# Mexico Bans Fracking in Key Basin

- Place: Tampico, Mexico (22.3, -97.87)
- Published: 2026-11-08T08:52:59.585Z · expires 2026-11-15T08:52:59.585Z
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Mexico's president Claudia Sheinbaum announced a ban on oil and gas fracking in the key Tampico basin, per energynow.ca.

The move aims to protect water resources and reduce environmental risks in the region where PEMEX operates, reports mexicobusiness.news.

Local officials in Tampico are monitoring the policy's impact on regional energy production and employment, according to kristv.com.

## Sources

- [Mexico Bans Oil and Gas Fracking in Key Basin, Sheinbaum Says](https://energynow.ca/2026/08/mexico-bans-oil-and-gas-fracking-in-key-basin-sheinbaum-says/) · energynow.ca · 2026-11-05
- [PEMEX Navigates 3Q26 Financial Recovery, Upstream Stability](https://mexicobusiness.news/oilandgas/news/pemex-navigates-3q26-financial-recovery-upstream-stability) · mexicobusiness.news · 2026-11-06

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- Oil and gas around here · OGIM v3.0, Environmental Defense Fund (CC BY 4.0) · NASA FIRMS VIIRS (NOAA-20, NOAA-21), last 24 h: 5 refineries · 6 LNG plants · 53 terminals · 17 platforms within 600 km; 9 of 123 gas flares burning in the last 24 h; together they burned 1.2 billion m³ in 2025; 529 oil and gas fields · 62,647 wells on record · check: https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#d:24hrs;@-97.870,22.300,7.0z