This group is saying they should change that.
It is most likely the only way they can halt or slow down their production decline.
http://www.ogj.com/index/article-display/5662718584/s-articles/s-oil-gas-journal/s-exploration-development/s-articles/s-mexico-institute_recommends.html
Mexico institute recommends upstream opening
Published: Jul 27, 2009
By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, July 27 -- The Mexico Competitiveness Institute (IMCO) has called for dramatic policy steps to confront Mexico's decline in the world economy.
The institute, which studies the relative competitiveness of 48 countries, reported that Mexico had fallen two places in the ranking to 32nd in the 3 years ended in 2007. Worse, it said that Mexico had retreated in eight of the 10 key variables that matter most.
Regarding energy policy liberalization, Mexico was the only country that scored zero on IMCO's index scale of zero to three.
The institute also took note of the fall in Mexican oil production, which since 2004 represented a 700,000 b/d drop that has been a severe blow to public finances.
Mexico may be facing its last opportunity to counter the trend—that is, before the aging of the Mexican population and the spread of poverty render societal changes irreversable.
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