Since the 2013 energy reform, investors have found a range of opportunities in Mexico’s liberalised downstream energy sector. The new regulatory framework opened up former state-owned petrol stations to private operators and, more recently, has offered services companies the chance to be involved in the programme to upgrade the country’s refineries.
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Articles & Analysis | Mexico's plans to upgrade existing new oil refineries and build a new facility from The Report: Mexico 2019
Articles & Analysis | Fuel storage capacity set to increase as natural gas distribution networks grow in Mexico from The Report: Mexico 2019
In addition to growing the transport network, increasing storage capacity and addressing fuel theft are priorities in the midstream energy segment. To this end, since the 2013 energy reform the government has commissioned work by companies such as Canadian firms TC Energy and ATCO to expand the natural gas network to keep up with rising demand and supply deficits in the south...
Chapter | Energy & Utilities from The Report: Mexico 2019
Mexico’s energy and utilities sector has benefitted from increased openness and competition brought about by the 2013 energy reform. Although recent...
In 2018 Mexico’s economy ranked second in Latin America and 15th in the world in terms of GDP, which totalled $1.22trn, according to the World Bank. In 2019 the newly elected President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has pushed ahead with efforts to meet his pledge to tackle corruption and implement austerity measures within the government, to reduce costs and curb excessive expenditures.
Aprovechando el impulso del sector de energías renovables del Perú, una empresa energética local ha emitido el primer Bono Verde internacional no garantizado del país.
Articles & Analysis | Colombia takes measures to regulate small-scale and artisanal mining in extractive industries from The Report: Colombia 2019
While it is a polymetallic country with robust resources of coal, gold, copper, nickel and emeralds, Colombia’s mining sector remains underdeveloped, accounting for less than 2% of the country’s GDP since 2012. As a result of its potential, past and present administrations have long identified mining as a key pillar of the country’s economic...