Interim Results for the six months ended 30 June 2011

PetroLatina Energy Plc

(“PetroLatina” or the “Company”)

Interim Results for the six months ended 30 June 2011

PetroLatina (AIM: PELE), the independent oil and gas exploration, development and production company focused on Latin America, announces its unaudited interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2011.



Financ...

Latin America’s first full cross-border merger of stock markets has ended with more of a whimper than a bang.
Colombia and Peru announced quietly over the weekend the cancellation of their plans for a corporate merger that would have created a company with market capitalisation of $378bn and trading volumes of $33bn.
The deal was all but signed and sealed when Ollanta Humala was elected presiden...

EMI Holdings Management (emi) acquired 100% of Servicio de Emergencias Regional SER S.A., a company that provides ambulance services and medical care, thus strengthening emis presence in the Colombian market with operations in 6 of the countrys most important cities.

Bogotá, August 11, 2011. In recent days EMI Holdings Management (emi), the parent company of the leading Latin American ambulance...

PetroLatina Energy Plc
(“PetroLatina” or the “Company”)

Farm-out Agreement in respect of the Company’s VMM-28 Exploration Block

Highlights:

• Farm-out agreement entered into with Shell Exploration and Production Colombia GmbH (“Shell E&P Colombia”), an affiliate of the Royal Dutch Shell group of companies, in respect of the Company’s VMM-28 exploration block. The agreement is subject to...

By Andrea Jaramillo and Bill Koenig
Bloomberg

Colombia’s credit rating was raised to investment grade by Moody’s Investors Service, matching a move by Standard & Poor’s two months earlier, as economic growth accelerates and the threat posed by guerrilla groups and organized crime recedes.
Moody’s upgraded Colombia to Baa3, the lowest level of investment grade, from Ba1. The move puts Colombia...