Mexico reported essentially flat growth in natural gas and oil production in 2021 as gas imports from the United States continued to surge.

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Mexico’s gas output averaged 3.85 Bcf/d for the full year, versus 3.84 Bcf/d in 2020, according to data from upstream regulator Comisión Nacional de Hidrocarburos (CNH). State oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) saw production rise to 3.65 Bcf/d from 3.62 Bcf/d, while private sector gas output fell to 203.8 MMcf/d from 225.1 MMcf/d.

Mexico’s oil production, meanwhile, was flat at 1.66 million b/d in 2021, as Pemex output dipped to 1.6 million b/d from 1.61 million b/d a year earlier.

Private sector oil production rose to 64,191 b/d from 53,919 b/d.

For December, natural gas production in Mexico totaled 3.95 Bcf/d, down from...