Mexico considers increasing fracking as Donald Trump sparks fear over US gas reliance

Mexico considers increasing fracking as Donald Trump sparks fear over US gas reliance

Claudia Sheinbaum, a former climate scientist, explores shale to ease dependence on unpredictable American president

The shale revolution and entrepreneurship: An assessment of the relationship between energy sector expansion and small business entrepreneurship in US counties

The shale revolution led to a sharp increase in the US oil and gas production. Although the long-term consequences of this process are yet to be asses…

The US will put pressure on Mexico in the T-MEC review in 2026 for its energy policy and for allowing Chinese inputs into its territory. Donald Trump’s administration has anticipated that it will seek to tighten the terms of the Treaty between Mexico, the United States and Canada (T-MEC) in its review scheduled for July 2026. According to a confidential report from the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office (USTR)…

The Ministry of Finance is reportedly considering increasing the amount of incentives for the Special Tax on Production and Services (IEPS) on fuels this year, as it estimates lower revenue from this item, said Jorge Cano, coordinator of the Public Spending and Accountability program at México Evalúa. In its 2026 General Pre-Criteria for Economic Policy, the agency noted that the resources the federal government will receive in 2025 as part of t…

Mexico City.- Mexico has been talking to private sector companies about the possibility of increasing hydrofracturing or fracking, to reduce their dependence on US gas in the face of growing commercial tensions, the Financial Times said on Tuesday. Imports, which come almost entirely from the United States, cover 72 percent of the total demand for natural gas consumed in Mexico.

It is a market that has skyrocketed for a decade. The United States has gone from being an energy-importing country to being the great exporter of oil and gas. It has been increasingly so in recent years in countries such as Spain, whose dependence on vital energies such as oil or gas is unquestionable today. Donald Trump’s country led by a tariff blow was last February our first supplier of gas, ahead of Algeria, according to CORES data. Of the…