Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX)

Mexican Government Ignores Social Impact of Energy Projects

By Emilio Godoy
Mexico’s hydrocarbons law stipulates that oil contracts must include a social impact assessment. But this has not been done in the case of the oilfields granted to the country’s former oil monopoly, Pemex, or to private companies since the industry was opened up to private investment.

No Limits to Shale Gas Chemicals in Mexico

By Emilio Godoy
The new legal framework for Mexico’s oil industry has not placed controls on the use of harmful chemicals in the extraction of unconventional fossil fuels, and environmentalists and experts fear their consumption will increase in an industry that is opening up to private capital.