Peru pipeline closed for six more months following third oil spill
Peru’s Northern Peruvian Pipeline will remain closed until at least 2017 after its third spill…
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Peru officials acquitted in ‘Petroaudios’ oil scandal from 2008
A high-level corruption scandal which started over seven years ago in Peru ended today when a judge…
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Peru to reduce oil royalties 75% to attract investment
Peru will reduce royalties oil companies pay to the government in order to attract investment to explore…
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Petroperu looks to take over Peru’s top oil license in 2017
Peru’s oil regulator Perupetro is working on a contract for state oil firm Petroperu to assume drilling…
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Protests against oil companies throughout northern Peru
Local residents have occupied oil fields and an airfield in northern Peru’s Loreto state as the city…
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Pacific Stratus to operate northern Peru oil block
Peru has awarded a two-year license to operate block 192 to the Peruvian subsidiary of Pacific Exploration…
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Northern Peru region set to protest private operation of key oil block
The Loreto state governor and local indigenous organizations have called an indefinite strike to protest…
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Peru scrambles to sell top oil license
Peru’s government is negotiating directly with oil companies to operate block 192 to prevent a production…
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Peru’s oil future in question after key license attracts zero bids
None of the qualified oil companies placed a bid for block 192, Peru’s largest oil license, in a contentious…
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