Tag: Jorge Piñon
December 2, 2019
Piñón Receives LAS Lifetime Achievement Award
Jorge Piñón, an expert at the Jackson School on energy policy in Mexico and Latin America, was awarded the 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award from the…
Read MoreJanuary 17, 2017
Weaknesses in Mexico’s Oil Sector are Creating ‘Chaos’ during the Holiday Season
Officials say it’s time for Mexicans to pay market prices for gasoline and longtime subsidies are not sustainable especially with the peso’s dramatic fall…
Read MoreDecember 8, 2016
Oil and Gas Industry Leaders Eagerly Take Stakes in Mexican Offshore Fields
MEXICO CITY — The international oil industry on Monday agreed to pay billions of dollars to the Mexican government for rights to drill in the…
Read MoreApril 12, 2016
Texas-Cuba ties are expected to strengthen
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texans and Cubans have more in common than you might believe. President Barack Obama’s visit to the island nation is sparking discussion…
Read MoreJanuary 26, 2016
UT and Mexico Partner in New Geosciences Exchange Program
This summer, 16 students from UT and the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México in Mexico will participate in an exchange program to study and develop…
Read MoreJanuary 25, 2016
Pemex Remains a Tough Challenge for Reformers in Mexico
AUSTIN — Mexico’s reformers found a measure of early success with energy reform in 2015, but ahead of them lies what might be their toughest challenge yet:…
Read MoreNovember 25, 2015
Gov. Greg Abbott to Lead Texas Trade Delegation to Cuba
It may not be Nixon’s trip to China, but Gov. Greg Abbott will lead a trade mission to Cuba next week. It will be Abbott’s…
Read MoreJuly 8, 2015
Franks: New Scenes in Cuba Hint at What Could Be
As we rode around Havana in late May with a Cuban friend, his excitement was palpable. He had recently opened a highly successful paladar, or…
Read MoreApril 9, 2015
Obama To Address Caribbean’s ‘Economic Achilles Heel’ — Energy
President Obama is in Jamaica Thursday, meeting with Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and more than a dozen other leaders from throughout the Caribbean. It’s…
Read MoreFebruary 24, 2015
UT Jackson School of Geosciences Aims to Enhance Research in Mexico
With a focus on building future professionals in the energy sector and continuing academic research in earth sciences and engineering, The University of Texas at…
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