(Houston Chronicle, Jordan Blum, 11.Oct.2018) — Leaders of Mexico’s state oil company Pemex initially feared the inevitable election of leftist presidential candidate AndrĂ©s Manuel LĂłpez Obrador, who spoke of rolling back the nation’s recent energy reforms and building new refineries. Now with LĂłpez Obrador set to take office in two […]
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AMLO Sees EOR, Pemex Farm-Outs As Key To Boosting Mexican Oil, Gas Output
(S&P Global Platts, Daniel Rodriguez, 4.Oct.2018) — Mexico’s President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will allow Pemex to continue farming out projects to boost oil and natural gas production from mature and aging fields, according to a senior adviser to the incoming administration. The incoming administration, in its oil production forecast […]
Mexico’s President-Elect AMLO Commits to Respect Oil Contracts
(Renaissance Oil Corp., 2.Oct.2018) — Renaissance Oil Corp. announced that Mexico’s president-elect, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who will take office on December 1, 2018, assured private energy executives on September 27, 2018 that their contracts will not be canceled if they meet existing terms. During the meeting with AMEXHI, Mexico’s […]
Obrador’s Government Will Renovate Refineries of Petroleos Mexicanos
(Prensa Latina, 1.Oct.2019) — The government of elected president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will make a strong investment to rehabilitare the six refineries presently property of Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) in the country, it was known today. Obrador announced that in the period 2019-2020 they will use with such purpose 50 […]
Mexico Must Double Oil Exploration Spending to Halt Output Fall: Pemex
(Reuters, Marianna Parraga, David Alire Garcia, 28.Sep.2018) — Mexico will need to double to about $4 billion its annual oil exploration investment to reverse a 14-year decline in output, a move that will require more funding by Pemex and private producers, a top official with the state-run firm said Friday. […]
Interview: Pemex’s CEO Expects FID for Four New Fields in 2019
(S&P Global Platts, Daniel Rodriguez, 27.Sep.2018) — Mexico’s state oil company Pemex expects to make a final investment decision (FID) and begin development of its Ixachi, Pokche, Xikin, and Suuk discoveries in 2019, CEO Carlos Trevino told S&P Global Platts. These fields are at the top of Pemex’s project pipeline, […]
Mexico’s New President Should Postpone Oil Auctions: Former Pemex Official
(Reuters, Collin Eaton, 19.Sep.2018) — A former Petroleos Mexicanos board member said on Wednesday Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has enough political support to change the nation’s energy law and should postpone planned competitive oil auctions until the law is revised. Fluvio Ruiz Alarcon said, following an address at […]
Mexico Oil Production to Reach 2.6 MMb/d by 2025: Lopez Obrador
(S&P Global Platts, Daniel Rodriguez, 11.Sep.2018) — Mexico’s President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Sunday he plans to focus on developing and exploring onshore and shallow water areas under the control of state oil company Pemex to boost the country’s oil production. “We have a projection, and our plan is […]
Concerns Raised Over Contract Release Program in Mexico
(S&P Global, 6.Sep.2018) — Mexico gas market observers have expressed concern that a lack of liquidity and supply guarantees will complicate the final phase of Pemex’s natural gas contract release program, which is designed to allow the entry of new gas marketers. Mexico’s Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) last week approved […]
AMLO to Continue Drilling Service Contracts
(Bloomberg, Amy Stillman and Eric Martin, 6.Sep.2018) — Mexico’s next president said he will continue with tenders for drilling service contracts starting when he takes office. “We are preparing the rescue plan for the oil industry that will consist of producing more crude oil soon, and we will need these […]
AMLO Plans Massive New Oil Refinery
(OilPrice.com, Irina Slav, 5.Sep.2018) — Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has plans to build the country’s largest refinery with a capacity to produce 400,000 barrels of gasoline daily, Reuters reports, citing comments by Obrador during a meeting with businessmen in Monterrey. The refinery would cost US$8 billion to build […]
AMLO Says NAFTA Preserves Energy ‘Sovereignty’
(Reuters, 28.Aug.2018) — Mexican president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador welcomed a deal between Mexico and the U.S. to overhaul the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that he said preserved Mexican “sovereignty” in the energy sector. The U.S.-Mexico deal was announced by U.S. President Donald Trump on Aug. 27, putting […]
Pemex Insider Destined for Key Post Under AMLO
(Bloomberg, Amy Stillman, 28.Aug.2018) — Mexico President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will name Fluvio Ruiz Alarcon as Petroleos Mexicanos’s next exploration and production chief, according to two people with knowledge of the plans. Ruiz Alarcon, a former independent adviser to Pemex, will take over on Dec. 1, when Lopez Obrador […]
Mexico’s New President To Deal Blow To Oil Industry
(Oilprice.com, Nick Cunningham, 26.Aug.2018) — Mexico will likely halt oil auctions for at least two years, dealing a blow to its oil industry. Mexico’s president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) will reportedly suspend oil auctions for at least two years, according to the Wall Street Journal, with some experts believing […]
Gas Producers Counting on Mexico Have Worries
(Houston Chronicle, Katherine Blunt, 24.Aug.2018) — For years, U.S. producers have counted on Mexico to buy enormous quantities of natural gas from the prolific shale fields in West Texas and elsewhere. The fracking boom has given rise to massive pipeline projects to carry that gas across the border, where energy […]
Pemex Has or Doesn’t Have Money?
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 1.Aug.2018) – If Mexico’s Pemex doesn’t have the necessary funds to invest in deep water or shale activities, how is it the state oil company will have funds to invests in new refineries as proposed by President-elect AndrĂ©s Manuel LĂłpez Obrador? Join the discussion below […]
Mexico Oil Output to Trend Upwards in 2027
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 31.Jul.2018) – Mexico’s oil production will cease to decline in 2025. That’s according to details of a report published by S&P Global Platts Energy Analyst and Consultant Manager Javier DĂaz during an energy forum. DĂaz announced details of projections for Mexican crude oil production until […]
Mexico’s Next President Promises Pemex Investment
(Bloomberg, Amy Stillman, 30.Jul.2018) – Mexico’s incoming president named a new chief executive officer for Pemex and promised government investment of 75 billion pesos ($4 billion) in the oil sector, in a bid to revive the state-owned oil company. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador tapped longtime political ally Octavio Romero Oropeza, […]
Mexican Group Unhappy About Delayed Auctions
(Reuters, Dave Graham and Ana Isabel Martinez, 19.Jul.2018) – A decision to delay Mexican oil auctions until after the next president takes office does not augur well for opening the country’s energy sector to private investment, the head of a major business association said on Thursday. The government said on […]
LatAm’s Solar Park Turns Mexican Desert Green
(AFP, 18.Jul.2018) – Driving through the endless dunes and cacti of the Chihuahuan desert in northern Mexico, a shimmering blue field suddenly appears on the horizon — not a mirage, but the largest solar park in Latin America. This silent stretch of sand in the state of Coahuila is the […]
Why Is Venezuela Still Sending Subsidized Oil To Cuba?
(OilPrice.com, Haley Zaremba, 17.Jul.2018) – In the past, oil has accounted for 96 percent of Venezuela’s exports and over 40 percent of government revenues. Now, as the nation’s economy continues to crumble amid sanctions, political strife, and low oil prices, the Venezuela’s all-important oil production is plummeting. In fact, last […]
Pemex, Energy Offices to be Moved
(Natural Gas Intelligence, Ronald Buchanan, 13.Jul.2018) – Mexico President-Elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador aims to decentralize the government in a sweeping plan to ease the congestion of population, buildings, vehicles and pollution in the “megalopolis” of Mexico City, a strategy likely to impact the country’s energy sector from top to […]
Mexico’s Presidential Elections and U.S. Energy Cos
(MarketPlace.org, Lorne Matalon, 22.Jun.2018) – Antonio Godinez Vera makes his living turning golden kernels of Mexican corn into a mash that becomes tortillas. People like Godinez, a small business owner with four employees, are part of a wave that could power AndrĂ©s Manuel LĂłpez Obrador to the Mexican presidency when […]
Why Mexico’s Energy Reform Needs AMLO
(The Council on Foreign Relations, Amy Myers Jaffe, 20.Jun.2018) – Mexico’s energy reform has taken important first steps but to come to full fruition, several additional critical reforms remain to be designed and implemented, including another constitutional reform. The task of adopting and implementing new reforms is all the more […]
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 president. While it has become fashionable to wall Mexican matters away from American politics, in reality the Mexican election could transform the North American community. […]