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Official Notice by the Office of the Deputy Hydrocarbon Minister of the Ministry of Energy informing on the admissibility of the migration request of Entitlments AE-0077-M-Perdido Fold Belt-03, AE-0082-2M-Perdido Fold Belt-08 y AE-0110-Perdido Fold Belt-09 to a Hydrocarbon Exploration and Extraction Contract (Spanish Version Only). 

Opinion request on the contractural model for the Contracr Area under Article 29, section III of the Hydrocarbon Law and Article 26, Section I of the Internal Regulations (Spansish Version Only). 

Official Notice whereby the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit issues an opinon under article 29, section III of the Hydrocarbons Law and article 36, section I of the Regulations thereof (Spanish Version Only). 

Act whereby the Governing Body issued an opinion on the Contractual Model, under the Coordinated Regulatory Bodies Law, article 22, sections I and III, and the Hydrocarbons Law, section III (Spanish Version Only). 

Official Notice whereby the National Hydrocarbons Commission issues an opinon under article 29, section III of the Hydrocarbons Law and article 36, section I of the Regulations thereof (Spanish Version Only).

Official Notice whereby the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit announces the awarding mechanism for contract areas that will be subject to a bidding process, under article 6, section II of the Regulations of Hydrocarbon Revenue Law (Spanish Version Only).

Official Notice whereby the Ministry of Energy sends information for the preparation of the Bidding Guidelines in accordance with the Hydrocarbon Law, article 13, which, in the case of Entitlements migrated to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Extraction Contracts, foresaw that the State-owned Production Company must be interested in an alliance or farmout with legal entitites, and that CNH must perform a Bidding Process to select the partner. The Ministry of Energy is in charge of submitting the necessary information for the publication of the Invitation to Bid to CNH, as foreseen in the Regulations of the Hydrocarbon Law, articles 35 and 36 (Spanish Version Only).

Exihibit One of the Official Notice whereby the Ministry of Energy identifies the Entitlements that will be mirgated. (Spanish Version Only)

Exhibit Two of the Official Notice whereby the Ministry of Energy sets the technical terms and conditions of the individual and consortium contractual model, with a positive opinion by the Commission and the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit  (Spanish Version Only).

Exhibit Three of the Official Notice issued by the Ministry of the Finance and Public Credit and the Commission stating a favorable opinion on the contractual model set by the Ministry of Energy.

Exhibit Four of the Official Notice by the Ministry of Energy whereby Pemex Exploración y Produción accepts the Technical Terms and Conditions of the Contract. (Spanish Version Only)

Exhibit Five of the Official Notice by the Ministry of Energy whereby Pemrex Exploración and Producción accepts the Technical Terms and Conditions of the Contract (Spanish Version Only). 

Exhibit Six of the Official Notice issued by the Ministry of Energy whereby the technical guidelines for the Bidding Process are set (Spanish Version Only).

Exhibit Seven of the Official Notice by the Ministry of Energy issuing a favorable opinion by the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit and PEP on the Prequalification Criteria contained in the Guidelines (Spanish Version Only). 

Exhibit Eight of the Official Notice whereby the Ministry of Energy set the financial conditions pertaining to the fiscal terms of the Contract, and the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit set the conditions to be observed in the Bidding Process (Spanish Version Only)

Exhibit Nine of the Official Notice by the Ministry of Energy whereby the opinion on the the minimum percentage of local content for the Contract is submitted by the Ministry of Economy (Spanish Version Only).

Exhibit Ten of the Official Notice whereby the Ministry of Energy submitted the Social Impact Assessment issued by the Directorate General for Social Impact and Superficial Occupation (Spanish Version Only). 

Exhibit Eleven of the Official Notice whereby the Ministry of Energy submitted the Joint Operation Agreement by PEP (Spanish Version Only). 

Official Notice whereby the Ministry of Energy submits alterations to the Technical Guidelines of the Bidding Process in accordance with the Hydrocarbons Law, article 13, which, in the case of Entitlements migrated to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Extraction Contracts, foresaw that the State-owned Production Company must be interested in an alliance or farmout with legal entities, and that CNH must perform a Bidding Process to select a the partner. The Ministry of Energy is in charge of submitting the necessary information for the publication of the Invitation to Bid to CNH, as foreseen in the Regulations of the Hydrocarbons Law, articles 35 and 36 (Spanish Version Only)..

 Exhibit one of the official notice whereby the Ministry of Energy sends the Joint Operation Agreement submitted by PEP (Spanish Version Only). 

Official Notice whereby the Ministry of Energy submits alterations to the Technical Guidelines of the Bidding Process in accordance with the Hydrocarbons Law, article 13, which, in the case of Entitlements migrated to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Extraction Contracts, foresaw that the State-owned Production Company must be interested in an alliance or farmout with legal entities, and that CNH must perform a Bidding Process to select a the partner. The Ministry of Energy is in charge of submitting the necessary information for the publication of the Invitation to Bid to CNH, as foreseen in the Regulations of the Hydrocarbons Law, articles 35 and 36 (Spanish Version Only)

Exhibit One of the Official Notice whereby the Ministry of Energy sets the Technical Guidelines for the Bidding Process (Spanish Version Only). 

Governing Body Session Act whereby an agreement was reached on issuing the Publication of the Invitation to Bid, under the Coordinated Energy Regulatory Bodies Law, article 22, sections I, III and VIII (Spanish Version Only).

Publication in the Official Gazette of the Federation of the Invitation to Bid number CNH-A5-NOBILIS-MAXIMINO-C4/2016 for International Bidding Process CNH-A5-NOBILIS-MAXIMINO/2017. (Spanish Version Only)

Bidding Guidelines issued by the Governing Body of the National Hydrocarbons Commission, under the Coordinated Energy Regulatory Bodies Law, article 22, section I and III, and the Hydrocarbons Law, article 31, section III (Spanish Version Only).

Official Notice whereby the Bidding Committee is appointed as approved by the Governing Body on the motion of the President Commissioner, under article 8 of the Administrative Provisions on Bidding Processes of hydrocarbon exploration and extraction contracts (Spanish Version Only).

In accordance with Agreement CNH.E.66.002/2017 dated September 7, 2017, the Governing Body resolved on cancelling Bidding Process CNH-A5-NOBILIS-MAXIMINO/2017 to select a partner a partner for Pemex Exploración y Producción, subsidiary of Petróleos Mexicanos, the State-owned production company, with aims at jointly performing Hydrocarbon Exploration and Extraction under a License Contract. Therefore, there is no final version of the Bidding Guidelines, Contract or the Joint Operation Agreement. 

List of companies that had access to the Data Room in accordance with article 12, section III of the Administrative Provisions on Bidding Processes of Hydrocarbon Exploration and Extraction Contracts (Spanish Version Only)