In 10 months, on Oct. 1, 2024, Mexico’s new president will take office, and the six-year term of Andrés Manuel López Obrador will end. Members of the Mexican energy industry told NGI’s Mexico GPI they are hopeful for a change in energy policies that have at times stalled and frustrated the sector during the past five years.

The government of López Obrador has had a complicated relationship with private and foreign investors. They have limited access to necessary electricity and development permits, and halted exploration and production of shale gas.

Industry experts such as Rosanety Barrios, who in December was announced as a member of the energy team of presidential candidate Xóchitl Gálvez of the Partido Acción Nacional (PAN), told NGI’s Mexico GPI that short-term...