Study Government Alternatives to Fracking

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President Sheinbaum states that alternatives to hydraulic fracture, known as fracking, are being investigated to obtain gas.

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On Wednesday, President Claudia Sheinbaum was questioned about the return of fracking to Mexico, a process of gas extraction that had been rejected and discarded by ex-mandator López Obrador due to its effects of pollution and high water use. Sheinbaum said that Mexico depends about 75 percent of Texas' natural gas, with a base power generation and hydraulics are combined cycle plants. Asked about how his government will strengthen energy sovere…

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President Claudia Sheinbaum raised the need to strengthen the national production of natural gas without resorting to the hydraulic fracture, known as fracking, a technique that has generated controversy over its environmental impacts. Currently, about 75% of the gas consumed in Mexico comes from Texas, in the United States, which shows a high external dependence.Natural gas is key to base power generation, that is, continuous production of ener…

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Reactivating fracking in Mexico would not solve the structural dependence on natural gas imported from the United States and would not guarantee energy sovereignty, warned Aleida Azamar, Dr. Economía Internacional y Desarrollo by the Complutense University of Madrid. During a virtual presentation on the country’s gas strategy, the expert said that even when unconventional deposits were developed, exploitation through hydraulic fracture “is not a…