Mexico may look far afield for natural gas
Mexico is considering going abroad to drill for natural gas and is eyeing Peru, Bolivia, Australia and Qatar as countries that could boost its flagging domestic output, local media reported Tuesday.
The government, which wants to diversify Mexico’s sources of natural gas to reduce its vulnerability to price spikes in the United States, is talking to private companies about jointly producing natural gas abroad, according to the daily El Universal.
The idea would be to control every step of the chain, from drilling the natural gas to transporting it to Mexico.
“We are studying a win-win scheme of buying the gas, making the investment and bringing it to Mexico,” Energy Undersecretary Hector Moreira was quoted as saying.
“There are no legal restrictions, and there is financing on an international level,” he added.
An energy ministry spokesman confirmed the comments by Moreira.
The newspaper said the alliance could include state oil company Pemex, the country’s main electricity supplier CFE and unidentified private companies.
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Museo Nacional de Historia Natural (The National Museum of Natural History)
It's a fascinating place for anyone with the slightest curiosity about nature and is totally absorbing for youngsters.
Hours Tues-Sun 10am-5pm
Location Chapultepec Park, Section 2, s/n
Transportation Metro: Constituyentes
Phone 55/5516-2848
Prices Admission $1.50; free admission Tues
Barranca de Oblatos (Oblatos Canyon) : Guadalajara
This place is one of more impressive the natural spaces. It contains one of biomas more interesting of Mexico, the Tropical Forest Caducifolio, whose particularitity resides in lost of leaves at least the 7 months to the year. In order to be able to appreciate in all their magnitude this natural wonder viewpoints have been constructed to three parks: Viewpoint of Huentitán, Park Viewpoint Independence and Dr.ATL Viewpoint; as well as, the park of games and the zoological Guadalajara.
Also it has a pretty and impressive cascade that calls tail to him of horse in
Parque Natural La Estanzuela: Monterrey
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US Gulf of Mexico oil output 100 pct shut-MMS
Offshore U.S. crude oil production in the Gulf of Mexico was totally shut for the second straight day on Sunday with natural gas output also lower, the U.S. Minerals Management Service said in its daily report logging the impact of Hurricane Rita and the prior Hurricane Katrina.
The MMS said the percentage of oil output shut was 100 percent for both Sunday and Saturday, up from 99.125 percent on Friday. The normal daily oil output from Gulf of Mexico operations is 1.5 million barrels per day.
For natural gas, 8.047 billion cubic feet
Offshore U.S. crude oil production in the Gulf of Mexico was totally shut on Saturday with natural gas output also lower, the U.S. Minerals Management Service said in its daily report logging the impact of Hurricane Rita and the prior Hurricane Katrina.
MMS said the percentage of oil output shut was 100 percent, up from 99.125 percent on Friday. The normal daily oil output from Gulf of Mexico operations is 1.5 million barrels per day.
The report said 1.5 million bpd of crude oil production was shut as Saturday, in contrast to 1.486 million bpd reported shut on Friday.
For natural
Offshore U.S. crude oil production in the Gulf of Mexico was totally shut on Saturday with natural gas output also lower, the U.S. Minerals Management Service said in its daily report logging the impact of Hurricane Rita and the prior Hurricane Katrina.
MMS said the percentage of oil output shut was 100 percent, up from 99.125 percent on Friday. The normal daily oil output from Gulf of Mexico operations is 1.5 million barrels per day.
The report said 1.5 million bpd of crude oil production was shut as Saturday, in contrast to 1.486 million bpd reported shut on Friday.
For natural gas,
Lopez Vows to Make Mexico Self Sufficient in Fuels
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the frontrunner in presidential polls for more than two years, pledged to make Mexico self sufficient in natural gas and gasoline in three years by increasing spending on the energy industry.
``Within three years, it's our promise and goal stop importing natural gas and gasoline,'' Lopez Obrador said during a Mexico City business conference.
Lopez Obrador said the lack of new refineries is ``criminal'' and promised to modernize the country's energy industry. Mexico now imports gasoline and natural gas from the U.S.
The candidate from the Democratic
All Gulf of Mexico rigs, platforms remanned: MMS
All 953 oil and natural-gas rigs and platforms in the Gulf of Mexico have been remanned following the evacuations last week because of Hurricane Dennis, according to the latest report from the U.S. Minerals Management Service. A total of 5.3 million barrels of oil production and 23.2 billion cubic feet of natural-gas output were shut in between July 8 and July 14, the MMS said
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Tule Tree( Arbol del Tule): Oaxaca City
Arbol del Tule is Mexico's most famous tree, and some say the world's largest single biomass. The Tule tree and its environs comprise a unique natural monument, an attraction for locals and visitors alike. These massive trees can live up to 2,000 years. Of the eight tule trees in this locality, the one known as El Arbol del Tule is the oldest and largest, with a circumference of about 54 m/177 ft. Near the City of Oaxaca, in the town of Santa Maria del Tule, there are 8 great ahuehuetes (Taxodium mucronatum). One of
Shell Swaps Stake in Gulf of Mexico Field
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Royal Dutch Shell PLC said Thursday it will swap its 17 percent stake in the Gulf of Mexico's Tahiti field for Total SA's interests in natural gas assets in South Texas.
The Tahiti field, nearly 190 miles southwest of New Orleans, is operated by Chevron Corp. Total said first production is planned for mid-2008 from a floating production facility with daily capacity of 125,000 barrels of oil and 70 million cubic feet of natural gas.
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