The Colombian energy sector can look forward to increased investment in 2017 and 2018. With a crisis in the electricity sector narrowly avoided, the government is reassessing its strategy to improve energy security. In the hydrocarbons segment, 2017 will see major investments in offshore exploration, which represents the best possibility for the country to maintain energy self-sufficiency,...
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Chapter | Energy & Utilities from The Report: Colombia 2017
Interviews & Viewpoints | Luis Rivera, Vice-President, Gold Fields Las Americas: Interview from The Report: Peru 2017
How can government, local communities and the private sector work together to guarantee sustainable mining projects?
Interviews & Viewpoints | Carlos Gálvez Pinillos, Vice-President and CFO, Minas Buenaventura: Interview from The Report: Peru 2017
How could the Ministry of Energy and Mining’s upcoming development projects be impacted?
Articles & Analysis | Maximising hydrocarbons reserves remains a key priority in Peru from The Report: Peru 2017
Among President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski’s key pledges in the 2016 election campaign was the “massification of natural gas” to serve residents and industrial users across southern Peru. Another feature of Peru’s policy focus is to diversify gas exports, including the potential renegotiation of the country’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) contract...
Articles & Analysis | Renewable energy production spurs growth in Peru from The Report: Peru 2017
According to the “Climatescope 2016” report, which asses the ability of countries to attract investment for low-carbon energy sources, Peru is currently one of only a handful of countries in Latin America with a mandatory renewable energy target, assumed to be revised every five years. In 2008 the Ministry of Energy and Mines (Ministerio de...
Articles & Analysis | The mining industry looks at basing refineries in Peru from The Report: Peru 2017
One of President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski’s election campaign themes was that Peru’s mining sector should increase its involvement in higher value-added activities, moving beyond simple ore extraction into more smelting and refining. “Pedro Pablo is very clear on this. Today we export a lot of rocks with our raw materials and some of those...