Political disarray in Bolivia, resulting in the exile of President Evo Morales, has delayed renewal negotiations on a Boliv-ia-to-Brazil gas import contract set to expire at the end of December. Brazils state-owned Petrobras and its Bolivian counterpart YPFB signed a deal in 1996 to supply Brazil with 30mn m3/d via the TBG pipeline. Contract negotiations had been planned after Bolivia's October national elections to allow other Brazilian companies to tender for potential spare capacity in TBG.
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