Peru

The government of Peru has suspended the contracts that the state licensing agency Perúpetro had awarded to state-owned Petroperú and Norwegian partner Discover Petroleum,... 2008-10-08

Peru's government has awarded the construction of a gas pipeline that will connect the Camisea gas field to the southern region of the country to Kuntur Transportadora de Gas, a... 2008-09-29

Peru's state-owned Petroperu has selected France's Axens and Denmark's Haldor Topsoe to manage the modernisation of the country's Talara refinery.

China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and Sinopec Group have jointly bid between US$1.5bn-US$2.5bn for Petro-Tech Peruana, according to a China-based industry official.... 2008-08-19

Oslo-based InterOil Exploration & Production has completed a second well in Block III (Mirador) in Peru. The company has invested US$1.2mn in the well so far.

Anglo-Dutch major Royal Dutch Shell is ready to spend as much as US$300mn on exploration for oil and natural gas in Peruvian waters as part of a agreement with BPZ Energy.

Peru's Petro-Tech has announced an oil and a gas discovery offshore northern Peru.

The Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) has signed financing loans totalling US$800mn for Peru's Camisea liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project.

Peru's next licensing round, which could be launched this year, will be the last tender of relatively untouched areas in the Latin American country, according to Perupetro's chairman... 2008-06-20

Company officials from Mumbai-based conglomerate Reliance Industries, India's largest private company, have announced plans to explore for oil in Peru and have said the company will... 2008-06-18