Energy

The mining sector has seen its revenues increase significantly as Peru continues to ride the wave of a commodities “super-cycle”, bringing foreign reserves to an all-time high and sparking large-scale transportation and energy projects as production increases. As of June 2013, the Ministry of Energy and Mines reported an investment portfolio of $57.4bn. With the rich, polymetallic Andes as a...

Although its resource wealth should help to ensure Peru’s long-term energy security, in the short term surging demand continues to put pressure on the sector. A recent influx of investment in hydroelectric power stations and natural gas-fired thermoelectric facilities should be enough to stave off any bottleneck in electricity generation and avert potential power shortages in 2016 and 2017....

In spite of its vast reserves of minerals, the mining sector is currently only a modest contributor to the economy due to a range of factors that have impeded development. All told, approximately 14.5bn tonnes of metallic minerals (including gold, copper, iron, chromite, nickel, cobalt and platinum) and 67.66bn tonnes of non-metallic minerals, such as sand and gravel, limestone, marble, clay, and...

The emergence of new hydrocarbons fields has helped the Philippine energy sector make up for declining output starting in the mid-1990s. While primary energy demand continues to outstrip diminishing domestic production, output from relatively recently exploited reserves are offsetting maturing blocks as the sector looks to implement a strategy of efficiency, diversification and further...

Electricity is regularly cited as Nigeria’s chief obstacle to economic growth, but 2013 may mark a turning point for what is often referred to as the country’s Achilles heel. For more than a decade, the lack of reliable power has cut into profit margins and increased operating overheads. Under-investment and mismanagement are generally accepted as being among several primary causes of the power...

In 2011 Nigeria had the world’s 10th-largest oil reserves, at 37.2bn barrels, and the ninth-largest reserves of associated gas, at 182trn standard cu feet. Yet as the country’s proven reserves of both oil and gas start to decline, the imperative will be to clarify the industry’s long-term legal and fiscal outlooks to encourage more investment in exploration and production. Despite legislative...