Mexico’s Olmeca Refinery Achieves Record Production in July
The Olmeca refinery, built under AMLO, hit a record 252,000 barrels per day in July, covering 19.38% of Mexico’s diesel and gasoline demand.
Energy Sovereignty
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Use of ‘Fracking’ to Obtain Gas Is Still Being Investigated; Energy Sovereignty Is Being Sought, Sheinbaum Says
Sheinbaum casts unconventional gas as national security, but says no decision has been made yet. Texas already supplies 60 percent of Mexico’s gas through fracking.
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People’s Mañanera August 7
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on inflation, Mexico–Peru relations, Ayotzinapa, US relations, energy sovereignty, audience rights, and México Canta.
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Experts Rule Out ‘Fracking’ in Mexico’s Tampico-Misantla; Water-Well Drilling to Assess Two Basins Will Begin
A science panel urged banning unconventional gas in the Tampico-Misantla basin; two others stay under study only if deep saltwater, not fresh, is found.
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People’s Mañanera August 6
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on energy sovereignty, water, audience rights, avocado exports, and infrastructure.
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Scientific Commission’s Report on Fracking Is Not Conclusive
UNAM’s Fabio Barbosa says the commission still hasn’t found viable low-water fracking tech; Carlos Slim calls the business ‘irrational.’
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Sheinbaum Announces Historic Electricity Expansion Plan of 32,000 Megawatts; 70% of Them from Renewable Sources
The 739-billion-peso plan will lift the public sector to 61% of generation, cut gas dependence, and build the Americas’ largest solar plant in Sonora.
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People’s Mañanera June 24
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on energy sovereignty, housing in Michoacán, the Mexican economy, national sovereignty, Mexican humanism, and the lie detector.
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Sheinbaum Delivers Power Plant; Without the CFE There Would Be No Sovereignty, She Stresses
This is the fifth plant installed in the country to generate cleaner energy, adding 357 megawatts to the General Manuel Álvarez Moreno thermoelectric complex.
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Fracking: A False Solution for Mexico
Every peso spent on prolonging gas dependency is a peso not invested in electricity transmission, battery storage, distributed solar generation, wind power, energy efficiency, demand management, or grid modernization.
