State oil company Petróleos Mexicanos, buffeted by the recent drop in oil prices, plans to offer international oil companies a greater share of projects in Mexico than initially envisioned and speed up joint ventures with private firms, CEO Emilio Lozoya said on Friday. “This puts pressure on us to get the joint ventures going,” Mr. Lozoya said in an interview. As oil companies around the world cut costs and investments to offset the damage from lower prices, the idea behind the acceleration of joint-ventures “is to make sure that Pemex’s capital expenditure plans for exploration and production are the least affected,” Mr. Lozoya added. Asked about international oil prices, the Pemex boss said the drop in oil prices could affect supplies as some leveraged […]