Mexican President chooses to stop fuel imports in three years – Business Times

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, elected president of Mexico (Photo: Manuel Velasquez / most of the United States participated in the first three years of their tenure, in addition to the increase in domestic refining.

The winner of last Sunday's election told reporters Saturday before attending private meetings with members of his future cabinet., Which will also give priority to growth in the production of oil in the country

"The goal is to & # 39; "Stop buying foreign gas until the middle of my six-year term," said Lopez Obrador, repeating a position he'd made with his senior energy advisor during the campaign .

"We will immediately revive our oil business, exploring and drilling wells, to have oil," he said.

In the election campaign, the former mayor of Mexico City presented his plan to move the country away from gasoline foreign exchange as a way to increase domestic oil and fuel production and not as a trade issue with the United States.