Algeria says to boost oil and gas exploration

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 02 October 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Comercio Internacional, Energia, English

OPEC member Algeria plans to double its oil and gas exploration efforts within the next three years, the state energy company said on Thursday, signalling a possible shift in strategy.

Libya courting oil & gas investors

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 22 February 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Comercio Internacional, Energia, English

The head of Libya’s National Oil Corp., Shokri Ghanem, has his eye on expanding gas exploration and production in a bid to raise exports to Europe, as well as privatizing oil refineries and the petrochemical sector, according to an interview he gave this month to the Oxford Business Group.

Oil and Gas: International Oil Companies (IOC) in Chile… Is That Good?

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 24 May 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Comercio Internacional, Energia, English

As regards the relatively recent interest from IOCs to invest in Chile, I have heard maybe too many times people questioning the convenience of their presence in our country. Why should we have them here? Why does not the state act directly keeping all the benefits in Chile? Other voices say that we should only [...]

Oil and Gas: The Exploration & Production Business in Chile

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 14 May 2008 | 2 Comments
Categories: Energia, English

While in most of the petroleum producing countries the attention and discussion moves toward the optimization of production and the necessary adjustment to contracts so as to limit the benefits for international oil companies (IOCs), in Chile the situation is somehow different.