Francisco Garcia Cabeza de Vaca, the new governor of Mexico’s Tamaulipas state, likes to call himself the first bilingual, bi-cultural and binational leader of the border province.

A dual citizen born in McAllen, Texas, Cabeza de Vaca aims to bring that cross-boundary spirit to the energy sector as well, seeing strong potential for his state given Mexico’s historic energy reforms, ranging from the onshore Burgos basin to ports for deep-water offshore logistics.

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