Mexico’s continuing energy reform feeds pipeline, LNG aspirations

The global energy industry has witnessed how the shale boom turned the US into a leading gas producer and exporter. Many of the recent developments in the natural gas/LNG sectors of the Americas have been concentrated in the US Gulf Coast region, which is a key energy hub for much of the world. But what about Mexico? Mexico is in the midst of an energy revolution, although it has not yet established many natural gas or LNG projects. The country has ample shale gas resources—the sixth-largest in the world, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA)—but limited production. However, due to energy reforms over the past few years, Mexico has opened itself to new developments and