Tensions Mount for Partners in Bolivia-Brazil Gas Pipeline

摘要

State oil company Petrobras(Rio de Janeiro)is objecting to statements by Bolivian president Evo Morales,who says that Bolivia may not compensate Petrobras for nationalization of Petrobras' Bolivian assets.Morales's comments surprised Petrobras officials because they came hours after Petrobras and Bolivian state oil company Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos(YPFB;La Paz)signed an agreement to review compensation terms.Officials from YPFB and foreign oil firms met:ast week in Vienna to sort out the consequences of Bolivia's decision to assume majority control of natural gas assets and decide gas pricing terms(CW,May 10,p.9)."It was agreed that possible:osses due to the