1. Introduction -
As a result of the constitutional reforms regarding strategic areas and companies, as well as organizational simplification, which came into effect at the end of 2024, the following new energy laws were...more
3/24/2025
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Electricity ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Sector ,
Infrastructure ,
Investment ,
Mexico ,
Oil & Gas ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Renewable Energy
On September 18th, the "Agreement Amending the One that Establishes the Goods Whose Import and Export are Subject to Regulation by the Ministry of Energy" (the "Agreement") was published in the Official Gazette of the...more
On October 23, 2023, the Mexican Executive published in the Federal Official Gazette the "Decree establishing measures to combat the illicit market of fuels, related to the importation of goods regulated by SENER" ("Decree")....more
Following our client alert published on March 30, 2021, the "decree by which several provisions of the Hydrocarbons Law are amended and added" (the "Reform") was published on May 4, 2021 and entered into effect on May 5,...more
On March 26, 2021, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador sent to the Chamber of Deputies the "initiative to modify the Hydrocarbons Law," (the "Initiative").
The Initiative intends to modify relevant aspects of...more
Following our client alert published on November 17, 2020, it is informed that the Resolution that establishes the products whose import and exports is subject to regulation by the Ministry of Energy (the "Resolution") was...more
On July 8, 2020, the Ministry of Energy ("SENER") issued through the Federal Official Gazette, the Energy Sector Program (Programa Sectorial de Energía) 2020-2024 (the "PROSENER"). PROSENER is a planning instrument derived...more
7/16/2020
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Energy Sector ,
Energy Storage ,
Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) ,
Hydrocarbons ,
Mexico ,
Oil & Gas ,
PEMEX ,
Power Plants ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Renewable Energy
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 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