“I think the government is taking an incorrect measure that will slow down the use of natural gas in the country,” said Francisco Barnés in reference to the recent proposal by Mexico Energy Ministry Sener to require natural gas users to buy from state entities. 

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“It’s going to make the use of natural gas more difficult and more expensive, and I think it will generate more antipathy in the private sector towards a state monopoly,” he told NGI’s Mexico GPI in a phone interview from Mexico City. “It will mean more restrictions, costs and complications in the natural gas industry.”

Barnés, who served as a Comisión Reguladora de Energía (CRE) Commissioner and General Director of the Mexican Petroleum Institute during his decorated career, added, “I see this as a...