Tagged With Mexico
9 September 2024
While greater focus on decarbonisation is likely, economic pressures and huge debt burden could squeeze energy policy ambitions
3 May 2024
Upcoming elections are likely to deliver a win for the party of president Andres Lopez Obrador, but analysts differ over to what degree his successor will stick to his energy policies
17 January 2024
While developers are making progress, infrastructure, regulatory and political uncertainties risk stunting opportunities
17 July 2023
Things are looking up for exploration and production in Mexico, with new finds and developments set to boost output in coming years
13 March 2023
The fourth and final part of this deep-dive analysis looks at LNG projects planned or underway across the Americas
30 November 2022
Rapid development of significant GoM gas deposit may yet be outpaced by a quicker pipeline solution
11 October 2022
CEO Meg O’Neill is positive about the prospects for gas as the energy transition gathers pace
6 September 2022
North America, including Mexico, can make a substantial contribution to global supply
1 September 2022
The ‘world-class’ field could get a green light next year, following repeated delays and a resolved operatorship dispute
1 September 2022
The country’s pipeline owners are poised to capitalise as North American LNG export projects proliferate
16 August 2022
Mexico must harness the vast resources in the Gulf to meet the government’s goal of energy autonomy
9 August 2022
Mexico’s leading energy provider enjoyed a strong quarter but will have to overcome hurdles to achieve its upstream objectives
12 May 2022
Costs continue to spiral at a downstream development the utility of which was always questionable
19 April 2022
Brazil and Colombia may be about to follow the pattern of their neighbours in taking a political left turn
8 February 2022
Brazil stands out from the rest of the continent in terms of growth potential
20 January 2022
The German independent is overhauling its Latin American portfolio
26 August 2021
Political and financial motivations vary, but the region is noticeably lurching towards greater resource nationalism
12 August 2021
The NOC had a better financial quarter in Q2 but will likely need significantly more money to hit upstream goals
13 July 2021
Political downstream agenda and company track record cause unease over Texas refinery purchase
17 June 2021
Efforts to can Mexico’s historic energy reforms face further hurdles after government fails to sweep Congressional mid-terms
24 May 2021
Opportunities for foreign investment are being squeezed as authorities strive to roll back energy reforms
29 April 2021
Investor uncertainty mounts as approved legislation threatens to return energy sector to state control
22 February 2021
Shortening shipping times could deliver substantial gains to exporters, but they would still need to navigate the country’s complex regulation process
27 November 2020
Offshore production may be steadily climbing but lack of infrastructure and unclear offtake legislation threatens further growth
16 November 2020
The suspension of licensing rounds may have disappointed the private sector. But international treaties offer crucial protection against further unwinding of the country’s energy reforms
25 September 2020
The region’s appetite for LNG has been hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, but exports have proved more robust
30 July 2020
The Mexican firm had made some progress arresting its hefty debt pile, but the economic downturn and government obsession with upstream targets has started to take its toll
16 March 2020
Mexican NOC faces near-impossible task of hitting ambitious upstream targets while maintaining capital discipline
8 November 2019
Sagging oil prices bruise the firm’s bottom line, despite a positive quarterly upstream performance
16 August 2019
North American crude output is exceeding storage capacity and driving a storage construction boom
9 August 2019
Sceptical agencies consider further cuts to their ratings of the company's debt
2 August 2019
Prolonged evacuation bottleneck has delayed cross-border flows from the key US basin
4 January 2019
Is the fragile market cracking under pressure? Despite some ambitious growth-oriented investments, some of the continent's traditional big guns will be facing challenges in 2019
17 December 2018
Brazil was hoping to start a new page in 2018, while Mexico’s new president also announced changes. But Venezuela continued its precipitous decline
4 October 2018
Mexico's upstream has boomed in recent years, and a bullish new president wants to drive growth
7 September 2018
Mexico’s energy sector and IOCs are waiting to see if the new president follows through with his anti-reform election rhetoric
30 August 2018
Interest in the North American offshore continues, with Mexican deep-water opportunities expected to star
9 July 2018
The Mexican president-elect needs a strong oil and gas sector to fund a promised social transformation
11 May 2018
Venezuela and Mexico are still coping with the fallout from the downturn while Brazil is set to start adding barrels again
20 April 2018
Oil-product demand, especially for middle distillates, is rising more quickly that processing capacity. It's good news for refiners
12 April 2018
Reserve-based lending could help bring cash into the country's oil patch—if regulators can get the rules right
10 April 2018
With talks over the deal at loggerheads, Canada's oil industry is contemplating what comes next
6 April 2018
Efforts to recalibrate oil concession rules to be more market-friendly and open to foreign investment are starting to bear fruit
28 March 2018
Industry heavyweights have piled in after large discoveries in the Sureste Basin, which has emerged as the country's most promising area outside the deep waters
26 March 2018
A busy political season will put recent market-friendly energy changes to the test
27 February 2018
The industry fears a López Obrador victory in July's presidential election could derail the country's reforms
24 January 2018
Politics again dragged down Venezuela's oil industry, but helped lift up Mexico and Argentina
12 December 2017
The sovereign-wealth fund is a good idea—now it just needs some wealth to manage. The FMP’s executive coordinator spoke to Petroleum Economist
5 December 2017
The region has seen a decade of surging crude consumption come to a crashing halt. Refining woes mean imports are still on the rise
1 December 2017
Regulators have won high praise from the industry for progress to date, but the oil opening is still in its early days and fresh obstacles lie ahead