(Reuters, 9.Jun.2018) — Howard Energy Partners told U.S. energy regulators that it began injecting natural gas into the Impulsora natural gas pipeline project from Texas […]
Category: Mexico
Mexico energy
Pemex, Hidalgo Govt to Partner to Boost Development
(Pemex, 5.Jun.2018) – The CEO of Petróleos Mexicanos, Carlos Treviño Medina, and the Governor of the State of Hidalgo, Omar Fayad Meneses, signed a memorandum […]
North America’s Energy Future on Trial in Mexico
(Brookings, Carlos Pascual, David G. Victor, and Rafael Fernandez de Castro, 5.Jun.2018) – On July 1, Mexicans head to the polls to select their next […]
Fact Sheet: Peru LNG
(Shell, 1.Jun.2018) — Peru LNG is the first natural gas liquefaction plant in South America and began operations in 2010 with a 4.45 mtpa capacity. […]
Pemex Says JV Wins Bid to Rehabilitate H-Oil Plant at Tula Refinery
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 31.May.2018) – The partnership Saipem S.P.A / Saimexicana S.A. de C.V won the bid to rehabilitate the H-Oil Plant at […]
Energy, Education, and Learning Through NRG ED
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 24.May.2018) – Energy Analytics Institute, formerly LatinPetroleum Inc., continues to promote its “Energy Education Initiative” in the Americas, also known […]
Argus Awarded for Mexico Energy Coverage
(Argus Media, 23.May.2018) – Global commodity price reporting and news agency Argus has been awarded first place for its coverage of Mexican energy markets, in […]
Mexico’s Vista Oil & Gas Signs Onshore JV With Jaguar
(Reuters, 23.May.2018) – Mexican energy investment firm Vista Oil & Gas will tie up with Jaguar Exploracion y Produccion on three onshore projects, the company […]
Building Momentum – Oil and Gas in Latin America
(By Rodolfo Guzman, Paola Perez, Paola Carvajal, Roberto Imperatore, Arthur D. Little, 22.May 2018) – Unconventional oil production has grown these past few years despite […]
Mexican Drillers Sign 1st Deal Without State Oil Giant
(Bloomberg, Amy Stillman, 22.May.2018) – Two upstart Mexican drillers have signed the first farm-out deal in Mexico’s oil sector that doesn’t include state company Petroleos […]
PEMEX Seeks Partners for Seven Onshore areas
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 3.May.2018) – Mexico’s state oil company PEMEX is seeking partners for land grouped into seven onshore areas containing light and […]
ECLAC Ssays Venezuela’s Economic Activity to Fall 8.5% in 2018
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 1.May.2018) – The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, also known as ECLAC or CEPAL by […]
Pemex Turns $6 Bln Profit On Oil Prices
(Reuters, 27.Apr.2018) – Mexican state-run oil company Pemex said on Friday its net profit rose 29 percent in the first quarter compared with the year-earlier […]
Favorable Terms To Help Guyana Prove Potential
(Rystad, 19.Apr.2018) — Rystad Energy analysis shows that Guyana’s fiscal regime is favorable to oil companies when compared to mature oil and gas development countries […]
Sapura, Partners Awarded Mexico’s Block 30
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 1.Apr.2018) – The consortium, comprised of three companies, was awarded a block in the southeastern basin of the Gulf of […]
Mexico Awards Blocks In Final Oil Auction Before Election
(Reuters, David Alire Garcia & Marianna Parraga, 27.Mar.2018) — Mexico awarded just under half of the 35 shallow-water blocks it tendered on Tuesday, in an […]
Pemex Signs Shale Contract With Lewis Energy
(Reuters, 26.Mar.2018) — Mexican state oil company Pemex said on Monday it had signed a contract with U.S. firm Lewis Energy for the exploration and […]
Process for Pemex Second Farm-Out Begins
(Pemex, 7.Mar.2017) – The approval of the bidding process for the selection of a partner for the exploration and extraction of the Ayin and Batsil […]
Siemens Delivers Compressor Trains For Fermaca Pipeline In Mexico
(Siemens, 7.Mar.2018) — Siemens recently delivered five gas turbine-driven compressor trains to Fermaca Enterprises (Fermaca) for two pipeline stations in Mexico. The pipeline projects, which […]
Mexico In Full Swing
(Petroleum Economist, Aldo Flores-Quiroga, 8.Feb.2018) — Mexico’s oil and gas industry will be completely open to private investment by end-2018. For the first time in […]
Petroteq Energy, Pemex Ink Deal
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 1.Feb.2018) – In January Petroteq Energy Inc. reached an agreement with Mexico’s state-owned oil entity Pemex. Through its Petrobloq subsidiary, […]
Mexico Tops BP Growth Plans
(Reuters, Jessica Resnick-Ault, 17.Jan.2018) – BP is expanding its retail presence with plans to open 3,000 branded retail stations globally in the next five years, […]
Total Enters Product Retail Sector In Mexico
(Total, 10.Dec.2017) — Total has entered into an agreement with GASORED, a group of service station owners, to rebrand a network of around 250 service […]
Open Season Fees, Delays Puzzle Mexico’s Investors
(Platts, 11.Aug.2017) — Pemex has yet to announce the next phase of its refined products logistics open season, which could be impacting investment decisions on […]
CFE Cancels Baja California Sur Natural Gas Project
(Platts, 30.Jun.2017) — Mexican state-run utility CFE has canceled its auction to bring natural gas into the Pacific state of Baja California Sur, the company […]
BPTT’s Angelin Platform Being Built in Mexico
(BPTT, 1.Jun.2017) — Watch BPTT’s Angelin platform come to live in this time lapsed video. See the amazing progress of the BPTT Angelin platform being […]
Peña Nieto Presides Over Commemoration Ceremony
(Pemex, 18.Mar.2017) – Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto presided over the commemoration ceremony on March 18, 2017 at the maritime terminal of Ciudad del Carmen, […]
Pemex Director Visits Families of Salamanca Accident
(Pemex, 17.Mar.2017) – José Antonio González Anaya, General Director of Petróleos Mexicanos, met with the family members of the workers who were injured in the […]
Mexico’s First Open Season Auction
(Pemex, 15.Mar.2017) – Last December 20th, the application period for those interested in participating in the first Open Season auction, was opened. From March 10, […]
Mexico’s Fuel Consumption in January 2017
(Energy Analytics Institute, Fidencio Casillas, 12.Mar.2017) – Mexico consumed 193 million liters of fuel in January 2017, state oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) Gasolinera wrote […]
Pemex Director Meets Oil Sector Leaders
(Pemex, 8.Mar.2017) – The General Director of Petróleos Mexicanos, José Antonio González Anaya, had an intense activity during CERA week, the most important event of […]
Pemex, BHP Billiton to Develop Trion Block
(Pemex, 3.Mar.2017) – Petróleos Mexicanos and the Australian company BHP Billiton signed an agreement to develop the deep-water Trion Block during an event hosted by […]
Mexico’s Gasoline Price Lowest in LAC Region
(Energy Analytics Institute, Fidencio Casillas, 16.Jan.2017) – The average gasoline price in Mexico, the largest Spanish speaking country in the Americas, is still the lowest […]
Renaissance, Lukoil to Partner in Amatitlán Block
(Renaissance Oil Corp., 11.Jan.2017) – Renaissance Oil Corp. announced that PJSC LUKOIL, one of the world’s largest oil producers, has chosen Renaissance as their partner […]
Mexico’s Double-Digit Gasoline Price Increase
(Energy Analytics Institute, Fidencio Casillas, 5.Jan.2017) – The prices of gasoline in Mexico is set to increase gradually and up to 20 percent on average, […]
Wood Group, Grupo Diavaz Form Engineering JV
(Wood Group, 9.Jun.2016) – Wood Group Mustang and Grupo Diavaz, a Mexican oil & gas operator and services company, created a joint venture engineering business […]
Pemex to Make Peso Payment to Suppliers
(Energy Analytics Institute, Fidencio Casillas, 6.Jun.2016) – Pemex is preparing to make payments of nearly 30 billion Mexican pesos to its providers, announced a company […]
Pemex Gasoline Consumption At 22% of Total Vs. 8% in 2011
(Energy Analytics Institute, Fidencio Casillas, 5.Jun.2016) – The consumption of premium gasoline in Mexico has evolved favorably over the last six years with the Premium […]
Alfa Assumes $1 Bln Loss in Pacific E&P
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 21.May.2016) – Mexican conglomerate Alfa considers its entire $1 billion in investment in Pacific Exploration & Production — the Canadian […]
Pemex To Boost Crude Exports to Japan
(Energy Analytics Institute, Fidencio Casillas, 11.May.2016) – Pemex plans to boost its shipments of crude oil to Japan after reaching agreements with clients including Cosmo […]
IFC, China-Mexico to Invest $200 Mln in Citla
(IFC, 21.Apr.2016) – International Finance Corp. (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, and the ChinaMexico Fund (CMF), a $1.2 billion private equity fund […]
Pemex and Mexichem Inform the Loss of 13 Workers
(Pemex, 21.Apr.2016) – Pemex’s CEO, José Antonio González Anaya; Civil Protection National Coordinator from the Ministry of the Interior, Luis Felipe Puente, and Mexichem’s CEO, […]
Pemex: PMV Plant in Coatzacoalcos Under Control
(Pemex, 20.Apr.2016) – The current situation in the Clorados 3 Plant of Petroquímica Mexicana de Vinilo’s (PMV) in Coatzacoalcos, is under control and presents no […]
Finance Ministry, Public Credit Support Pemex
(Pemex, 13.Apr.2016) – Given the difficult situation of global low oil prices, Pemex faced a liquidity problem, while not a solvency one. In this context, […]
Searcher Working on South Campeche 3D Seismic
(Searcher Seismic, 7.Apr.2016) – Searcher Seismic announced the South Campeche Ultracube 3D seismic reprocessing project offshore Mexico. The seismic project, totaling approximately 6,834 square miles […]
Keppel FELS Delivers Another Two Rigs
(Keppel FELS, 27.Mar.2016) – Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), delivered two jackup rigs […]
Launching of Floatel for Pemex
(Pemex, 28.Aug.2015) – The vessel will have the capacity to accommodate 700 platform workers. The accommodation vessel (floatel, floating hotel) built to service Pemex’s platforms, […]
Pemex Responds to Moody’s Press Release
(Pemex, 25.Aug.2015) – Moody’s Investors Service placed Pemex’s global foreign currency and global local currency A3 ratings under review for a possible downgrade. In this […]
Pemex Looks to Improve Diesel Production
(Pemex, 14.Aug.2015) – The exchange of light crude between the U.S. and Mexico will improve the production of diesel and gasoline in the country. Pemex […]
Pemex, STPRM to Review Collective Agreement
(Pemex, 11.Aug.2015) – Pemex and the Petroleum Workers Union of the Mexican Republic (STPRM, Sindicato de Trabajadores Petroleros de la República Mexicana) agreed to a […]