Mexico

Moving the energy economy to net zero emissions is timely and costly, and the world now faces another dilemma: a natural gas market under “tremendous pressure” ahead of winter, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Wednesday. In launching its annual World Energy Outlook (WEO-2021), the global energy watchdog acknowledged that winter 2021/2022 is opening with…

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. The opinions and positions expressed by Prud’homme do not necessarily reflect the views of NGI’s Mexico Gas Price Index. In the midterm…

Turbulence in natural gas pricing facing buyers across the globe is not a sign of an energy system breakdown but rather is a part of the ongoing creation of competitive markets, according to Carina Energy Consulting’s Sam Andrus.  A veteran trader and analyst with decades of experience in the natural gas business, Andrus spoke on…

“I feel like Mexico is really standing at the edge of a cliff and deep down at the dark bottom of that cliff is Venezuela,” said Marcelo Mereles Gras, veteran Mexico energy expert and partner at HCX Hydrocarbon Exchange, in reference to the legislation proposed by President Andrés López Obrador on Oct. 1 to undo…

Volatility continued to rock the Mexican natural gas market this week as North American prices came under the influence of wildly unpredictable Asian and European fundamentals. “Rallying, volatile U.S. benchmarks are creating anxiety in Mexico’s industrial sector, where gas demand is more correlated than ever,” Wood Mackenzie’s Ricardo Falcón told NGI’s Mexico GPI. U.S. benchmarks…

Energy shortages and price spikes suggest the world needs more oil to meet global needs in the near term. Just how much more – and how quickly – remains a moving target. With Lower 48 producers hesitant to boost output in the pandemic’s wake, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies,…

Ever since coming to power at the end of 2018, Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has promised to kill the energy reform of his predecessor Enrique Peña Nieto. With his recent proposal to drastically overhaul the energy sector through a constitutional amendment, is this on the cusp of happening? Analysts at political risk group…

U.S. natural gas futures facing Mexican buyers and sellers were a roller coaster this week as prices jumped early in the week as October rolled off the board followed by a dive on Wednesday when November took over as the front month. “Markets are very, very nervy,” a Mexico City-based trader told NGI’s Mexico GPI.…

Wholesale propane prices at the main U.S. natural gas liquids (NGL) hub have reached their highest level in more than seven years amid tight global supply and strong demand, according to the latest government figures. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) said wholesale propane prices at Mont Belvieu, TX, increased to an average of $1.33/gal during…