Pemex publishes its new Organic Statute and restructures directorates and managements

The Board of Directors of Petróleos Mexicanos approved the Organic Statute of the State Public Company, Petróleos Mexicanos, and its amendment, published in the Official Gazette of the Federation on Friday, September 25, 2026, starting on page 156. Agreements CA-035/2025 and CA-092/2025, adopted in ordinary sessions 1036 and 1041 on May 22 and September 4, 2025, restructure the directorates, sub-directorates, and managements of the country’s largest public company. The text was updated according to the amendment, which enters into force the day after its publication.

Regulatory Framework and Background

The instrument was issued based on Article 16, fraction XX, of the Law of the State Public Company, Petróleos Mexicanos, and defines the basic structure and organization of Pemex, the functions of its areas and the individuals occupying management positions, as well as the operating rules of the Board of Directors and its committees.

The original Statute entered into force on June 1, 2025, and repealed the one published in the Official Gazette of the Federation on June 28, 2019. The amendment was signed in Mexico City on September 14, 2026, by the Legal Director of Petróleos Mexicanos, Marco Antonio Gutiérrez Martínez, and the authorized basic organic structure is referred to the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit for their information.

A Structure of Ten Directorates and Two New Areas

Article 27 details the basic organic structure, headed by the General Directorate and the following directorates:

• Directorate of Exploration and Production
• Directorate of Industrial Processes
• Directorate of Energy Transformation
• Directorate of Logistics
• Directorate of Marketing
• Directorate of Finance
• Directorate of Administration and Services
• Legal Directorate
• Directorate of Planning, Coordination, Performance, and Sustainability
• Internal Audit

The restructuring incorporates the Sub-directorate of Strategic Safeguarding (X Bis), with the managements of Strategy and Security Systems and Monitoring, Physical Security, and Technical Management of Strategic Safeguarding, and the Institutional Internal Control Management (X Ter). In contrast, Section Six and Articles 307 to 310, relating to the former Sub-directorate of Institutional Internal Control, are repealed, and several sub-directorates and managements within the industrial and logistics directorates are eliminated.

Strategic Safeguarding and Internal Control

The Sub-directorate of Strategic Safeguarding will lead the comprehensive physical security of personnel, facilities, assets, and valuables of Pemex and, where applicable, of the Subsidiary Companies; it will coordinate the strategy to combat the illicit market of hydrocarbons, petroleum products, and petrochemicals with the armed forces and the three levels of government, and will administer the collective official license granted to Pemex by the Secretariat of National Defense.

The Institutional Internal Control Management will coordinate the implementation of the Internal Control System, propose the annual report on its status to the head of the General Directorate, and preside over the collegiate body that resolves the reconsideration resource regarding procurement, which is also composed of the Directorate of Planning, Coordination, Performance, and Sustainability and the Legal Directorate.

Procurement and Handover-Reception

Regarding procurement, the Sub-directorate of Procurement determines the Comprehensive Procurement Strategies, New Procurement Models, and Contractual Alliances, and supervises the procurement of mixed development schemes and Self-Development Assignments. The transitional provisions further establish:

• Individual handover-reception of the restructured areas, with the intervention of the Internal Audit and a maximum term of fifteen business days.
• Continuity of matters and procedures initiated by the areas that are relocated or abolished, under the responsibility of those assuming the functions.
• Unrestricted respect for labor rights in accordance with applicable provisions.
• Subsistence of powers and representations granted previously, unless expressly modified or revoked.

The new Statute orders the operation of the country’s largest public company in exploration, refining, logistics, and marketing, and concentrates internal control and the resolution of contractual disputes within a single management office, with a direct impact on Pemex suppliers and contractors.

Source: Official Gazette of the Federation, September 25, 2026, Section I, page 156 (official reference: agreements CA-035/2025 and CA-092/2025).