Raúl Velásquez
Raúl Velásquez is a hydrocarbons analyst at the Fundación Jubileo, where he highlights the critical situation of Bolivia's gas industry. He has recently warned that the gap between domestic gas consumption and exports is narrowing, potentially jeopardizing the country's economy, which heavily relies on hydrocarbon revenues. Velásquez points out the stark price disparity between domestic and export gas, emphasizing the need for strategic reforms in the sector to address ongoing challenges.
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Raúl Velásquez warned that Bolivia will need to exploit at least three megacampos to reverse the current energy situation.
Hidrocarburos: el nuevo gobierno deberá encontrar tres megacampos o $us 3 mil millones para importación
Bolivia· 2025-07-16
Raúl Velásquez asserted that Law 767 did not yield results because it does not make significant changes to the fiscal regime.
Advierten que proyecto de ley para subir el precio del gas elevará tarifas eléctricasBolivia· 2025-07-07
Rául Velásquez, an economist from Fundación Jubileo, discussed the energy crisis in Bolivia and suggested measures to address it.
Analistas afirman que Bolivia atraviesa una crisis energéticaBolivia· 2025-05-26
Raúl Velásquez, a hydrocarbons specialist, mentioned that YPFB faces governance issues and a lack of transparency that deteriorates its operational capacity.
YPFB en números rojos tras el boom del gas: caen su liquidez y utilidadesBolivia· 2025-04-13
Raúl Velásquez criticized the projections about the Mayaya field as being political rather than technical.
Desarrollo de Mayaya Centro demandará una inversión de $us 240 millonesBolivia· 2025-04-06
Raúl Velasquez, specialist in hydrocarbons from the Fundación Jubileo, stated that the news of Argentine gas reaching Brazil through Bolivian soil has both a positive and an 'enormously negative' point.
Bolivia de ser un exportador de gas natural, pasa a ser un transportadorBolivia· 2025-04-02
Raúl Velásquez recalled that Bolivians voted for a statist project over 20 years ago.
10 hitos que arrastraron al país a una crisis del diésel y la gasolinaBolivia· 2025-03-14
Raúl Velásquez is a hydrocarbons analyst who discussed the decline in natural gas production in Bolivia.
La falta de gas y mantenimiento paralizan dos importantes plantas de YPFBBolivia· 2025-02-21
Raúl Velásquez, an analyst in hydrocarbons, warns that the situation is complicated by the price disparity between gas for the internal market and that exported to Brazil.
Alertan que el consumo interno de gas igualará pronto a las exportacionesBolivia· 2025-02-20