We inform you that yesterday, the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit ("SHCP") published in the Federal Official Gazette ("DOF") in its afternoon edition, the Decree that adds a fifth paragraph to Article 1 of the Law on Public Sector Acquisitions, Leases and Services, hereinafter the "Decree".

We hereby inform you that today, the Energy Regulatory Commission ("CRE") published in the Federal Official Gazette ("DOF") the AGREEMENT to issue the Rules of Operation of the Advisory Council of the Energy Regulatory Commission.

We inform you that today, the National Hydrocarbons Commission (“CNH”) published in the Federal Official Gazette, the Agreement CNH.E.29.001/2020 by which the National Hydrocarbons Commission establishes various measures to promote the development of oil activities.

We inform you that on July 8, 2020, the Ministry of Energy ("SENER") published in the Federal Official Gazette ("DOF") the Decree which approves the Energy Sector Program 2020-2024.

We inform you that on July 7, 2020, certain federal agencies published in the Federal Official Gazzette (“DOF”), some relevant resolutions, regarding the following.

We inform you that on July 1, 2020, Mr. Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Constitutional President of Mexico, with the approval of the Mexican Federal Congress, published in the Federal Official Gazette ("DOF"), the following decrees:

We inform you that on May 28, 2020, the Energy Regulatory Commission ("CRE") published in the Federal Official Gazette  ("DOF"), a project of resolution which exposes the charges for the electric power transmission service at 2018 prices to be applied by CFE Intermediación de Contratos Legados, S. A. de C. V.

We inform you that on June 29, 2020 the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources ("SEMARNAT"), published in the Federal Official Gazette ("DOF") the Resolution that modifies Article 31 of the General Administrative Provisions ("DACGs") that establish the guidelines for the prevention and integral control of methane emissions from the hydrocarbons sector.

This guidelines contain the basis to regulate the nomenclature, identification and classification of wells, as well as of the oilfields and deposits where this are located, the operators obligations and the requirements criteria to grant the authorizations for drilling wells, as well as the procedure and information required for their modification.

We inform you that on June 22, 2020, the Ministry of Economy published in the Federal Official Gazette ("DOF") the project of authorization for the constitution of a Specific Chamber of Industry with national circumscription, which represents the Hydrocarbon Industry sector (the "Authorization Project")

El Programa Sectorial de Energía 2020-2024 (PROSENER) es el instrumento rector de planeación energética. Integra objetivos y estrategias prioritarios, definiendo acciones puntuales que conducirá la Secretaría de Energía (SENER), coordinadamente con las Empresas Productivas del Estado, los órganos administrativos desconcentrados, las entidades paraestatales y los órganos reguladores coordinados.

The first opening to private capital in the energy sector,mainly for natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas was within the context of the free trade agreement between Canada, United States of America and Mexico (NAFTA). Along with it, came the need of new linear infrastructure. In this context, developers and owners of new projects had to think in a legal and formal strategy for right of way acquisition.

Pemex is by far the largest company in Mexico with over one and a half trillions pesos in revenue and over 150,000 employees; gargantuan proportions to say the least. Furthermore, its activities represent 7.6% of the Mexican Gross Domestic Product, and, due to the special oil taxation regime to which it is subjected, it is also responsible for 20-33% of the total Federal Government income.

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On May 11, 2020, the Ministry of National Defense ("SEDENA") published in the Federal Official Gazette ("DOF") the Resolution by which the permanent Armed Force is available to carry out public security tasks in an extraordinary, regulated, supervised, subordinated and complementary way (the "Resolution")

CJF issued on April 27^th, 2020, the resolution number 8/2020, which determines to extend the disqualification of judicial terms until May 31, 2020.

On May 4^th, 2020, the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources ("SEMARNAT") issued the resolution which modifies, adds and repeals several articles of the General Administrative Provisions (the "DACGs") that establish the guidelines for the creation, implementation and authorization of the Industrial Safety, Operational Safety and Environmental Protection Management Systems, applicable to Hydrocarbon Sector activities (the "Resolution").

The National Energy Control Center ("CENACE") published in the Federal Official Gazette ("DOF") the resolution that modifies the diverse by which is declared the suspension of terms and deadlines in the acts and procedures carried out before the Administrative Units of the National Energy Control Center, from Thursday, March 26 to Sunday, April 19, 2020 (the "Amending Resolution")

The Energy Regulatory Commission ("CRE") published in the Federal Official Gazette ("DOF") the resolution that amends the related resolution number A/010/2020, which establishes the suspension of legal deadlines and terms at the Energy Regulatory Commission, as a measure to prevent and combat the spread of the Coronavirus COVID-19, in order to extend the suspension period (the "Resolution")

On April 6, 2020 the Energy Regulatory Commission (“CRE”), published in the Federal Official Gazette (“DOF”), the resolution which declares the expiration of 156 (one hundred and fifty-six) distribution permits through distribution plant, transportation by means other than pipelines, retailing and retailing to the public of liquefied petroleum gas, in accordance with article 55, section I, subsection B) of the Hydrocarbons Law (the “Resolution”).

We inform you that on April 1, 2020, the National Energy Control Center ("CENACE") published in the Federal Official Gazette ("DOF") a resolution declaring the suspension of terms and deadlines in the acts and procedures carried out before the Administrative Units of the National Energy Control Center, from Thursday, March 26 to Sunday, April 19, 2020 (the "Resolution").

Derivado del CORONAVIRUS COVID-19, nos permitimos informarles sobre las disposiciones establecidas en la Ley Federal del Trabajo que regulan las relaciones de trabajo en específico la suspensión temporal de la relación de trabajo y sus consecuencias, algunas medidas y recomendaciones para que tomen en cuenta, con base en la Ley en mención tomando en cuenta las siguientes consideraciones de hecho y de derecho.

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On December 18, 2018, the Ministry Energy ("SENER”) and the Energy Regulatory Commission ("CRE") published in the Federal Official Gazette the Resolutions: A/040/2018; A/043/2018; A/044/2018.

On December 18, 2018, the Energy Regulatory Commission (“CRE”) published in the Federal Official Gazette the Resolution A/043/2018 which modifies the resolution A/043/2016 that establishes the permit update cases.

On December 18, 2018, the Energy Regulatory Commission (“CRE”) published in the Federal Official Gazette the Resolution A/040/2018 which sets forth the interpretation criteria for business models compatible with the Retail of refined products.

• On December 18, 2018, the Ministry of Energy and the Energy Regulatory Commission published in the Federal Official Gazette the Resolution A/044/2018, which issues the applicable criteria for biofuels-related activities.

One key element to fulfill an already exceeded demand is efficient transport of hydrocarbons. Pipeline systems projects are slowly progressing. Transloading may very well be the short-term solution for Mexico’s logistic challenges while the necessary infrastructure is being built.

The Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT), through the National Industrial Safety and Environmental Protection Agency of the Hydrocarbons Sector (ASEA) published in the Federal Official Gazette the Notification which extends the term of the Official Mexican Standard, “NOM-EM-005-ASEA-2017

The Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) published in the Federal Official Gazette the Resolution that temporarily suspends the compulsory character of the general administrative regulations that establish the process for the statistical registration of the commercial transactions and licit provenance of oil products, issued by the Resolution RES/818/2015, pending the Siretrac period of tests.

The Energy Regulatory Commission (“CRE”) published in the Federal Official Gazette the Resolution through which the compliance reports of the Official Mexican Standard NOM-016-CRE-2016, petroleum products quality specifications (“NOM”) made by Verification Units approved to evaluate the conformity of other Official Mexican Standards, are temporarily approved.

The Energy Regulatory Commission (“CRE”) published in the Federal Official Gazette the Resolution that states the validity termination of the first paragraph of the second transitory article of the Official Mexican Standard NOM-016-CRE-2016, petroleum products quality specifications (“NOM”).

From April 1^st, 2018, all storage, distribution, trading and/or retail of refined products permit holders (except those related to Liquefied Petroleum Gas) shall submit to the Energy Regulatory Commission weekly reports related to production, imports, exports, inventories and sales of refined products in Mexico.

The Ministry of Energy published the Natural Gas Storage Public Policy, where among others it establishes that CENAGAS must have a five-day strategic inventory of natural gas storage (equivalent to 45 BCF) by 2026.

National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH) awarded 16 blocks out of 35 blocks tendered in bid round 3.1. The biggest winner in this Round was Petróleos Mexicanos that won 4 areas as Operator and 3 more areas in Consortium (strategic alliances) with Total and Shell.

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Pemex Logística published in the Federal Official Gazette the PLOG-TA 1.2.2/2018 Call for the Open Season for the reserve of capacity regarding storage of the Pacific North Madero Zone System

RDA, NRGI Broker and "Voces de Energía" have the honor to invite you to attend the upcoming Seminar “Successful Management of E&E Agreements”. Save the date for this event that will take place on March 21, 2018, in Mexico City, Hotel Presidente Intercontinental, Polanco, Salón Castillo.

The first action derived from Voces de Energía is this interesting event focused in the intricacies and challenges that E& E Contracts present.

Voces de Energía" (Energy Sector Voices) is a collaborative effort among the different participants in the energy sector. It aims to strengthen the feedback between companies, academics, regulatory authorities and in general any important player related to the sector and the Energy Reform. This space for discussion or think tank will allow the different actors of the sector to have a close and constructive channel for proposals, ideas and feedback on what still remains to be done or what may be improved.

On February 28, Jesús Rodríguez Dávalos, RDA partner, and Graciela Alvarez Hoth, General Director of NRGI Broker launched "Voces de Energía", with the attendance of over 20 domestic and international oil companies. Aldo Flores-Quiroga, Deputy Secretary of Energy for Hydrocarbons from SENER acting as honor guest in this first working round table. It was a session in which the different players of the sector exchanged ideas and shared experiences. 

The first action derived from this think tank will be the Seminar: "Successful Management of E&E Agreements" that will take place on March 21, with an estimated attendance of a hundred participants.

RDA represented Lewis Energy Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V. in the negotiations and execution of contract (February, 2018) with Pemex Exploración y Producción of the first full services contract for the development of non-conventional resources fields in Mexico. This agreement represents an investment of US$800 million and an estimated production of 500 Bcf of natural gas for the next 15 years.

RDA’S financial team represented the development bank, Nacional Financiera, S.N.C. Institución de Banca de Desarrollo acting as Agent in the negotiation of the loan and security agreements for an amount of US$80 million for the financing of a Wind Farm to be developed in Dzilam de Bravo located in the Yucatan Peninsula. Said Wind Farm is the first project to be developed by Chinese company Envision Energy in Mexico. The project will have an installed capacity of 70 MW. The transaction was completed on January, 2018. 

In recent years, the need for storage capacity in Mexican ports has increased significantly considering the ever-changing conditions of the energy industry. 

Mexico awarded 10.7 million prospective acres (43,289 km2) in deep-water, 42% (9 blocks) will be operated by Royal Dutch Shell. Nevertheless, participation in Round 2.4 was significantly more competitive than Round 1.4.

Después de concluir seis rondas de licitaciones, la CNH y la SHCP demuestran haber recorrido rápidamente una curva de aprendizaje. Hoy tienen una mejor apreciación del mercado y de cómo la industria valora los derechos de exploración y extracción de los recursos del subsuelo.

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After six completed bid rounds, the CNH and the SHCP have moved up rapidly in the learning curve. They have a better market understanding of how the oil industry values underground hydrocarbon resources.

Markets and financial distress do not respect national borders. With no border wall to protect Mexico’s nascent oil and gas industry, it is susceptible to the same economic headwinds that have plagued global markets for the last several years. In the face of these forces, many US companies have used Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, either as a tool or a threat, to restructure their balance sheets. But what tools are available if the assets or business are located in Mexico?

RDA had the great honor to participate in the Natural Gas Mexican Association (AMGN) Members’ Annual Meeting  2017. It took place on November 8th and 9th in Cancún, Mexico.

First established in 1908, in Iran as Anglo-Persian Oil Company, BP has an estimated value of one hundred thousand million dollars ("mdd"), employing 85 thousand people, with an annual turnover of 220 thousand million dollars. The Giant has sought for more than fifty years to establish itself in Mexico, penetrating beyond the mere sale of lubricants and petrochemicals. You see: giants have forgotten art of patience.

It is with great pleasure, that we share the pictures at the grand opening event of the first G500 gas station in Mexico City. The first gas station of many that G500 Group will open shortly.  Being an RDA client, we share this exciting new business stage which is possible due to the Energy Reform and the opening of the downstream segment.

On August 9th, 2017, RDA and REED SMITH jointly offered the Seminar: Mexico & USA: Insurance Recovery in the Energy Sector.  

The National Agency of Industrial Safety and Protection of the Environment of the Hydrocarbons Sector (ASEA), of which the Environment Ministry is its parent entity has the mandate of ensuring the physical integrity of the persons in matters of operative and industrial safety as well as the integrity of the facilities and the protection of the environment regarding hydrocarbons activities, for which its role within the hydrocarbons sector is crucial. The ASEA through its new regulation establishes a management system for industrial safety, operational safety and protection of the environment, and also recently there has been focus on the need of regulatory bodies to coordinate between them. This article also covers the recently published Guidelines by ASEA regarding onshore E&P operations on conventional and unconventional fields.

RDA fully committed to train its professional personnel, prepared along with Squire Patton a mandatory training session: "RDA Anticorruption & Compliance Awareness Training" provided by Squire Patton Boggs in Mexico City, Mexico on June 7,2017. It covered the scope of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Compliance (FCPA Compliance).

The new “General Law of Administrative Responsibilities”, commonly referred to as the "Three out of Three Act” was published on July 18, 2016 repealing the previous “Federal Law of Public Servants Administrative Responsibilities”. The "Three out of Three Act” along with the General Law of the National Anti-corruption System and the Law of the Federal Court of Administrative Justice will enter into full force and effect as of July 19th, 2017 when these laws are published by the same Decree. These laws as a whole are perceived as the cornerstone of the national strategy to prevent, fight and eradicate corruption in the country.

Technological evolution and adaptation processes are changing the way gas is being utilised in latin america. In general, there has been a steady increase in the use of gas in the region, but business strategies vary considerably depending on the size of the economies. 

For Latin America, hastening the pace of power development and anticipating the trends for the region’s energy future are top priorities. In March, more than 200 industry stakeholders from 15 countries gathered in Washington DC to address trends and opportunities for power development in national and regional markets. 

Project finance is a very common source of financing in Mexico, especially for projects in which the offtake agreements are entered into with governmental companies (or entities) such as the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) or Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex). 

La nueva apertura nos obliga a seguir estudiando. Nos exige conocer y, sobre todo, a entender la nueva regulación publicada y aquella por expedirse, a ser muy competitivos en los costos, a tener los mejores consultores y saber mantener una gran cartera de clientes.

The three phases of Round One issued so far, however, have been carried
out under absolute transparency by CNH.

During the first semester of 2015, the average production of natural gas was 6,432 MMSCFD. According to the Oil and Gas Journal, Mexico had approximately 17 Tcf of proved natural gas reserves by the end of 2014. Mexico has approximately 545 Tcf of technically recoverable shale gas resources.

It is difficult to compare the current state of the Mexican oil and gas industry, which has very recently opened up to private investment, and is still in the process of implementing all of the secondary and tertiary regulations of the Energy Reform, with other industries that have allowed private participation for decades. 

In December 2013, Mexican President Enrique Peńa Nieto signed a package of laws that will serve as a rule book for comprehensive energy reform designed to lure billions of dollars in investment to the country's ailing oil, gas and electricity sectors.