Bolivia

The Bolivian government took advantage of the symbolism of May Day to advance the nationalisation of the country's electricity sector by seizing control of Transportadora de Electricidad... 2012-05-08

Petrobras's planned US$13.6bn asset-divestment plan is a positive step towards bolstering the company's balance sheet as it undertakes the world's largest capital-spending programme.... 2011-08-03

News that Bolivia is to offer new gas-exploration concessions shows that the government recognises the acute problems facing its crucial natural gas sector and the need for foreign... 2011-05-04

Brazilian Private Equity (PE) stands poised for its moment in the sun. CFW notes that although Brazil has been disproportionately ignored by PE in the past, investors are really starting... 2010-11-24

Russia's Gazprom has revealed plans to acquire a 20-24.5% stake in Petroandina, a 51:49 JV between Bolivia's Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) and Petróleos de... 2009-04-20

The Bolivian government has signed a document agreeing to compensate US-based Ashmore Energy International for its 25% stake in the Transredes pipeline company that the government... 2008-10-21

Petroandina, a joint venture (JV) between Bolivian and Venezuelan state-owned energy companies Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) and Petroleós de Venezuela (PdVSA)... 2008-07-17

The Bolivian state has taken over US-based Ashmore Energy's remaining stake in the Transredes pipeline company after failing to reach a share buyback agreement with Ashmore.

The Bolivian government, led by President Evo Morales of the leftist Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS), set an April 30 deadline for the government to take control of four energy companies.... 2008-04-25

Russia's Gazprom has signed an agreement with Bolivia's state-owned YPFB to form a joint venture (JV) to explore for oil and gas in the Latin American country.