By means of a Decree, published in the Federal Gazette on April 2, 2020, the Mexican President orders the immediate termination of all federal public trusts, public mandates or analogous figures....more
The present alert offers an analysis of the possible legal implications of coronavirus ("COVID-19") in civil and commercial commitments, under Mexican Law. The coronavirus was first notified on December 31, 2019, in Wuhan,...more
Listed below are the preventive measures issued by federal and local authorities for the mitigation and control of the SARS-CoV2 pandemic (COVID-19) in Mexico....more
On February 13, 2020, the Energy Regulatory Commission ("CRE") made public knowledge of a preliminary draft that proposes to amend the General provisions that establish the terms to request an authorization to modify or...more
The constitutional energy reform of 2013 allowed private participation in the entire hydrocarbons value chain (i.e., storage). Likewise, this energy reform was aimed at increasing energy security and the timely and sufficient...more
On September 26, 2019, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, together with the private sector, presented the National Investment Agreement in Infrastructure by the Private Sector (the "Agreement"). As the first bundle of the...more
On April 24, 2019, Pemex's Chief Executive Officer, Octavio Romero Oropeza, as a measure to comply with the presidential instruction of producing more than two million 400 thousand daily barrels by the end of the six-year...more
5/11/2019
/ Energy Exploration ,
Foreign Investment ,
Investment Opportunities ,
Mexico ,
Oil & Gas ,
PEMEX ,
Public Bidding ,
Request for Proposals ,
Resource Extraction ,
Risk-Sharing ,
Tariffs
Following the constitutional energy reform in 2013, the Federal Electricity Commission ("CFE") was subject to an organizational and administrative restructure with the purpose to achieve, among other objectives: (i) to...more
4/2/2019
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Amended Regulation ,
Corporate Structures ,
Electricity ,
Energy Sector ,
Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) ,
Mexico ,
Power Plants ,
Restructuring ,
Subsidiaries ,
TESL-CFE
On January 23, 2019, the National Agency for industrial Safety and Environmental Protection of the Hydrocarbons Sector ("ASEA") published the "General Administrative Provisions on the Guidelines for the Design, Construction,...more
1/30/2019
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Construction Project ,
Crude by Rail ,
Environmental Policies ,
Hydrocarbons ,
Insurance Regulations ,
Mexico ,
New Regulations ,
Oil & Gas ,
Oil by Rail ,
Risk Management ,
Safety Inspections ,
Transfer Restrictions
In recent years, the hydrocarbons theft practice in Mexico has had significant growth. This crime is committed, primarily, by the tapping of the oil-transporting pipelines in order to extract gasoline and diesel products for...more
As a result of the 2013 constitutional reform, Petróleos Mexicanos ("PEMEX") was transformed into a productive state-owned enterprise directed by a General Director and a Board of Directors. Currently, each of them has...more