAS, VENEZUELA (By Energy Analytics Institute and Editores LatinPetroleum, 15.Sep.2026, Words: 315) — The following briefs span company details on YPFB and Pickering Energy Partners, among others.
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
BOLIVIA
— a decree increases the financing margin for YPFB, so that the state-owned co. has sufficient backing to make foreign purchases. [El Diario]
— w/ the goal of implementing effective actions to safeguard Bolivia’s biodiversity and native forests, the Ministry of Sustainable Production, Environment and Water officially presented the project “Safeguarding the Life Systems of the Amazon Rainforest of Bolivia”, w/ an investment of $132mn. [El Diario]
VENEZUELA
— recent high-profile deals allowing foreign drillers to tap Venezuela’s vast oil reserves have failed to quell lingering concerns about contract sanctity in a nation w/ a history of nationalization, said energy investment banker Dan Pickering. Restoring daily Venezuelan oil output to the 3 MMbbl mark not seen in roughly 15yrs will require major injections of foreign cash, and it’s not yet clear if overseas drillers can make a go of it in the South American nation, according to Pickering, chief investment officer at Pickering Energy Partners. [David Wethe, Bloomberg]
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