Mexico to hire consultant on oil project
Mexico and nine other countries mostly from Central America will choose by Jan. 20 a firm to help them study the best location for a regional oil refinery, said Mexico´s Energy Secretary at a news conference.
Presidents from the group of countries, which include Colombia and the Dominican Republic, in a meeting on Tuesday in Cancun also agreed to form a company with about US$100 million to buy oil and distribute the gasoline produced by the refinery, said Mexican Energy Minister Fernando Canales, according to the transcript of a news conference held today and sent by President Vicente Fox´s office.
Fox first proposed in November a plan to build a refinery, electricity plant and a natural gas pipeline in Central America to supply the region with energy. The gasoline refinery, which would be built with private capital and be supplied with Mexican oil, may cost as much as US$4 billion to construct, Canales said.
More: eluniversal.com.mx
Mr. Mexico's goodwill crusade
IT WASN'T surprising that the Mexican government would hire an American public-relations firm to improve its image in the United States.
Nor was it surprising that Mexican President Vicente Fox tapped my friend, Dallas-based political consultant Rob Allyn, to be Mexico's goodwill ambassador. Allyn worked on Fox's 2000 presidential campaign, after which a Dallas magazine dubbed the consultant "Mr. Mexico."
What was surprising was that a business deal resulted in so many people becoming so unhinged.
Suddenly, the Republican strategist is being inundated with angry and insulting e-mails, calls and nasty comments posted on Web logs. Immigration
The main international car hire companies operate in all countries, but tend to be very expensive, reflecting the high costs and accident rates. Hotels and tourist agencies will tell wnere t0 find cheaper rates, but you will need to check that you have such basics as a spare wheel, toolkit and functioning lights, etc You'll probably have more fun if you drive yourself, although it's always possible to hire a car with driver. If you are in a group it is worth considering hiring a vehicle as it can be cost effective to club together.
Mexico pig manure project enters Kyoto pollution scheme
A scheme to cut greenhouse gas emissions from pig manure has become Mexico's first project to win approval under the Kyoto Protocol rules on investing in poor countries, the project's developer said on Tuesday.
The scheme, which covers 23 farms, has gained United Nations registration under Kyoto's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), said Ireland-based AgCert International in a statement.
"We are delighted to be the first company to have a CDM project registered in Mexico and we will now be moving toward certification as soon as possible," said AgCert's chief executive officer Bill Haskell.
Registration of
Project Mexico auction planned for Wednesday
Project Mexico will be holding its annual auction tomorrow, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. in McGuire Hall, with all proceeds going to fund the Project Mexico team's trip to Tijuana in January. The goal for the team is to go and serve communities in Mexico, but also to bring the spirit of Mexico back with them.
With 240 items this year, Project Mexico is auctioning off the largest amount of items ever. Items students have come to expect at the auction such as a car raffle and puppy will be there, as well as
Mexico envoy's visit draws demonstration
Mexico's ambassador to the United States pressed for a political solution for the U.S. immigration problem in a visit Friday with Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman.
The diplomat, Carlos de Icaza, endorsed a guest worker program for his countrymen and a fair resolution for the millions of undocumented workers already in the United States.
"Building walls and fences is not the way to solve problems among neighbors," said de Icaza, whose two-day visit ended with a demonstration by the Utah Minuteman Project outside the Utah Capitol.
The immigration opponents called for tougher border security and sanctions against U.S.
Iran probably win oil contracts in Mexico,Nigeria
Ahmad Azimi, managing director of Iranian Offshore Engineering and Construction Company (IOEC), said that his company would probably win two major offshore oil contracts in Mexico and Nigeria, MNA said.
He explained that the projects consisted of offshore pipe-laying or installing oil platforms. He added that the details of the projects would be announced after the negotiations are finalized.
Azimi put the value of Mexico offshore project at $500 mln, noting that the discussions on the Nigerian project are underway.
More: iranmania.com
CentAm Energy Summit in Mexico
Central American presidents are meeting this Tuesday in Cancun, Mexico, to discuss energy plans and agree on a project to build a refinery and a 1,625-mile gas pipeline, as well as a regional power generating plant.
The project, according to the Foreign Affairs Ministry, also includes the establishment of a marketing company to purchase oil and sell gasoline in southeast Mexico, Panama and Colombia. Some $6-billion will be invested on this enterprise.
The refinery will process Mexican oil for the country and Central America and create a gas station network under the franchise of the state Mexican
Company says Mexico to allow pipeline for Arizona refinery
The Mexican government will permit construction and operation of a pipeline to deliver crude oil to a proposed new Arizona gasoline refinery that would be the first such project built in the United States in nearly 30 years, the company behind the project said Tuesday.
Arizona Clean Fuels Yuma said it has reached an understanding with a Mexican ministry, the Secretariat of Energy of Mexico, regarding the pipeline, an offloading facility for tanker ships and a tank farm for temporary storage of oil.
David Traenor, a spokesman for Scottsdale-based Arizona Clean Fuels, called
Chevron Invests in New Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Project
Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) today announced that it is proceeding with the development of the
Blind Faith Field in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The field will be developed using a semisubmersible production facility, with first production expected during the first half of 2008. Chevron is the operator and holds a 62.5 percent working interest.
Blind Faith is located in approximately 7,000 feet of water, about 160 miles southeast of New Orleans, on Mississippi Canyon blocks 695 and 696. The discovery well was drilled in June 2001 and encountered more than 200 feet of
Monumento a los Héroes de la Independencia
A first monument to Independence was designed in the Seat of the Constitution without it got to be constructed. He was president Antonio Lopez of Santa Ana who, after summoning an aid, assigned to the project to the architect Lorenzo to him of the Hidalga. The design consisted of a great commemorative column flanked by sources, its construction began in 1843 but, due to the unstable situation of the country, the socle, or plinth was only finished, that would support the column; this plinth baptized to the seat of the Constitution like? the Socle.
