(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 7.Jun.2016) – YPFB plans to sign exploration contracts with its Argentine and Brazilian counterparts in July. YPFB will sign exploration agreements with its Argentine counterpart […]
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Bolivia energy
YPFB Has Capacity to Produce 61 MMcm/d
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 6.Jun.2016) – Bolivia has the capacity to produce 61 million cubic meters per day of natural gas to cover demand in the internal market and […]
Bolivia Has 40,000 MW Hydroelectric Capacity
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 5.Jun.2016) – Bolivia has capacity to generate 40,000 megawatts of energy from hydroelectric projects. “According to studies from international organizations Bolivia has capacity to generate […]
YPFB Guarantees LPG Supply in Santa Cruz
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 2.Jun.2016) – YPFB plans to increase the number of LPG cylinders in Santa Cruz to 45,000 per day from 37,000 per day in order to […]
YPFB to Boost LPG Supply During Winter Period
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 25.May.2016) – YPFB will increase the supply of LPG cylinders to an average 158,000 per day from 130,000 per day to guarantee supply of the […]
Value of Bolivian Gas Exports Up 867%
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 23.May.2016) – Bolivia’s natural gas exports reached $3.771 billion in 2015, up 867 percent compared to just $390 million in 2003, reported the daily newspaper […]
Bolivia to Send Energy from Santa Cruz to Beni
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 23.May.2016) – Bolivia’s National Electricity Company plans to send energy from Santa Cruz to Marbán del Beni to benefit communities in the area. Energy from […]
Enarsa to Import Gas From Chile
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 23.May.2016) – Argentina’s state oil company Enarsa signed a contract to purchase natural gas from Chile at a price 53 percent higher than the LNG […]
Lawmaker Wants Investigation into Brazil-Bolivia Deals
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 23.May.2016) – Brazil’s Vice President of Foreign Affairs and Deputy in the Brazil National Defense Chamber of Brazil Luis Carlos Auli announced he wants an […]
Bolivia Exported 24 MMcm/d to Brazil
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 19.May.2016) – Bolivian exports to Brazil reached 24 million cubic meters per day on May 12, 2016 compared to 30 million cubic meters per day […]
Rousseff Issues Will Not Affect Gas Deals
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 18.May.2016) – The political situation that is affecting Brazil with the suspension of its President Dilma Rousseff will not affect negotiations with Bolivia regarding a […]
YPF to Participate In Two Areas in Bolivia
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 9.May.2016) – YPF has plans to participate in the Boyuibe and Ibibobo areas in Bolivia, reported the daily newspaper La RazĂłn, citing Bolivia’s Hydrocarbon Minister […]
Repsol Visits Bolivia to Discuss Investments
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 9.May.2016) – Repsol President Antonio Brufau visited Bolivia to discuss overall investments in the small landlocked country with officials from YPFB and investments in three […]
Total to Boost Output in Bolivia by 6.7 MMcm/d
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 9.May.2016) – France’s Total plans to boost natural gas production by 6.7 million cubic meters per day at Aquio Incahuasi. The French company also plans […]
Bolivia’s Margarita Field Producing 20 MMcm/d
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 9.May.2016) – Bolivia’s Margarita field is producing 20 million cubic meters per day of gas, reported the daily newspaper La RazĂłn, citing Bolivia’s Hydrocarbon Minister […]
Ende, Siemens Sign $397.5 Mln Contract in Bolivia
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 9.May.2016) – Bolivia’s National Electricity Company signed a contract with Siemens AG for $397.5 million to boost energy production in TermoelĂ©ctrica del Sur to 480 […]
Bolivia to Invest $2.4 Bln in 86 Projects
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 4.May.2016) – YPFB is planning activities in 86 exploration projects in 63 areas which will require an estimated investment of $2.4 billion, reported the daily […]
YPFB Corp. Reports 72% Drop in Profits
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 4.May.2016) – YPFB Corporation reported profits of $364.1 million in 2015, down 72 percent compared to $1,299.5 million in 2014, reported the daily newspaper La […]
Bolivia Hydrocarbon Sector Investments 2016-2020
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 4.May.2016) – With oil prices below $50 per barrel, YPFB plans investments of $12.681 billion during 2016-2020 under its Economic and Social Development Plan (PDES […]
Battery-hungry World Turns to South America’s ‘Lithium Triangle’
(Reuters, 15.Mar.2016) — Far from the soy and cattle that dominate its vast fertile pampas, Argentina harbors another valuable commodity that is rocketing in price and demand and luring newly […]
Bolivia Starts Warnes Thermoelectric Plant
(Energy Analytics Institute, 9.Oct.2015) – The Warnes Thermoelectric Plant, located in Bolivia’s Santa Cruz department, will provide 200 megawatts (MW) of energy to the country’s electric grid during its first […]
Lliquimuni Well Results by November 2015
(El Diario, 17.Sep.2015) – Results from the Lliquimuni exploration well are expected to be ready in late-October or early-November, reported the daily newspaper El Diario, citing Bolivia’s energy minister Luis […]
Argentina Seeks to Import 200MW from Bolivia
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 24.Mar.2015) – Argentina is considering importing 200 megawatts of energy from Bolivia in 2015, announced Bolivia’s President Evo Morales. The official also announced Brazil was […]
Bolivia Aims to Export Energy to Brazil, Peru
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 24.Mar.2015) – Bolivia is considering exporting energy to Brazil and Peru, reported the daily newspaper La RazĂłn, citing National Electricity Company (ENDE CorporaciĂłn) National and […]
Bolivia Wants to Build Relations with the USA
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 15.Mar.2015) – We want to build relations with the United States based on respect, announced Bolivia’s Vice President Alvaro GarcĂa Linera. “When we got into […]
LatAmNRG: Heard On The Street 3Q:13
(Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Sep.2013) – Information in this section, provided by Energy Analytics Institute editors and reporters, is hearsay and thus should be treated as such. The names of our […]
Bulo Bulo to Generate 3,000 Jobs
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 12.Sep.2013) – The urea plant in Bulo Bulo, Cochabamba will generate 3,000 jobs, reported the daily newspaper La Razon, citing Vice Minister of Industrialization, Commercialization, […]
GTLI to Return Areas to YPFB
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 11.Sep.2013) – Gas To Liquid International (GTLI) is in the process of returning four exploration areas to Yacimientos PetrolĂferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB). There are 104 […]
Bolivia’s Nationalization of Oil and Gas
(Council on Foreign Relations, Carin Zissis, 12.May.2006) — In a region seen as turning leftward, forging alliances would seem a natural course of events. But Bolivian President Evo Morales’ decision […]