IPD EnergyNet
Our thought provoking and timely analysis of the energy industry offers IPD clients a unique local perspective that enables them to better understand energy dynamics and create opportunity.
Mexico
Mexico’s Political Landscape: What’s In the Cards for the Energy Sector
Mexico’s presidential campaigns are on their last mile, but the energy industry’s future under any of the candidates remains shrouded in uncertainty. Leftist candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) is still the only player to have presented any policy plan (muddy though it may be). But Mexico’s political balance of power will have a lot to do with which policies the next administration can touch — and which it cannot. … [READ MORE]
Venezuela
Caribbean Attachments, Operational Bottlenecks, and Exports
ConocoPhillips’ attachment of PDVSA’s Caribbean assets may have thrown Venezuela’s export logistics into a tailspin, but the story of failing crude production and terminal infrastructure was written long before PDVSA diverted its first cargo. … [READ MORE]
Venezuela
Quevedo and his Key Players Face Challenging Mandate
During a May 25 speech, President Maduro confirmed his unmitigated support for PDVSA President and Minister of Petroleum, Manuel Quevedo. On June 6, Maduro listed his expectations of the newly reconfirmed leader, expectations that would be totally unreasonable even for the most experienced of industry professionals. Quevedo has surrounded himself with old allies who have no oil sector experience. It is time for companies to examine who he has chosen to surround himself with, and help them build more realistic expectations.… [READ MORE]
Mexico
The Prior Consultation Requirement: A Broken System that Needs a Multifaceted Fix
The prior consultation requirement has become increasingly challenging for companies with projects in Mexico. The Morena party recently proposed a new law that seeks to regulate the process. But, as with its predecessors, the proposal fails to take the integrated approach the process truly requires. Perhaps the best outcome from the initiative would be the start of a much-needed discussion.… [READ MORE]
IPD News & Press
Colombia’s Elections: Major Political Shifts and Hydrocarbons Sector Impact
Friday, May 11, 2018
Bogota, Colombia - Colombia has long been governed by a highly interwoven, conservative, symbiotic political and business class. But current polls show that, regardless of who wins the upcoming presidential elections, . . . [READ MORE]
Mexico’s New Hydrocarbons Model: A Critical Assessment Four Years Later (English and Spanish)
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
MEXICO CITY - Mexico’s energy sector finds itself once again at a fork in the road. The government has spent the past decade trying to create a stronger regulatory framework with better checks and balances and a more. . . [READ MORE]
Debate over Venezuela oil sanctions intensifies as refugee crisis grows
Friday, April 27, 2018
Strategic considerations: The debate over whether the US should sanction Venezuelan oil and refined products is shifting as the country’s humanitarian disaster deepens.
REDD
23 April 2018 07:36 PM
The US doesn’t want to be. . . [READ MORE]
A Leftist President in Colombia? What Energy Sector Players Need to Know
Friday, February 9, 2018
- By Sergio Torres – IPD Latin America Consultant, Bogota
To the surprise of many, including Colombians themselves, current polls indicate that Colombia’s next President could come from the political left. One-time guer. . . [READ MORE]
