Chile

Chinese-controlled Pan American Energy (PAE) has discovered light oil in southern Chile, according to a local newspaper report. PAE has been exploring in Chile since 2008, when it acquired... 2011-07-18

The US could become a net fuels exporter in 2011 as a result of weak domestic consumption and increasing demand in the Latin American refined products market, according to a senior... 2010-11-11

Anglo-Dutch major Royal Dutch Shell said on August 5 that it has begun valuating its downstream oil business in Chile in preparation for a potential sale.

Chilean explorer GeoPark Holdings announced on March 12 that it has entered into a strategic partnership with South Korea's LG International (LGI) to acquire and develop upstream... 2010-03-15

Chile's second liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal received its first test cargo, delivered from Trinidad & Tobago, on February 24.

Chile-focused explorer GeoPark Holdings has announced the successful drilling and testing of its Alakaluf 6 and Alakaluf 8 oil wells at the Fell Block in Chile.

Independent explorer GeoPark Holdings has announced a gas discovery with the eighth well of its 10-well drilling programme in the Fell Block in Chile. The latest discovery provides... 2009-12-10

AIM-listed explorer GeoPark Holdings has hit oil with its Yagan Norte-1 well in the Fell Block in southern Chile, the company's sixth successful well of six drilled so far in 2009.

Argentina has expressed its willingness to serve as a transit state for the gas trade between Bolivia and Uruguay.

Buoyed by the launch of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal, Chilean gas distributor Metrogas has terminated a gas supply contract with its Argentine suppliers, practically... 2009-09-30