Adam Williams

Since taking office in 2018, Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has reiterated that his government would prioritize energy security and reduce the country’s dependency on foreign fuel imports, such as natural gas and gasoline.  While López Obrador’s government has built a $19 billion refinery in the southern state of Tabasco in hopes to reduce…

Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s presidential candidate for the ruling Morena Party, seeks continuity for the national energy sector.  In a March 18 speech to commemorate the anniversary of state oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), Sheinbaum said her administration would follow the path of the Andrés Manuel López Obrador government and continue to prioritize the dominant role…

Expanding the use of natural gas tapped from Mexico’s abundant reserves would help to reduce the carbon intensity throughout many areas of the economy, said Jeremy Martin, vice president of Energy & Sustainability at the Institute of Americas. During the upcoming elections, however, Mexicans will decide whether they want more of the same or a…

The Tequila Valley Pipeline is soon to begin operations, allowing natural gas to reach tequila producers in Mexico’s Jalisco state, Rolando Martinez D’Meza Violante, Business Development Manager in Corporación CH4, told NGI’s Mexico GPI. “The fact that we were able to construct a natural gas pipeline is going to allow us to enter the big…

“A lot of the potential developments that nearshoring will bring are going to need access to natural gas,” Diana Pineda, a partner at Gónzalez Calvillo law firm in Mexico City, told NGI’s Mexico GPI.  “And the truth is, we’ve now gone several years without a new natural gas pipeline.” Pineda is one of the leading…

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said last week that the government waived four months of tax obligations for state oil and gas producer Petróleos Mexicans (Pemex) in an effort to free up cash flow for the debt-saddled company following a downgrade by the credit agency Moody’s.  The credit rating for Pemex — which is…

Mexico will need to attract more than $41 billion in investment to generate an estimated 37 GW of additional electricity capacity required to meet the increased energy demand anticipated by nearshoring, Abraham Zamora, president of the Mexican Energy Association (AME), said during a recent presentation in Monterrey.  Nearshoring, or the relocation of manufacturing and supply…

Throughout the administration of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, a main grievance of energy sector members has centered on the inability to obtain proper permitting to continue or complete projects, such as natural gas pipelines or power plants, in a timely fashion.  Much of the delays had to do with López Obrador’s dramatic overhaul…

Mexico will need to attract more than $41 billion in investment to generate an estimated 37 GW of additional electricity capacity required to meet the increased energy demand anticipated by nearshoring, Abraham Zamora, President of the Mexican Energy Association (AME), said during a recent presentation in Monterrey.  Nearshoring, or the relocation of manufacturing and supply…