Because the Guatemalan authorities were not able to form the Tender Board, a new date will be set for the receipt of tenders for the operation and administration of the Stationary Hydrocarbon Transport System.
Although the deadline for tendering for the pipeline had already been extended in November last year and March 14, 2019 was set as the deadline for submission of proposals, the authorities of the Executive failed to form the Board and now a new deadline will have to be announced.
March 14th, 2019 is the new date scheduled by the Guatemalan authorities to receive offers for the operation and administration of the Stationary System for the Transport of Hydrocarbons.
After last July were found disadvantages in the proposal presented by Perenco, the only bidder in the last contest and current administrator of the pipeline, it was decided to make a new process.
Due to discrepancies found in the proposal presented by Perenco, another tender will be held to grant the operation and administration of the Stationary Hydrocarbon Transport System in concession.
In its resolution, the Qualifying Board explained that some inadequate elements were identified in the Perenco proposal, which necessitate a new tender in the coming months. According to the document, Perenco Guatemala, the sole bidder in the process, did not set a deadline for the contract, even though the published tender conditions established a maximum term of 25 years, with the possibility of extension.
Perenco Guatemala, the current operator of the pipeline, was the only bidder in the tender to obtain the concession for the operation and administration of the Hydrocarbons Transportation Stationary System.
The contract to operate the system includes a 425 kilometer pipeline, five pumping stations and the Piedras Negras export terminal, in Puerto Santo Tomás de Castilla, and the model of the contract to operate and manage it will be for a maximum of 25 years, with an option to extend.
In Guatemala, companies interested in operating and managing the Hydrocarbons Stationary Transport System are invited to present their offers on June 15.
Representatives from the Ministry of Energy and Mines (Mem) stated that the Qualification Committee, which will be appointed by an agreement, will be in charge of receiving technical-economic offers from 9:00 a.m.
An announcement has been made that in November one of the companies which won a contract will start to carry out oil explorations and that new tenders will be published for 2016.
From a statement issued by the Ministry of Energy and Mines:
The Minister of Energy and Mines, Lic. Pelegrin Castillo announced that next year the Dominican Government will be ready to call on companies interested in hydrocarbon exploration tenders in the country, following the creation of the National Hydrocarbons Base.
In June a new bidding process will begin to award 200 megawatts of electricity in Guatemala.
This was announced by the chief of Energy and Mines, Erick Archer during his presentation at the investment forum Investment Summit 2013.
Archila said that in 2014 another 200 megawatts will be offered, which would amount to more than a thousand megawatts tendered during this administration.
Businessmen claim that "there are blatant requests from government officials for illegal payments or for having a share in the business."
"U.S. oil company Greenfields Petroleum Limited, which is involved in the bidding competition to expand the exploitation of hydrocarbons in the country, yesterday asked the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) for a clear and transparent process," noted an article in Prensalibre.com .
The "La Libertad" area will be tendered again in June, as it was the only of seven proposed areas for exploration that did not receive any bids in the last tender.
From a total of seven oil fields, La Libertad was the only area that did not receive any offers, therefore the Guatemalan authorities have created a new tender to be launched in June of this year.
Nine companies have submitted 15 bids to the Ministry of Energy and Mines, in the tender for exploration and exploitation of seven oil fields.
Prensalibre.com reports that "The Cotzal area (Petén) received five applications; Laguna Blanca (Petén) and El Cedro (Alta Verapaz), three; San Francisco, two, and Cancuén (Petén) and Xalbal (Quiché) one, respectively. The area of La Libertad (Petén) did not receive any bids".
Of the seven areas which are being tendered for exploration in Guatemala, the most interesting are those near the oil areas of Belize, which are already in production.
Against the background of the opening of bids for exploration and extraction of 7 areas defined by the government of Guatemala, an article in Elperiodico.com.gt reports that "Laguna Blanca, Cancuén and El Cedro are the oil areas that have attracted the most interest among investors who will submit their bids tomorrow for the seven places that the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) is tendering. Industry sources confirm that interest in Laguna Blanca comes from the fact that its location is close to the oil fields that are in production in Belize. Whereas El Cedro is attractive because it is close to the fields of Rubelsanto, one of the most productive areas in the country. "
The Ministry of Energy and Mines in Guatemala is receiving the fee of $25,000 which enables bidders to take part in the tender for the concession of oil operations in 7 different areas.
According to an article Elperiodico.com.gt, the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) this week opened the tender for the award of contracts for oil operations in seven areas under direct and indirect exploration formats.
Guatemala's government has set a date for receiving bids in the tender for the exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons in seven areas in the country's north.
The date for submission of bids is February 13, 2013 at the offices of the MEM. Applicants must comply with minimum tasks, definitions and parameters, among which are producing gravimetric, aeromagnetic, geological, geochemical and aseismic 3D surveys.
Among the 40 companies that attended an information workshop on the topic were Perenco Guatemala Limited, Trayectoria Oil & Gas, Empresa Petrolera del Istmo, Rubiales Energy and Hupecol Operating Co.
No date has been set for the submission of bids in the tender for the award of a concession for exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons in the seven areas identified by the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM), and the publication of a Government Agreement about the tender is still pending, believed to be happening at the end of November.
The Government of Guatemala has approved the basis of a call for tenders for the exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons in the seven listed areas.
An excerpt from Government Agreement No. 172-2012:
MINISTRY OF ENERGY AND MINES
Approves the selection of seven areas for exploitation and exploration of oil, applying the Model Contract for Exploration and Exploitation of Hydrocarbons, with five areas in the form of ‘indirect exploration phase’, two areas of ‘Indirect and Direct Exploration Phase’ both to be described.