(Reuters, 11.Aug.2020) — Mexico’s president has given officials until late September to craft a plan to reassert state control over the energy industry as an alternative to constitutional change to achieve the same goals, according to three people familiar with the matter. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on July 22 […]
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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 told Reuters, as President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador pushes for a bigger role for the state in the sector. The unusually broad diplomatic encounter is […]
Pena Nieto Investigated In Corruption Probe
(Reuters, 19.Feb.2020) — Mexican law enforcement authorities are investigating a former president, Enrique Pena Nieto, as part of an inquiry into corruption, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. Pena Nieto has become embroiled in the investigation of Emilio Lozoya, the former chief executive of Mexico’s state oil firm Petróleos […]
Mexican Gov’t To Keep Investing In Pemex
(Reuters, 16.Aug.2019) — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday that his government would keep investing in state oil company Pemex, which is on the verge of losing its investment grade rating. Fitch Ratings downgraded roughly $80 billion of bonds to speculative grade – or “junk” status – […]
The End Of Mexico’s Rigorous Energy Reform
(Oilprice.com, Tsvetana Paraskova, 22.Jun.2019) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has been a vocal critic of the energy reform of his predecessor Enrique Peña Nieto, who opened in 2013 Mexico’s oil and gas sector to private investment for the first time in seven decades. Six months into office, […]
To Halt Energy Slide, Mexico Turns To A Trusted Provider: Mexico
(NYT, Elisabeth Malkin, 11.Apr.2019) — President Andrés Manuel López Obrador envisions a future in which Mexico produces more oil, gasoline and electricity. But his strategy to get there relies on reaching back into his country’s past. Breaking with a five-year-old energy overhaul that opened Mexico’s closely held oil industry to […]
Mexico’s AMLO Takes Office With Attack on Energy Overhaul
(Bloomberg, Nacha Cattan and Eric Martin, 1.Dec.2018) — After decades of waiting, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador punctuated his arrival as Mexico’s president with a bang, delivering a blistering attack on the energy industry overhaul passed under his predecessor and a broader excoriation of efforts to privatize industry. Speaking at the […]
Mexico Should Fix Pemex Finances Before New Refining Investments: IMF
(Reuters, 8.Nov.2018) — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday called for an improvement in Mexican state oil company Pemex’s financial position before it invests in building new refineries. Mexico’s incoming leftist government has vowed to build what could be the country’s largest oil refinery, with construction set to begin […]
AMLO Pledges More Than $11 Bln for Refineries
(Reuters, 13.Aug.2018) – Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday his administration will invest more than $11 billion to boost refining capacity in order to curb growing fuel imports. Lopez Obrador, who will take office on Dec. 1, told reporters his government plans to invest $2.6 billion to […]
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 […]
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 the President of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto. This is the first farm out agreement that Pemex has undertaken to explore and produce and is the […]
Trump Nationalism Scares LAC Exporters
(Energy Analytics Institute, Pietro D. Pitts, 27.Jan.2017) – Taiwan’s president got the call, Mexico’s president will get a wall. At least, that’s what U.S. President Donald Trump is proclaiming. From all accounts, Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto has not been shown the same courtesy as Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen. Witnessing […]
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 amongst select countries in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region. Mexico’s average gasoline price of 15.9 Mexican pesos per liter remains the lowest among […]