Mexico

Mexico’s antitrust watchdog Comisión Federal de Competencia Económica (Cofece) has sent a letter to Mexico’s Congress decrying proposed changes to the nation’s Ley de Hidrocarburos, or Hydrocarbons Law. “We recommend the reform to the Hydrocarbons Law isn’t approved,” President Jana Palacios said on Twitter. She suggested the proposed changes would be damaging to competition in…

Mexican state oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) could hinder the country’s economic recovery prospects if the government does not shift course, according to new analysis by Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. In an issue brief published Friday, authors Tony Payan and José Iván Rodríguez-Sanchez argued that four pillars sustain Mexico’s economy: manufacturing, remittances,…

Editor’s Note: NGI’s Mexico Gas Price Index, a leader tracking Mexico natural gas market reform, is offering the following column by Eduardo Prud’homme as part of a regular series on understanding this process. Prud’homme was central to the development of Cenagas, the nation’s natural gas pipeline operator, an entity formed in 2015 as part of…

As numerous Latin American nations announce hydrogen projects with an eye toward the global market, Mexico is looking to join the party. “At a federal level, nothing is really happening,” Mexico energy expert Gonzalo Monroy told NGI’s Mexico GPI, “but there are initiatives at the local level.” One of those initiatives was the formal launch…

Mexican state oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) is forecasting a base-case scenario increase of natural gas production to 4.19 Bcf/d in 2021 from 3.64 Bcf/d realized in 2020, according to its newly released 2021-2025 business plan. For 2022, Pemex sees production reaching 4.39 Bcf/d before dropping to 4.1 Bcf/d in 2023 and 3.94 Bcf/d in…

Mexico is expected to see record imports of piped natural gas from the United States this summer as the economy recovers from the impacts of the coronavirus. Energy Aspects analysts forecast cross-border flows from the United States to Mexico this summer would average 6.3 Bcf/d, up 800 MMcf/d year/year, as demand rebounds on Mexico’s national…

Mexico needs to develop a fiscal framework for natural gas storage, Chairman David Goldwyn of the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center’s Energy Advisory Board told NGI’s Mexico Gas Price Index. “I think the first thing you need is a fiscal framework which compensates people for building and having storage. And so that means you’ve got…

Mexican national oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) reported a decline in dry natural gas output from its processing centers but an increase in fuel oil production from its refineries in February. Dry natural gas production averaged 2.08 Bcf/d for the month, down from 2.18 Bcf/d in January and 2.19 Bcf/d in February 2020. Fuel oil…

New Fortress Energy Inc. (NFE) said Monday it has signed an agreement to supply natural gas to two power plants owned by Mexican state power utility Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) in Mexico’s difficult-to-reach Baja California Sur (BCS) state. NFE will supply the equivalent of about 250,000-500,000 gallons (20,000-40,000 MMBtu)/d of liquefied natural gas (LNG)…