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Top Petroleum News
LatinPetroleum eMagazine (Issue 02.2007)
Some of the top stories found in the LatinPetroleum eMagazine (Issue 02.2007) released on February 27, 2007 include: [Editor’s Commentary] Thinking aloud: Absolute power corrupts or does it?; SUEZ Energy International and Ashmore Group enter into Panamanian-Peruvian asset swap; PEMEX to invest $600 million in two new plants at the refinery in Cadereyta; Venezuela and London enter into fuel-for-advise deal; Dominica oks 10,000 b/d refinery; ExxonMobil may not conclude dialogues in Venezuela; Pampa Holding looks to raise $430 million in equity offering; Brazil awaits payment for two refineries; Petrobras and YPFB sign an agreement for Bolivian gas; Uruguay proposes paying for Venezuelan oil with public bonds; and much more in this 54-page issue.
Oct 15, 2006, 12:30
Petrobras schist oil production technology to be applied in Jordan
Petrobras has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Energy & Mineral Resources of Jordan to undertake a Technical & Economic Viability Study for the use of the Petrosix technology at block AUG 21, in the Attarat field.
Feb 26, 2007, 08:56
Venezuela and Japan reveal $3.5 billion oil deal
The Japanese companies Marubeni and Mitsui announced they reached an agreement with Venezuela’s state oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA), to import crude oil from the OPEC nation over the next fifteen years, according to the news agency ‘Kyodo’.
Feb 23, 2007, 07:07
Venezuelan write-down affects Williams' reserve base
Williams announced that its domestic and international proved natural gas and oil reserves as of Dec. 31, 2006, increased to approximately 3.9 trillion cubic feet equivalent (Tcfe).
Feb 22, 2007, 11:06
SUEZ Energy and Ashmore Group enter Panamanian-Peruvian asset swap
SUEZ Energy International announced that it has purchased a 51% interest in a power plant in Panama from a British group with operations in the Central American nation. As part of the deal, SUEZ sold its interest in a natural gas distribution company in Peru.
Feb 20, 2007, 17:38
Venezuela to send cheap fuel to London
Thanks to a broad cooperation agreement signed in the British capital between PDVSA, through its subsidiary PDV Europe, and the Greater London Authority, the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela will receive advise in urban management, safety, environment, tourism and culture, with the aim of improving quality of life in the country’s largest cities, while low income sectors in the city of London will benefit from having access to transport services at a lower cost.
Feb 20, 2007, 17:31
OLADE: Latin America must look for energy integration
The Latin American region has ample energy resource yet the region still lacks complete energy integration, explained Álvaro Ríos Roca, the secretary-general of the Latin American Energy Organization or ‘Organización Latinoamericana de Energía’ (OLADE by its Spanish abbreviation).
Feb 20, 2007, 08:43
Braskem looking to them up with YPFB
The Brazilian company, Braskem, is looking to partner up with Bolivia’s state oil company, Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB), to construct a petrochemical complex along the Brazil-Bolivia border region, according to comments made by Bolivia’s Hydrocarbon Minister, Carlos Villegas.
Feb 20, 2007, 08:42
Total Venezuela hoping to extend Sincor dialogue
Total Group announced it does not believe that it will be able to complete negotiations with the Venezuelan government regarding the nationalization of its Sincor heavy oil project until sometime in late 2007, according to statements from the Group’s executive president.
Feb 16, 2007, 05:41
Texaco and Unamos Launch “Gallons for Life” in Venezuela
Chevron, through its brand Texaco and in partnership with Civil Association “Unamos”, officially launched the campaign “Gallons for Life”, whose objective is to raise funds for integral care of children and adolescents from “Colmena de la Vida”.
Feb 15, 2007, 10:19
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