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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High-Roller Pemex Union Boss Quits Amid Corruption Allegations
The highly controversial 26-year reign of Carlos Romero Deschamps as leader of the union of the Mexican national oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) has reached its end.
October 17, 2019
Mexico’s CFE Charges Ahead With NatGas Power Plans Amid New Import Capacity
Mexico’s state power utility, Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), will issue tenders for six power plants — five of them fired by natural gas — “within the coming weeks.”
October 2, 2019
Mexico’s CFE Gives Green Light to Three Natural Gas Power Plants
Mexico’s state power utility, the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), has approved the construction of three natural gas-fired combined cycle power plants with total capacity of 1,720MW. The projects will be built in the center and northeast of the country, the company said in a statement.
September 17, 2019
Former CFEnergía Head Denies Wrongdoing as Marine Pipeline Starts Flowing Gas
Guillermo Turrent, the former head of CFEnergía, the marketing arm of Mexico’s state-owned Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), strongly denied any wrongdoing in response to a report that he is being investigated for corruption.
September 10, 2019
In AMLO’s Mexico, Pemex Undergoing Yet Another Facelift
Barely eight months into the new government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mexico’s national oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) is facing an identity crisis, according to Mexican energy experts.
August 14, 2019
Potential Loss from Outlawing Unconventional Drilling Techniques Could Cost Mexico $45B by 2040
A ban on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) used in unconventional drilling could prove severely damaging to the Mexican economy, according to a study by consultancy Welligence.
August 2, 2019
Pemex Cuts Losses in Second Quarter, but Natural Gas Production Continues to Fall
Mexico’s national oil company, Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), slashed its losses by more than two thirds to 52.8 billion pesos ($2.8 billion) in the second quarter, although oil and natural gas production continued to decline compared to the year-ago period.
July 29, 2019
Pemex 2019-2023 Business Plan Aims to Boost Oil Production by 1 Million b/d
Analysis Tuesday of the long-awaited publication of the 2019-2023 business plan of Mexico’s national oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) abounded in metaphors that reflected market concern over its contents.
July 16, 2019
López Obrador Barely Mentions Energy in One-Year Election Celebration
An exuberant Andrés Manuel López Obrador celebrated on July 1 the anniversary of the electoral tsunami that brought him to power as Mexico’s president, but at least one fly was hovering over the ointment of joy.
July 9, 2019
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Tampico-Misantla Said Key to Reversing Mexico’s Oil, Natural Gas Decline
As engineers from the Mexican national oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) struggle to meet production targets that can revert years of declines in production of crude and natural gas, energy expert Alfredo Guzmán has a message to them: “You’re looking in the wrong place!”
June 26, 2019