- Mexico has vast oil and natural gas reserves, including unconventional resources like shale, but Pemex lacks the technology and experience to fully tap these reserves. Bringing in international oil companies could help Mexico increase production and improve energy security.
- Mexico currently imports refined fuels like gasoline and liquefied natural gas due to insufficient domestic refining and transportation infrastructure, making it vulnerable. The energy reform aims to attract private investment to boost production and processing.
- The reform will not privatize Pemex or allow private ownership of hydrocarbons in the ground, but may permit partnerships where private companies conduct exploration and production activities under new contract terms. This could incentivize more domestic and foreign private investment and technology transfer
On August 11, 2014, the secondary laws implementing the historic Mexican constitutional changes drastically reforming the energy sector, including oil and gas, and electricity, were officially published.
These reforms bring deep changes to the Mexican energy market and huge opportunities for investment.
Given the complexity of the changes, we have prepared a presentation as background for such a discussion, summarizing the context of the reforms and the fundamentals of the new scenario for investors.
Sanchez Devanny Eseverri
Oil & Money 2014 hosts unique opportunity to meet top Mexican government officials to fully explain the country's historic forthcoming bidding round.
Videos of the full session will be available shortly on www.oilandmoney.com.
Upcoming Round 1.5. “Unconventionals”. Part I: Exploring contract terms and f...Juan Diego Suarez Fromm
Shale gas potential in Mexico has been identified by government, Mexican National Oil Company - PEMEX, and international petroleum industry, as a great opportunity for resources development in order to solve increasing natural gas demand.
Large gas pipeline extension and power generation projects have been launched and others are on the way according to National Infrastructure Program. In the mid-term U.S. gas exports are expected to continuously rise, which for some political parties is a threat to Mexican energy independence.
The upcoming Round One bids for onshore fields will comprise Unconventional resources including Shale Gas, Shale Oil and Chicontepec. The aim of this study is to evaluate Shale Gas development profitability for different gas prices, costs and royalties and more important to develop fiscal and contract incentives alternatives based on geological trends, current well construction technologies, technical risks and market risk.
Navigant: North American Natural Gas Market Outlook - Year-End 2014: A View t...Marcellus Drilling News
A report issued by global consulting firm Navigant. The report says U.S. natural gas supply will increase from 72 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2015 to nearly 110 Bcf/d by 2035. Other key insights.
On August 11, 2014, the secondary laws implementing the historic Mexican constitutional changes drastically reforming the energy sector, including oil and gas, and electricity, were officially published.
These reforms bring deep changes to the Mexican energy market and huge opportunities for investment.
Given the complexity of the changes, we have prepared a presentation as background for such a discussion, summarizing the context of the reforms and the fundamentals of the new scenario for investors.
Sanchez Devanny Eseverri
Oil & Money 2014 hosts unique opportunity to meet top Mexican government officials to fully explain the country's historic forthcoming bidding round.
Videos of the full session will be available shortly on www.oilandmoney.com.
Upcoming Round 1.5. “Unconventionals”. Part I: Exploring contract terms and f...Juan Diego Suarez Fromm
Shale gas potential in Mexico has been identified by government, Mexican National Oil Company - PEMEX, and international petroleum industry, as a great opportunity for resources development in order to solve increasing natural gas demand.
Large gas pipeline extension and power generation projects have been launched and others are on the way according to National Infrastructure Program. In the mid-term U.S. gas exports are expected to continuously rise, which for some political parties is a threat to Mexican energy independence.
The upcoming Round One bids for onshore fields will comprise Unconventional resources including Shale Gas, Shale Oil and Chicontepec. The aim of this study is to evaluate Shale Gas development profitability for different gas prices, costs and royalties and more important to develop fiscal and contract incentives alternatives based on geological trends, current well construction technologies, technical risks and market risk.
Navigant: North American Natural Gas Market Outlook - Year-End 2014: A View t...Marcellus Drilling News
A report issued by global consulting firm Navigant. The report says U.S. natural gas supply will increase from 72 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2015 to nearly 110 Bcf/d by 2035. Other key insights.
April 2013 Raytheon Settlement SummaryJohn Priecko
The April 30th, 2013, Consent Agreement between the US Department of State (DOS) and Raytheon has some important lessons learned for trade compliance professionals at all levels in an organization. It’s also Raytheon’s third settlement with the DOS in less than 15 years.
This one-page summary captures the important points of their latest settlement. While trade compliance/export control practitioners are encouraged to read all the documents, many C-level executives don’t have the interest or time to digest them including the Proposed Charging Letter, Consent Agreement and Order. These one-page summaries are bite-size tools that have proven education and training benefits. They have also consistently proven useful in beefing-up audit and assessment checklists.
There are some key takeaways buried in the Raytheon settlement documents. If you read carefully you’ll come to the conclusion their compliance program was clearly not up-to-speed (some have said badly broken). Additionally some individuals apparently not fulfill their responsibilities administrating agreements and ensuring previously mandated compliance measures were thoroughly taken care of. They also had serious shortfalls in investigating and correcting violations as well as problems managing voluntary disclosures.
The terse settlement document quotes about the state of their compliance program paint a picture of ineffective, inadequate, insufficient and failed efforts over years that resulted in hundreds of disclosures and violations.
As you read this Settlement Summary and the complete set of documents, ask yourself what your organization is doing in these same areas. If enforcement came knocking at your door what would they find? Do you or your organization have similar issues? If so, what are you doing to close the gaps?
If you want to expand your compliance perspective and better understand the current enforcement environment, review all three of Raytheon’s DOS settlements to gain an appreciation for the evolution of how State handles settlements and particularly so in the area of mandated compliance measures.
See Thomas Dannenfeldt, Deutsche Telekom's CFO for the presentation of the financial strategy. To download the presentation including the disclaimer in pdf format and to find further material please visit http://www.telekom.com/cmd15
Rebooting The Electronics Industry After The Economic CrisisPaul Brody
The reeling financial markets are challenging global business leaders to aggressively rethink their strategies. Across the electronics industry, effects are likely to be quite different, reflecting the enormous diversity of the industry itself. From consumer electronics to medical devices, industry sub-segments will have to respond – each in its own way – to lower consumer spending and stricter access to capital.
Mexico’s controversial Energy Reform may divide the population, but it is revitalizing the sector and positioning the energy industry for new levels of inward investment and job creation. But is it a reform to last?
We are pleased to share with you our monthly one pager where we follow-up on our February publication where we shared our reasons to believe that farm-outs tenders would be relaunching. In these regards, this topic has gotten the attention of the national energy policy news once again and so we've prepared suggestions on what we think the industry could concentrate its efforts to help the government take the decision of farming out.
AMLOs first 100 days Mexican Energy SectorMaría Serna
Talanza's report on AMLO's first 100 days, challenges and opportunities for the Mexican Energy Sector with insights on the new energy policy, the future of Pemex investment portfolio, available Mexican legal recourses, international mechanisms and midstream national markets.
April 2013 Raytheon Settlement SummaryJohn Priecko
The April 30th, 2013, Consent Agreement between the US Department of State (DOS) and Raytheon has some important lessons learned for trade compliance professionals at all levels in an organization. It’s also Raytheon’s third settlement with the DOS in less than 15 years.
This one-page summary captures the important points of their latest settlement. While trade compliance/export control practitioners are encouraged to read all the documents, many C-level executives don’t have the interest or time to digest them including the Proposed Charging Letter, Consent Agreement and Order. These one-page summaries are bite-size tools that have proven education and training benefits. They have also consistently proven useful in beefing-up audit and assessment checklists.
There are some key takeaways buried in the Raytheon settlement documents. If you read carefully you’ll come to the conclusion their compliance program was clearly not up-to-speed (some have said badly broken). Additionally some individuals apparently not fulfill their responsibilities administrating agreements and ensuring previously mandated compliance measures were thoroughly taken care of. They also had serious shortfalls in investigating and correcting violations as well as problems managing voluntary disclosures.
The terse settlement document quotes about the state of their compliance program paint a picture of ineffective, inadequate, insufficient and failed efforts over years that resulted in hundreds of disclosures and violations.
As you read this Settlement Summary and the complete set of documents, ask yourself what your organization is doing in these same areas. If enforcement came knocking at your door what would they find? Do you or your organization have similar issues? If so, what are you doing to close the gaps?
If you want to expand your compliance perspective and better understand the current enforcement environment, review all three of Raytheon’s DOS settlements to gain an appreciation for the evolution of how State handles settlements and particularly so in the area of mandated compliance measures.
See Thomas Dannenfeldt, Deutsche Telekom's CFO for the presentation of the financial strategy. To download the presentation including the disclaimer in pdf format and to find further material please visit http://www.telekom.com/cmd15
Rebooting The Electronics Industry After The Economic CrisisPaul Brody
The reeling financial markets are challenging global business leaders to aggressively rethink their strategies. Across the electronics industry, effects are likely to be quite different, reflecting the enormous diversity of the industry itself. From consumer electronics to medical devices, industry sub-segments will have to respond – each in its own way – to lower consumer spending and stricter access to capital.
Mexico’s controversial Energy Reform may divide the population, but it is revitalizing the sector and positioning the energy industry for new levels of inward investment and job creation. But is it a reform to last?
We are pleased to share with you our monthly one pager where we follow-up on our February publication where we shared our reasons to believe that farm-outs tenders would be relaunching. In these regards, this topic has gotten the attention of the national energy policy news once again and so we've prepared suggestions on what we think the industry could concentrate its efforts to help the government take the decision of farming out.
AMLOs first 100 days Mexican Energy SectorMaría Serna
Talanza's report on AMLO's first 100 days, challenges and opportunities for the Mexican Energy Sector with insights on the new energy policy, the future of Pemex investment portfolio, available Mexican legal recourses, international mechanisms and midstream national markets.
Reinventing the wheel, the false debate of public vs private investmentMaría Serna
Even though there are concerns regarding the relationship between the Mexican oil and gas industry and AMLO’s government, we have important reasons to believe that sooner than later, the new government will realize the necessity of private sector participation in upstream activities just as the two former administrations did during the last 12 years.
The report ‘The renewable energy landscape in Mexico’ provides a comprehensive review on the current situation of the renewable energy sector in the North American country, plus offering exclusive interviews to the Mexican Wind Energy Association and to Mr Rogelio Pérez Velarde -from the renowned law firm Velarde, Heftye y Soria- for a more detailed analysis.
This article provides evidence of the denationalization of Petróleos Mexicanos in matters of energy sovereignty and analyzes effects on the budget related to fiscal resources perceived from oil. The analysis is based on a high level of efficiency in production that places Petróleos Mexicanos as one of the most efficient corporations in terms of operating profits despite a fiscal regime for extractive industries and the strategy of slow dismantling and
denationalization that has been going on since the 1990s and which began with the separation of the business unit as a fundamental aspect. The effects on energy sovereignty and the different scenarios of profit-sharing contracts, production-sharing agreements and concessions, and the fiscal impact with the entrance of large transnational corporations into Mexican territory are analyzed from the 1990s until the current reform that
eliminates the government’s exclusivity in drilling and looking for oil.
PEMEX is the most important company in Mexico, and one of the largest in Latin America. It is usually assessed as the largest tax contributor to the Mexican government. The Ministry of Finance and Public Credit has issued a Communiqué stating that a high tax burden faced by PEMEX in recent years has not allowed the company to reach required levels of investment to maintain, and even increase its production capacities.
- Who are the key players to take advantage when fields are opened for bidding?
- How is Mexico structuring the future opportunities?
- Who are the decision-makers managing reforms and investments?
The video of this session from the 2014 Oil & Money Conference will be available shortly on www.oilandmoney,com
Regarding the initiative to strengthen Petróleos Mexicanos who recently delivered the Federal Executive Branch in the Senate, in these times we wonder about who they really are relevant political actors and their possible influence on the outcome of what eventually It is assumed in practice as strengthening PEMEX, or put it another way, the energy reform ultimately be adopted in our country.
Today the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center welcomed Mexican Undersecretary of Energy Enrique Ochoa Reza as the keynote speaker at the launch of the center’s first publication, Mexico Rising: Comprehensive Energy Reform at Last? The undersecretary provided thoughtful and informative commentary supported by a PowerPoint.
Pemex Energy Gurgaon : Next Steps for the Successful and Sustainable Developm...Ravi Khanna
A renowned name, PEMEX acts as a gateway to provide a wide range of recruitment and selection services to companies & candidates. We are a dedicated team of professional consultants offering top of the line global executive recruitment and selection services. Our services are available over a wide geographical area that spans across Asia Pacific, Africa, Europe and American mark
Miners are now recognizing the use of emerging digital technology to improve productivity. Mobile technology connectivity between workers and management facilitates communication in the mines, ensuring a safe and productive working environment. Mining companies are also revolutionizing data collection in the field with the help of the Internet of Things, which are smart data solutions that help management to relay important data such as water pressure, temperature, concentration of gases and other information. Cloud technology allows management and employees to quickly access and alter essential information, wherever and whenever needed.
El 13 de junio de 2014, se publicó en el Diario
Oficial de la Federación una serie de reformas
en materia mercantil que buscan mejorar las
funciones legales, administrativas e
institucionales, así como la modernización de
normas jurídicas que regulan a las sociedades
mercantiles. Las reformas y adiciones más
relevantes son las relativas a (i) garantías
mobiliarias (prenda sin transmisión de posesión
y fideicomisos de garantía sobre bienes
muebles e inmuebles); (ii) publicaciones que
deban realizarse conforme a las leyes
mercantiles; (iii) disposiciones relativas a la
constitución y estatutos sociales de las
sociedades mercantiles, así como de la
formalidad de sus actos y acuerdos entre
accionistas de la sociedades anónimas (“SA”);
(iv) disposiciones respecto a obligaciones para
los administradores y comisarios de las SA; (v)
reducción de los porcentajes de minorías en SA
para ejercer ciertos derechos; y (vi)
reconocimiento de pruebas electrónicas en
juicios mercantiles.
Subcontratación: Nuevo criterio de la Junta Federal de Conciliación y Arbitraje.Hogan Lovells BSTL
En Abril de 2014 la Junta Federal de Conciliación y Arbitraje emitió un nuevo criterio en relación a la subcontratación (el “Criterio”), el cual se encuentra en el mismo sentido de las opiniones que en esta materia hemos venido emitiendo.
Los nuevos alcances legales de la reforma en el sector, así como el funcionamiento de tribunales especializados en telecomunicaciones podrían abrir la puerta a la resolución de los procesos legales en un menor tiempo. Pero aún hay figuras que amenazan esta promesa.
‘वोटर्स विल मस्ट प्रीवेल’ (मतदाताओं को जीतना होगा) अभियान द्वारा जारी हेल्पलाइन नंबर, 4 जून को सुबह 7 बजे से दोपहर 12 बजे तक मतगणना प्रक्रिया में कहीं भी किसी भी तरह के उल्लंघन की रिपोर्ट करने के लिए खुला रहेगा।
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हम आग्रह करते हैं कि जो भी सत्ता में आए, वह संविधान का पालन करे, उसकी रक्षा करे और उसे बनाए रखे।" प्रस्ताव में कुल तीन प्रमुख हस्तक्षेप और उनके तंत्र भी प्रस्तुत किए गए। पहला हस्तक्षेप स्वतंत्र मीडिया को प्रोत्साहित करके, वास्तविकता पर आधारित काउंटर नैरेटिव का निर्माण करके और सत्तारूढ़ सरकार द्वारा नियोजित मनोवैज्ञानिक हेरफेर की रणनीति का मुकाबला करके लोगों द्वारा निर्धारित कथा को बनाए रखना और उस पर कार्यकरना था।
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In a May 9, 2024 paper, Juri Opitz from the University of Zurich, along with Shira Wein and Nathan Schneider form Georgetown University, discussed the importance of linguistic expertise in natural language processing (NLP) in an era dominated by large language models (LLMs).
The authors explained that while machine translation (MT) previously relied heavily on linguists, the landscape has shifted. “Linguistics is no longer front and center in the way we build NLP systems,” they said. With the emergence of LLMs, which can generate fluent text without the need for specialized modules to handle grammar or semantic coherence, the need for linguistic expertise in NLP is being questioned.
role of women and girls in various terror groupssadiakorobi2
Women have three distinct types of involvement: direct involvement in terrorist acts; enabling of others to commit such acts; and facilitating the disengagement of others from violent or extremist groups.
2. 38 - Expert Guide : Energy & Natural Resources 2013 Expert Guide : Energy & Natural Resources 2013 - 39
ture structures with private investors. Certain
constitutional and legal amendments would need
to occur for this to happen, but it is not out of the
question, particularly considering that there is
firm understanding that in the absence of some
immediate increase in production, Mexico may
face the daunting scenario of becoming a crude oil
importer by as early as the year 2020.
Shale Oil & Gas
Except for coal-bed methane, Mexican laws and
regulations make no distinction between conven-
tional or unconventional resources. However,
the fact that highly specialised technology and
expertise are needed to tap such unconventional
resources, and since such technology and exper-
tise are somewhat alien to Pemex, commentators
agree that the best way to obtain these resources is
by allowing private parties to participate in explo-
ration and production activities, in a manner suf-
ficiently attractive to them, without granting actu-
al rights over the reserves or products. However,
it is yet to be seen how the Mexican government
intends to foster investment in these projects and
therefore, how these resources will be tapped into
and what will be the incentives for the particular
investments to be made in a legally and economi-
cally sound environment.
Downstream Activities
As indicated in the Pact, one of the areas that will
be addressed in a Mexican hydrocarbon reform,
are the refining, petrochemical and hydrocarbon
transport systems, activities that to date can only
be performed by Pemex. The Pact sets forth that
reforms to create a competitive environment in
such areas must be approved. Does that imply
that the reform should allow private parties to re-
fine and transport hydrocarbons?
Opportunities in the Mexican Oil & Gas Sector In Light of the Potential
Reform to the Hydrocarbon Sector By Juan Francisco Torres Landa R. & Miguel Angel Mateos S.
urrently the reserve-to-production ra-
tio of Mexico is 10.2 years.1 Mexico
has vast reserves of unconventional
resources. However, Pemex lacks the
technology and experience to tap such
reserves. Bringing International Oil Companies
(“IOC’s”) with the appropriate know-how will cer-
tainly assist Pemex in properly understanding the
risk profile of unconventional hydrocarbon proj-
ects, and will allow Pemex to increase Mexico’s
reserves, thereby improving the country’s energy
security levels.
Commentators generally agree that energy secu-
rity implies the ability of a given country to ob-
tain reliable energy sources at a reasonable price.
Hence, having vast hydrocarbon resources (un-
conventional or otherwise) by itself is not a solu-
tion to improving the energy security of a coun-
try. Several factors play a fundamental role in
defining a strategy to increase the energy security
in a country.2 Having vast hydrocarbon reserves,
without the ability to process or transport them
makes a country vulnerable to market distortions.
A good example in Mexico is gasoline. Mexico’s
refining capacity is insufficient to meet demand.
Demand is met by imported gasoline from Unit-
ed States refineries. As a result, Mexico is a net
importer of gasoline. As opposed to the general
practice of oil producing and non-oil producing
countries, where refining capacity is established
in such a manner that will ensure domestic pro-
duction at levels that reduce reliance on imports,
Mexico has chosen not to expand its capacity and
rely on the United States as a provider of refined
product. 3
A similar situation occurs with natural gas. Even
though Mexico sits above material natural gas
reserves (conventional and shale gas4), produc-
tion does not meet national consumption, which
makes it necessary to rely on: (i) natural gas im-
ported from the United States; and (ii) natural gas
imported from other jurisdictions (i.e., Peru and
Nigeria) at European price levels (approximately
US$16 per MMBTU). In addition, lack of trans-
portation infrastructure creates several other bot-
tlenecks that directly affect Mexico’s energy secu-
rity strategy.
The Response – Pact for Mexico
Keeping in mind the issues discussed in Section
1 above, the Mexican government led by Presi-
dent Enrique Peña Nieto mustered support of the
main political parties to sign the “Pact for Mexi-
co” (Pacto por México – the “Pact”). The Pact is
an instrument that reflects the understanding of
what are the common goals shared by the three
most relevant political parties in Mexico with re-
spect to several structural issues of the Mexican
economy, politics and development. The energy
sector is prominently included in the Pact. Parties
to the Pact acknowledged the need to reform the
hydrocarbon sector, but each party had its own
view as to the scope and reach of the required en-
ergy reform. The purpose of the Pact is to set forth
the main ingredients for an energy reform to be
discussed in Congress, with the aim to modernise
the sector, open up the opportunities for private
investment, and otherwise achieve the objectives
detailed in the Pact.
Base on the Pact, the current Mexican adminis-
tration is striving to achieve an aggressive energy
reform (especially focused on hydrocarbons). The
purpose of the reform is to make the hydrocar-
bon sector in Mexico one of the most important
growth instruments through the attraction of in-
vestment and technological developments.
Under the Pact, title to hydrocarbons will remain
with the Mexican State. However, the Pact does
C
provide for hydrocarbon exploration and produc-
tion capacity to be expanded in order to maximise
oil & gas revenue in Mexico. Likewise, the Pact
seeks to create a competitive environment in the
downstream sector, without actually privatising
Pemex.
Putting aside the modification to Pemex (and
Mexico’s tax regime), 5 the general framework un-
der which legislators will start working on the re-
form to the hydrocarbon sector is quite broad and
somewhat unclear at this time. However, based on
the shortcoming of an earlier reform back in 2008
it is believed that the hydrocarbon reform will fo-
cus on the following topics:
Pemex Contracting and Association Regime
Modifying the legal regime to allow private inves-
tors to obtain title to hydrocarbons in Mexico (in
the subsoil or at wellhead) will most likely not oc-
cur (no licenses or concessions). Likewise, pro-
duction sharing contracts will not be allowed, nor
will provisions allowing Pemex to pay the contrac-
tor in kind (with hydrocarbons).
However, the Pact does indicate that Mexico’s E&P
capacity must be developed and increased. Politi-
cal leaders have mentioned that one way in which
to achieve such expansion in capacity is by allow-
ing private parties to explore and produce under a
more competitive structure. This approach would
enable private investors to be compensated for the
risks they actually undertake. The current regime
places a considerable amount of risk with the con-
tractors with no upside potential. By leveling the
risk allocation process in the new contracts, more
national and international investors will be at-
tracted by the Mexican regime, resulting in an in-
crease of IOC’s exploration and production of hy-
drocarbons in Mexico, particularly in areas where
Pemex lacks the technology, experience and/or
other resources.
Another scenario that may be considered by the
political parties that are signatories to the Pact
would be to allow Pemex to enter into joint ven-
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That is the big question that must be answered. How-
ever, the manner in which the Government intends to
create a competitive environment in such areas is yet
to be seen, as the Mexican government has disclosed
very little information in this regard. The focus ap-
pears to be now on discussing the reform to the up-
stream sector.
Conclusions
Investment opportunities in the Mexican oil & gas
sector are expected to be created based on an ener-
gy reform that allows private investors to participate
more actively in upstream and downstream activi-
ties. The reform is not aimed at creating an integrated
and liberalised industry as a whole, where upstream,
midstream and downstream activities are fully per-
formed by private parties, with the supervision of the
State as regulator. The reform is instead aimed at al-
lowing private investment in the indicated sectors and
activities, without privatising Pemex, but reducing the
current monopoly it has on the entire sector. For it to
be successful, the reform must result in the increase of
Mexico’senergysecurity,reducingrelianceonimports
of gasoline and natural gas and reducing governmen-
tal reliance on the oil & gas revenue – the energy re-
form can only be understood in tandem with a deep
reform to the tax systems in Mexico. Moreover, by as-
suring Mexico’s energy security, the sector may boost
the domestic economy by making Mexico a preferred
destination for large investments in the sector. Op-
portunities are expected to come immediately in ser-
vice contracts for the exploration and production of
hydrocarbons in: (i) the deepwater area of the Gulf of
Mexico; and (ii) shale oil and gas. However, the legal
and economic implications of these options will de-
pend on the final content of this much awaited and
needed energy reform.
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Trade; Arbitration; Immi-
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Law, Economic Competition-
Antitrust; Mining; Taxation
for Non Residents and Tele-
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1 - www.pemex.com
2 - Since we are addressing hydrocarbons in this article, we consider it more convenient to remain on topic and discuss the elements conforming Mexico’s energy matrix at another time.
3 - Pemex even has a 50/50 JV with Shell to operate a refinery in Deer Park, Texas.
4 - Mexico is one of the top ten countries in the world in terms of shale gas reserves.
5 - Mexico is a textbook example of the “resource curse.” Reforms to the tax laws are envisioned to reduce the reliance of the Mexican government on oil & gas revenues.