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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Mexico’s President, Energy Minister Vow to Revamp Country’s Petrochemical Sector
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and his Energy Minister, Rocío Nahle, have stated their intention to revive the Mexican petrochemical industry.
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Central America Project Eyeing Natural Gas to Fuel Economic Development
A plan unveiled last month in Mexico that focuses on the need to develop the economies of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador sees natural gas as a key driver of development.
CRE President Resigns as Regulators Continue to Lose Clout in Mexico’s Energy Sector
Guillermo García Alcocer, the president of Mexico’s downstream energy regulator, Comisión Reguladora de Energía (CRE) resigned this week, saying that he had lost his powers to implement policy.
Nobody Is Above The Law, Says López Obrador, But Can Pemex Keep Image Clean?
Corruption and the national oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) have long been entwined in the popular imagination of Mexico, and both are viewed with near-obsessive zeal by the new president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
Mexico Needs Help of Private Sector to Improve Oil and Gas Production, Energy Minister Says
Following months of sharp criticism — not to mention tirades and personal attacks — directed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador against Mexico’s 2013 energy reform and its institutions, Energy Minister Rocio Nahle brought an olive branch to this year’s fourth annual convention of the Asociación Mexicana de Empresas de Hidrocarburos (Amexhi) held last week in the historic center of the Mexican capital.
Black Hole in Mexico’s Natural Gas Potential Said to ‘Threaten Nation’s Assets’ — Bonus Coverage
As Mexico’s proven natural gas and crude reserves fall ever rapidly, analysts point to a “black hole” that is tied and bound in the red tape of bureaucracy.
Black Hole in Mexico’s Natural Gas Potential Said to ‘Threaten Nation’s Assets’
As Mexico’s proven natural gas and crude reserves fall ever rapidly, analysts point to a “black hole” that is tied and bound in the red tape of bureaucracy.
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Mexico’s Pemex Slims Corporate Waistline in Restructuring Plan
Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), the Mexican national oil company, is to be given a slimmer look after decades of criticism of its allegedly flabby corporate waistline.
Inter-Oceanic Corridor May Come with LNG Project on Mexico’s West Coast
The Mexican government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador faces a major political, social and technical challenge in developing what is known as the Inter-Oceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, which would connect the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and include a natural gas pipeline and a potential liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility.
Former Mexican Presidents Blast Current Crop of Energy Officials After Summit Cancelation
The last-minute cancellation by Mexico’s government of an international energy forum this week has revealed a deep schism among senior politicians over the current administration’s policies on the sector.