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Under a new zone of influence, Petrobras must re-evaluate the gas supply contract with Bolivia; the agreement was signed with Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) and allows the import of up to 30 million cubic meters per day for the Andean country; according to the proposed revision, the volume should be halved
The report points out that "the Bolivian gas import contract is one of the issues that the companys future president, the economist Roberto Castello Branco, will analyze. Sources close to the executive affirm that he does not yet have a position on it, but that will probably follow the suggestion of the technical area of ??the company, including considering that the priority of the company will be to increase production in the pre-salt fields. "
The matter still denies that "Petrobras is obliged, today, by contract to pay for 24 million cubic meters per day even if they are not imported. As in recent years demand has been low, the state has surplus gas to receive that has already been paid. The discussions between the state-owned companies of the two countries also involve the expiration of a gas transportation contract. On December 31 of next year, the transportation contract for 18 million cubic meters per day expires, and the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) prepares a public call for the beginning of next year to check which companies could demonstrate interest in taking part of the service ". |
