Mexico: The CNE published General Administrative Provisions setting maximum terms of two to thirty years, depending on the activity, for hydrocarbons permits requested under the repealed Hydrocarbons Law, in compliance with several court rulings.
Disposiciones Administrativas de Carácter General por las que se establecen los criterios para la determinación de las vigencias de los títulos de permisos previstos en el artículo 11 del Reglamento de las actividades a que se refiere el Título Tercero de la Ley de Hidrocarburos
Mexico: La CNE publicó Disposiciones Administrativas de Carácter General en las que fijó vigencias máximas de dos a treinta años, según la actividad, para los permisos de hidrocarburos solicitados bajo la abrogada Ley de Hidrocarburos, en cumplimiento de diversas sentencias.
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Navigating Thailand's Nuclear Future The Regulatory Pathway for SMRs
Thailand: Thailand’s draft Power Development Plan 2026 (PDP 2026) brings nuclear power back into the national energy mix, this time through small modular reactors (SMRs). Press reports indicate that Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) may develop a first unit
ESG, grid access and the world's most volatile electricity market: operational constraints shaping Australian data centre securitisation
Australia: In the previous article we examined Australian-specific legal risks that operate largely behind the scenes but can significantly influence transaction design. This article considers a different category of risk: operational factors that are unique to Australia that directly affect
Nine States, One Problem: Mineral Dominance Threatens Carbon Storage
Our earlier post examined a hypothetical scenario in which a Texas carbon capture and storage (CCS) developer acquires only surface rights (plus a mineral owner’s surface waiver) over a depleted oil field, injects CO2 for geologic storage, and inadvertently restores