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Category: Mexico

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  • Mexico

Debt Stricken Mexican Oil Major Pemex Scrambles To Boost Production

After decreasing production to match lower demand in 2020, Mexico plans to boost oil exports in 2021 as worldwide demand gradually increases once again. OPEC members heavily reduced oil production Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 Mar 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico

Why Is Mexico Returning To Coal?

As the world transitions away from fossil fuels and weens itself off emissions-heavy energy sources, one country is running against the current and right back into the arms of coal. Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico

Deaths surge in Mexico as pandemic extracts a heavy toll

Deaths in Mexico last year were 52 per cent higher than in previous years, putting the rate of excess deaths during the coronavirus pandemic well above that in some countries Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico

Pemex’s Oil Production Increase Is More Illusion Than Reality

Mexico’s Pemex reported its oil production grew last year, for the first time in fifteen years. However, there’s a big catch—the increase was only a result of how the company Continue Reading

Posted On : 20 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico

How a pipeline-loving agency could be key to realizing Biden’s climate plan

There’s a saying among energy wonks about the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: It’s never seen a pipeline it didn’t like . But the commission’s new chair could make that adage Continue Reading

Posted On : 19 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico

Natural gas shortage in Texas causes blackout in Northern Mexico

Over 2.5 million households in seven northern Mexican states were left without power as the winter storm that hit Texas over the weekend lowered the amount of natural gas available Continue Reading

Posted On : 16 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico

Mexico Restricts Fuel Imports Of Private Firms

Mexico issued during the weekend new rules that would limit fuel imports of private firms in a controversial move seen as boosting the dominant position of state oil firm Pemex. Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico

Mexico Is Quietly Pushing Out Foreign Oil Investors

For nearly 80 years, Mexico kept its borders closed to foreign oil interests, with the state-owned and -run Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) being the only entity allowed to drill for gas Continue Reading

Posted On : 17 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Mexico

Mexico Plans Further Debt Relief For Pemex

The Mexican government is mulling over additional tax relief measures for state energy giant Pemex to help it reduce the biggest debt load in the global oil industry, a deputy Continue Reading

Posted On : 11 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico

Pemex considering exploring unconventional resources in case of policy shift

Mexico’s Pemex is considering exploring the Tampico-Misantla basin where there are vast untapped unconventional resources, in case the country were to change its current energy policy that neglects them. Receive Continue Reading

Posted On : 9 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico

Mexico grants natural gas supply control to state companies through new plan

Mexico has granted full control over natural gas supply in the country to the state utility CFE and the national oil and gas company through a five-year plan for infrastructure Continue Reading

Posted On : 26 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico

Pemex should avoid moving to production too fast at priority fields: panelists

Highlights Pemex must evaluate potential of fields thoroughly Company may have to recognize fewer reserves Mexico City — Mexico’s state Pemex should avoid moving to production without properly evaluating the Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico

Oil Majors Are Eyeing Mexico’s Deepwater Sector

Deepwater exploration appears to be the focus of major investments in Mexico in Q3. As state-controlled oil company Pemex focuses on easy-extraction shallow water projects, private players set their sights Continue Reading

Posted On : 12 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico

Will A Fracking Boom Ever Happen In Mexico?

Mexico is sitting on top of the sixth biggest collective shale reserve in the entire world. At an estimated total of 545 trillion cubic feet , they’re just a hair Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Oct 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Mexico
  • USA

US lawmakers accuse Mexico of slowing US energy investments to benefit Pemex

A group of US lawmakers from energy-producing states is urging the White House to call out Mexico for violating the spirit of the recent North American trade deal by making Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Oct 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico
  • Prices

Canada’s Oil Prices To Rise As Mexican Heavy Crude Supply Falls

The benchmark price of Canada’s oil sands is expected to strengthen next year amid lower supplies of Mexican heavy crude oil to the United States, BMO Capital Markets said in Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Oct 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico

Mexico’s Pemex Returns to Debt Markets After Nine-Month Hiatus

Petroleos Mexicanos returned to capital markets Thursday for its first debt sale since January as the embattled oil producer seeks to tap improved demand from investors. Pemex sold $1.5 billion in Continue Reading

Posted On : 9 Oct 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico

Biden victory could push Mexico closer toward green energy

If Joe Biden wins the US presidency in November, he could hasten the country’s migration to more renewable energy by enforcing the Paris Agreement and the energy chapter under the Continue Reading

Posted On : 2 Oct 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico

Mexico’s Crude Oil Future Is In Jeopardy

The attentive reader might have come across numerous articles about Mexico’s numerous discoveries in the past months. Heavily indebted, mired in a myriad of corruption cases and facing the prospects Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Sep 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico

Mexico May Delay Energy Reform

Mexico could delay its planned energy sector reform until next year after President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador asked regulators this week to help prop up state oil major Pemex, Reuters Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Sep 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China
  • Mexico

CNOOC to resume deepwater exploration in Mexico after pandemic pause

Highlights CNOOC expects almost 500 million boe of prospective resources Well located less than five miles away from the US maritime border Mexico City — China National Offshore Oil Corporation Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Sep 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico

Mexico’s Pemex Slashes Oil Production Target For 2021

Carbon emissions are on the rise again after a short blip when the pandemic brought entire industries and international travel to a halt.  Emissions from burning fossil fuel dropped by Continue Reading

Posted On : 10 Sep 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico

Mexico Shuts The Door To Foreign Oil Companies

There will be no new exploration and production contracts on the table for private or foreign companies in Mexico under a government plan set to be made public soon. “We Continue Reading

Posted On : 5 Sep 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico

Mexico Could Be Forced To Cut Oil Production Target For 2021

Mexico will likely cut its crude oil production targets for next year, according to Bloomberg, citing a ruling party lawmaker in Mexico. The shift in strategy signals that Mexico’s state-run Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 Sep 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico

As Covid-19 Clobbers Tourism, Millions Lose a Lifeline

Since this once-sleepy stretch of Mexico’s Caribbean coast began its transformation into a glitzy resort community 50 years ago, it has thrived by attracting millions of vacationers during its summer Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Aug 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico

Mexican President May Change Constitution To Strengthen Control Of State-Owned O

The Mexican government may need to effect changes in the country’s constitution to strengthen its control of state oil giant Pemex, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said in a memo Continue Reading

Posted On : 6 Aug 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico

Exclusive: Mexico moves to launch world’s largest oil hedge

Mexico has asked top Wall Street banks to submit quotes for its giant oil hedging program, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday, while trading in crude oil options Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Jul 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico

Mexico’s Pemex Scrambles To Save Itself From Oil Price Crash

The majority of the world’s oil producers have been racing to heavily cut back spending and production in response to the oil market crisis, while Mexico’s national oil company, Petroleos Continue Reading

Posted On : 21 Jul 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico

Why Mexico Is Pushing (to Slow Down) Clean Energy: QuickTake

When a fight erupts between a populist head of state and the business community over renewable energy, you might expect the leader to take the green side of the debate. Continue Reading

Posted On : 18 Jul 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico

The Oil Major With The Most COVID-19 Deaths

Mexico’s state oil firm Pemex has the highest number of employees who have died of the coronavirus, according to Bloomberg estimates of company data and official statements. On Tuesday, Pemex Continue Reading

Posted On : 16 Jul 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico

Debt-Stricken Mexican Oil Major Asks For Payment Deferrals

Mexico’s state oil firm Pemex is asking some of its contractors if they would agree to be paid for their services next year, people familiar with the payment situation at Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Jul 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico

Aeroméxico Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection

“With the chapter 11 restructuring process, we will strengthen our financial position and increase our liquidity, at the same time creating a sustainable platform to allow us to successfully weather Continue Reading

Posted On : 1 Jul 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico
  • USA

U.S. Oil Industry Lobbies Trump To Keep Mexican Energy Reform

U.S. oil companies are calling on President Donald Trump to help persuade Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador not to ditch the energy reforms that his predecessor launched, opening Mexico’s Continue Reading

Posted On : 26 Jun 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico

Earthquake Takes Mexico’s Largest Refinery Offline

Mexico’s largest oil refinery, the Salina Cruz refinery, is offline after a fire broke out in the refinery following a 7.4 magnitude earthquake in the area. Pemex, Mexico’s state-run oil Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Jun 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico
  • USA

API seeks US intervention in Mexico discrimination against US fuel companies

The American Petroleum Institute has asked the US government to urge Mexico to uphold its commitments to the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement and to stop discrimination against US companies in Mexico’s Continue Reading

Posted On : 16 Jun 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico
  • USA

US gas exports to Mexico hit new record high on weather, economic reopening

 US gas pipeline exports to Mexico surged to a new single-day record high this week, propelled by warming summer weather and a soft opening of Mexico’s economy earlier this month. Continue Reading

Posted On : 13 Jun 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico

Mexican watchdog halts regulations hamstringing renewables at last minute: documents

A policy watchdog in Mexico this week halted the introduction of a set of regulations aimed at further restricting the participation of private clean energy generators in the country, according Continue Reading

Posted On : 12 Jun 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico

Mexico’s economic outlook worsens amid pandemic, central bank says

Mexico’s economic and financial outlook has worsened amid the coronavirus pandemic, and temporary measures to shore up the financial system will remain in place, the central bank said on Wednesday. Continue Reading

Posted On : 11 Jun 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico
  • OPEC

Mexico Bails On OPEC+ Deal

Non-OPEC Mexico, which was the surprise holdout in the OPEC+ meeting in April, bailed out of the group’s one-month extension of the record production cuts. But Mexico’s share of the Continue Reading

Posted On : 10 Jun 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico
  • USA

US gas exports to Mexico rise, propelled by weather, reopening economy

rts to Mexico are up sharply this month amid signs of looming demand growth from warming temperatures, a reopening economy and from Fermaca’s delayed Wahalajara pipeline system. Receive daily email Continue Reading

Posted On : 9 Jun 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico

Mexico’s President Is Betting Big Against Renewables

It sounds like a news report out of yet another dystopian novel: Mexico is halting grid connection for new solar and wind power projects. In a world rushing to produce Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 May 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico

Oil price crash, Pemex junk bond rating rattles Lopez Obrador’s Mexican dream

He was the son of a petroleum worker in a nation that honors its oil company with an annual holiday. When Andrés Manuel López Obrador became president, he made it a Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Apr 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico

Mexico boosts fiscal aid to Pemex to weather crude price storm

 Mexico’s Pemex will receive additional fiscal benefits from the government as part of a series of measures to bolster its finances during the oil price rout, the state-owned oil and Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Apr 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico

Pemex Pulls Staff From Offshore Oil Platforms Over Coronavirus

Mexico’s state-held oil firm Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) said on Sunday that it had started to reduce the number of oil workers at its offshore oil platforms to reduce the risk Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Apr 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico

5 Reasons Why Mexico’s Oil Industry Is Destined For Disaster

Mexico has somewhat inadvertently found itself at the heart of the oil industry’s most burning issues of 2020 – just when it seemed that Russia, Saudi Arabia, the United States Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Apr 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico

Mexico’s Pemex Suspends Fuel Imports From U.S. As Demand Tanks

Mexico’s Pemex declared force majeure on fuel imports, which it receives from the United States, because of tanking demand, Reuters reported , citing two unnamed sources. Bloomberg quoted another unnamed Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Apr 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico

Pemex’s PMI Declares Force Majeure on Gasoline Imports

Mexico, the largest recipient of U.S. gasoline exports, is seeking to cancel imports of the fuel from at least one U.S. company amid the rippling effects of the coronavirus on Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Apr 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico

With Oil Hedged At $49, Mexico Saves $6.2 Billion As Prices Crash

As the oil price crash squeezes oil companies across the globe, Mexico’s Hacienda Hedge is set to deliver $6.2 billion to the Latin American country, Mexico’s President Manuel Lopez Obrador Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Apr 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico

Mexico’s President Fears The Economic Consequences As Oil Prices Go Negative

The oil price meltdown will affect Mexico’s economy and is bound to deepen the global economic crisis, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said on Tuesday, a week after he Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Apr 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico

Mexico to Shut Down Wells a Week After Refusing Deep OPEC+ Cuts

With crude prices collapsing, Mexico’s president says his country will shut down new wells in a move that comes just over a week after he almost wrecked a global oil Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Apr 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple

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