(Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Jan.2020) — Bolivia’s state oil and gas entity Yacimientos PetrolĂferos Fiscales Boliviano (YPFB) and Argentina’s IEASA signed onto a fifth addendum to a natural gas purchase and sale agreement to guarantee continued bilateral energy trade between both countries in the new year. The volumes agreed under the […]
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Q&A: Bolivia Doubles Down On Gas
(Argus, 31.Dec.2020) — Bolivia’s new government is looking to cut diesel imports by encouraging exploration with a focus on liquids and transitioning its transportation sector to natural gas, the country’s main export. In his first interview with English-speaking media, hydrocarbons minister Franklin Molina shared his perspective with Argus. Spain’s Repsol […]
Hortensia JimĂ©nez To Head Bolivia’s ABEN
(Energy Analytics Institute, 21.Dec.2020) — Bolivia’s Hydrocarbons and Energy Minister Franklin Molina Ortiz named Hortensia JimĂ©nez Rivera as Executive General Director of Bolivia’s Nuclear Energy Agency or ABEN. JimĂ©nez is a chemical engineer with professional experience working for public, private and international organizations in Bolivia and across Latin America. __________ […]
Bolivia Gets 454 Domestic Gas Installations In Mizque
(Energy Analytics Institute, 20.Dec.2020) — Bolivia’s Hydrocarbons and Energy Ministry with assistance from state oil and gas company Yacimientos Petrolifos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) completed the installation and connection of 454 residences to the country’s gas network in the municipality of Mizque in the department of Cochabamba. “We want gas to […]
YPFB Confirms Find At Yarará -X1 Exploratory Well
(Energy Analytics Institute, 19.Dec.2020) — Drilling of the Yarará X-1 (YRA-X1) exploratory well, which commenced on 14 September 2020, reached a final depth of 2,850m and encountered the presence of hydrocarbons. “The immediate plan is to develop wells in the area,” Bolivia’s Ministry of Hydrocarbons and Energy announced 19 December […]
Argentine And Bolivian Energy Ministers Discuss Gas
(Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Dec.2020) — Bolivia’s Hydrocarbons and Energy Minister Franklin Molina Ortiz held a virtual meeting with Argentina’s Energy Secretariat DarĂo MartĂnez to discuss issues related to a common energy agenda between both countries. The aim of the discussion was to strengthen ties based on the economic reactivation of […]
Bolivia Names Heads To YPFB And ANH
(Energy Analytics Institute, 20.Nov.2020) — Bolivia’s Hydrocarbons and Energy Minister Franklin Molina Ortiz appointed engineer Wilson Zelaya Prudencio as president of state oil and gas company Yacimientos Petrolifos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB). Germán Daniel JimĂ©nez Terán was also appointed as executive director of the country’s National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH), Molina announced […]
Molina Says Bolivia Needs To Lower Liquids Subsidy
(Energy Analytics Institute, 19.Nov.2020) — Bolivia’s Hydrocarbons and Energy Minister Franklin Molina Ortiz said the country needs to lower its liquids subsidy and implement policies, programs and projects that help reduce the pressure of fuel imports. Molina blamed the previous government for fuel supply issues across the Andean country. “The […]
Ortiz To Head Bolivia’s Hydrocarbons Ministry
(Energy Analytics Institute, 9.Nov.2020) — Bolivia’s President Luis Arce Catacora appointed Franklin Molina Ortiz as the country’s new Hydrocarbons and Energy Minister. Molina is a native of Santa Cruz and an energy sector consultant. He studied Economics at the Universidad AutĂłnoma Gabriel RenĂ© Moreno (UAGRM) in Santa Cruz and has […]