Mexican president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday his administration will look to boost the country’s crude oil production to 2.5 million barrels per day (bpd) from 1.9 million bpd now. Mexico’s president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador talks to the media next to his pick Energy Minister Rocio Nahle and Pemex’s next chief executive Octavio Romero, at his campaign headquarters in Mexico City, Mexico July 27, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso Lopez Obrador, elected in a landslide July 1 victory and who will take office on Dec. 1, has said he is committed to expanding Mexico’s oil and gas output, which has declined steadily over the past 14 years due to a lack of investment and natural depletion of oil fields. Mexico’s president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador looks on during a news conference at his campaign headquarters in Mexico City, Mexico July 27, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso […]