Anchiway residents take Perú LNG natural gas camp, claim gas pipeline likely to cause irreparable ecological damage

Residents of the Andean community of Anchiway, located in Peru’s south central Department of Ayacucho, have taken Perú LNG & Techint Co.’s gas camp, and are currently keeping more than 300 workers hostage. Local farmers have also blocked off food supply to the gas camp, and have threatened to cut off water and energy supply [...]

Repsol-YPF and Petro-Peru say they can’t comply with set deadline for reduction in sulfur content of diesel fuel

Refineries operated by Repsol-YPF and Petro-Peru have informed the Ministry of Energy and Mines that they will be unable to comply with a deadline set to reduce sulfur content in diesel fuels, according to daily El Comercio. The failure to comply with the deadline means that Peru will continue to produce and sell one of [...]

Repsol to invest $500 million per year in Peru until $6 billion natural gas project completed

Spain’s energy giant Repsol has confirmed that it will invest $500 million per year until a $6 billion oil and natural gas project in southeastern Peru is completed, daily La República reported Wednesday. “We hope to invest $500 million every year, over the course of the next five years,” said Repsol Executive president, Antonio Brufau. [...]