Ronald Buchanan, was born and bred in Glasgow, Scotland. Having launched a career in journalism with Scottish newspapers, he left for London to join The Guardian and, briefly, the Financial Times. From London, he moved to Mexico, where he wrote for Business Week, the Financial Times and other publications, several of them Mexican.
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Industry Delivers Robust Response to Political Jitters in Mexico
Amid political wrangling over the July 1 presidential elections in Mexico, the government and the energy industry issued a robust response by keeping up the pace of upstream auctions with Round 3, as well as “migrations” and farm-outs to private-sector control of areas overseen by state-owned Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex).
March 7, 2018
Mexico Ramps Up for Historic Round 3.3 Unconventionals Auction
Mexico’s energy authorities have taken a bold initiative by inviting tenders for the nation’s first auction of unconventional resources of massive but thus far unrealized potential and fraught with potential problems.
March 5, 2018
Mexico Unconventionals Auction Promises Big Prizes, But Potential Obstacles Too
Mexico’s energy authorities have taken a bold initiative by inviting tenders for the nation’s first auction of unconventional resources of massive but thus far unrealized potential and fraught with potential problems.
March 2, 2018
Pemex Crude, Natural Gas Production Lower; Posts $19B 4Q2017 Loss
The Mexican state and natural gas company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) on Monday reported a net loss in the fourth quarter of nearly 352.3 billion Mexican pesos ($19 billion), compared with $3.9 billion in the year-ago period.
February 28, 2018
Pemex Racks up $19B 4Q2017 Loss as Top Team Heads for Talks in New York
The Mexican state and natural gas company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) on Monday reported a net loss in the fourth quarter of nearly 352.3 billion Mexican pesos ($19 billion), compared with $3.9 billion in the year-ago period.
February 27, 2018
Lack of Pemex IPO a ‘Flaw’ in 2013-14 Energy Reform?
As a wave of economic liberalism lapped on the shores of Latin America in the early years of the 21st century, energy reforms were enacted in Colombia and Brazil, where the state-owned oil and natural gas companies were floated on stock markets with remarkable success. In fact, the $70 billion offering Brazil’s Petroleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) in 2010 was at the time the world’s biggest ever initial public offering (IPO).
February 26, 2018
Fiscal Incentives Seen as Key to Unlocking Mexico’s Unconventional Oil, Natural Gas
Mexico’s oil and natural gas fields are so near but yet so far from the United States, where the hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and horizontal drilling revolution have turned it into a global behemoth. Now Mexico stands poised as an unconventional threat as well.
February 23, 2018
Amid Turbulent Times In Mexico, Is Pemex IPO a Bridge Too Far?
As a wave of economic liberalism lapped on the shores of Latin America in the early years of the 21st century, energy reforms were enacted in Colombia and Brazil, where the state-owned oil and natural gas companies were floated on stock markets with remarkable success. In fact, the $70 billion offering Brazil’s Petroleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) in 2010 was at the time the world’s biggest ever initial public offering (IPO).
February 23, 2018
In the Shadow of the U.S., Mexico Strives to Generate a Homespun Fracking Revolution
Mexico’s oil and natural gas fields are so near but yet so far from the United States, where the hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and horizontal drilling revolution have turned it into a global behemoth. Now Mexico stands poised as an unconventional threat as well.
February 21, 2018
Sener Makes Another Run at Unlocking Mexico’s Lucrative Unconventional Oil, Gas Reserves
Mexico aims to auction blocks of unconventional resources “sooner rather than later” to unleash the potential of shale and tight oil and gas in the northern part of the country, officials said last week.
February 14, 2018