Mexico may be net crude importer in decade: study

摘要

Houston-Without major investments in advanced technologies in its oil fields, Mexico could become a net importer of crude oil within a decade, according to a report released April 29 by Rice University's James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy and Oxford University. The stakes of what the study called a "current political stalemate over oil" are critical, the report said, adding that if Mexican state oil company "Pemex can increase the rate of reserve replacement in relation to its overall resource base to something like what is seen in the US' Gulf of Mexico, the export crisis could be avoided for another 30 years."