Firefighter killed in Salina Cruz refinery blaze Mexican state-owned oil company Pemex said it expects to reopen its Salina Cruz refinery sometime on Thursday, one day after a fatal fire forced the shut down of the plant. One firefighter was killed and nine workers were injured in the blaze that broke out Wednesday at the […]
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Mexican protesters stand up to high gas prices MEXICO CITY, Jan 3 (Reuters) – Blockades of fuel storage terminals by protesters angered by a double-digit increase in gasoline prices has led to a “critical situation” in at least three Mexican states, state oil company Pemex said on Tuesday. There were distribution problems in northern Chihuahua
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Extra time allows more companies to take part in Mexico oil and gas auctions MEXICO CITY, Dec 22 (Reuters) – Mexico will delay until June 19 the announcement of winners for the next phase of its oil and gas sector opening to allow more companies to take part and to incorporate modifications suggested by industry,
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BHP Billiton will work with Pemex on Trion light oil field in Gulf MEXICO CITY, Dec 5 (Reuters) – BHP Billiton on Monday won a historic bid to partner with Mexican state oil company Pemex in a joint venture to develop a potentially lucrative deep water field in the country’s untapped Gulf waters. The local
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16 companies bidding in Mexico deepwater oil auctions MEXICO CITY, Nov 28 (Reuters) – Mexico’s oil regulator announced on Monday a final list of 17oil companies representing a dozen countries that have pre-qualified to bid on the country’s first-ever deep water oil auctions, set for Dec. 5. The highly anticipated tenders include an auction to pick a
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Mexican oil exploration contracts winner will have to negotiate agreement with Pemex MEXICO CITY, Nov 14 (Reuters) – 14 Mexican oil exploration and extraction contracts from onshore areas will be auctioned as part of the third phase of its Round Two oil tender, the national oil regulator CNH said on Monday. The blocks to be tendered
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Trion joint venture license awarded on Dec.5 MEXICO CITY, Oct 14 (Reuters) – Mexico’s oil regulator on Friday approved a more flexible bidding scheme for a highly anticipated upcoming auction that will pick a partner for national oil company Pemex to jointly develop its deep-water Trion block in the Gulf of Mexico. Consortia wishing to bid on
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Pemex tanker fire on the “Burgos” MEXICO CITY, Sept 24 (Reuters) -A fire broke out on an oil tanker of Mexican state oil company Pemex in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, forcing all the crew to be evacuated in the latest accident to plague the struggling firm. The blaze on the Mexican state-owned oil
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Novum Energy focussed on Latin American, Caribbean oil market HOUSTON, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Houston-based trading firm Novum Energy has completed Mexico’s first private import of diesel fuel, the company said on Tuesday, after the government authorized purchases earlier this year. Mexico, which buys some 750,000 barrels per day (b/d) of U.S. gasoline and other
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Gulf auction in December MEXICO CITY, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Mexico’s Finance Ministry announced on Tuesday the minimum value of additional royalties for companies participating in a deep-water oil tender, one of the most highly anticipated auctions since the opening of the local oil industry. The ministry set the minimum value of additional royalties at
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