Overview
- President Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday that a federal scientific committee has produced a first analysis and will present preliminary results in the presidential morning press conference in the coming days.
- The expert group was expanded to include more scientists working on energy and renewables and has mapped where fracking technologies might be technically feasible and where they would not be.
- Reports from the press briefing indicated that the experts initially recommend not applying fracking, though the president framed that as a consultative finding rather than a final decision.
- The study gives special attention to water issues, describing how availability, sources and requirements for reuse and recycling would constrain any unconventional gas development.
- Sheinbaum said the government will move to a second research phase, hold consultations with opponents and weigh the committee’s findings against goals for domestic energy supply, social justice and environmental limits before setting policy.