“I think that we still have a window of time to explore and develop our natural riches, but we need to do so now,” said Sergio Pimentel, Commissioner at Mexico’s Comisión Nacional de Hidrocarburos (CNH). “If not, we are leaving these resources in the ground and could be depriving future generations of Mexican citizens of economic and social opportunities.”

Sergio Pimentel

Pimentel, a Commissioner at the CNH since 2014, spoke with NGI’s Mexico Gas Price Index as part of an ongoing question-and-answer (Q&A) series about the Mexican energy industry. One of the most respected voices in the Mexican sector, Pimentel added that, given the global push in the industry to transition away from fossil fuels, the future of oil and gas is uncertain. 

“We don’t know how much the resources we...