Category Archives: Pemex

Talos Energy: From a commercial discovery to a commercial dispute (Extract)

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Houston, September 20, 2021 –– Four years after making the largest commercial oil discovery in Mexico in a generation in 2017, the commercial expectations of the consortium led by Houston-based Talos Energy continue in suspense. A positive outcome in which Talos is the operator continues to be an elusive challenge for the company. Zama has Continue Reading

Mexico Ruling on Zama Unitization Crucial Decision 2021

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(Houston, January 20, 2021) — Our interview with Natural Gas Intelligence (NGI), issued December 18, 2020, focused on the outlook for 2021 in the energy sector (link below). In the same spirit of wanting to look ahead to discern the shape of energy policy in Mexico in the coming years, we dug into the details Continue Reading

A New Security and Development Model: Use of Mobile Internet

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(Public Policy Perspective 10056, Houston, 01/04/2019) — This report examines how the mobile internet, coupled with new surveillance technologies, could be employed both to fight Pemex gasoline theft as well as to raise expectations of residents by a program that offers high-speed internet and government-issued smartphones. Unlike the security initiative of the administration of President Continue Reading

Outlook for gasoline pricing in Mexico

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Outlook for gasoline pricing in Mexico Retailer opportunity vs regulatory oversight Public Policy Perspective 10042.1 (Rev. 1) HOUSTON — December 13, 2017 This report incorporates information and insights from the workshop presented by Mexico’s Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) on December 6, 2017, at the Law Center of the University of Houston. The report builds on Continue Reading

Glossary of Mexico’s Motor Fuel Standards

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Glossary of Mexico’s Motor Fuel Standards: Preparing for non-Pemex imports MEI 836 (Houston) — On June 26, 2016, the CRE authorized 10% ethanol gasoline for Mexico, reversing an earlier policy that excluded U.S. ethanol-enriched gasoline from entering the Mexico market. Download sample pages of this 28-page glossary by clicking MEI 836 Glossary of Mexico’s Motor Continue Reading

Mexico’s Energy Sector in 2016

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Mexico’s Energy Sector in 2016 MEI Report 835 Houston, January 31, 2017 This report surveys developments in Mexico’s energy sector in 2016, taking note of high-level personnel changes and institutional and commercial developments. Most of our attention was placed on understanding the farmout strategy that Pemex announced in mid-July and that became the basis for Continue Reading

Trión Deal: Farmout or PSC?

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Trión Deal: Farmout or PSC? — The deal being offered to prospective bidders is not yet clear. The winner is required to spend US$464 million, but is this an Earning Event in a farmout, or Carried Interest in a Production Sharing Contract?