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September 13, 2024

Can Rodríguez Turn Around Mexico’s Pemex?

Academic Víctor Rodríguez was tapped in August as the next CEO of Mexican state oil company Pemex. // File Photo: National Autonomous University of Mexico.

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Larry B. Pascal and Carlos Alva, members of the International Practice Group at Haynes and Boone: “Given the challenges that Pemex faces, the Sheinbaum administration was seeking somebody that it was familiar with, who shares the same energy policy outlook and who enjoys the confidence of the President-elect. Víctor Rodríguez fills these requirements, as he is a professor of energy engineering at the UNAM who has published papers on energy issues with President-elect Sheinbaum. The appointment suggests the president-elect was seeking a person of confidence to manage Mexico’s largest state-owned company. Rodríguez will seek to improve Pemex’s operations, maintain its current oil production at 1.8 million barrels per day and strengthen the national refining system. He presumably will…”

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