Ecuador to auction oil fields of companies it forced out

Ecuador will auction several oil fields including those previously held by foreign companies forced out of the country last month for refusing to accept new contract terms, the natural resources minister said on Saturday.
It will be the first tender of oil real estate since left-wing President Rafael Correa took office in 2007 and began renegotiating terms for companies operating in the Andean nation.
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Source: Reuters