Adam Williams

Widespread blackouts in early May across 21 of Mexico’s 32 states are a troubling sign ahead of summer months, which is when the nation’s electricity demand peaks, according to three industry experts who spoke with NGI’s Mexico GPI. “I think it’s going to be a spring and summer of constant blackouts. Not daily, but frequently,”…

“My first hope for the next presidential administration in Mexico, whoever wins, is that they are receptive and listen to the voices of the sector,” Beatriz Marcelino, CEO of Grupo CIITA, told NGI’s Mexico GPI. “During the first years of this administration, the doors were closed for us and members of the sector and we…

Mexico’s dependency on the United States for natural gas supplies is expected to continue to rise and hit record levels during the country’s next presidential administration from 2024-2030, according to Adrián Duhalt, a research scholar at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy. Mexico’s natural gas imports via pipeline have averaged 6.08 Bcf/d year-to-date through…

Mexico’s reliance on U.S. natural gas imports is likely to increase if Claudia Sheinbaum, who is expected to win Mexico’s June 2 presidential election, maintains the state-centric approach of outgoing President Andrés Manual López Obrador, aka AMLO, according to analyst Carlos Ramírez Fuentes. Ramírez, a political and economic risk consultant at Mexico City-based Integralia Consultores,…

With only weeks remaining until Mexico’s June 2 presidential election, members of the energy industry are weighing in on what the sector might look like during an administration led by Claudia Sheinbaum of the Morena coalition, who has a commanding lead in national polls.    On the campaign trail, Sheinbaum has explained that she would continue…

The Amigo liquefaction project planned in western Mexico has been positively impacted by the Biden administration’s pause on new U.S. LNG export permits, according to LNG Alliance CEO Mutthu Chezhian. LNG Alliance is developing the Amigo LNG project at the port of Guaymas in Sonora on Mexico’s Pacific coast. The Amigo project would include a…

Since taking office in 2018, Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has reiterated that his government would prioritize energy security and reduce the country’s dependency on foreign fuel imports, such as natural gas and gasoline.  While López Obrador’s government has built a $19 billion refinery in the southern state of Tabasco in hopes to reduce…

Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s presidential candidate for the ruling Morena Party, seeks continuity for the national energy sector.  In a March 18 speech to commemorate the anniversary of state oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), Sheinbaum said her administration would follow the path of the Andrés Manuel López Obrador government and continue to prioritize the dominant role…

Expanding the use of natural gas tapped from Mexico’s abundant reserves would help to reduce the carbon intensity throughout many areas of the economy, said Jeremy Martin, vice president of Energy & Sustainability at the Institute of Americas. During the upcoming elections, however, Mexicans will decide whether they want more of the same or a…