Bolivia discovers huge natural gas field - biggest since 2005

The discovery comes at a time when gas exports - one of Bolivia's main sources of revenue - had dwindled.

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President Arce said the field had a capacity of 1.7 trillion cubic feet (TCF), making it the biggest discovery in the gas-rich country since 2005.

Natural gas exports are one of Bolivia's main sources of income but production has been dwindling in recent years.

The president said the new "mega field" would revive Bolivia's ailing gas industry and spell "a new chapter" for the region where it was discovered.

The head of Bolivia's state-run energy company, Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB), called it a "new exploratory frontier".

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