Overview
- President Claudia Sheinbaum said Tuesday she is reviewing Brazil’s proposal for Pemex to partner with Petrobras and will host Petrobras chief Magda Chambriard in April.
- Chambriard is slated to brief Pemex director Víctor Rodríguez Padilla and Energy Secretary Luz Elena González before Sheinbaum hears the full deepwater plan, and no decision has been made.
- The talks focus on oil exploration in the Gulf of Mexico’s deep waters, an area where Petrobras has long experience and Pemex has little direct operational track record.
- Analysts say any gains for Pemex would come slowly because deepwater projects cost more, carry higher technical risk, and can take a decade or longer to reach production.
- Sheinbaum also flagged possible work with Brazil on biofuels such as ethanol after a Mexican energy team visited Brazilian labs, a move that could broaden energy ties beyond oil.