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Mexico City, June 14 (Reuters) – Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Friday that Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim wants to participate with state oil company Pemex in a joint venture in a natural gas project in the Gulf of Mexico. Mexico.
The president commented that “a partnership is being sought” to recover the development of a gas project that was left adrift after an agreement that was already in place with a US company was undone.
“He is wanting to participate in a joint venture with Pemex for gas extraction.” “We are looking for all these facilities to be used,” he added in his morning press conference.
The president appeared to be referring, without naming it, to the Lakach deepwater natural gas project, whose agreement Pemex and the US liquefied natural gas company New Fortress Energy terminated in late 2023 after they could not reach an agreement, including the price. . (Reporting by Adriana Barrera; Editing by Lizbeth Díaz)
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