Article: Chile: Repsol YPF's call option will provide control of Lipigas.

Repsol-YPF has call option to increase its stake in the Chilean gas group Lipigas from the current 45% to 55% in 2003. The multinational company had acquired that 45% stake last July from the Yaconi-Santa Cruz group for US$170mil. Repsol-YPF aims to become a major player in the Latin American LPG market. It presently holds a 40% market share in Ecuador, 32% in Peru and 38% in Argentina, and considers entering into the Bolivian market. In Chile, the Lipigas group controls ...

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