Peru

Japan's Inpex has made its first move into Peru with the purchase of a 25% stake in Block 117 in the Amazon jungle. Inpex bought the stake from Brazil's Petrobras, which will retain... 2010-06-22

Spanish major Repsol YPF is planning to invest US$900mn on the development of gas-bearing Block 57 of the Greater Camisea project in southern-central Peru.

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

French independent Perenco has submitted to the Peruvian energy ministry an environmental report for the Curaray-Andoas oil pipeline project, part of its large heavy crude development... 2010-03-09

Peru is set to ship its first cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Q210, the main contractor at the liquefaction project, CB&I, said on February 23. While work at the Peru... 2010-02-24

Newly-formed Savia Perú, a joint venture (JV) between Colombian national oil company Ecopetrol and Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC), has announced that intends to increase its... 2010-02-11

The Peruvian energy ministry has outlined near term investment commitments for the country's flagship Camisea gas project in the south-eastern jungle.

Brazil's state-run Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) has made a significant gas discovery in Peru's Block 58, in the vicinity of the Camisea project, Peruvian President Alan García... 2009-11-06

Peruvian Amazon tribes are pressuring US independent Hunt Oil to abandon its exploration programme on Block 76 in the south of the country. The fierce and well-organised opposition... 2009-10-28

Peru's state licensing body Perúpetro has postponed the country's Amazon licensing round for the second time due to ongoing negotiations with local indigenous groups.