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Ecuador’s energy and mines ministry will receive pre-qualification documents from companies interested in bidding on services co

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问题    Ecuador’s energy and mines ministry will receive pre-qualification documents from companies interested in bidding on services contracts on four state-owned Amazon oil and gas fields by October 25, local press reported.
    【B1】______ , a ministry spokesperson told BNamerieas.
   The ministry will call for bids on the contracts on November 11, newspaper La Hora quoted energy and mines minister Eduardo L6pez as saying.
   The ministry is offering companies service contracts instead of the shared management contracts originally envisaged by the government 【B2】______ .
   "While there is no reform to the law, I will use the law we have," L6pez said. The production in the Shushufindi, Lago Agrio, Culebra-Yulebra and Auca fields currently operated by Petroecuador has declined in recent years due to lack of investment and 【B3】______ .
   The contracts will be to carry out and interpret 2D and 3D seismic, mathematical simulations, certify reserves, drill wells, recondition existing wells and generate electricity, among other activities.
   Investments are estimated at US $ 322 million and the idea is to increase production by 43, 500 b/d in 12 months to about 125,000 b/d, newspaper Expreso reported.
   Lopez also announced that the ministry will call for bids on a second tender in January 2005 for service contracts on the Sacha, Libertador, Cononaco, Guanta-Dureno, and Cuyabeno-Sansahuari fields.
    【B4】______ , and the idea is to increase their production by 35,000 barrels a clay (b/d) to about 143,000 b/d in 24 months, La Hora reported.
   The ministry suspended the first tender in April due to legal problems. 【B5】______ .
   The ministry’s plan was to re-launch the tender upon congressional approval of the reform bill presented by President Lucio Gutierrez to congress in June. However, congress rejected the bill because lawmakers could not agree on a fixed participation for the state.
   The government has withdrawn the bill for further analysis.
   Petroecuador’s current production is about 204,000 b/d, the spokesperson said.
   A. because congress has not approved a hydrocarbons reform bill allowing the new kind of contract
   B. the ministry called for pre-qualification bids on September 28
   C. because congress has approved a hydrocarbons reform bill despite of the contract
   D. the estimated investment in these fields is US $ 274mn
   E. people said the total amount cost would be about US $ 350mn
   F. twenty-one companies had bought bidding rules for one or more of the fields
   G. the government wants to attract foreign investment to boost production
   H. most of the companies were against this bill
【B1】______
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答案B
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