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TransCanada Corp.'s Mexican subsidiary, Transportadora de Gas Natural del Noroeste, was awarded the contract to build, own and operate the El Oro-to-Mazatlan Pipeline (Mazatlan Pipeline) in Mexico, following a successful bid to the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), Mexico’s federal...
TransCanada Corp.'s Mexican subsidiary, Transportadora de Gas Natural del Noroeste, has been awarded the contract to build, own and operate the El Encino-to-Topolobampo Pipeline (Topolobampo Pipeline) in Mexico by the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), Mexico’s federal power...
Mexico's Comisión Federal de Electricidad is seeking bids from private companies to build about 1,460 miles of natural gas pipelines. The state-owned utility, known as CFE, will "pay around $3 billion to expand its natural gas network in four contracts for the states of Sonora, Sinaloa and Chihuahua,"...
Mexican President Felipe Calderon said his country's state-owned oil company, Pemex, is considering participating and investing in natural gas and crude exploration and production projects offshore Cuba. He made the announcement at the end of an official visit to Cuba, where he reached agreements to...
Chemicals maker Mexichem SAB is looking to develop Mexico’s first shale gas projects if the country sells licenses that would bypass a monopoly on fossil fuels. Mexichem has bought more than 15 companies since 2007. “There are a lot of petrochemical areas with growth opportunities for...
According to Carlos Morales, Petroleos Mexicanos’ head of exploration, Mexico’s shale gas resources range from 150 trillion cubic feet to 460 trillion cubic feet Morales, who is at a conference in Warsaw, said the country’s shale’s potential may prove to be seven times as large...
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa signed an agreement today for development of oil and gas reservoirs that straddle the two nations’ boundaries in the Gulf of Mexico.The agreement is the first of its kind signed by the U.S., establishing a legal...
No issue in Latin America this year may be more fraught with volatility than energy.The Mayan calendar prophesied the end of the world this December. But for Latin America’s energy scene, the year is shaping up to be anything but a march toward the end of time. There are several themes to consider...
Many traditional oil-importing countries such as France and Chile could transform themselves into exporters since the discovery shale gas.According to experts cited in an analysis from entornointeligente.com, which cited British Petroleum (BP), proven reserves of conventional gas reach about 187 billion...
Never mind that hydraulic fracturing was once again linked to an earthquake, this time a 4.0 tremor in Ohio on New Year’s Eve, the year 2012 kicked off in impressive fashion for the shale industry, which has been revolutionized by the controversial drilling practice.Undaunted by the environmental and...