Banobras and the State of Mexico promote investment opportunities in infrastructure projects

The National Bank of Public Works and Services (Banobras) and the Government of the State of Mexico signed a memorandum of understanding to promote investment opportunities in infrastructure and energy projects for the benefit of the inhabitants of the State of Mexico.

Mexico Projects Hub, the first national projects hub operated by Banobras, will link investors to infrastructure projects to accelerate and boost their development in this state.

The document was signed by the Deput Chief Executive Officer of Investment Banking o Banobras, Sergio Forte Gómez, and the Secretary of Finance of the State of Mexico, Rodrigo Jarque Lira.

This is the fourth agreement signed by Banobras with different states to promote the development of infrastructure at a local level.

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Financing infrastructure in Asia and the Pacific: capturing impacts and new sources

ADB (Asian Development Bank)

This book presents several country studies and explains how infrastructure investment can increase output, taxes, trade, and firm productivity.

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Building Information Modelling (BIM)

Knowledge Hub: PRIORITIZING INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT. A FRAMEWORK FOR GOVERNMENT DECISION MAKING.
EU BIM Task Group.

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is being adopted rapidly by different parts of the value chain as a strategic tool to deliver cost savings, productivity and operations efficiencies, improved infrastructure quality and better environmental performance.

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National Highway Infrastructure Program 2018-2024

Two priority projects:

The first: The construction of paved roads for all the municipal capitals that lack it, with local labor and under the administration of the authorities of the community.

The second: The conservation and maintenance of all existing infrastructure and the completion of useful works, suspended or in process.

Source: Presidency

Statements during the presentation of the Program.

Message from President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

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CNH cancels the Second and Third Tenders of Round Three, and postpones PEMEX’s Associations.

In order to review the energy policy and evaluate the results and progress of existing hydrocarbons exploration and extraction contracts, the National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH) announced the cancellation of the Second and Third Tenders of Round Three, as part of an exclusion of the total Areas requested by the Ministry of Energy (SENER).

Likewise, at the request of SENER, the CNH modified the schedule of the Bidding process related to Pemex’s associations.

Source: CNH

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Investment vehicles, now in database format

Mexico Projects Hub implements a new application to search and check the Investment Vehicles listed in the Projects section. This new tool includes a search engine that facilitates the selection of information according to specific criteria, including: type of vehicle, name, ticker symbol, sectors in which the vehicle invests, maximum issuance amount, placed amount, and currency.

The information can be sorted for each parameter and downloaded for further analysis in PDF and CSV formats.

A fact sheet for each vehicle can be printed, and each vehicle contains a link to those invested projects that are included in Mexico Projects Hub.

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New georeferenced resource for road projects

Starting December 2018, Mexico Projects Hub incorporates the joint efforts of the Mexican Transportation Institute (IMT), the National Road Network, and the Geospatial Information System (GIS) of the National Agrarian Registry, for georeferenced maps of highway projects, considering the start and end points indicated in their concession titles.

This tool is available for projects in operation published in Mexico Projects Hub that have the set of coordinates that describe their layout.

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National Clean Energy Inventory (INEL) information is incorporated into the Mexico Projects Hub platform

As of November 26, a link with the National Clean Energy Inventory (INEL) is incorporated into the Mexico Projects Hub platform.

INEL is an interactive digital platform that identifies the proven and probable potential for renewable energy sources: wind, photovoltaic, hydro, geothermal, biofuel and ocean. In addition, this tool provides visibility of the geo-referenced location of clean energy power plants, climate risks, natural protected areas and archaeological sites, and documents the presence of indigenous communities to indicate where an Open and Informed Public Consultation should be practiced.

This tool is available, for projects with contracts assigned in the Long and Medium Term Power Auctions that have the corresponding permits published before the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE), from the consultation of the project itself and allows to identify it within the INEL system.

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Pemex discovers important deposits of light crude in shallow waters of the Southeast Basins

Petróleos Mexicanos CEO reported the discovery of seven deposits located through two wells in the Southeast Basins, called Manik-101A and Mulach-1, with which it is expected to increase Mexico’s 3P reserves in more than 180 million barrels of equivalent crude oil (MMbpe).

Source: PEMEX

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Banobras obtains the Third Place of the Innovation in Transparency 2018 Award

The Innovation in Transparency Award is granted by the ASF, INAP, INAI, SFP, OECD and UNDP and promotes transparency, accountability and open government. Banobras was awarded in the federal institutions category for the Mexico Projects Hub platform.

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