Reuters - Spanish oil company Repsol and China's Sinopec are among the 16 energy firms and consortia that have qualified for next month's auction of six blocks in Mexico's Chicontepec basin, state-run oil monopoly Pemex said on Tuesday.Energy
Mexicans bringing first class-action against BP
IPS - A group of Mexican citizens are preparing the first civil lawsuit in the Mexican courts against British oil company BP for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The plaintiffs are bringing the class action under a 2011 reform of the Mexican constitution.
www.iede.co.uk/news/2013_1841/first-class-action-lawsuit-against-bp-mexico
Mexico is 3rd largest exporter of energy goods to U.S.
FuelFix - The United States continues to be Mexico’s main trading partner for energy products - more than $65 billion in energy trade in 2012 and 13 percent of overall trade between the two countries. Mexico is the third-largest exporter of crude oil to the U.S.
fuelfix.com/blog/2013/05/13/mexico-third-largest-exporter-of-oil-to-united-states/
Mexico shift to LNG drives gas price up
Gulf Times - Mexico is stepping up imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as rising demand, falling domestic output and pipeline bottlenecks for cheap US imports force it to pay at least four times more for added supplies.
www.gulf-times.com/business/191/details/352092/mexico-shift-to-lng-drives-gas-costs-up
Minister says Mexico far from tapping shale potential
Reuters - Despite having some of the world’s biggest shale gas reserves, Mexico imports about a third of its gas needs and, in the absence of major reform, risks further dependence on outside energy supplies, the country’s energy minister said Wednesday.
Slippery topic of oil likely on Obama-Pena Nieto agenda
American Public Media - Analysts say conversation between Presidents Pena Nieto and Obama will likely turn to oil and gas reserves in Mexico. Twenty years after Nafta, Mexico’s oil reserves remain closed to U.S. investment, but that might soon be changing.
www.marketplace.org/topics/world/obama-visits-mexico-slippery-topic-oil-comes
Pemex seeks to buy Spanish shipyard
Reuters - Mexico's Pemex said it is seeking to take a controlling stake in a Spanish shipyard with a view to building specialized tankers for the state oil monopoly, as well as to help speed up the modernization of Pemex's fleet.
www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/02/mexico-pemex-idUSL2N0DJ03W20130502
Mexico among those filing suit against BP
The Telegraph - BP said that since March 6 it had been named as a defendant "in more than 2,200 additional civil lawsuits brought by individuals, corporations and government entities," understood to be Mexico, and warned that "further actions are likely..."
Solar America secures 2nd project in Mexico
4Traders - Solar America Corp.has executed a Memorandum of Understanding with Habitables Innca, the principal contractor for the San Nicolas housing project in Guadalajara. Solar America will be the exclusive provider of solar power and solar lighting solutions for the project.
www.4-traders.com/news/Solar-America-Begins-Second-Project-in-Mexico--16558780/
Use of solar expected to be promoted in rural areas
PVTech - Mexico's lower house has approved amendments to the renewable energy bill aimed at promoting rooftop PV at public schools. Installations at schools in rural communities will also have the opportunity to sell surplus energy to the rest of the municipality.
www.pv-tech.org/news/mexico_to_promote_rooftop_solar_pv_for_rural_communities
U.S. panel urges energy steps with Canada, Mexico
Oil & Gas Journal - Implementing the Trans-Border Hydrocarbons Agreement with Mexico should be as high a priority for the U.S. as a final decision on a cross-border permit for the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline from Canada, members of a US House panel asserted.
www.ogj.com/articles/2013/03/house-panel-asks-obama-to-take-energy-steps-with-mexico--canada.html
