Tag: Pemex

• Monday, August 23rd 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  One dead and many missing as Pemex offshore plant explodes in Gulf of Mexico

  

  Six people were initially reported injured and taken to hospitals in nearby Campeche Sunday after a Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) offshore platform in the Gulf of Mexico was set ablaze following an explosion.

• Tuesday, August 25th 2020 - 09:06 UTC

  Mexican president exposes “abusive ethane contract” that skimmed billions from consumers

  

  Mexico’s president said an “abusive” ethane supply deal he has pushed to cancel between a consortium backed by Brazilian firm Odebrecht and Mexican state oil firm Pemex had likely cost taxpayers around 15 billion pesos (US$ 683 million).

• Saturday, March 28th 2020 - 08:34 UTC

  S&P downgrades Mexico and oil giant Pemex credit ratings

  

  S&P downgraded Mexico’s credit rating on Thursday as the coronavirus pandemic and a hit to state oil firm Pemex from plunging crude prices battered the growth outlook and piled pressure on the government to lift the struggling economy.

• Friday, February 14th 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  Ex head of Mexican oil firm Pemex arrested in Spain on corruption charges

  

  Spanish police this week arrested Emilio Lozoya, the former chief executive of Mexico’s state oil firm Pemex, giving President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador his first high-profile win in his government’s anti-corruption drive.

• Saturday, November 23rd 2019 - 09:04 UTC

  Mexico's giant Pemex, remains world's most indebted oil company

  

  A Mexican government energy policy that gives more weight to state oil company Pemex could cause private sector investment to fall, an analyst with credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s said on Friday.

• Wednesday, November 13th 2019 - 09:46 UTC

  Pirates attack Mexican oil industry offshore supply vessel in the Gulf of Mexico

  

  Pirates attacked an Italy-flagged offshore supply vessel in the southern Gulf of Mexico, injuring two crew members, the Mexican Navy said on Tuesday, in the latest outbreak of robbery and piracy to hit oil platforms and infrastructure in the area.

• Saturday, October 5th 2019 - 09:12 UTC

  Mexico does not seek control of Zama, the country's major oilfield discovery in decades

  

  Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said that his government is not seeking to take control of the Zama oilfield discovery, which is currently operated by a private consortium led by U.S.-based Talos Energy. The statement follows on a report from Reuters earlier in the week saying that Mexico’s national oil company, Pemex, wants to take control of Zama from Talos.

• Thursday, September 12th 2019 - 18:56 UTC

  The Mexican Treasury to the rescue of debt-laden oil company Pemex

  

  Mexico's US$5 billion rescue package to pay down debt at Pemex is a one-of-a-kind transaction that should give the struggling state oil company breathing space to focus on output and costs, Deputy Finance Minister Gabriel Yorio said.

• Thursday, May 9th 2019 - 07:40 UTC

  Mexico announces a criminal probe into Brazil's Odebrecht corruption

  

  Mexico will launch a criminal probe into Brazilian construction conglomerate Odebrecht SA within 60 days, Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero said on Monday.

• Wednesday, March 6th 2019 - 08:44 UTC

  S&P slashes credit rating of several leading Mexican companies including national oil Pemex

  

  Rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) slashed the credit rating for Mexico’s national oil company Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, piling more pressure on the government to tighten up the debt-laden oil firm’s finances.