Politically

With Mexico’s President Vicente Fox weakened politically following the recent national election, opposition lawmakers said last week they would contest a program to tender natural gas production contracts to outside investment. In July, Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) unveiled its first package of multiple service contract (MSC) bids on seven blocks of the Burgos Basin (see NGI, July 21).

With Mexico’s President Vicente Fox weakened politically following the recent national election, opposition lawmakers said Thursday they would contest a program to tender natural gas production contracts to outside investment. In July, Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) unveiled its first package of multiple service contract (MSC) bids on seven blocks of the Burgos Basin (see Daily GPI, July 18).

As another indication that it is still not “politically correct” to be associated with an out-of-state energy giant in California, one of the state’s three Republican candidates for governor, William Simon, Jr., drew political news media coverage last week for his disclosure that he and his family own about $16,750 of stock in El Paso Natural Gas Co.

As another indication that it is still not ‘politically correct’ to be associated with an out-of-state energy giant in California, one of the state’s three Republican candidates for governor, William Simon Jr., drew political news coverage this week for his disclosure that he and his family own about $16,750 of stock in El Paso Natural Gas Co.