Bolivia has made a new natural gas discovery of 1 trillion cubic feet (tcf) in the Caipipendi field of the southern department of Chuquisaca and the country plans for its exploitation in 2021.

The Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah El Sisi, received an invitation from the Bolivian Ambassador to Egypt, Luis Alberto Sánchez Fernández, to attend the upcoming meeting of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF).

German industrial group Siemens has signed a long-term memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bolivia worth over $1.1b.