During the opening ceremony, Osiel Cruz, CEO of MXINFRASTRUCTURE, indicated that Mexico has a lag of 400 billion dollars in infrastructure investment. However, he stressed that if the rule of law is not strengthened and confidence is generated in the domestic and foreign investors, the Federal Government's efforts to improve competitiveness will be near to no use.
In this sense, he insisted that Mexico has lost ground in the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Index since 1996 when it was ranked in the 36th place, to currently be located on the 61st place, so, therefore, it is essential to take advantage of Mexico's potential on infrastructure and build investor confidence through legal certainty.
Therefore, he highlighted the importance of generating Forums, such as the Infrastructure Summit, in order to "find a number of valuable ideas that will be forwarded to the authorities" so that they upload them to the national agenda and accelerate the development of infrastructure in the country.
Energy Sector
In the General Framework of Mexico's Energy Reform, Nelson Arismendi, deputy director of Energy Development and New Technologies in Grupo Alfa, spoke of the need for fracking to have a safe operation; implyinga suitable rail and roadsystem.
Arismendi alerted the lag of infrastructure in the country, in areas where shale gas deposits are located, making it necessary to work to gether with service providers, regulatory agencies, public sector, and the National Centers for Controlof Natural Gas (CENAGAS) and Energy (CENACE).
He said one of the challenges in infrastructure is to mobilize a rail system in the deposits ofshale gas in the Gulf of Mexico to transport proppan -the main input for fracking, after water- , chemicals and ceramics.
To reach an efficient and competitive sector, he said, it is necessary to have the same scheme just in time with supply chains and efficient pipelines logistics systems, road and rail transportation, which in turn determine the cost reduction.
"Being a capital-intensive industry and one in continuous operation, hydraulic fracturing (fracking) requires logistical efficiency and infrastructure, both in the processes of collecting and processing and in the transport of materials by roadand rail."
Later on, Alejandra Leon, director of Latin America Upstreamof IHS, said that more suitable shipyards that meet the boats that will support exploration and production in the country are required.
"Almost all petroleum operations were focused in the south, where great ports development is, but if we're expecting deepwater exploration further north we need to equalize with the infrastructure side of things," he said.
Moreover, David Madero, director general of the National Center for Control of Natural Gas (CENAGAS), warned the lack of infrastructure to meet the needs of both industry and the country, due to increased demand for natural gas consumption compared to the capacity. The country that taions it self to provide supply to industry, increasing its cost because, among other things, to the lackin infrastructure" he said.
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