Mexico oil sector plans look highly optimistic
Monday, January 10, 2022
Significance
The aim is for all production to be processed at Pemex refineries, and for petrol imports to be eliminated from 2023, making Mexico’s oil sector completely self-sufficient.
Impacts
- The zero-exports strategy may prompt further downgrading of Pemex’s debt by rating agencies.
- Reduced oil exports would push Mexico’s trade and current accounts into deeper deficits, affecting the peso-dollar exchange rate.
- Crude export reduction by Mexico would have little to no effect on international prices.