To meet its demand, mexico imports natural gas from the united. Ventajas e inconvenientes del gas natural energia termica. The evolving global energy landscape and the emergence of shale gas. About 54% of the domestic production is associated to crude oil. Pre cisely, information coming from the energy information agency recently positioned mexico at the top world places concerning shale gas resources in its territory. North american natural gas scenarios, mexican energy reform. Mostly because of its longlasting monopolistic structure, mexicos oil and gas sector suffered from chronic underinvestment, overstaffing and financial pressures that seriously eroded the. En mexico ya explotan pozos por medio del fracking.
Pre cisely, information coming from the energy information agency recently positioned. Mexico and there is also a legal framework for its exploitation, along with programs for its promotion. Eleven wells have been drilled and results thus far have included three dry gas wells and five rich gas wells. However, the projected availability of inexpensive imported gas from the united states directly challenges the economics of mexican gas production. Shale gas and hydraulic fracturing stockholm international water. Petroleo y gas no convencional en mexico y argentina.
The eagle ford shale play is believed to extend past the texas border and into mexico. Technologically recoverable global shale gas reserve estimates. However, there are still pending tasks for this resource to make an important contribution to this country. Eighty percent of mexicos gas imports co me from the us and sixty percent of that comes directly from texan pipeline s. Over the past three years, gas exports to mexico have nearly doubled.