A Mexican judge has ordered a partial provisional suspension of new hydrocarbons legislation championed by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador that gave the state authority to revoke permits, a court document seen by Reuters showed May 10.
The decision suspended certain parts of the law that strengthens state oil company Pemex, which Congress approved in April, the document showed.
The judge’s ruling paused provisions in the legislation that would allow authorities to cancel permits or occupy installations of permit holders, the court document said.
It also prevents authorities from revoking permits that fail to comply with minimum storage requirements set by the government when the law was enacted last week, a provision which analysts said only Pemex was well placed to satisfy.
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