The investigation It is not yet public and is developed internally. The formal initiation of the investigation was pending with the departure of Rogelio Hernández Cázares as head of the organization. The procedure, the sources said, was not presented before the plenary session of the Commission to be voted on and thus initiate the investigation in a formal and public manner.
The sources said they were not certain when the formal start of the investigation could be voted on, since the plenary session of the Commission has been left with only three of seven members and that prevents it from being put to a vote.
Last May, during a plenary session of the CNH, the first indications of the investigation were disclosed to Pemex. regulator officials They said they had found findings on deviations from the development plan presented by the state company. At that time, they pointed out that the oil company was producing hydrocarbons from a well that was not included in the work plan that had been previously approved.
The regulator has maintained greater secrecy regarding the investigations and sanctions imposed on Pemex and other private oil companies since the beginning of the six-year term.
a key field
Ixachi is one of the most important fields of the state. It was discovered during the previous administration, but in this administration it was relaunched as one of the pillars of the strategy to increase Pemex’s crude production.
Ixachi is also the third asset to which the company invested the most – only behind Ku-Maloob-Zaap and Yaxche – during the past year, according to the financial statements of the state company. And, for now, it is one of the company’s main producing fields.
But so far the goals proposed for Ixachi have not been met and have forced the federal government to steadily lower its targets around Pemex.
A few months ago the field grabbed the spotlight after satellite data showed excessive gas flaring at the Ixachi field, conduct that was also pointed out and sanctioned by the regulator. Amid criticism and pressure from investors to reduce the emission of polluting gases, the state company has announced the construction of infrastructure to take advantage of non-associated gas from the field and reduce its methane emissions by 98% without setting a period for compliance.