“One thing that I am proud of is that despite the Covid situation, both upstream investment and production has increased or been sustained in Mexico,” said Merlin Cochran, General Director of the Association of Mexican Hydrocarbons Companies (Amexhi), a non-profit civil association that brings together the main oil and gas investors and operators in Mexico. 

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Cochran, who spoke with NGI’s Mexico Gas Price Index as part of an ongoing question-and-answer (Q&A) series, added that Mexico plans to drill as many offshore exploration wells this year as all other Latin American countries combined. 

“What we’re seeing in Mexico — which is something I’m also proud of — is that this year, as of October, Mexico has the largest number of exploration wells in Latin America,”...