Petrobras Cuts Bolivia Gas Offtake By 30pc
(Argus, 6.Mar.2020) — Brazil's state-controlled Petrobras signed an agreement with its Bolivian counterpart YPFB to reduce its natural gas offtake to 20mn m³/d from 30mn m³/d, clearing the way for...
YPFB, Ministry To Move VPACF to Villa Montes
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 17.Jan.2020) — Dialogue between authorities from Bolivia’s Hydrocarbon Ministry, state oil company Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) and local representatives from the autonomous Gran Chaco...
YPFB Guarantees Fuel Supplies Across Bolivia
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 14.Jan.2020) — Bolivia’s state oil company Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) guaranteed residents in La Paz and interior portions of the land-locked country that there...
YPFB To Use Gasbol Pipeline Independently
(Reuters, 10.Jan.2020) — The Brazilian government authorized Bolivian oil and gas company YPFB to use the Gasbol pipeline to sell gas to other companies in Brazil beyond state-run oil firm...
Petrobras Inks Gas Deal With YPFB
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 30.Dec.2019) — Brazil’s state oil giant Petrobras inked a transition agreement under the natural gas supply agreement (GSA) with its Bolivian counterpart Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales...
YPFB To Investigate Transfers To MAS Party
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 20.Dec.2019) — Bolivia’s state oil company Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) announced an investigation has been launched related to alleged transfers to MAS or the...
Bolivia’s 50% Reduction In Electricity Rates
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 19.Dec.2019) — Bolivia’s interim President Jeanine Áñez and the country’s Energy Minister Rodrigo Guzmán announced an up to 50% reduction in electricity rates nationwide. The...
Bolivia, US Officials Discuss Hydrocarbon Sector
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 17.Dec.2019) — A delegation accompanying US representative Bruce Williamson meet with Bolivia’s Hydrocarbon Minister Víctor Hugo Zamora to discuss possibilities that the two countries work...
YPFB Fundamental For Bolivia Gas Supply
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 17.Dec.2019) — Bolivia’s Hydrocarbon Minister Víctor Hugo Zamora said the new team at state oil company YPFB will be fundamental in negotiations related to expansion...
YPFB President To Provide Company Update
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 17.Dec.2019) — YPFB President Herland Javier Soliz Montenegro announced plans to provide an update on the status of company’s entire production chain within three months....
Zamora Says ‘YPFB In Good Health’
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 17.Dec.2019) — Bolivia’s Hydrocarbon Minister Victor Hugo Zamora announced that the country’s state oil company YPFB was a healthy company. "YPFB is in good health,"...
Soliz Named As YPFB’s New President
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 16.Dec.2019) — Petroleum engineer Herland Javier Soliz Montenegro was named the new president of Bolivia’s state oil company YPFB, replacing engineer José Luis Rivero. Soliz...
Bolivia’s VPACF Gets New VP
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 10.Dec.2019) — Forestry Engineer Marcelo Ayala Torrez was named the new Vice President of Bolivia's Contract and Control Administration (VPACF by its Spanish acronym). Ayala...
Bolivia Plans To Reduce Electric Rates
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 9.Dec.2019) — Bolivia plans to reduce electricity rates, retroactively from November 2019, in eight of the South American country’s nine departments. Users in the departments...
Bolivia Revises Gas Reserves, Fixes GCC Line
(Argus, Patricia Garip, 3.Dec.2019) — Bolivia's new interim government has revised down the figure for natural gas reserves, applying a more conservative interpretation of the certified data. Proven reserves are...
Bolivia Seeks To Lower Regional Electric Tariffs
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 28.Nov.2019) — Bolivia’s Energy Ministry ordered the Nuclear Electricity and Technology Authority (AETN) to reduce electrical rates in the domestic market in "some departments" where...
Bolivia Repairing Carrasco-Cochabamba Gas Pipeline
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 27.Nov.2019) — Bolivia commenced operations to repair a 200-meter section of the Carrasco-Cochabamba Gas pipeline damaged by an explosion that left the industrial sector of...
YPFB Dispatches Fuel, LPG From Senkata Plant
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 23.Nov.2019) — Bolivia’s state oil company Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos announced the dispatch of 1.8 million liters of gasoline and diesel and 10,119 bottles (cylinders)...
Bolivia Gov’t Charges Morales With Terrorism
(Reuters, Daniel Ramos, 22.Nov.2019) — Bolivia's interim government filed a criminal complaint on Friday against former President Evo Morales for alleged sedition and terrorism, the interior minister said, as authorities...
Some 140 Bolivian Industries Lacking Gas
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 19.Nov.2019) — At least 140 industries – including large and medium sized ones in the Bolivian departments of La Paz, Cochabamba and Oruro – have...
LatAmNRG Bolivia Briefs: Fuel Prices, New YPFB Head
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 19.Nov.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs related to Bolivia’s National Hydrocarbon Agency (ANH) establishing maximum fuel prices and appointment by Bolivia’s Interim...
Bolivia Names New YPFB President
(Argus, Patricia Garip, 19.Nov.2019) — Bolivia's fragile interim government appointed Jose Luis Rivero Sandoval the new president of state-owned oil and gas company YPFB. Rivero, who replaces Oscar Barriga, is...
LatAmNRG Bolivia Briefs: Fuel Shortage Contingencies, Morales Vows Return
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 18.Nov.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs related to Bolivia preparing emergency plan to import fuels, Evo Morales vows his return to Bolivia...
Brazil To Import More LNG If Bolivia Supply Falters
(Argus, 14.Nov.2019) — Brazil will increase LNG imports if pipeline natural gas supply from Bolivia is interrupted because of political unrest, according to Brazilian hydrocarbons agency ANP. Brazilian state-controlled Petrobras...
Bolivia Warns Of Force Majeure On Gas Exports
(Argus, 12.Nov.2019) — Bolivia's deepening political crisis is starting to take a toll on its vital hydrocarbons industry. YPFB, Bolivia's state-owned oil and natural gas company, warned Argentina it may...
Bolivian Opposition leader Calls For New Election
(Reuters, Daniel Ramos and Vivian Sequera, 3.Nov.2019) — Bolivia's chief opposition leader on Sunday called for new elections to resolve the political crisis engulfing the nation since a disputed Oct....
Bolivia Crippled As Leftist Leader Faces Vote
(Bloomberg, Peter Millard, 14.Oct.2019) — For two years, Bolivia pushed to boost natural gas production, a longtime key to its prosperity, by drilling for new discoveries on its southeastern lowlands....
Repsol’s Brufau Says Gas The Only Transitional Energy
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 10.Oct.2019) — Repsol’s President Antonio Brufau said during a visit to Bolivia that natural gas is the only transitional energy. “All the countries that are...
Bolivia LatAmNRG Briefs: Electric Vehicle Plant In Cochabamba
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 28.Sep.2019) — LatAmNRG briefs related to Bolivia’s President Evo Morales' visit to Quantum Motors’ electric vehicle plant in Cochabamba and Bolivia signing a contract to...
Siderúrgica Mutún To Have A 105MW Power Station
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 24.Sep.2019) — Bolivia’s Siderúrgica del Mutún steel plant, located in the municipality of Puerto Suárez in the province of Germán Busch in Santa Cruz, will...
LatAmNRG Bolivia Briefs: Morales Inaugurates 480MW Plant In Cochabamba
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 12.Sep.2019) — LatAmNRG briefs related to Bolivia’s President Evo Morales inaugurating a 480 megawatt plant in Cochabamba and Morales saying Bolivia to produce 3,370 megawatts...
Bolivia’s Gas Exports Down 30.4% YTD Thru May
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 24.Aug.2019) — A report by Bolivia’s National Institute of Statistics (INE by its Spanish acronym) published in July 2019 shows that between January and May...
LatAmNRG Bolivia Briefs: Urea Deals, Gas Export Price
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 23.Aug.2019) — LatAmNRG briefs related to Bolivia signing deals related to urea and household gas and Brazil’s ANP saying it expects Bolivian natural gas prices...
Brazil To Reduce Natgas Imports From Bolivia
(Merco Press, 5.Aug.2019) — The Brazilian oil company Petrobras has announced that in the coming months it will reduce its imports of Bolivian natural gas, which it still considers to...
Fallout From Sweet Oil Deal For Venezuela’s Neighbors
(NPR, 20.Jul.2019) — It sounded like such a good idea at the time. The year was 2005. Global oil prices were climbing dramatically. Countries in the Caribbean were facing major...
Bolivia Strikes Gas Deal Russian Giant In Brazil
(Reuters, 11.Jul.2019) — Bolivia’s state energy firm has sealed a deal to supply gas to Russian fertilizer giant Acron’s plants in Brazil, the two sides said on Thursday, opening up...
Bolivia To Buy Petrobras’ Stake In Gas Pipeline
(Reuters, 9.Jul.2019) — Bolivia's state-owned oil company YPFB plans to bid on a stake in a natural gas pipeline linking the country to Brazil to secure better terms for its...
Bolivian Economy Stable But Storm Clouds Loom
(AP, Carlos Valdez, 1.Jul.2019) — Abraham Rodríguez's small shoe store grew into a factory that employed more than a dozen workers during an economic boom in Bolivia when prices for...
LatAm Briefs Bolivia: Govt Income, Mangnetoteluric Study
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 1.Jul.2019) — LatAmNRG briefs related to Bolivia and government receiving 67.4% of all hydrocarbon revenues during 2006-2018, the country eying natural gas reserves reaching 15...
LatAmNRG Heard On The Street: Gas Markets, Argentina Tender
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky and Ian Silverman, 25.Jun.2019) — Heard on the street related to the Latin America and Caribbean upstream, midstream, downstream and renewable energies sectors. ARGENTINA --...
CBHE President: Export Volumes Don’t Determine Profitability
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 16.Jun.2019) — An agreement signed between Bolivia and Paraguay, to carry out a study aimed at building a binational gas pipeline, is important and the...
Bolivia’s Generation Capacity Expected To Reach 3,300 MW In 2019
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 7.Jun.2019) — Bolivia’s generation capacity is expected to rise this year by 1,000 megawatts (MW) to 3,300 MW, representing an increase of 43.4% compared to...
LatAmNRG Bolivia Briefs: Putin-Morales Meeting, Lithium, Potassium Chloride
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 7.Jun.2019) — Heard on the street related to the Bolivian upstream, midstream, downstream and renewable energy sectors including: Russian President Vladimir Putin’s plans to meet...
Bolivia Expects Increase In Gas Exports To Argentina
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 5.Jun.2019) — A new addendum to an existing contract between Bolivia and Argentina will lead to a price increase for exports of natural gas from...
LatAmNRG Bolivia Briefs: Petrobras Volumes, Investments In Lithium
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 30.May.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs related to Brazil’s Petrobras requesting lower natural gas volumes from Bolivia’s YPFB, investments to industrialize Bolivian...
LatAmNRG Bolivia Briefs: YPFB And Shell Deal For Yapucaiti X 1 Well
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 24.May.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs related to YPFB being the withholding agent for transport carriers in Chaco, and YPFB and Shell...
Repsol Winds Down Operations In Venezuela
(VOA, Martin Arostegui, 21.May.2019) — Spain's Repsol, the last western oil giant with major operations in Venezuela, is leaving the embattled country, as pressure mounts from U.S. sanctions and continuing...
LatAmNRG Briefs: Pemex Dos Bocas, Bolivia Charges Persons In Drillmex Case
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin and Ian Silverman, 9.May.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs related to the Sener and Pemex moving forward with the Dos Bocas Refinery...
YPFB And YPF Argentina Ink Upstream And Downstream Deals
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky and Pietro D. Pitts, 7.May.2019) — YPFB and YPF Argentina signed strategic deals during discussions in Santa Cruz related to upstream and downstream activities in...
Bolivia Launches New 87 Octane Gasoline In Cochabamba
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 7.May.2019) — Bolivia sold a total 180,000 liters of its new gasoline -- which has as a special anhydrous additive alcohol -- through 35 petrol...
LatAmNRG Bolivia Briefs: YPFB Investments 2019-2025; Gas Consumption Of 13 MMcm/d
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 1.May.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs related to Bolivia the land-locked country generating oil and gas revenues of estimated $37,484 million during...
Bolivia Gas Production: “Increasingly Smaller, Increasingly Expensive”
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman and Piero Stewart, 23.Apr.2019) — Bolivia’s production of natural gas reached 36 million cubic meters per day (MMcmd/) in March 2019, one of the lowest...
LatAmNRG Bolivia Briefs: Ammonia-Urea Production, NPK Fertilizer
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 22.Apr.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs related to Bolivia and rising production in 2019 from the Cochabamba ammonia-urea complex and the new...
Bolivia Eyes Exporting LNG Through Argentina, Importing Crude
(S&P Global Platts, 22.Apr.2019) — Bolivia is looking at exporting natural gas globally through liquefaction terminals to be built in Argentina, and to buy crude from its southern neighbor, Bolivian...
Bolivia’s ENDE Authorized To Export Electricity To Argentina
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 22.Apr.2019) — Bolivia’s National Electricity Company (ENDE by its Spanish acronym) has been authorized to operate in Argentina, which opens the door to finish a...
Bolivia’s Tarija Gas Region To Generate $2.7 Billion Through 2025
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 14.Apr.2019) — Bolivia’s Tarija department is forecast to generate natural gas revenues of $2.7 billion through the end of 2025, Bolivia’s Information Agency (ABI) reported...
Bolivia’s Gas Reserves To Double By 2025: Minister
(Argus, 12.Apr.2019) — Bolivian hydrocarbons minister Luis Alberto Sanchez predicts a jump in natural gas reserves as the country's "year of exploration" gains momentum. "Results from the first quarter were...
Siderúrgica Del Mutún Eyes Exporting 150,000 Tons Of Iron To Mainly Argentina
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 29.Apr.2019) — Siderúrgica del Mutún (ESM by its Spanish acronym) exported 20,000 tons of Bolivian iron to Argentina in the first quarter of 2019, announced...
YPFB President Says Incahuasi-5 Well To Add 3.5 MMcm/d Of NatGas Output
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 5.Apr.2019) — Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) President Oscar Barriga says the Incahuasi-5 well, located 250 kilometers southwest of Santa Cruz department, will have a...
LatAmNRG Bolivia Briefs: Gas Sector Dependence, Moody’s ‘Ba3’ Rating
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 3.Apr.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs related to Bolivia and the country still being highly dependent on its hydrocarbon sector and Moody’s...
India Seeks Lithium From South American Nations To Meet Solar Energy Target
(Financial Express, Huma Siddiqui, 1.Apr.2019) — With big plans to converting all its vehicles to an electric platform by 2030, India is reaching out to the `Lithium Triangle’ in South...
Bolivia Power Sector Demanding 1,511 Megawatts
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 27.Mar.2019) — Demand from Bolivia’s power sector is currently 1,511 megawatts (MW) compared to supply of 2,236 MW, resulting in a surplus of 725 MW,...
Petrobras Fines Bolivia For Failing To Meet LNG Deliveries
(Reuters, Marta Nogueira, 26.Mar.2019) — Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras has fined Bolivia’s state oil company YPFB after it failed to deliver liquefied natural gas (LNG) volumes secured under a...
Petrobras Expects Bolivian Gas For 2-4 Years More
(Argus,26.Mar.2019) — Brazilian state-controlled Petrobras expects to continue to receive natural gas from Bolivia for up to four more years after its supply contract with its Bolivian counterpart YPFB expires...
LatAmNRG Bolivia Briefs: Aims To Boost Gas Reserves, Indian President Visit
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 25.Mar.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs on YPFB expecting to incorporate 4 MMcm/d of gas production in 2019, Bolivia seeking to boost...
India’s President Embarks On Visit To Croatia, Bolivia, Chile
(ANI, 25.Mar.2019) — President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday embarked on a state visit to Croatia, Bolivia and Chile to hold talks with the leaders of these countries and strengthen...
Bolivian, Russian Presidents To Discuss Gas, Nuclear Research Cooperation
(Sputnik, 20.Mar.2019) — The presidents of Bolivia and Russia will meet in Moscow on 11 July to discuss bilateral cooperation in the gas sector and research of nuclear technologies, Bolivian...
LatAmNRG Bolivia Briefs: Plans For Ammonia-Urea, Propylene Plants
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 16.Mar.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs on Bolivia's plans to build ammonia-urea and urea formaldehyde plants, a Bolivian polypropylene-polypropylene plant under economic...
OPEC Releases MOMR With Oil Data Thru February 2019
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 14.Mar.2019) — OPEC announced publication of its Monthly Oil Market Report (MOMR) as of 14 March 2019 with details on producers in Latin America and...
Bolivia And Paraguay Continue With Bilateral Integration
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 4.Mar.2019) — Integration between South American countries Bolivia and Paraguay continues. Officials from both countries signed a wide variety of deals today as summarized in...
LatAmNRG Bolivia Briefs: Bolivia And Paraguay To Talk Urea, Petrobras Exploration
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 28.Feb.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs on plans by the Bolivian and Paraguayan presidents to discuss LPG, urea, and gas, Brazil's Petrobras...
Argentina, Bolivia And Chile Hold World’s Largest Lithium Resources
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky and Ian Silverman, 23.Feb.2019) — Argentina, Bolivia and Chile hold the largest lithium resources in the world and consequently in the Latin America and Caribbean...
LatAmNRG Bolivia Briefs: Bolivia And Argentina Ink Addendum
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 14.Feb.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs on Bolivia and Argentina inking addendum to natgas PSA, irregular natgas demand in Brazil and Argentina...
In The New Lithium ‘Great Game,’ Germany Edges Out China In Bolivia
(Reuters, Mitra Taj and Michael Nienaber, 28.Jan.2019) — When Germany signed a deal last month to help Bolivia exploit its huge lithium reserves, it hailed the venture as a deepening...
LatAmNRG Briefs: Bolivia Eyes Gas Exports to Paraguay, Peru
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 28.Jan.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs on India eyeing Argentina’s Vaca Muerta formation; Argentine Energy Secretariat delays publication of important resolution; gas...