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BPZ plans drilling off Peru

Houston-based BPZ Energy has received clearance from Peruvian environmental regulators to transport oil from its CX-11 platform offshore Peru to the nearby Talara refinery. The company's transport barge, loaded with around 30,000 barrels of crude oil, is now on its way to Talara, delivering its first shipment since production restarted in May 2008. (Energy Current - click here to read complete article)


Maple Energy to Drill 22 Development Wells at Peru Oil Fields

Maple Energy Plc, the London-listed oil explorer with operations in Peru, said it plans to drill 22 development wells in the South American country. Work will begin in the third quarter, the company said in a statement distributed by the Regulatory News Service today. The wells will be as deep as 2,000 feet (610 meters) and are expected to produce an additional 385 barrels a day of oil from the Maquia and Agua Caliente fields. (Bloomberg - click here to read complete article by Will Kennedy)


Peru mining union postpones nationwide strike until June 30

Peru's largest mining union has postponed a nationwide strike until June 30 to allow lawmakers to debate a measure that would increase profit sharing for miners, according to Dow Jones Newswires. Some 28,000 miners will walk off the job if Congress does not pass a law scrapping a ceiling on profit sharing, introduce a law regulating retirement and end company outsourcing, the article reports. (Resource Investor - click here to read complete article by Jon Nones)