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Montevideo, September 21st 2024 - 10:34 UTC

Tag: Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB)

  • Thursday, July 18th 2024 - 10:53 UTC

    Bolivia claims to have discovered a massive natural gas field

    President Luis Alberto Arce announced on X a massive discovery of a natural gas field, “the largest find in the country since 2005”.

    Bolivia’s President Luis Alberto Arce announced on X a massive discovery of a natural gas field, “the largest find in the country since 2005”. Bolivia’s state-owned hydrocarbons company YPFB described it as the biggest gas find in nearly two decades and could become the country’s third-largest producing field. 

  • Thursday, March 21st 2024 - 22:32 UTC

    Bolivia ready to launch biodiesel plant

    This plant will produce ecological diesel and will have established a certain mixture with fossil diesel for its commercialization,” said Arce

    Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora announced that his country's first biodiesel production plant will start operating next week in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Although some experts have doubted the project's worth, the Government said that the new undertaking would generate up to US$ 100 million in savings on fossil fuel imports. Supreme Decree 5135 authorizes the addition of up to 25% of vegetable components to conventional fuels.