Argentina

The major conclusions and recommendations of this report are as follows: 1) to meet anticipated requirements for the domestic and export markets, especially to Braz... Mostrar más + il. Bolivia's proven reserves will need to be increased through further field delineation and exploration of the country's considerable potential; 2) the terms for natural gas in exploration and production contracts need to be developed more thoroughly; 3) production planning should be improved so as to avoid wasteful flaring of gas and the excessive focus on liquids recovery at the expense of overall production optimization; 4) the major issue in domestic gas utilization is the need for a proper costing of gas in power use; 5) compressed natural gas (CNG) use represents an economically attractive opportunity for Bolivia that could replace a significant proportion of liquids use in transport; 6) opportunities for development of Bolivia's gas resources will be enhanced by the broadest possible growth and liberalization of gas markets within Cono Sur; 7) Bolivia must continue to treat Argentina as a major influence on its gas sector; 8) Bolivia's focus on developing the Brazilian gas market is justified; 9) schemes to export Bolivian gas to the north of Chile do not appear to be economically attractive; 10) Bolivia's domestic gas pricing should distinguish between the commodity value of gas and the costs of transmission and distribution; 11) two-part transmission and distribution tariffs should be established, with both a fixed reservation (demand) charge and variable (usage) charge; and 12) to place an increased institutional focus on natural gas, a single national gas transmission company should be set up through the merger of currently separate divisions of Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB). Mostrar menos -