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REGION | Mexico

Nieto’s current Secretary of the Interior Miguel Angel

Osorio Chong (PRI).

company must go through a

In a 31 January poll two-step process, says Jose published by ,

Valera, Houston-based partner

El Financiero and co-head of law ? rm Mayer

López Obrador polled 6%

Brown’s oil and gas practice. over Zavala with 33% of

Due to Mexico’s hydrocarbons the polled voters saying if law, Pemex must convert the the election was held then, assigned areas (assigned in they would vote for the left-

Round Zero) into a contract, ist candidate. And any fail- and select a partner through ure related to implementa- a competitive bid process, tion of the energy reform whereby regulators will choose could give López Obrador a the winner. “This is unusual political ? ag, Monaldi says. and uncommon,” Valera says.

And if he wins, the leftist

SENER’s Pedro Joaquín Coldwell, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, “Typically, even NOCs (national candidate could decide to and Pemex CEO José Antonio González Anaya.

Photo from Pemex’s Flickr.

oil companies) are able to pick appoint o