The institutions that administer and operate these sectors are regularly sponsored by the government, so understanding the implementation and operation of each of these is important to ensure the safety, effectiveness and sustainability of projects.
Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit.
It establishes economic conditions for reservoir tenders and exploration and exploitation contracts for hydrocarbons.
Secretary of Energy.
Establishes, conducts and coordinates energy policy.
Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources.
Environmental regulator through the ASEA (National Agency for Industrial Safety and Environmental Protection of the Hydrocarbons Sector)
Mexican Petroleum Fund..
– Receives and administers resources for the exploitation of hydrocarbon deposits.
– Pays contracts to state and private companies.
– Distribute income from the state
National Center for Natural Gas Control.
Independent operator that grants access to the National system of transportation and storage of natural gas pipelines.
National Center for Energy Control.
Independent operator of the national electricity system that grants access to the transmission network and distribution networks.
Federal Electricity Commissiond
– Build and operate networks with the possibility of hiring third parties.
– Participates in the electricity market competing with other private companies in the generation and sale of electricity.
Mexican Oil
– It has a minimum participation of 20% in cross-border deposits.
– Participates in bidding rounds in association with private companies.
National Hydrocarbons Commission.
Regulator that provides technical advice to SENER, collects geological information, designs bids and assigns hydrocarbon deposits and supervises extraction plans.
Energy Regulatory Commission
Regulator that grants permits for storage, transportation, distribution, access to pipelines and sale of hydrocarbons.
Energy Regulatory Commission
Regulator that grants permits for electric generation.
Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources.
Establishes, conducts and coordinates the Environmental Policy as well as the conservation and use of the country’s natural resources
National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity.
In charge of implementing and operating the National Biodiversity Information System, as well as generating intelligence about our natural capital.
Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection.
It is responsible for the observance of environmental regulations, in order to contribute to sustainable development and enforce environmental laws.
Mexican Institute of Water Technology
Research and technological development to protect the water resource.
National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change
Coordinate studies and projects of scientific or technological research on climate change, environmental sustainability, green growth and evaluation of climate change policy.
National Commission of Natural Protected Areas
To conserve the natural patrimony of Mexico and the ecological processes in Natural Protected Areas (ANP), combining the goals of conservation with those of the well-being of the inhabitants and users of the same ones.
National Forestry Commission
Develop and promote conservation and restoration activities in forestry, participate in the formulation of plans, programming and implementation of sustainable forestry development policy.
National Water Comission
Regulator responsible for administering, regulating, controlling and protecting national waters in Mexico
Security, Energy and Environment Agency
Regulator that supervises industrial safety, operational safety and environmental protection regarding the activities of the hydrocarbon sector.
Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources.
Establishes, conducts and coordinates the Environmental Policy as well as the conservation and use of the country’s natural resources
Marine Secretary
Protect national maritime, river and lake resources, as well as participate in all activities related to national maritime development.
National Water Comission
Regulator responsible for administering, regulating, controlling and protecting national waters in Mexico.
– Territorial sea
– Interior Marine Waters
– Contiguous Zone
– Exclusive economic zone
– Continental Platform and Island Platforms
– Any other permitted by international law
– Peninsula of Baja California
– Bravo River
– Northwest
– North Central Basins
– North pacific
– Lerma Santiago Pacífico
– Yucatan Peninsula
– Rafts
– North Gulf
– Valley of Mexico and Cutzamala
– South Pacific
– Gulf Center
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