By Álvaro Ríos, Brujula Digital: We are only seeing the tip of the iceberg regarding the deep energy crisis in which Bolivia is immersed. I have called it “the Bolivian energy black hole.” A black hole is a finite region of space described in Einstein’s equations, the interior of which has a concentration of mass…
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Gas emergency | Urgencia de gas
Humberto Vacaflor, El Diario: The oil companies advise the government to correct the rules that apply in that industry if it wants to replace the reserves that have been exploited restlessly since 2006, until they are exhausted. The government has responded, through YPFB, that it now intends to make “the largest investment in history” in…
Se agota – Gas – Runs out
Editorial, Los Tiempos: The official and governmental effort to rewrite history and impose the lie of the “coup” to erase the electoral fraud of 2019 contrasts with the discretion of the actions that should be taken to face the economic situation of the country, and mainly of the State. While the judicial and street persecutions…
Se acabó – It’s over
Humberto Vacaflor, El Diario: End of the oil companies The reign of oil has lasted 161 years until now but it goes out like a candle, just like the reign of mineral coal, which has lasted until now for 260 years and goes out like an ember. According to Antonio Escohotado, a Spanish researcher, in…
How Bolivia plans to deal with the oil price crash
Bnamericas report: Bolivia’s hydrocarbons ministry has outlined a roadmap to navigate the current oil pricing environment impacted by depressed energy demand brought on by the global health crisis. “For our country, the immediate effect of what happens in the world is null…however, our country always had the dilemma of generating a lot of income from the sale…
El apocalipsis de YPFB
Francesco Zaratti escribe en Pagina Siete: “… Primer informe nacional de situación entregado por el presidente de YPFB y descargable del sitio: http://www.ypfb.gob.bo/images/ypfb/otros/YPFB_2020_transicion.pdf El informe revela que en los últimos años nos ha gobernado una sarta de autoridades mentirosas, manipuladoras de cifras, incompetentes y, en algunos casos, corruptas, sin ninguna visión holística del sector energético….
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