Article: VENEZUELA - The Auction.

Out of the 11 non-associated gas blocks put on offers, six found bidders and were awarded. Only one onshore block - the 900 sq km Yucal Placer Sur in eastern Venezuela, with a proven reserve of 2 TCF and a potential of another 3 TCF - received more than a single bid. It was won by a group of TotalFinaElf (TFE, 69.5%), Repsol-YPF (15%), Venezuelan oil service and construction firm Inelectra (10.2%), and the local engineering and services company Otepi (5.3%). The group bid a total royalty payment of 32.5%, 12.5% above the 20% minimum on gas extraction, against a rival bid of 32% by a partnership of Teikoku Oil of Japan and the local firm Technoconsult. As with the other ...

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