MONTERREY, MEXICO (By Isaac Silvestre, Editores Latin Petroleum, 18.Aug.2026, Words: 209) — The Mexican company Braskem Idesa, a joint venture between the Brazilian company Braskem and the conglomerate of Mexican magnate Carlos Slim, has filed for pre-arranged bankruptcy protection. This, due to increasing financial pressure and a worsening liquidity crisis plagued […]
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Carlos Slim accelerates expansion in energy and telecommunications
MONTERREY, MEXICO (By Isaac Silvestre, Energy Analytics Institute, 22.Jul.2026, Words: 154) — Carlos Slim is accelerating his expansion with multimillion-dollar investments in energy and telecommunications in 2026, according to El Financiero. Through Grupo Carso, he acquired Fieldwood Mexico, increased his stake in the Zama field, and purchased 30% of Block 30, […]
PRESS DIGEST 27 MAY 2026: Slim on PEMEX; Sheinbaum accountability report
MONTERREY, MEXICO (By editors with Energy Analytics Institute, 27.May.2026, Words: 387) — The following briefs are compiled from varied media outlets across the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region and beyond and span company details on Grupo Carso, PEMEX, Banco Santander, S.A., and Bell Canada, among others. Energy Analytics Institute (EAI) […]
PRESS DIGEST 27 Feb. 2026: Carlos Slim, Pemex, Adriana Cisneros, Sheinbaum, Gálvez
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By editors with Energy Analytics Institute, 27.Feb.2026, Words: 1000) — The following briefs are the top stories from the top media outlets on 27 Feb. 2026 across the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region, as compiled by editors from Energy Analytics Institute (EAI). EAI has not verified these stories […]
Slim’s Grupo Carso inks $2bn deal with Mexico’s Pemex for Ixachi wells
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Reuters, 29.Sep.2025, Words: 235) — Grupo Carso, the holding company controlled by the family of Mexican mogul Carlos Slim, said on Monday it had signed a deal with state oil firm Pemex to finance the drilling of up to 32 onshore wells in eastern Mexico, for […]
EAI brief: Pemex owes $700mn to Carso Group
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Jul.2025, Words: 116) — State-owned PetrĂłleos Mexicanos (Pemex) reported owes $700mn to Carlos Slim’s company Carso Group. Slim’s company revealed that Pemex has up to 2 years of unpaid debts related to drilling services.
EAI brief: Mexico’s Sheinbaum hosts members of CCE, including Carlos Slim HelĂş
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Jul.2025, Words: 233) — Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo received Mexican businessmen and women from the Consejo Coordinador Empresarial (CCE by its Spanish acronym) at the National Palace. The president emphasized that members of the Business Coordinating Council (CCE) were committed […]
Billionaire investor Carlos Slim says Pemex “solution must be found”
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Jul.2025, Words: 264) — During an event in Mexico, billionaire Carlos Slim warned that a solution was needed for state-owned PetrĂłleos Mexicanos (Pemex), which ranks as the world’s most indebted oil and gas company. Pemex’ financial debt reached $101.1bn at the […]
Mexico’s Carlos Slim says ‘Complicated’ Deepwater Gas Project Being Evaluated
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (Reuters, 10.Feb.2025) — Mexican billionaire investor Carlos Slim said his team is reevaluating a deal inked with state oil company Pemex to develop Mexico’s first deepwater natural gas field, a project long plagued by problems over its commercial viability. The comments support a Reuters exclusive last month […]
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“LatAmNRG matters” podcast: Roberto Salinas LeĂłn on narco candidates, El Chapo [audio]
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 20.Nov.2024, Words: 148) — Mexico Business Forum head Roberto Salinas LeĂłn spoke with Pietro D. Pitts—for his Podcast “LatAmNRG Matters”—about Mexico: US-Mexico bilateral trade, the USMCA, El Chapo, a good and bad PetrĂłleos Mexicanos (Pemex), Pemex being the equivalent to a […]
Mexican Billionaire Carlos Slim Wants to Join Pemex in Deepwater Natural Gas Project
(Reuters, 17.Jun.2024) — Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday that businessman Carlos Slim is interested in participating in the country’s first deepwater natural gas project, working alongside state energy company Pemex. In March, Reuters reported that Pemex officials and the billionaire tycoon’s team were discussing ways to […]
EAI’s NRGBriefs: May 2023
(Energy Analytics Institute, 31.May.2023) — Energy briefs as well as others related to finance and politics during May 2023 including Venezuela planning to issue a license next month to Eni SpA and Repsol SA to export natural gas, Petrobras receiving an arbitration award that fully rejected the claims made by […]
Mexico Announces Infrastructure Projects
(Platts, 5.Oct.2020) — Mexico announced on Oct. 5 a set of infrastructure projects worth almost $14 billion to reactivate the economy, including a new coker for one of its six refineries as well as a liquefaction plant to export natural gas. The federal government and private industry will begin working […]