Natural gas in Latin America and interactions with the rest of the world

Journal article

Latin America has long been disconnected from other gas markets, focusing instead on regional integration via pipeline – especially in the Southern Cone. In the mid-2000s, a shortage of natural gas production coupled with political disagreements, tensions over price renegotiations, and shortfalls of deliveries from neighbours led several countries to turn to LNG imports – either to replace or supplement indigenous production and imports of pipeline gas. From 2009, the region has gone from being a closed regional market, with only regional pipeline flows, to a region that both imports and exports LNG. (In this article, Latin America includes 10 countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.)

Authors: Honoré, A

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
• Journal: Oxford Energy Forum
• Issue: 98
• Pages: 13-16
• Publication date: 2015-01-12
• ISSN: 0959-7727
• Language: English
• Keywords: OIES