Bolivia will promote 80 areas for gas exploration at the top of the FPEG

The Bolivian government will promote 80 areas in its territory to attract investments in exploration and exploitation of natural gas during the Forum of Gas Producing Countries (FPEG), which It will celebrate from November 21 to 24 in Bolivia.

La Paz, Nov 7 (EFE) .- The Bolivian government will promote 80 areas in its territory to attract investments in exploration and exploitation of natural gas during the Forum of Producing Countries de Gas (FPEG), to be held from November 21 to 24 in Bolivia.

This was stated today by the Minister of Hydrocarbons, Luis Alberto Sánchez, when he explained to the media that these areas they belong to the basins of the Madre de Dios (north) and the Chaco (southeast), which have a potential potential of 60 trillion cubic feet of gas.

According to the minister, the matter It will be discussed at a round table during the gas summit in which it is hoped to attract investment.

Sánchez spoke about the issue when explaining in a joint press conference with his colleague Foreign Affairs, Fernando Huanacuni, the details that the international forum in Bolivia will have.

The FPEG will have five events in which seminars related to different thematic about natural gas and that will have its most important moment in the presidential meeting for the 24th.

On Tuesday 21 the JODI-Gas event will take place, which will have the presence of organizations related to the field of gas and energy, which will analyze the world of supply and demand.

For 22, a group of high-level meetings is planned that, according to Sanchez, will have the assistance of 16 of the most important companies in the world related to the field of natural gas.

This is the scenario where Bolivia will make its proposal to try to make specific the capture of the investments in the zones that considers suitable for the exploration and exploitation of the hydrocarbons.

The same day will be developed the Seminar International CEOs, in which the presidents of different global oil companies will present papers before an audience of 800 people.

The Meeting of Ministers of Hydrocarbons of the member countries that will evaluate the Declaration of Bolivia and the summit will conclude on Friday with the presence in the debates of the presidents, headed by the host Evo Morales.

A On his turn, the Bolivian foreign minister inspected the premises of the Forum's headquarters, assured that there is satisfaction with the fulfillment of the schedule that provides for the organization of details logistical and security to receive the 19 delegations.

The Bolivian government has confirmed the presence of the presidents of Russia, Vladimir Putin; Peru, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, among other attendees.

In addition to these countries, the presidents or representatives of Qatar, Algeria, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, will attend as members. Nigeria, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, and the Arab Emirates.

While, as observers, will be the Netherlands, Iraq, Oman, Peru, Norway, Kazakhstan, and Azerbaijan.