Public Policy Perspective 10037: Paths to Pemex Partnership

Paths to Pemex Partnership

Farmout, Cash Sale and Carried Interest

PUBLIC POLICY PERSPECTIVE 10037 — This report identifies three contract models that could serve in partnerships between IOCs and Pemex in Pemex blocks: 1) Farmout, 2) Standard Production Sharing Agreement (PSA), 3) Carried Interest PSA. Table 1 provides a list of the advantages and disadvantages of each model from the perspective of the original lessor. The report calls attention to the need for an auction round of Pemex blocks in the Perdido Area to complement the blocks offered by the government in Round 1.4.

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Mexico Energy Intelligence

Baker & Associates offers niche-market business and policy intelligence related to Mexico's oil and gas, power and chemical industries. Over 1,000 reports have been issued in the last 20 years. Subject matter expert and publisher George Baker, who directs the firm, has carried out consulting assignments starting in the late 1970s at the height of the Oil Boom in Mexico. He brings bilingual and bicultural skill-sets to understanding and responding to challenges of business and public policy, coupled with a deep familiarity with the history and idiosyncrasies of the Mexican operating environment.