This is an indispensable step to achieve greater energy sovereignty, the one that was so boasted to come with the operation of the Dos Bocas refinery and that has not arrived,” she expressed. What is fracking and how should it be implemented? Xóchitl Gálvez celebrated that President Claudia Sheinbaum opened the door to gas production through fracking, and assured that it is better to “correct than to continue living in error.” The former presidential candidate of the PRI-PAN-PRD alliance and ex-rival of Claudia Sheinbaum acknowledged that fracking is a polluting method, although the government refuses to recognize it. “However, it is now possible to use new generation equipment that can reduce the environmental impact,” explained Gálvez. The former mayor of Miguel Hidalgo recognized that Claudia Sheinbaum's opening to fracking is a necessary step to end the foreign dependence on natural gas, which faces a global crisis after the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. In her explanation, the former senator also mentioned that this change of direction in decisions about fracking is important because former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador “always refused to do it for ideological reasons.” “As the opposition, we must point out the government's mistakes, yes, but also recognize its successes. This is what Xóchitl Gálvez suggests. Xóchitl Gálvez defines fracking as a method of extracting natural gas from unconventional reservoirs, that is, from deep rocks. “It consists of perforating them by injecting a mixture of water, sand, and chemicals to extract the hydrocarbons,” she explained. After acknowledging that fracking is polluting, Xóchitl Gálvez suggested that the Sheinbaum government must implement it correctly. “We will see if there is courage,” mentioned Gálvez. On the issue of fracking, I am with Claudia. How? With state-of-the-art technology to reduce its environmental impact. Gálvez, an expert in energy issues, mentioned that experts suggest drilling 2,000 to 3,000 wells, so it requires a level of sophistication that Pemex does not yet have. To achieve this, the government would need an investment of between 35 and 45 billion dollars annually for the next 10 years, so prejudices about the private initiative must be eliminated. “In this, I agree with the President, if we don't do it, in a short time, in addition to gas, we will be importing oil.”
