Production at Venezuela gas field to start in 15 months
September 7th, 2012 - 11:29 am ICT by IANS
Lecheria (Venezuela), Sep 7 (IANS/EFE) Spain's Repsol said it expects production at the Perla gas field, located off Venezuela's northwestern coast and one of the world's largest, to begin in ... Read more...
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Venezuela confirms start-up of oil exploration off Cuba
September 6th, 2012 - 10:48 am ICT by IANS
Lecheria (Venezuela), Sep 6 (IANS/EFE) State-owned oil giant Petroleos de Venezuela, or PDVSA, has started exploring for oil in deepwater areas off Cuba, Oil and Mining Minister Rafael Ramirez said."It ... Read more...
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Brazilian oil giant announces contracts worth $4.5 bn
July 21st, 2012 - 10:49 am ICT by IANS
Sao Paulo, July 21 (IANS/EFE) Brazilian state-controlled oil giant Petrobras and its partners BG Group, Petrogal Brasil and Repsol Sinopec will sign 10 contracts worth $4.5 billion for the construction ... Read more...
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Spain sells 3.2 bn euros in bonds at higher rates
April 18th, 2012 - 12:03 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, April 18 (IANS/EFE) Spain sold 3.17 billion euros ($4.16 billion) worth of short-term government debt Tuesday, although its borrowing costs rose to their highest levels since December 2011.The Treasury ... Read more...
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Argentina to nationalize Spanish-controlled oil company
April 17th, 2012 - 11:12 am ICT by IANS
Buenos Aires, April 17 (IANS/EFE) President Cristina Fernandez announced Monday the immediate takeover of YPF, a unit of Spanish oil major Repsol, and said she will ask the Argentine Congress ... Read more...
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Chinese-Spanish venture makes oil find in Brazil
February 28th, 2012 - 11:25 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, Feb 28 (IANS/EFE) Chinese-Spanish oil venture Repsol Sinopec Brasil has made a new oil find in Brazil's deepwater Campos Basin, with the discovery offering one of the heaviest accumulations ... Read more...
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Spanish energy firm to invest $640 mn in Bolivia
November 24th, 2011 - 11:58 am ICT by IANS
La Paz, Nov 24 (IANS/EFE) Repsol CEO Antonio Brufau told Bolivian President Evo Morales that the Spanish energy giant plans to invest $640 million in operations in this Andean nation ... Read more...
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Spanish firm to explore for oil in Alaska
March 8th, 2011 - 11:57 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, March 8 (IANS/EFE) Spanish energy group Repsol will invest $768 million to explore for oil in Alaska.Alaska's oil-rich North Slope was an "especially promising area for Repsol", the Spanish ... Read more...
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Oil hits $100 mark
February 24th, 2011 - 6:22 am ICT by IANS
New York, Feb 24 (IANS) US crude oil price crossed $100 a barrel Wednesday, hitting the triple digits for the first time since October 2008, as violence in Libya caused anxiety in ... Read more...
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Argentina to import gasoline for first time in 30 years
March 10th, 2010 - 12:02 pm ICT by IANS
Buenos Aires, March 10 (IANS/EFE) Argentine oil company YPF has said that it plans to import 50 million litres of gasoline as demand outstrips supply in the South American nation.
Argentina, an oil-producing ... Read more...
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Head of NIGEC says three major gas projects will be completed by 2014
October 20th, 2008 - 10:52 am ICT by ANI
Nicosia, Oct 20 (ANI): Reza Kasaizadeh, the new Head of the National Iranian Gas Export Company (NIGEC), has said that Irans three major gas projects - the Iran LNG, the Pars ... Read more...
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Bolivia seizes controlling stake in pipeline company
June 3rd, 2008 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
La Paz, June 3 (IANS) Bolivian President Evo Morales has expropriated US-based company Ashmore's 50 percent stake in gas pipeline company Transredes, which transports Bolivia's natural gas to neighbouring Brazil and Argentina, ... Read more...
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