Thursday, February 6, 2025

Gear Up for Bigger Blocks in Mexico’s Second Round of Onshore Bidding

Mexico’s data room will become available to companies looking to bid in the second round starting December 15 Mexico has been taking large steps to liberalize its oil and gas industry since 2013 when the government decided to end the 77-year monopoly of state-owned PEMEX. Several rounds of bidding have taken place already, and the second round of onshore assets

U.S. Natural Gas Getting More Expensive in Mexico

President Elect’s Mexican Trade Policy Critical for Gas Exports Donald Trump’s electoral victory has raised many questions concerning his policies on trade and energy. For the U.S. natural gas industry, trade relations with Mexico will prove critical to balancing out the market and providing the demand necessary for domestic production to grow. Since 2010, Mexican natural gas production has been falling

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Mexico’s View on the Next Five Years for Midstream

Mexico’s midstream operator CENAGAS looking to invest more than $7.5 billion by 2020 Mexico’s deregulation of its oil and gas sector has many excited about the possibilities of new business coming down the pipes. A great deal of attention has been paid to exploration opportunities in the country, and Tuesday speakers from Mexico’s midstream operator CENAGAS and mid- and downstream

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PEMEX: We will be Profitable in 2019-2020

“Things are moving, and it is hard, but we are on the right track” – PEMEX CEO Jose Antonio Gonzalez Anaya During a conference call outlining the company’s five-year plan Wednesday, PEMEX CEO Jose Antonio Gonzalez Anaya said the company will meet its financial targets for the year, and that he believes they are on the right track to make

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Positive News for Keystone XL and Cross-Border Energy Projects

Former Enbridge CEO Daniel sees possible re-application for Keystone XL Former Enbridge CEO Patrick Daniel told BNN today that he is believes Donald Trump’s victory will be positive for cross-border energy pipeline projects, starting with the Keystone XL pipeline, the final application for which was turned down by the Obama administration a year ago after seven years of permitting activity.

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PEMEX Loss Shrinks Year over Year

A weak peso and increased interest expenses continue to hurt PEMEX Mexican state-owned oil major PEMEX reported its third quarter earnings Friday, showing a smaller net loss this quarter than last year. The company’s net income loss for the quarter was 118 billion pesos ($6.25 billion), according to the company’s quarterly materials, 29.4% less than in Q3 2015. According to

International Frontier Resources Announces Management Changes

Steve Hanson appointed CEO of International Frontier Resources Calgary-based International Frontier Resources (ticker: IFR) announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a new management structure for the company. Under the new structure, President Steve Hanson has been appointed CEO, and Pat Boswell, previously CEO and Chairman of the Board, has transitioned to Chairman Emeritus. In his new role,

International Frontier Resources Continues Development of Mexican Onshore Block

International Frontier Resources expects workovers to begin this year, with first horizontal well to be drilled in the first half of 2017 International Frontier Resources (ticker: IFR) released an update on its Mexican operations Monday as the company continues the transition period with Mexican national operator PEMEX. At the end of the 90-day transfer of onshore Block 24, known as

Mexico Publishes Definitive Deepwater Bidding Contract Terms for Dec. 5 Auction

From BN Americas Mexico has published the definitive bidding rules and contract terms for the fourth auction of Round One, for deepwater fields, which is scheduled to take place on December 5. The energy ministry (Sener), hydrocarbons commission (CNH) and finance ministry (SHCP) have made modifications to the original rules and terms, based on best international practices and with the aim

Mexico Onshore Oil and Gas Auction Elevates to Round 2.2

Mexico’s Oil and Gas Privatization As part of Mexico’s goal to revitalize its oil and gas production, the Secretaria de Energia (SENER) issued a five-year, four-round tender plan (2015-2019) for the denationalization of 914 oil and gas blocks, of which round 2.2 is a part. Last week Mexican regulators signed off on the final six contracts of its first onshore

12 of 14 Blocks Go Unsold in Mexico’s First Oil & Gas Auction

Mexico: International Frontier Resources through Tonalli Energia Secures 35-Year License to Develop Tecolutla Onshore Block

Mexico represents one of the largest privatizations of oil and gas assets that has ever occurred While oil majors jockey to win bids to explore Mexico’s deepwater Gulf of Mexico offshore blocks, a Canadian energy company has been researching Mexico’s onshore resource plays, bringing on experienced technical talent and senior Mexican energy industry board members, and it has just secured a license

Does it Get any Hotter than the Permian?

On day three of EnerCom’s The Oil & Gas Conference® 21, a panel of experts talked about the Permian basin and the rapid growth in activity it has seen in the past three years. Panelists were Jeb Bachmann of Scotia Howard Weil, Will Green of Stephens Inc. and Bill Davis of Vaquero Midstream. Scott Rees, Chairman of Netherland Sewell, started things off