por admin » Jue Jul 21, 2011 5:37 am
Humala renegociara los daninos contratos de gas, dice que son daninos a los intereses del pais. Humala forzara a Hunt Oil a recortar exportaciones de gas a Mexico.
Se perderian mas de $50 billones en inversiones si Humala hace lo que anuncio en su campania.
Peru’s Humala Plans to Renegotiate ‘Harmful’ Gas Contracts
QBy Alex Emery - Jul 20, 2011 3:45 PM ET .
Peruvian President-Elect Ollanta Humala plans to renegotiate natural-gas contracts deemed “harmful” to the country’s interests, his chief energy adviser said.
Humala may also force gas companies including Hunt Oil Co. to cut exports to Mexico if they can’t meet rising local demand from power plants and petrochemical projects led by Orica Ltd. (ORI), adviser Carlos Herrera said today in a telephone interview.
“There were a lot of shady contracts that were negotiated under the table,” Herrera, a former energy minister under President Valentin Paniagua, said from Lima. “The government will allow exports only if the concessionaires make an effort to find more gas reserves.”
Energy and mining stocks plummeted after former army rebel Humala won the June 5 election on concern he would enact earlier pledges to rewrite oil and mining contracts and halt gas exports. The government will seek investment in gas pipelines and petrochemicals on the south coast, Humala said June 9.
Humala is expected to appoint Herrera as his energy minister today, Lima-based daily La Republica reported.
More than $50 billion in planned mining and oil investment may be derailed if Humala changes investment rules, Pedro Martinez, president of the National Society of Mining, Petroleum & Energy, said July 7.
Petrochemicals delays
Peru lined up $10 billion in energy investments through 2016, including projects by East Melbourne, Australia-based Orica, CF Industries Holdings Inc. (CF) and Sigdo Koppers SA, according to the Energy Ministry. Braskem SA, Odebrecht SA and SK Group are also studying projects to produce polyethylene and fertilizers.
Orica, the world’s largest industrial explosives maker, plans to build a $500 million ammonium nitrate plant on the south coast, said Herrera, who returned today from the port of Ilo, where he held talks with Orica and local government officials.
“President-Elect Humala has said his government will provide incentives for a petrochemicals industry,” Herrera said. “The natural priority is the domestic market.”
Peru’s oil and gas exports jumped 63 percent to $3.1 billion last year on the startup of Dallas-based Hunt’s $4 billion Peru LNG plant. The group, which includes Madrid-based Repsol YPF SA (REP), began shipping liquefied natural gas to Mexico in June 2010.
Daniel Guerra, spokesman for Camisea gas fields operator Pluspetrol SA, and Peru LNG Chief Executive officer Juan Salazar didn’t immediately respond to telephone calls and e-mails seeking comment.
Crude oil for August delivery rose 64 cents, or 0.7 percent, to $98.14 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Natural gas for August delivery fell 3.3 cents to settle at $4.50 per million British thermal units.
To contact the reporter on this story: Alex Emery in Lima at aemery1