Overview
- President Claudia Sheinbaum said the interdisciplinary Committee of Specialists is finishing its work and will present its conclusions next week after final reviews with the Energy Secretary.
- Officials have not decided to authorize fracking and will base any policy choice on the committee’s technical, environmental and financial assessments.
- The committee delayed its deadline after it was expanded to include critics and specialists in renewables and efficiency and still needs to finalize energy-demand scenarios through 2035–2040.
- A central focus of the review is water availability and management, and a preliminary document maps Mexican regions where fracking could be viable or should be excluded for environmental reasons.
- The effort responds to an urgent aim to raise domestic gas production—about 70% of national consumption now comes from abroad—and may result in mixed policy options or calls for further targeted studies this year.