(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 a potentially important new market for the landlocked South American country. Bolivian state-owned YPFB agreed the sale of 2.2 million […]
Tag: Luis Alberto Sánchez
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 trillion cubic feet by 2025, and state oil and gas entity YPFB commencing a mangnetoteluric study in Cochabamba. Bolivia Received […]
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 the former to the latter by between 15% to 20% in winter, Bolivia’s Information Agency (ABI) reported 5 June, citing […]
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 and Argentina, Bolivia’s Hydrocarbon Ministry announced 7 May 2019 in an official statement on its website. In the upstream […]
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 April 14. During 2006 and 2018, Tarija department generated estimated oil and gas revenues of $5 billion, ABI reported, citing […]
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 very promising,” Sanchez told Argus in an interview. “Reserves will increase from a current 10.7 trillion cf when we certify […]
Bolivia Foresees Hydrocarbon Revenues Of $2.5 Billion In 2019
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 21.Nov. 2018) — Bolivia’s Hydrocarbon Minister Luis Alberto Sanchez announced the country foresees hydrocarbon revenues of $2.5 billion in 2019 amid continued legal security as well as plans to sign gas export contracts. In coming weeks Bolivia’s government will sign new contracts which could imply […]
Bolivia And Paraguay Sign MOU Related To Gas Pipeline
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 19.Nov.2018) — Bolivia’s Hydrocarbon Minister Luis Alberto Sánchez and Paraguay’s Public Works Minister Arnoldo Wiens signed a Memorandum of Understanding related to construction of a natural gas pipeline that will allow for shipment of the molecules from the former to the latter. We hope to […]
Bolivia’s Oil Revenue To Reach $2.2 Billion
(Xinhua, 14.Oct.2018) — Bolivia’s oil revenue this year is estimated to reach 2.2 billion U.S. dollars as it “will be able to fulfill” contracts with its southern American partners, Minister of Hydrocarbons and Energy Luis Alberto Sanchez said Saturday. “The income to the country is guaranteed,” Sanchez said. “We should […]
Air BP Nationalization In Bolivia “Technically” Not Finalized
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 14.Oct.2018) — Bolivia’s Hydrocarbon Minister Luis Alberto Sánchez, acknowledged that nationalization of Air BP, a subsidiary of British Petroleum, in charge of marketing jet fuel and airplane gasoline, wasn’t completed due to lawsuit filed by Aerosur. “We haven’t finalized the transfer of shares in Air […]
Bolivia’s Gas Lower than LNG, Vaca Muerta Shale: Sánchez Says
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 12.Oct.2018) — Bolivian natural gas is more competitive than liquefied natural gas (LNG) and gas from Argentina’s Vaca Muerta shale formation, announced Bolivia’s Hydrocarbon Minister Luis Alberto Sánchez. The minister stressed that Bolivian gas, priced at $7/MMbtu, was much cheaper than Argentine gas. Argentina’s LNG […]
Bolivia Gas Exports To Argentina To-date Averaging 18 MMcm/d
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 11.Oct.2018) — Bolivian natural gas exports shipped by YPFB to Argentina to-date have averaged 18 million cubic meters per day (MMcm/d). These volumes are below the minimum 20.9 MMcm/d guaranteed by the state oil company and a maximum 24.6 MMcm/d requested by Argentina, reported the […]
Argentina Still Owes Bolivia $250 Mln For Gas Imports
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 27.Sep.2018) — Bolivia’s government plans to meet soon with Argentine authorities in the Casa Rosada to again address the issue of late payments. “They still owe us two bills, and in the coming weeks we are going to discuss with the government how to regularize […]
Bolivia to Launch Super Ethanol 92 in October 2018
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 26.Sep.2018) — Bolivia is planning to launch a new ethanol: Super Ethanol 92. “Today, a decree was approved authorizing the mixture of ethanol with base gasoline up to 12%,” said Sanchez. The Super Ethanol 92 that the Bolivian government plans to launch on October 10 […]
Companies to Invest Nearly $900 Mln in Iñiguazu
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 12.Aug2018) – In Caraparí, in southern Bolivia, a law was enacted that paves the way for the exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbon resources in Iñiguazu. Passage of the law is expected to attract investments of close to $900 million, reported the daily newspaper La Razón. […]
YPFB to Drill $35 Mln MYC-X1 Study Well
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 23.Jul.2018) – Bolivia’s state oil company Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) plans to drill the Mayaya Centro (MYC-X1) stratigraphic investigative well in 2019 with an estimated investment of $35 million. The well — to be drilled to an approximate depth of 5,500 meters — is […]
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 to take part in the second phase of activities at the field whereby it plans to boost output there by […]
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 Alberto Sánchez. Investments in the well — to be drilled to a total depth of approximately 3,200 meters — are […]