January 29, 2025 19:24 GMT
AMERICAS OIL: Mexican Reforms to Offer Added Flexibility to Pemex:mericas
AMERICAS OIL
Mexico’s Pemex will be able to develop oil and gas fields in partnership with private operators as part of major energy sector overhauls, BNamericas reported.
- "Pemex will have the possibility of deciding whether to join with private companies in mixed contracts," energy minister Luz Elena Gonzalez said.
- Gonzalez said the new model will enable Pemex "to complement its capabilities and financing."
- Pemex produces 95% of Mexico’s oil and gas but is in debt of around US$100bn and another US$20bn owed to suppliers, meaning it lacks resources for significant investments.
- Pemex’s liquids output was 1.62m b/d in 2024, less than half of the 3.4m b/d peak in 2004. The current target is output of 1.8m b/d.
- Former President AMLO, in power 2018-2024, blocked private operators from upstream after a brief period of liberalisation following earlier reforms in 2013.
- The new legislation will enable Pemex to set up shareholding partnerships with other oil and gas companies to operate its fields.
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