Andrew joined NGI in 2018 to support coverage of Mexico’s newly liberalized oil and gas sector, and his role has since expanded to include the rest of North America. Before joining NGI, Andrew covered Latin America’s hydrocarbon and electric power industries from 2014 to 2018 for Business News Americas in Santiago, Chile. He speaks fluent Spanish, and holds a B.A. in journalism and mass communications from the University of Minnesota.
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Roles for Natural Gas, Carbon Capture Seen in 1.5-C Warming Scenario
Natural gas should play a reduced, yet still significant, role in the global energy mix even if anthropogenic global warming is limited to 1.5 C degrees, according to the latest modeling by the United Nations (UN) climate change panel. The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) analyzed scenarios in the latest report, which indicate…
April 12, 2022
Supreme Court Deems Mexico Power Reform Constitutional, but ‘Endless Litigation’ Feared Ahead
Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled last Thursday that key components of legislation passed in 2021 to overhaul the country’s electric industry law (known by its Spanish initials LIE) do not violate the constitution. The decision is a victory of sorts for President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, although the law still faces numerous challenges in lower courts.…
April 11, 2022
Colorado State Meteorologists Calling for Above-Average Hurricane Season
Colorado State University (CSU) meteorologists are forecasting an above-average hurricane season in the Atlantic basin this season, citing the unlikelihood of a significant El Niño weather pattern. “We anticipate an above-average probability for major hurricanes making landfall along the continental United States coastline and in the Caribbean,” said CSU forecasters Philip Klotzbach and Michael Bell.…
April 11, 2022
Substantial Roles Seen for Natural Gas, Carbon Capture in 1.5-C Degree World
Natural gas should play a reduced, yet still significant role, in the global energy mix even if anthropogenic global warming is limited to 1.5 C degrees, according to the latest modeling by the United Nations (UN) climate change panel. The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) analyzed scenarios in the latest report, which indicate…
April 8, 2022
Biden Trade Rep Said Considering All Options as $10B of U.S. Energy Investment at Risk in Mexico
The Biden administration plans to seek recourse under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) if concerns over Mexico’s energy policies are not resolved, according to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai. “At the heart of the USMCA are core obligations with respect to trade and investment, including with respect to nondiscriminatory treatment,” Tai wrote in a letter…
April 6, 2022
Mexico Fuel Subsidies Seen Cutting into Oil Export Revenues
Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s pledge to subsidize gasoline prices could partially negate the windfall of high oil prices for state oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), according to a new analysis by Fitch Ratings Inc. Pemex “will benefit from higher oil prices although these pose risks to federal government revenue, since the government has…
April 1, 2022
AMLO Gasoline Subsidies Could Negate Oil Price Benefits for Mexico’s Pemex, Says Fitch
Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s pledge to subsidize gasoline prices could partially negate the windfall of high oil prices for state oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), according to new analysis by Fitch Ratings Inc. Pemex “will benefit from higher oil prices although these pose risks to federal government revenue, since the government has committed…
March 30, 2022
‘Unprecedented Lapse’ in U.S. Offshore Oil, Natural Gas Leasing Imminent, Warns Industry
Hope is fading that the Department of the Interior (DOI) will hold offshore oil and gas lease sales anytime soon, industry lobbyists said Tuesday. “The Biden administration’s lack of progress on offshore leasing is a clear example of the large gap between rhetoric and reality,” the American Petroleum Institute’s (API) Frank Macchiarola, senior vice president…
March 30, 2022
Mexico’s Pemex to Operate Zama Oil Discovery Made By ‘Disappointed’ Talos Energy
Mexican state oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) will be the operator of the Zama oilfield offshore Mexico, which was discovered in 2017 by a consortium led by Talos Energy Inc. The decision culminates one of several high-profile skirmishes between President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s government and the private energy sector. Talos said Monday it had…
March 28, 2022
Plan to Send More U.S. LNG to Europe Met With Optimism by Natural Gas Industry
The oil and natural gas industry praised the Biden administration’s announcement last week of a joint U.S.-European Union (EU) task force to increase liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply to Europe. The White House said it would seek to expedite approvals of pending LNG export projects, a move long advocated by the industry, in order to…
March 28, 2022