Petrobras Buys Bolivian Stake

摘要

Brazil's Petrobras is acquiring a stake in Bolivia's Itau gas field, which will begin sup- plying the Brazilian market in January, from France's Total. Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Boli- vianos (YPFB), Bolivia's state gas company, says Total will reduce its interest in Itau's Block XX Tarija West from 75% to 41%. To- tal will sell a 30% stake to Petrobras and a 4% stake to YPFB Chaco, a YPFB subsidiary.