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Mexico is heading towards much-needed energy sector reform, and with two of the country’s three major political parties in broad alignment on energy goals, major changes to the sector look more likely than ever, according to attorneys in the energy practice of law firm Mayer Brown. Mexico is major oil producer, and one of the… Keep reading →

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Over the next decade, a battle over the next generation of oil will be waged not in a Middle Eastern Gulf, but San Francisco’s Bay. Keep reading →


Brazil’s oil champion has joined its global counterparts in the clean energy race, putting into operation a commercial-scale wind farm in the Northeastern part of the country.

The wind farm’s energy is being delivered ahead of schedule following the completion of the Juriti unit, with the Potigar, Cabuji and Mangue Seco wind units going into operation through August and September. Power was originally intended to hit Brazil’s National Interconnected System in the middle of next year. Keep reading →


Colombia’s state-owned Ecopetrol is aiming for dramatic growth in biofuels production by 2020 to capture what could be a rapidly-growing domestic market.

Ecopetrol plans to invest $516 million in biofuels to 2020, developing new capacity in sugarcane ethanol and palm oil biodiesel. Keep reading →