Document:

Consent letters of Netherland, Sewell International, S. de R.L. de C.V.

 Exhibit 10.3 

(1 of 2) 
  

			
	

	  	 PRESIDENT - ROBERT C. BARG 

 
 VICE
PRESIDENTS
 ALLEN E. EVANS, JR.

RANDOLPH K. GREEN

JOHN G. HATTNER

C. H. (SCOTT) REES III

DANNY S. SIMMONS

DAN PAUL SMITH

THOMAS M. SOUERS

June 24, 2010 

Dr. Juan José Suárez Coppel 

Director General 
 Petróleos Mexicanos

 Avenida Marina Nacional No. 329 

Colonia Petróleos Mexicanos C.P. 11311 

México 
 Dear Dr. Suárez
Coppel: 
 We hereby consent to all references to our firm as set forth in the Annual Report on Form 20-F of Petróleos Mexicanos for the
year ending December 31, 2009 (the “Form 20-F”), under the heading “Exploration and Production (Reserves)”, and to the filing of our audit letter dated February 1, 2010, as an exhibit to the Form 20-F. We have audited
the estimates of proved oil, condensate, natural gas, and oil equivalent reserves owned by the United Mexican States (“Mexico”) as of December 31, 2009, for 25 fields located offshore Mexico in the Northeastern Marine Region. These
estimates were prepared by Pemex Exploración y Producción in accordance with the reserves definitions of Regulation S-X Rule 4-10(a) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 

 

			
	Sincerely,
	
	 NETHERLAND, SEWELL INTERNATIONAL,

S. DE R.L. DE C.V.

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Robert C. Barg

		 	Robert C. Barg, P.E.
		 	President

 1601 ELM
STREET, SUITE 4500 Ÿ DALLAS, TEXAS 75201-4754
Ÿ PH: 214-969-5401
Ÿ FAX: 214-969-5411 

 Exhibit 10.3 

(2 of 2) 
  

			
	

	  	 PRESIDENT - ROBERT C. BARG 

 
 VICE
PRESIDENTS
 ALLEN E. EVANS, JR.

RANDOLPH K. GREEN

JOHN G. HATTNER

C. H. (SCOTT) REES III

DANNY S. SIMMONS

DAN PAUL SMITH

THOMAS M. SOUERS

June 24, 2010 

Dr. Juan José Suárez Coppel 

Director General 
 Petróleos Mexicanos

 Avenida Marina Nacional No. 329 

Colonia Petróleos Mexicanos C.P. 11311 

México 
 Dear Dr. Suárez
Coppel: 
 We hereby consent to all references to our firm as set forth in the Annual Report on Form 20-F of Petróleos Mexicanos for the
year ending December 31, 2009 (the “Form 20-F”), under the heading “Exploration and Production (Reserves)”, and to the filing of our audit letter dated February 1, 2010, as an exhibit to the Form 20-F. We have audited
the estimates of proved oil, condensate, natural gas, and oil equivalent reserves owned by the United Mexican States (“Mexico”) as of December 31, 2009, for 120 fields located onshore Mexico in the Southern Region. These estimates
were prepared by Premex Exploración y Producción in accordance with the reserves definitions of Regulation S-X Rule 4-10(a) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 

 

			
	Sincerely,
	
	 NETHERLAND, SEWELL INTERNATIONAL,

S. DE R.L. DE C.V.

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Robert C. Barg

		 	Robert C. Barg, P.E.
		 	President

 1601 ELM
STREET, SUITE 4500 Ÿ DALLAS, TEXAS 75201-4754
Ÿ PH: 214-969-5401
Ÿ FAX: 214-969-5411Reports on Reserve Data, by Netherland, Sewell International

 Exhibit 10.4 

(1 of 2) 
  

			
	

	  	 PRESIDENT - ROBERT C. BARG 

 
 VICE
PRESIDENTS
 ALLEN E. EVANS, JR.

RANDOLPH K. GREEN

JOHN G. HATTNER

C. H. (SCOTT) REES III

DANNY S. SIMMONS

DAN PAUL SMITH

THOMAS M. SOUERS

February 1, 2010 
 Ing.
Carlos A. Morales Gil 
 Director General 

Pemex Exploración y Producción 

Avenida Marina Nacional 329 
 Torre Ejecutiva,
Piso 41 
 México D.F. 11311 

México 
 Dear Ing. Morales: 

In accordance with your request, we have audited the estimates prepared January 18, 2010, by Pemex Exploración y Producción (PEP), as
of January 1, 2010, of the gross (100 percent) proved reserves in 25 Northeastern Marine Region fields in the Bay of Campeche, offshore west of the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. It is our understanding that the proved reserves estimates shown
herein constitute approximately 48 percent of all proved reserves owned by PEP. We have examined the estimates with respect to reserves quantities, reserves categorization, and future producing rates, using the definitions set forth in U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Regulation S-X Rule 4-10(a). The estimates of reserves have been prepared in accordance with the definitions and guidelines of the SEC and conform to the FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic 932,
Extractive Activities—Oil and Gas. This report has been prepared for Petróleos Mexicanos’ use in filing with the SEC. 
 The
following table sets forth PEP’s estimates of the gross (100 percent) reserves, as of January 1, 2010, for the audited properties: 
  

											
	 Category
	  	Gross (100 Percent) Reserves
	  	Crude Oil
(MMBBL)	  	Condensate
(MMBBL)	  	Plant Liquids
(MMBBL)	  	Dry Gas(1)
(MMBOE)	  	BOE
(MMBBL)
	 Proved Developed Producing
	  	3,579.2	  	77.8	  	86.7	  	168.1	  	3,911.8
	 Proved Developed Non-Producing
	  	1,079.4	  	53.1	  	42.1	  	81.7	  	1,256.3
	 Proved Undeveloped
	  	1,432.4	  	24.6	  	28.5	  	58.1	  	1,543.7
		  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 
	 Total Proved
	  	6,091.0	  	155.6	  	157.4	  	307.9	  	6,711.8

  

Totals may not add because of rounding. 
  

	(1)	 Dry gas reserves
are the dry, sweetened gas available for sale by Pemex Gas y Petroquímica Básica at the tailgate of the processing plants. 

Crude oil, condensate, plant liquids, and barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) volumes are expressed in millions of barrels (MMBBL); a barrel is equivalent to
42 United States gallons. Dry gas volumes are expressed in millions of barrels of oil equivalent (MMBOE), determined using dry gas conversion factors provided by PEP. 

When compared on a field-by-field basis, some of the estimates of PEP are greater and some are less than the estimates of Netherland, Sewell
International, S. de R.L. de C.V. However, in our opinion the estimates of PEP’s gross reserves shown herein are, in the aggregate, reasonable and have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted petroleum engineering and evaluation
principles. These principles are set forth in the 
  

 1601 ELM STREET, SUITE 4500
Ÿ DALLAS, TEXAS 75201-4754
Ÿ PH: 214-969-5401
Ÿ FAX: 214-969-5411 

 

 

 Standards Pertaining to the Estimating and Auditing of Oil and Gas Reserves Information promulgated by the Society of
Petroleum Engineers. We are satisfied with the methods and procedures used by PEP in preparing the January 1, 2010, estimates of reserves, and with consideration given to the variations on a field-by-field basis as noted above, we saw nothing
of an unusual nature that would cause us to take exception with the estimates, in the aggregate, as prepared by PEP. 
 The estimates shown
herein are for proved reserves only. PEP’s estimates do not include probable or possible reserves that exist for these properties. Reserves categorization conveys the relative degree of certainty; reserves subcategorization is based on
development and production status. The estimates of reserves included herein have not been adjusted for risk. 
 Prices used by PEP are based on
the 12-month unweighted arithmetic average of the first-day-of-the-month price for the period January through December 2009. All prices are held constant throughout the lives of the properties. 

Lease and well operating costs used by PEP are based on historical operating expense records. These costs include district and regional overhead expenses
along with costs incurred at the field level. No headquarters general and administrative overhead expenses of PEP or Petróleos Mexicanos are included. Lease and well operating costs are held constant throughout the lives of the properties.
PEP’s estimates of capital costs are included as required for workovers, new development wells, and facilities, such as production equipment, pipelines, platforms, and nitrogen rejection plants. The future capital costs are held constant to the
date of expenditure. 
 The reserves shown in this report are estimates only and should not be construed as exact quantities. Proved reserves
are those quantities of oil and gas which, by analysis of engineering and geoscience data, can be estimated with reasonable certainty to be economically producible. If the reserves are recovered, the revenues therefrom and the costs related thereto
could be more or less than the estimated amounts. Because of governmental policies and uncertainties of supply and demand, the sales rates, prices received for the reserves, and costs incurred in recovering such reserves may vary from assumptions
made while preparing these estimates. Estimates of reserves may increase or decrease as a result of future operations, market conditions, or changes in regulations. 

This audit was based on an independent reserves study of PEP’s oil and gas properties for 25 fields located in the Northeastern Marine Region. Our
audit consisted primarily of a detailed review of all properties making up the total proved reserves in the Northeastern Marine Region. In the conduct of our audit, we have not independently verified the accuracy and completeness of information and
data furnished by PEP with respect to oil and gas production, well test data, historical costs of operation and development, product prices, or any agreements relating to current and future operations of the properties and sales of production.
However, if in the course of our examination something came to our attention that brought into question the validity or sufficiency of any such information or data, we did not rely on such information or data until we had satisfactorily resolved our
questions relating thereto or had independently verified such information or data. We used standard engineering and geoscience methods, or a combination of methods, such as performance analysis, volumetric analysis, analogy, and reservoir modeling,
that we considered to be appropriate and necessary to establish the conclusions set forth herein. Our audit did not include a review of PEP’s overall reserves management processes and practices. 

In evaluating the information at our disposal concerning this audit, we have excluded from our consideration all matters as to which the controlling
interpretation may be political, socioeconomic, legal, or accounting, rather than engineering and geoscience. As in all aspects of oil and gas evaluation, there are uncertainties inherent in the interpretation of engineering and geoscience data;
therefore, our conclusions necessarily represent only informed professional judgment. 

 

 

 Supporting data documenting this audit, along with data provided by PEP, are on file in our office. The technical persons
responsible for conducting this audit meet the requirements regarding qualifications, independence, objectivity, and confidentiality set forth in the Standards Pertaining to the Estimating and Auditing of Oil and Gas Reserves Information promulgated
by the Society of Petroleum Engineers. We are independent petroleum engineers, geologists, geophysicists, and petrophysicists; we do not own an interest in these properties and are not employed on a contingent basis. 

 

			
	Sincerely,
	
	 NETHERLAND, SEWELL INTERNATIONAL,

S. DE R.L. DE C.V.

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Robert C. Barg

		 	Robert C. Barg, P.E.
		 	President

  

									
	By:	  	 /s/ Randolph K. Green
	  		  	By:	 	 /s/ John G. Hattner

		  	Randolph K. Green, P.E. 72951	  		  		 	John G. Hattner, P.G. 559
		  	Vice President	  		  		 	Vice President
			
	Date Signed: February 1, 2010	  		  	Date Signed: February 1, 2010

 RKG:VLG

  

	
	  

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 Exhibit 10.4 

(2 of 2) 
  

			
	

	  	 PRESIDENT - ROBERT C. BARG 

 
 VICE
PRESIDENTS
 ALLEN E. EVANS, JR.

RANDOLPH K. GREEN

JOHN G. HATTNER

C. H. (SCOTT) REES III

DANNY S. SIMMONS

DAN PAUL SMITH

THOMAS M. SOUERS

February 1, 2010 
 Ing.
Carlos A. Morales Gil 
 Director General 

Pemex Exploración y Producción 

Avenida Marina Nacional 329 
 Torre Ejecutiva,
Piso 41 
 México D.F. 11311 

México 
 Dear Ing. Morales: 

In accordance with your request, we have audited the estimates prepared January 18, 2010, by Pemex Exploración y Producción (PEP), as
of January 1, 2010, of the gross (100 percent) proved reserves in 120 fields located in the Southern Region of Mexico. It is our understanding that the proved reserves estimates shown herein constitute approximately 29 percent of all proved
reserves owned by PEP. We have examined the estimates with respect to reserves quantities, reserves categorization, and future producing rates, using the definitions set forth in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Regulation S-X Rule
4-10(a). The estimates of reserves have been prepared in accordance with the definitions and guidelines of the SEC and conform to the FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic 932, Extractive Activities—Oil and Gas. This report has been
prepared for Petróleos Mexicanos’ use in filing with the SEC. 
 The following table sets forth PEP’s estimates of the gross
(100 percent) reserves, as of January 1, 2010, for the audited properties: 
  

											
	 Category
	  	Gross (100 Percent) Reserves
	  	Crude Oil
(MMBBL)	  	Condensate
(MMBBL)	  	Plant Liquids
(MMBBL)	  	Dry Gas(1)
(MMBOE)	  	BOE
(MMBBL)
	 Proved Developed Producing
	  	1,216.9	  	23.7	  	236.4	  	387.5	  	1,864.5
	 Proved Developed Non-Producing
	  	566.0	  	10.7	  	97.2	  	162.2	  	836.2
	 Proved Undeveloped
	  	762.4	  	27.0	  	214.8	  	331.3	  	1,335.5
		  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 
	 Total Proved
	  	2,545.3	  	61.4	  	548.4	  	881.0	  	4,036.1

  

Totals may not add because of rounding. 
  

	(1)	 Dry gas reserves
are the dry, sweetened gas available for sale by Pemex Gas y Petroquímica Básica at the tailgate of the processing plants. 

Crude oil, condensate, plant liquids, and barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) volumes are expressed in millions of barrels (MMBBL); a barrel is equivalent to
42 United States gallons. Dry gas volumes are expressed in millions of barrels of oil equivalent (MMBOE), determined using dry gas conversion factors provided by PEP. 

When compared on a field-by-field basis, some of the estimates of PEP are greater and some are less than the estimates of Netherland, Sewell
International, S. de R.L. de C.V. However, in our opinion the estimates of PEP’s gross reserves shown herein are, in the aggregate, reasonable and have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted petroleum engineering and evaluation
principles. These principles are set forth in the Standards Pertaining to the Estimating and Auditing of Oil and Gas Reserves Information promulgated by the 
  

 1601 ELM STREET, SUITE 4500
Ÿ DALLAS, TEXAS 75201-4754
Ÿ PH: 214-969-5401
Ÿ FAX: 214-969-5411 

 

 

 Society of Petroleum Engineers. We are satisfied with the methods and procedures used by PEP in preparing the
January 1, 2010, estimates of reserves, and with consideration given to the variations on a field-by-field basis as noted above, we saw nothing of an unusual nature that would cause us to take exception with the estimates, in the aggregate, as
prepared by PEP. 
 The estimates shown herein are for proved reserves only. PEP’s estimates do not include probable or possible reserves
that exist for these properties. Reserves categorization conveys the relative degree of certainty; reserves subcategorization is based on development and production status. The estimates of reserves included herein have not been adjusted for risk.

 Prices used by PEP are based on the 12-month unweighted arithmetic average of the first-day-of-the-month price for the period January through
December 2009. All prices are held constant throughout the lives of the properties. 
 Lease and well operating costs used by PEP are based on
historical operating expense records. These costs include district and regional overhead expenses along with costs incurred at the field level. No headquarters general and administrative overhead expenses of PEP or Petróleos Mexicanos are
included. Lease and well operating costs are held constant throughout the lives of the properties. PEP’s estimates of capital costs are included as required for workovers, new development wells, and production equipment. The future capital
costs are held constant to the date of expenditure. 
 The reserves shown in this report are estimates only and should not be construed as exact
quantities. Proved reserves are those quantities of oil and gas which, by analysis of engineering and geoscience data, can be estimated with reasonable certainty to be economically producible. If the reserves are recovered, the revenues therefrom
and the costs related thereto could be more or less than the estimated amounts. Because of governmental policies and uncertainties of supply and demand, the sales rates, prices received for the reserves, and costs incurred in recovering such
reserves may vary from assumptions made while preparing these estimates. Estimates of reserves may increase or decrease as a result of future operations, market conditions, or changes in regulations. 

This audit was based on an independent reserves study of PEP’s oil and gas properties for the 120 fields located in the Southern Region. Our audit
consisted primarily of a detailed review of certain properties making up approximately 81 percent of the total proved reserves in the Southern Region. In the conduct of our audit, we have not independently verified the accuracy and completeness of
information and data furnished by PEP with respect to oil and gas production, well test data, historical costs of operation and development, product prices, or any agreements relating to current and future operations of the properties and sales of
production. However, if in the course of our examination something came to our attention that brought into question the validity or sufficiency of any such information or data, we did not rely on such information or data until we had satisfactorily
resolved our questions relating thereto or had independently verified such information or data. We used standard engineering and geoscience methods, or a combination of methods, such as performance analysis, volumetric analysis, analogy, and
reservoir modeling, that we considered to be appropriate and necessary to establish the conclusions set forth herein. Our audit did not include a review of PEP’s overall reserves management processes and practices. 

In evaluating the information at our disposal concerning this audit, we have excluded from our consideration all matters as to which the controlling
interpretation may be legal or accounting, rather than engineering and geoscience. As in all aspects of oil and gas evaluation, there are uncertainties inherent in the interpretation of engineering and geoscience data; therefore, our conclusions
necessarily represent only informed professional judgment. 
 Supporting data documenting this audit, along with data provided by PEP, are on
file in our office. The technical persons responsible for conducting this audit meet the requirements regarding qualifications, independence, objectivity, and confidentiality set forth in the Standards Pertaining to the Estimating and Auditing of
Oil and Gas Reserves Information promulgated by the Society of Petroleum Engineers. 

 

 

 We are independent petroleum engineers, geologists, geophysicists, and petrophysicists; we do not own an interest in these
properties and are not employed on a contingent basis. 
  

			
	 Sincerely,
  

NETHERLAND, SEWELL INTERNATIONAL,

S. DE R.L. DE C.V.

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Robert C. Barg

		 	Robert C. Barg, P.E.
		 	President

  

									
	By:	  	 /s/ Dan Paul Smith
	  		  	By:	 	 /s/ Allen E. Evans, Jr.

		  	Dan Paul Smith, P.E. 49093	  		  		 	Allen E. Evans, Jr., P.G. 1286
		  	Vice President	  		  		 	Vice President
			
	Date Signed: February 1, 2010	  		  	Date Signed: February 1, 2010

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our clients. The digital document is intended to be substantively the same as the original signed document maintained by NSI. The digital document is subject to the parameters, limitations, and conditions stated in the original document. In the
event of any differences between the digital document and the original document, the original document shall control and supersede the digital document.

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