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Abandono del Área de
Pemex lease
Abasto aislado
Reglamento de la Ley de la Industria
Abrogación de las leyes
del CRE y CNH
Abrogation of CRE Act of
1995 and CNH
Ley de los Organos Reguladores
Coordinados en Materia Energética
DECRETO ... el Centro Nacional de Control Consid
Acceso abierto ... no
DECRETO ... el Centro Nacional de Control 6
Access (to lease area)
Accidente causado por
dolo del Contratista
Accident caused by willful
Pemex.com/ayuda/glosario
Aceite in situ
Strategic activity (per
constitutional definition)
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Terms defined in law and global practice
NA T U R A L G A S S E G M E N T
Adquirente (gas natural)
Reglamento de Gas Natural (1995)
DECRETO ... el Centro Nacional de
Control del Gas Natural
Centro Nacional de Control
de Gas Natural (CENAGAS)
Gas purchasing agreement
CENAGAS Administrative
CRE directives
Franchise-area distribution
Ductos -2
Ductos de Internación
Cross-border gas pipelines
4, 116, T12 23
Dictionary Print-Out
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Accidente causado por dolo
El Ejecutivo Federal, a través de la CNH, podrá rescindir administrativamente los Contratos ... 705
y recuperar el Area ... cuando se presente alguna de las siguientes causas graves:
[incumplimiento, reportes falsos, ...], V. Que presente accidentes graves causados por dolo
o culpa del Contratista.
39, T6
... la Secretaría podrá realizar adecuaciones a los términos de asociación y al acuerdo de
operación conjunta.
VII. La propuesta de los términos bajo los cuales desean asociarse y del acuerdo de operación
conjunta del Área Contractual.
Pagar los derechos y aprovechamientos que se establezcan por la administración y
supervisión de los Contratos o la supervisión y vigilancia de las actividades realizadas al
amparo de los mismos, que realicen la Comisión Nacional de Hidrocarburos y la Agencia
Nacional de Seguridad Industrial y de Protección al Medio Ambiente del Sector Hidrocarburos,
Para tener derecho a inscribirse en la Licitación, ... el Interesado deberá cubrir los siguientes
aprovachamientos.
Joint bidders
4, 6.4, 9.3,
Licitación CNH-R01-L01/2014
Dos o más Compañías que participan de forma conjunta en la Licitación . . .
CNH documentation (on bid
El conjunto de disposiciones, documentos y anexos emitidos por la CNH ... que regulan el
proceso de la Licitación CNH-R01-L01/2014.
Calendar (for public tender) Licitación CNH-R01-L01/2014
Conjunto de actividades dentro de la Licitación y su programación en el tiempo ...
DICTONARY OF MEXICAN ENERGY
Print-Out by Law
Petróleos Mexicanos podrá realizar las actividades, operaciones o servicios
necesarios para el cumplimiento de su objeto por sí mismo; con apoyo de sus
empresas productivas subsidiarias y empresas filiales, o mediante la celebración de
contratos, convenios, alianzas o asociaciones o cualquier acto jurídico, con
personas físicas o morales de los sectores público, privado o social, nacional o
internacional, todo ello en términos de lo señalado en esta Ley y las demás
Areas de quejas y de responsabilidades
El titular de la Unidad de Responsabilidades, los de sus áreas de quejas, denuncias
e investigaciones y de responsabilidades, así como los delegados en cada una de las
empresas productivas subsidiarias y sus respectivas áreas, tendrán las facultades
que la Ley Federal de Responsabilidades Administrativas de los Servidores Públicos
otorga a los titulares de los órganos internos de control y a los titulares de las
áreas de quejas y de responsabilidades, respectivamente,
... la actualización de los programas y proyectos de inversión a cargo de Petróleos
Mexicanos o sus organismos subsidiarios que hayan sido registrados o que
estuviesen en proceso de registro en la Cartera que integra y administra la
Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público, con anterioridad a la entrada en vigor del
régimen especial previsto en la Ley de Petróleos Mexicanos, se realizará conforme a
los lineamientos vigentes al momento de su registro o solicitud,
En caso de que a juicio de al menos dos integrantes del Consejo de Administración,
del Comisario, o del Consejero Jurídico del Ejecutivo Federal, exista duda fundada
de que las actividades,
La evaluación anual prevista en el artículo 117, fracción I de la Ley, a cargo del
Comisario se realizará conforme a las mejores prácticas internacionales en la
materia, procurando que los resultados de la evaluación y los reportes que deriven
de dicha evaluación sean comparables en el tiempo.
2 CURRENT LEGAL FRAMEWORK IN MEXICO
Reglamento de la Ley de Petr‫ף‬leos Mexicanos
Government ex oficio board member
Corporate control or significant influence
Para efectos de la fracción XXVII del artículo 13 de la Ley, se entiende por control o
influencia significativa lo señalado en el artículo 2, fracciones III y XI, de la Ley del
Mercado de Valores, respectivamente.
Los integrantes del Consejo de Administración a que se refiere el artículo 15,
fracción II de la Ley;
y cumplen con los requisitos previstos en la Ley para ser designadas como
Consejeros del Gobierno Federal o Consejeros Independientes, según sea el caso,
Control o influencia significativa
fracción III de la Ley;
Consejeros del Gobierno Federal o Consejeros Independientes, según sea el caso, y
que no se ubican en alguno de los supuestos de impedimento o conflicto de interés
previstos en la Ley o en este Reglamento
El comité especial previsto en el artículo 24 de la Ley
Las determinaciones para nombrar por un periodo adicional a los Consejeros
Independientes, la remuneración de éstos y de los Consejeros del Gobierno Federal
que no sean servidores públicos, así como la propuesta de dividendo estatal de
Petróleos Mexicanos y de cada una de sus empresas productivas subsidiarias,
deberán considerar
Board Executive Commitee
Al actualizarse la transformación señalada en el párrafo anterior, no será necesario
llevar a cabo el proceso de desincorporación de la Administración Pública Federal
Initial inventory of technical terms in CNH bidding
CNH-R01-L01/2014
Pending: Adding annotations in Spanish and English
Fees payable by prospective bidder
Para tener derecho a inscribirse en la Licitación, ... el Interesado deberá cubrir los
siguientes aprovachamientos.
4. 1.5-1.6
CNH documentation (on bid round)
El conjunto de disposiciones, documentos y anexos emitidos por la CNH ... que
regulan el proceso de la Licitación CNH-R01-L01/2014.
Calendar (for public tender)
Causales de deschamiento
Causes for the rejection of a proposal
Serán causales de desechamiento de las Propuesta, las siguientes: a) La
presentación incompleta, ilegible, confusa o la omisión de cualquier documento o
información requerida ... c) Cuando un Licitante presente Propuestas para más de
cindo Areas Contractuales ...i) influir indebidamente ...
Clave AD
4, 6.1-6.2, 7,
CNH Bid Round Committee
Grupo de servidores públicos de la CNH responsables de coordinar y ejecutar la
Licitación, conforme a lo establecido en estas Bases.
Access code (to prospective bidder)
Clave de identificación que la Convocante le proporcionará a cada undo de los
Cualquier empresa productiva del Estado, sociedad, corporación, fideicomiso,
sociedad por acciones, asociación no corporativa, empresa conjunta, o cualquier otra
análoga de naturaleza mercantil constituidad conforme a las leyes de su país de
Search string: Bases R1
Initial survey of technical terms in the CNH bid round
Issued/amended
Pemex Boletín de Prensa 81/2014
Monday, February 05, 1917
DECRETO por el que se crea el Centro Nacional de Control de Thursday, August 28, 2014
DECRETO por el que se crea el Centro Nacional de Control
del Gas Natural [CENAGAS]
Discurso ... de Pemex, Emilio Lozoya, 13 Agosto 2014
Ley de Federal de Competencia Económica
Protección al Medio Ambiente del Sector Hidrocarburos
Ley de Los Órganos Reguladores Coordinados en Materia
Ley de Obras Públicas y Servicios Relacionados con los
Thursday, August 04, 1994
Ley Reglamentaria del Artículo 27 Constitucional en Materia
Términos usados en la Industria Petrolera (glosario)
Reglamento Interior de la Comisión Reguladora de Energía
Reglamento Interno de la Comisión Nacional de
Manual de Organización de la Comisión Nacional de
Securidad Nuclear y Salvaguardias
Migración de asignaciones a contratos y esquema de
asociaciones (farm outs)
Reglamento de Gas LP
Reglamento de la Ley de Electricidad
MEXICO’S ENERGY SECTOR: COMMERCIAL & POLICY OUTLOOK
MON, MAR 9, 15
MON, MAR 2, 15
CNH in 2015: Scenario Analysis (Update of Market Note 077)
In January 2011, at the suggestion of a commissioner, we prepared a scenario analysis of how
the CNH might look at year-end 2015. We visualized four scenarios, in two of which the
agency is marginalized, a third in an ambiguous status quo, and a forth as an independent
regulator. Moving the clock forward 4 years, we now ask about the CNH's future today.
Mexico's Energy Reform: A Sobriety Test
This article examines the positive and cautionary signs in the upstream reform in Mexico. It is
observed that much of the topic is still inside baseball, meaning that the back-office story is not
widely understood. Published in Oil & Gas Journal, March 2, 2015, pp. 34-37.
TUE, FEB 24, 15
MON, FEB 23, 15
Drilling Deeper into Spanish-201
This report builds on two others from 2012 that had the title “Overcoming the American Accent
in Spanish.” Understanding the phonological system of Spanish allows the mind and ears to
hear the language without the filters of English. There are many sounds and conventions in
Spanish that only become audible to English ears after one has learned linguistic concepts. As
the hearing improves, so does the ability to speak Spanish as a language very different from
Outlook of Round One: Interview with Pedro van Meurs
Dr. Pedro van Meurs is an expert on petroleum fiscal systems, having advised governments,
including the Mexican, around the world. On Jan. 26, 2015, a two-hour discussion took place
about aspects of oil policy in Mexico, with emphasis on the enhancements needed to make
Round One a success.
Problematic Issues in Round One and Beyond: What is needed for
alignment of interests?
This report expands on our Public Policy paper No. 10033. Table 1 identifies specific
opportunities where SENER, SHCP and CNH may contribute to the alignment of interests
between the State and oil companies as investors and operators. The table reflects insights of
prospective bidders and legal and fiscal experts. The discussion contrasts the new regime with
that of Pemex's farmouts of 2003-13, and the regime in the US Gulf of Mexico. Principles of
equity from the perspective of the investor/operator are set forth. We ask about the outlook for
stakeholder feedback and the measure of success of Round One.
What’s Missing from Round One? - A Clear Philosophy of Alignment
This report is issued as a white paper that is meant to contribute to the public discussion of
public policy and commerce in relation to Round One. The report identifies areas where
improved alignment is needed between the State, society and the oil company. This
condensed version has been posted on energia.com for downloading by the general public.
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REPORTS ON MEXICO’S ENERGY SECTOR
THU, FEB 12, 15
THU, FEB 5, 15
MON, FEB 2, 15
Critiquing and Looking Beyond Round One
The Hyrocarbon Commission in Mexico (CNH) has asked for public comment about Round
One and the Model Contract. This report offers construction criticism of the new energy regime
that was established by the Energy Reform of 2014, with emphasis on the legislative and
regulatory frameworks that are set for in the hydrocarbon legislation that was promulgated on
Aug. 11, as well as the commercial framework contained in the draft Model Contract made
public on Dec. 11. The report draws on the observations of petroleum fiscal system expert
Pedro van Meurs, as well as those of industry sources.
Mexico's Energy Reform at the Baker Institute
Mexico's energy reform will affect not only public perceptions and institutions in Mexico; it will
also call for a rethinking of the expectations by many government and private stakeholders on
the U.S. side of the Gulf. For example, under what conditions may resources from the U.S. side
be deployed in Mexican waters in the event of a major oil spill? U.S. speakers were from key
agencies and NGOs : BOEM, BSEE, MSCR, Coast Guard, API and COS (Center for Offshore
Safety). Carlos de Régules, the director of the new safety agency (ASEA), outline his vision,
including the use of third-party, certified auditors.
Glimpses of Mexico's Iconic Figures: Luis Donaldo Colosio
The public space in Mexico rewards some iconic figures while it ignores others. Some of these
figures are associated with Mexico's oil industry: One, Lázaro Cárdenas, is memorialized in
statues and in the names of prominent streets, while Lord Cowdray's memory is in the name of
the ABC Hospital. Cárdenas and Luis Donaldo Colosio both have monuments in the style of
giant Olmec heads. This report tells an anecdote about Colosio in 1991 about how freedom of
the press was monitored by the PRI. The report includes two photographs taken at the place of
Colosio’s assassination in Tijuana on March 23, 1994.
Freedom of Speech in Mexico: How does employee misconduct get
This report examines several dimensions of freedom of speech in Mexico, asking, inter alia,
about how the lack of freedom of speech affects public policy and the performance of public
servants and employees in the private sector. The report draws on personal and institutional
anecdotes as well as on international indexes. The question is asked about the probability that
an employee in the public or private sector would report evidence or suspicions of cartel ties by
a co-worker or supervisor. A parallel question is asked about the probability that a
whistle-blower could appear in Mexican society.
WED, JAN 28, 15
Midstream Outlook in Mexico: Complicado
This report examines incentives and impediments to business development in the midstream in
Mexico in the light of the Energy Reform of 2014. There are some short-term bottlenecks,
including fiscal and contractual imperfections that will be resolved by mid-2015. The resolution
of other bottlenecks in the operating environment will take most of the next decade, if not
longer. The report cites an interview held on Jan. 26th with petroleum fiscal expert Pedro van
Meurs in which he offers his view on how the fiscal treatment of the midstream needs urgent
attention by SHCP and the Hydrocarbon Commission (CNH).
WED, JAN 21, 15
SUN, JAN 11, 15
Blasphemy Clause in the Mexican Constitution?
An attack on a Mexican Charlie Hebdo would not provoke popular protests in Mexico; but, in
Constitutional Articles 30 and 33 there would seem to be a species of blasphemy law that
allows the President of Mexico, without prior judicial review or the right of appeal, to expel a
non-citizen from Mexico. A principle that allows for punitive actions for offenses not set forth in
civil or criminal law, once established, applies to all members of society in Mexico, not just to
Transparency vs. Value Creation: An Inverse Correlation
This report speculates about the relationship between Transparency, Value-Creation and
Educational Requirements in Mexican government procurement. Four models are considered:
Public Works, Pemex law, Round 1 and Round N. The report concludes that society’s demand
for transparency is subverted by the need of regulators to protect themselves from auditors
whose educational level would not be adequate to understand how an award in a bid round
was determined on the basis of its total value compared to the offers of other bidders.
Satire in Mexican Journalism
There is a genre of journalism in Mexico that specializes in exposing corruption and
inefficiency. The comic genius of Mexican cartoonists for skewering public figures and policies
is an established fact. There is a different role for satire, as its purpose is to instruct, not
skewer. Exhibit A is a title list of our satirical reports or columns, published by ourselves or in
Mexico. Exhibit B is an annotated version of one of our columns, which was originally published
in REFORMA on September 8, 2008. See http://mexidata.info/id2012.html
MEXICAN ENERGY IN 2014: Review of Reporting and Public Outreach by
This report discusses the work product of the editor and research staff of Mexico Energy
Intelligence® in 2015. The many neologisms of the Energy Reform legislation and subsequent
legal dispositions led to a project to create a DICTIONARY OF MEXICAN ENERGY. We
characterize the energy reform as one in which conservative politics limited the vision of an
energy reform, leaving important decisions for the next administration. The report includes for
logs of MEI report titles, by month, in ascending and descending order, also by category and a
fourth in chronological order with a brief description of each report.
TUE, DEC 30, 14
FRI, DEC 12, 14
THU, DEC 11, 14
SUN, DEC 7, 14
SAT, DEC 6, 14
The van Meurs Critique of the Model Contract for Round One
This report examines the 72-page critique of the CNH model contract for Round One that was
prepared and made public by fiscal-system expert Pedro van Meurs and petroleum lawyer Jay
Park. Table 2 and Extract B provide a tabulation of the authors' concerns about where the
contract is not competitive with other jurisdictions. We conclude that fixing these concerns will
not be enough to attract top-tier companies as bidders to Round One.
CNH’s Round One Bidding Guidelines: LOPSRM Reborn
This report provides an inventory of some 50 terms and concepts that are set forth in the
CNH’s bidding guidelines for 14 shallow-water blocks in the Bay of Campeche. The generation
of this specialized lexicon was made possible by an application of our in-house DICTIONARY
OF MEXICAN ENERGY. The publication of these guidelines deserves applause in recognition
of the diligence of public officials in CNH and the energy and finance ministries. At the same
time, the details of the bidding protocols are reminiscent of the old way of doing government
procurement in Mexico.
Football Analogy (Part III): For whom is the head fake intended?
This report takes notice of very different expectations regarding the eventual way in which the
Mexican government will allow oil companies (including Pemex) to recognize their assets in
Mexico: One view is that companies will be free to recognize their assets as booked reserves;
while others hold that the law will only permit an oil company to recognize the expected
contract value of its position in Mexico. We postulate that the government is executing a feint
(or head fake, in the language of sports) either to the international oil companies or to the Oil
Mexico’s Risk-Service Contract; A Facelift on Pemex’s Mature Fields
This report, building on the arguments in Market Note 200, characterizes the contract model
that is contained in Mexico’s hydrocarbon legislation as that of a Risk-Service Contract. It is an
enhancement of the Mature Fields contract model of 2011-13, with three modifications: 1) the
contractor may be paid in kind, 2) the logic of the bidding variable will be different, and 3) the
contract will be awarded by the State (represented by the CNH), not only by Pemex. What
remains unchanged is the disallowing of any commercial interest in the reserves that were
established by the success of the contractor.
Mexico’s Upstream Business Model: A Mineral Contract, not a Mineral
This report seeks to gain clarity about the nature of the business model that is set forth in the
Hydrocarbon Law by contrasting its features with that of a mineral lease in the U.S. and a
mining concession in Mexico. The conclusion is that the State is NOT offering a mineral lease;
instead, it is a new legal figure: mineral contract. Table 1 lists common terms in use in relation
to a U.S. mineral lease (with Spanish translations). Table 2 shows how there are upwards of a
half-dozen meanings of "Nación" in Mexico's legal framework.
MON, DEC 1, 14
Dictionary of Mexican Energy: Collaboration with the UANL Law School
This report restates the objectives of our project to develop a DICTIONARY OF MEXICAN
ENERGY; and we also announce the collaboration of the Law Faculty of the State Universit of
Nuevo León (UANL) in the preparation of the dictionary. The report includes a sample lexical
entry for Hydrocarburos en el Subuelo and 47 pages of straight, alphabetical listings of some
700 terms, each with a citation to the source and article or section of a legal disposition or
institutional document.
FRI, NOV 28, 14
SUN, NOV 16, 14
SUN, NOV 9, 14
Football Analogy (Part II) - Rewriting the energy of Mexico since 1976
This report is a literary continuation of our earlier Market Comment 051, in which, using the
vocabulary of American football, we examined patterns of “punting” in the conduct of energy
policy in Mexico, In this sequel, we expand the vocabulary employed, and use the terminology
to critique the conduct of energy policy in Mexico for each presidential period since 1976,
Football Analogy: Punting on Energy Reform
In this report, the rules and strategy of American football are employed to characterize the
phenomenon of punting the ball in two senses: 1) Market clarity is always said to be in the next
level of legal disposition: Constitution - law - regulations - model contract - market rules. 2)
Since 1991, one Mexican presidency after another (including the present one) has punted the
ball of a market solution to the next administration.
Mexico's Energy Redesign: What the oil industry understood in 1996
This report makes reference to an article published in Oil & Gas Journal on Nov. 18, 1996,
which set forth the commercial and geological logic of having multiple operators working
independently in basins of varying sizes and complexity. Not anticipated was the use of
farm-out as a Pemex-centric development strategy. Appended is a 4--page critique of the
energy reform that is meant to serve as a sobriety check on the promotionalism seen in 2014.
Mexico’s Energy Lexicon: Why the courts should be lexicographers of
This report provides an alphabetical list of some 650 terms and concepts obtained from laws,
regulations and other official documents that, together, inform policy, regulatory and
commercial relationships in Mexico's energy regime. For each term or concept we provide a
preliminary translation and a citation to the document and place within the document where it
may be found. In a future iteration of the wordlist, we shall provide sub-lists for industry sectors,
market segments and the government agencies and companies. In this way, the specific terms
of agencies and topics are together.
Mexico Energy Dictionary Advances: Lexical database sorted by Sector
Where, in an earlier report on the status of our project to develop an online dictionary of
Mexican energy, we listed some 300 entries, we have about 600. Where our earlier idea was to
generate a single, alphabetical list, we now see it more useful to generate separate lists
according to sector, market segment and institutions. Thus, in the hydrocarbon sector, we have
one list of general terms, another for upstream leases and a third for the maritime
transboundary agreement. We observe that each institution has its own vocabulary; and we
have begun lists for Pemex, CFE, CRE, CNH, SENER and ANSIP, amon others.
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