Mexico: Exploit Shale Gas in Spite of the Damage?
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After consulting a panel of experts for months, Mexico plans to launch the exploration of gas and shale oil deposits using the controversial technique of hydraulic fracturing. Already used to extract oil in the state of Veracruz, it is a source of nuisance and pollution for the inhabitants, but the administration of Claudia Sheinbaum is seeking at all costs to achieve energy self-sufficiency and reduce its dependence on the United States.
Fracking in Mexico faces more than a water problem. Specialists point out that taking it on a commercial scale would require massive investments, infrastructure and private participation, as well as overcoming water limitations and demonstrating that producing gas is profitable. Fracking in Mexico faces obstacles due to lack of water, high costs and investment first appeared in EL CEO.
The Sabinas-Burro-Picachos basin, which extends through the territory of Coahuila and Nuevo León, would be the scenario of pilot tests to determine if Mexico is in a position to use hydraulic fracturing or fracking to extract natural gas.The secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, Alicia Bárcena, informed the Chamber of Deputies that President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo authorized the carrying out of experimental tests with this technique, …
At its morning press conference on August 6, the Mexican government presented the initial findings of the Scientific Committee on Unconventional Natural Gas. The report proposes a ban on hydraulic fracturing in the Tampico-Misantla Basin due to its environmental and social impacts, but plans to study and assess the viability of its exploitation in the Burgos and Sabinas-Burro-Picachos Basins, subject to various technical, environmental, and soci…
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