Ricardo Garcia-Moreno, partner with Haynes and Boone, speaks to Oil & Gas 360® at The Oil & Gas Conference® 20 in Denver about the recent reforms to the oil and gas industry in Mexico, and what it means for those doing business in the country. Garcia-Moreno outlines the positives of the most recent offshore auction, as well as what could be done
Crude oil swap with Mexico approved The United States will start to export light crude oil to Mexico as part of a crude oil swap, leading the U.S. another step closer to lifting the ban on exporting crude oil. The deal has already been approved by the Obama administration, although the details about how many barrels will be allowed in
Two Wild Cards, Two Steps to Rebalance (NOTE: Part One of this two-part analysis was published yesterday and can be accessed here.) Wild Card No. 1: Iran Iran is the loudest blender of the oil market margarita. The EU used to be the first trading partner of Iran, but due to the sanctions regime, China, the UAE and Turkey are now Iran’s main
The Mexican government announced changes to the requirements for offshore The Mexican government announced that the second round of offshore bids to be held in 77 years in the Gulf of Mexico will be different of those in the first round, which only saw two of the fourteen blocks offered auctioned off. The second auction, due to take place September
American Majors Avoid Shallow Water Round Mexico offered its first auction for oil and gas rights in 77 years today. It presented a total of 14 blocks in the shallow Gulf of Mexico. A handful of bids were received but only two blocks were sold, a result of some bids not measuring up to requirements from Mexico’s Energy Ministry. Only
New natural gas pipeline to Mexico expected to be in service by July 2017 Howard Midstream Energy Partners (HEP) announced today that it plans to develop the Nueva Era Pipeline, an approximately 200-mile, 30-inch natural gas pipeline connecting its existing Webb County Hub in Webb County, Texas to Escobedo, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, and the Mexican National Pipeline System in Monterrey,
Four new discoveries could generate 200 MBOPD Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) announced last week that the company made its largest discovery in the last five years. The four offshore finds are located in the southern Gulf of Mexico, in an area known as Litoral of Tabasco, according to a press release from PEMEX. The finds are located near the company’s most
PEMEX struggles to replace production Mexico’s proven oil and gas reserves fell by 3.1% last year to 13.02 billion BOE as national oil-major Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) was unable to find enough new reserves to replace production last year, the National Hydrocarbons Commission said. Proved reserves in 1990 stood at 55 billion BOE, but have since been in sharp decline, reports
Twenty Senators ask Congress to authorize more trade with Mexico Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AL) and 19 other senators asked Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker to authorize the export of oil to Mexico in a letter this week. Murkowski said in her letter that expanding U.S.-Mexico energy relations would be mutually beneficial. The letter address reports that Mexico’s PEMEX applied for swap
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) released an updated geologic layout of the Eagle Ford Shale this morning, detailing the play’s thickness, footprint, elevation, and initial gas to oil ratios (GORs). The industry, as they do with all shale plays, continues to progress in unlocking the “code” of the Eagle Ford. The sprawling South Texas field has transformed from an emerging
Russia receives downgrade Moody’s Investors Service announced last week that it was downgrading the outlook for the government of Russia’s debt rating to Baa2 from Baa1, putting Russia’s rating just one notch above a junk rating. Moody’s also maintains a negative outlook for the future of Russia’s ratings. According to the release put out by Moody’s, the main reasons for
Reliance Industries Limited (ticker: RIL) and the Mexican state owned company, Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding cooperation on potential upstream business opportunities in Mexico and the companies will jointly evaluate value added opportunities in international markets, according to a RIL press release. RIL and PEMEX will also share expertise and skills in the
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