Natural gas production in Mexico totaled 3.84 Bcf/d in May, up from 3.61 Bcf/d in May 2020, according to the latest data from upstream regulator Comisión Nacional de Hidrocarburos (CNH).
State oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) supplied 3.63 Bcf/d of the total, up from 3.37 Bcf/d in the year-ago month and 3.53 Bcf/d in the preceding month.
Pemex production of natural gas from oil-directed wells, aka associated gas, rose by 5% year/year, while its non-associated gas production climbed 14.5%.
Private sector natural gas production totaled 208.1 MMcf/d, down from 231 MMcf/d in May 2020.
Mexico’s crude oil production, meanwhile, averaged 1.68 million b/d for the month, up from 1.64 million b/d a year ago, but down from 1.7 million b/d in April.
Pemex oil output...