Eduardo Prud’homme

On Oct. 1, Claudia Sheinbaum will assume the presidency of Mexico with questions lingering over her potential energy policy. Her academic credentials have raised positive expectations regarding the type of projects that could be a priority under her leadership. Her progressive vision on environmental policies has promised an electric generation matrix more oriented towards clean energy and emphasized its efficient use. This would create important investment opportunities. However, her nationalist profile and apparent ideological baggage could stifle the development of new energy infrastructure.

Energy demand in Southeast Asia is on a strong upward trajectory, driven by urbanization, industrial growth and the changing energy matrix in the region.

Natural gas demand in Mexico follows a well-known seasonal pattern. Demand peaks in the summer when the electricity sector is stressed by the load of air conditioning systems. As a result, the months of June to August require complete coordination and special attention from the operators of the electricity and gas networks.

At the end of August, Cenagas will celebrate its 10th anniversary. Its creation was based around it becoming the central player in the Mexican natural gas market. It would be a firm-based capacity manager for the strategic pipeline network, the Sistrangas, an economic agent capable of...

The ongoing trend of growing natural gas imports into Mexico from the United States will probably continue into the foreseeable future, with significant implications for the country's energy landscape.

Claudia Sheinbaum's National Energy Plan seeks to achieve "shared prosperity," emphasizing the importance of inclusive economic growth that reduces inequality and promotes general well-being. But the absence of a roadmap for improving natural gas supply leaves questions for how to fuel that growth.

Editor’s Note: NGI’s Mexico Gas Price Index, a leader tracking Mexico natural gas market reform, is offering the following column by Eduardo Prud’homme as part of a regular series on understanding this process.

Editor’s Note: NGI’s Mexico Gas Price Index, a leader tracking Mexico natural gas market reform, is offering the following column by Eduardo Prud’homme as part of a regular series on understanding this process.

Editor’s Note: NGI’s Mexico Gas Price Index, a leader tracking Mexico natural gas market reform, is offering the following column by Eduardo Prud’homme as part of a regular series on understanding this process.

Editor’s Note: NGI’s Mexico Gas Price Index, a leader tracking Mexico natural gas market reform, is offering the following column by Eduardo Prud’homme as part of a regular series on understanding this process.