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(Reuters) - Mexico's environmental regulator has no records of state oil company Pemex reporting a methane leak last December at the country's top oil field, according to the regulator's response to a freedom of information request filed by Reuters. "There are no records" of "a possible incident at the asset Ku-Maloob-Zaap in December 2021," regulator... Continue Reading →
Allseas has won a contract with TC Energy (TCE) to install the offshore stretch of the Southeast Gateway Pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico. The 700-kilometer natural gas pipeline will run south along the coast from Tuxpan through the Gulf of Mexico to Coatzacoalcos and Dos Bocas. Allseas’ scope covers engineering and construction, as well... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador offered to help with a key fuel in high demand across Europe, the German president told reporters in the Mexican capital on Tuesday, amid a supply squeeze following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Germany's head of state, made the comments following a meeting with Lopez... Continue Reading →
Germany-based EUROPIPE has received an order from the North American TC Energy (TCE) to supply the pipe for the Southeast Gateway Pipeline project in the Gulf of Mexico. TCE is building the $4.5 billion offshore gas pipeline in partnership with the Mexican state-owned power utility Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) to secure the power supply... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Scientists who detected a massive methane leak at an offshore platform run by Mexico's Pemex said Tuesday there was "no way" they had made a mistake, roundly rebutting claims by the state oil company that the emissions were smaller and less polluting. Pemex, which is under increasing international pressure over its environmental record, last... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Mexico's oil regulator and state company Pemex are at odds over how to develop a deepwater natural gas project, eight people close to the matter said, threatening to stall a $1.5 billion energy venture. Officials at regulator National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH) have raised questions about whether Petroleos Mexicanos can shoulder the massive project, the... Continue Reading →
(OE) Mexican senators will consider a new head of the country's powerful oil regulator, according to legal announcements to lawmakers dated Wednesday and Thursday, after the current head abruptly resigned. National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH) President Rogelio Hernandez resigned effective at the end of last month, well before his seven-year term was set to expire in... Continue Reading →
(WO) From Saudi Arabia to West Texas, drillers are pumping more oil to cash in on a scorching price rally. But a region that’s home to a fifth of the world’s crude reserves is mostly missing out. All over Latin America, the upside of $100 crude has been blunted by nationalist policies that tightened government control of... Continue Reading →
Offshore drilling contractor Maersk Drilling has secured a contract extension with Shell, a UK-headquartered energy giant, for a 7th generation drillship, enabling it to carry out drilling services offshore Mexico once it completes its current assignment with this oil major. The rig owner revealed on Thursday that Shell has exercised an option to extend the... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Satellites recorded another large methane leak at an offshore platform belonging to Mexico's Pemex in August, according to exclusive data shared with Reuters, even as pressure mounts on the state oil company to reduce these emissions. Three satellites recorded images of methane plumes at the Ku-Maloob-Zaap oil field cluster in the Gulf of... Continue Reading →
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