After a down period in the Mexico oil and gas industry, exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, there’s a renewed push for exploration and drilling activity given the elevated hydrocarbon price environment, Marco Cota, CEO and founder of Talanza Energy, told NGI’s Mexico GPI. “We’re seeing a lot of drilling plans for this year and next…
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COLUMN: Russia Conflict Creates Market Opportunity for Mexico LNG Export Projects
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. As part of its effort to displace Russian gas, the Biden administration has committed to sending an additional 15 Bcm of liquefied…
Future Sistrangas Open Seasons Could Favor Mexico’s CFE and Pemex, Expert Lawyer Says
Potential future open seasons on Mexico’s Sistrangas national pipeline system could be designed to benefit the nation’s state-run energy companies Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) and Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), according to energy and regulatory lawyer Paulina Doen. “At the same time, given that both CFE and Pemex use the Sistrangas system, the open seasons could…
COLUMN: Mexico Energy Sector Takes Center Stage Amid Soaring Prices
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 energy sector is under the spotlight in Mexico perhaps unlike any time in recent history. The modification of the sector’s legal…
Despite Strong Push, Mexico Electricity Bill Unlikely to Pass, Says Eurasia’s Petersen
Eurasia Group senior analyst Carlos Petersen forecasts that the Mexican electricity reform has very low odds of approval. The bill “would have to be modified and considerably different than it is currently to have any chance of approval,” Petersen told NGI’s Mexico GPI. The constitutional reform is set to be voted on in the nation’s…
Mexico Energy Sector Lagging on Gender Equity, WEN President Says
“I believe it is important for public and private sectors to not focus solely on increasing the participation of women in terms of labor, but rather there be a true revolution within the interior of institutions and companies to really reduce the gender gap,” María Luisa Licón, legal counsel at Marathon Petroleum Corp. and founding…
COLUMN: Don’t Expect Mexico Oil, Natural Gas Supply to Bail Out Global Energy Markets
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. War in Europe…
Mexico Electricity Bill Could Be Political Bluff, Says Energy Industry Veteran
“One scenario to consider is if the electricity proposal is really something that will be voted on in the senate and the congress and that the government seeks to approve it, or if it’s actually just a political instrument that’s being used,” said Susana Ivana Cazorla Espinosa, founder and partner at SICE nrgy in Mexico…
COLUMN: The Russia-Ukraine Crisis Underlines How Mexico Needs to Up Energy Security
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 February 2021,…
Mexico Electricity Bill Could Harm Small to Midsize Businesses, Specialist Lawyer Says
“I think emphasis on how the electricity reform proposal could affect small to midsized Mexican businesses is a key point to be addressed and discussed,” Paolo Salerno, founding partner of the firm Salerno and Associate Experts in Energy, told NGI’s Mexico GPI. Salerno added: “I think the impact of the proposal on small to midsize…