(Reuters, 27.Apr.2020) — Mexico’s state oil firm Pemex on Monday detailed measures aimed at mitigating the effects of a steep drop in oil prices, saying […]
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Mexican Oil Platforms Cut Staff Over Coronavirus
(Reuters, 26.Apr.2020) — Mexico has begun removing staff from Gulf of Mexico oil platforms to limit the spread of the coronavirus, leaving essential personnel on […]
Why Mexico’s Oil Industry Is Destined For Disaster
(Oilprice.com, 25.Apr.2020) — Mexico has somewhat inadvertently found itself at the heart of the oil industry’s most burning issues of 2020 – just when it […]
Pemex Declares Force Majeure On Fuel Imports
(Reuters, 23.Apr.2020) — Mexican state oil company Pemex has declared force majeure over fuel imports from its trading arm PMI Comercio Internacional, two sources with […]
Pemex’s Trading Arm Declares Force Majeure
(Bloomberg, 23.Apr.2020) — Mexico, the largest recipient of U.S. gasoline exports, is seeking to cancel imports of the fuel from at least one U.S. company […]
Mexico Announces Emergency $25.5bn Package
(S&P Global Platts, 22.Apr.2020) — Mexico announced a Peso 622.56 billion ($25.5 billion) package on Wednesday that will help the nation face the economic consequences […]
Talos Energy To Announce 1Q:20 Results 6 May 2020
(Talos, 22.Apr.2020) — Talos Energy Inc. intends to release first quarter 2020 results for the period ended March 31, 2020 on Wednesday 6 May 2020 […]
Fitch Downgrades PEMEX, CFE, IEnova And Cometa
(Fitch Ratings, 17.Apr.2020) — Fitch Ratings has downgraded the international Foreign- and Local-Currency Long-Term ratings for Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX), Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE), Infraestructura […]
Moody’s Downgrades Pemex’s Ratings To Ba2
(Moody’s, 17.Apr.2020 — Moody’s Investors Service (Moody’s) downgraded Petroleos Mexicanos’ (PEMEX) senior unsecured ratings on the company’s existing notes, as well as the ratings based […]
Mexico’s New Oil Regulator Says Pemex JVs Likely
(Reuters, 16.Apr.2020) — The head of Mexico’s powerful oil regulator said state oil firm Pemex could seek new joint venture partnerships soon, despite President Andres […]
Fitch Downgrades Mexico To ‘BBB-‘; Outlook Stable
(Fitch Ratings, 15.Apr.2020) — Fitch Ratings has downgraded Mexico’s Long-Term Foreign Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘BBB-‘ from ‘BBB’. The Rating Outlook is Stable. […]
Pemex Platform Worker Infected With Coronavirus
(Reuters, 13.Apr.2020) — At least one worker at Mexican state oil company Pemex’s Abkatun-A processing center, in shallow waters in the Gulf of Mexico, has […]
Mexico Agrees To Reduce Oil Production By 100,000 B/D
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 13.Apr.2020) — Mexico plans to reduce its oil production by 100,000 barrels per day, according to discussions with members of […]
OPEC And Non-OPEC To Cut Output By 9.7 MMb/d
(OPEC, 12.Apr.2020) — The 10th (Extraordinary) OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting was held via videoconference, on Sunday, 12 April 2020, under the Chairmanship of HRH […]
The Unexpected Holdout To A Global Oil Production Deal
(Bloomberg, 10.Apr.2020) — One of the most dramatic global oil production agreements in history has been left hanging on the approval of an unlikely character: […]
Pemex Not In Position To Maintain Output
(GlobalData, 10.Apr.2020) — Following today’s news (Friday 10 April) that the OPEC+ agreement, which will cut production by ten million barrels, is contingent on Mexico’s […]
Collapsing Demand Sets Terms In OPEC+ Battle
(WoodMac, 9.Apr.2020) — Since OPEC+’s failure to agree on production restraint on 5-6 March, the implications of the Covid-19 pandemic have become far clearer, sparking […]
The 9th OPEC, Non-OPEC Meeting Concludes
(OPEC, 9.Apr.2020) — The 9th (Extraordinary) OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting was held via webinar, on Thursday, 09 April 2020, under the Chairmanship of HRH […]
LatAm Offshore Activity To Slip Due To COVID-19
(IHS, 9.Apr.2020) — As the COVID-19 pandemic continues its spread across the globe, the oil and gas industry has put into practice new procedures and […]
Brief Intro Remarks By OPEC Secretary General
(OPEC, 9.Apr.2020) — Delivered by HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, OPEC Secretary General, at the 9th (Extraordinary) OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting, 9 April 2020, via […]
Mexico Refuses To Cut Oil Output
(Bloomberg, 8.Apr.2020) — Outside of Saudi Arabia and Russia, most oil producers are racing to deal with the historic oil price collapse by cutting back […]
LatAm Exploration To Be Slammed By Low Prices
(NGI, 7.Apr.2020) — At current prices, Latin American oil reserves at risk of not being developed or pushed out into the future could amount to […]
Mexico To Participate In Opec+ Call
(Argus, 6.Apr.2020) — Mexico will participate in an Opec+ meeting on 9 April, the energy ministry told Argus today. “As a member of Opec+, Mexico […]
IEnova To Report 1Q:20 Earnings April 22
(Sempra, 4.Apr.2020) — Sempra Energy’s Mexican subsidiary, Infraestructura Energética Nova, S.A.B. de C.V. (IEnova), plans to release its first-quarter 2020 earnings by 6 p.m. ET, […]
Mexico’s Oil Price Crash
(Reuters, 31.Mar.2020) — The coronavirus pandemic has roiled markets and eroded demand for crude around the world, with Mexico’s main export falling to levels last […]
McDermott Awarded Contract By BHP
(McDermott, 30.Mar.2020) — McDermott International, Inc. has been awarded a sizeable* contract by BHP Billiton Petróleo Operaciones de México, S. De R.L. De C.V. (BHP) […]
Mexico’s Oil Export Price Down To $13.01/bbl – Pemex
(Reuters, 27.Mar.2020) — The price of Mexico’s oil export basket fell to $13.01 per barrel on Friday, down 11.32% from $14.67 per barrel the previous […]
Falling LatAam Fuel Demand Leaves Hurt US Refiners
(Reuters, 27.Mar.2020) — Demand for refined products in Latin America is quickly drying up as the coronavirus pandemic worsens, leaving U.S. refiners without their primary […]
LatAm NRG Producers Sweat To Cover Costs
(Reuters, 24.Mar.2020) — A price war between the world’s oil powerhouses is leaving many producers in Latin American struggling to cover production costs, boosting chances […]
Sempra’s Virtual Investor Day Focuses On Resilience
(Sempra, 24.Mar.2020) — Sempra Energy’s senior management team is providing an update on the company’s business strategy on an Investor Day conference call, including details […]
Libre Abordo To Take Up To 15mn Bbls Of Venezuelan Oil
(Reuters, 24.Mar.2020) — Mexico’s Libre Abordo and a related company plan to take some 15 million barrels of Venezuelan crude as part of a first […]
Talos Energy Reports Budget Reductions
(Talos, 23.Mar.2020) — Talos Energy Inc. announced updated full year 2020 financial guidance, inclusive of $170 million of reductions in capital, operating and G&A expenses. […]
Latin America’s Spot Oil Sales Hit By Low Prices
(Reuters, 20.Mar.2020) — Spot sales of Latin America’s heavy crudes mostly dried up this week amid a demand contraction and steep slump in oil prices […]
Pemex Vulnerable To Oil Prices Below $20/bbl: Fitch
(Reuters, 20.Mar.2020) — Mexico’s heavily-indebted state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos is increasingly vulnerable to low crude prices as the fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak erodes demand and […]
Pemex’s Maya Crude Reverses Gains: Platts
(Reuters, 20.Mar.2020) — The official selling price of Mexican state-run oil company Pemex’s flagship Maya heavy crude for U.S. Gulf Coast delivery fell by $2.89 […]
Total Renounces Rights To Deep Water Mexican Block
(Reuters, 20.Mar.2020) — Mexico’s oil regulator approved on Friday a request by French oil company Total SA to give up its exploration and production rights […]
CNH On Total And Servicios Múltiples de Burgos
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 20.Mar.2020) — Mexico’s National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH) announced updates on three resolutions affecting Total E&P México, S.A. de C.V., Servicios […]
Pemex Received First Payment From Its Hedge
(Bloomberg, 12.Mar.2020) — Petroleos Mexicanos received its first payment from its annual oil hedge, as prices fell the most in three decades amid a producer […]
Pemex Receives First Oil Hedge Payout
(Reuters, 12.Mar.2020) — Mexican state oil firm Pemex said on Thursday it had received the first payment from a hedging program protecting its revenue from […]
Mexico’s Oil Hedge Just Saved Its Economy
(Oilprice.com, 11.Mar.2020) — Petroleos Mexicanos has been in an unrelenting downward spiral for decades. Pemex, Mexico’s state-owned oil company, has seen a vast and speedy […]
Mexico Seeks To Mediate Russia, Saudi Arabia Oil Row
(Reuters, 10.Mar.2020) — Mexico and other nations are seeking to mediate between Russia and Saudi Arabia to end a price war that has battered world […]
Mexico Says Hedge Covers Oil Income
(Reuters, 10.Mar.2020) — Mexico’s finance minister said on Tuesday a $1.4 billion hedge program completely covered 2020 national oil income following a steep drop in […]
Latin America Oil Plays Rocked By Oil Price Rout
(Argus, 9.Mar.2020) — Latin America’s bold plans to tap deepwater, unconventional and heavy oil reserves — already under pressure by coronavirus in key demand markets […]
Nations Meet to Discuss Mexico Energy Concerns
(Reuters, 9.Mar.2020) — The United States, the European Union, Canada and six European nations have held joint talks on concerns over Mexico’s energy policy, sources […]
Talos Energy To Postpone Analyst And Investor Event
(Talos, 9.Mar.2020) — Talos Energy Inc. announced that it is cancelling its Analyst and Investor Event previously scheduled for March 12, 2020 in New York […]
Mobile Pipeline Order For TITAN®XL Modules
(Hexagon, 9.Mar.2020) — Hexagon Mobile Pipeline, a business of Hexagon Composites, has been awarded an order for TITAN® XL modules with an estimated value of […]
Oil Price Plunge Ramps Up Pressure On Pemex
(Reuters, 9.Mar.2020) — A crash in crude prices has intensified pressure on the finances of Mexican state oil firm Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), which is facing […]
AMLO Says New Energy Plan Could Be Ready In March
(Reuters, 5.Mar.2020) — Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Thursday the country’s new energy plan could be ready within 10 days, and the […]
Pemex Posts Steep 2019 Loss In Blow To AMLO’s Plan
(Reuters, 27.Feb.2020) — Petroleos Mexicanos posted a $18.3 billion net loss for 2019 on Thursday, nearly doubling the previous year’s loss and dealing a major […]
LONGi Inaugurates 191MW Pachamama PV Power Plant
(LONGi Solar, 25.Feb.2020) — Invested by French solar energy firm Neoen, the Pachamama photovoltaic power plant, located in the state of Aguascalientes in central Mexico, […]