Argentina

Further evidence that under-investment and punitive taxes are hurting the Argentine hydrocarbons industry comes with news that the Latin American country's 2007 oil production has... 2008-03-31

A joint venture (JV) between Argentina's Enarsa and Venezuela's PdVSA has called for expressions of interest to build liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification plants in... 2008-03-07

Madrid-based integrated oil and gas group RepsolYPF has begun to reduce its exposure to the Argentine energy market by selling 15% of former Argentine state company YPF and outlining... 2008-02-22

Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez and his Bolivian counterpart, Evo Morales, formally signed an agreement to form a new joint venture (JV) YPFB-Petroandina on August 10. The agreement... 2007-08-13

Venezuela's President, Hugo Chávez, has stated that state-owned energy company Petróleos de Venezuela (PdVSA) could form a joint venture (JV) with Argentina's state-owned Enarsa... 2007-08-07

The third licensing round launched by Argentina's Rio Negro province has attracted bids from eight companies seeking to explore in the Neuquén basin.

An usually cold winter in Latin America, combined with several years of rapid economic growth has resulted in extremely tight energy supply in Argentina. Supply to businesses has... 2007-07-06

Argentina has cut its gas exports to Chile due to a serious cold wave which has affected both countries. Argentinean authorities closed the trans-Andean natural gas pipeline on May... 2007-05-30

According to Sergio Gabrielli, the Chief Executive of Brazil's state-run Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras), Bolivia needs to attract new investment in its energy sector so as to... 2007-05-23

Alvaro Rios Roca, executive secretary of Latin American energy organisation Olade, has announced that the proposed South American natural gas pipeline Gran Gasoducto del Sur could... 2007-05-11