(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 22.Aug.2018) – Mexico’s President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced plans to boost Mexico’s crude oil production to 2.5 million barrels per day (MMb/d) by 2021 from almost 1.9 million today.
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López said the plan was to boost Mexico’s production by 600,000 barrels per day during the first two years of his government, reported the daily newspaper El Financiero.
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