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January 18, 2011
Karl Hiller
Branch Chief
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549-4628
| Re: | Petróleos Mexicanos |
Form 20-F for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2009 Filed June 29, 2010, File No. 000-00099 |
Dear Mr. Hiller:
By letter dated December 30, 2010, the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Staff”) provided certain comments on Petróleos Mexicanos’ annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 (the “Form 20-F”), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 29, 2010.
As discussed with Craig Arakawa of the Staff on January 18, 2011, Petróleos Mexicanos is still engaged in a review of the information required to provide comprehensive responses to these comments and is requesting that it be granted an extension until January 21, 2011 in order to provide complete responses to these comments.
Karl Hiller, p. 2
If you have any questions regarding this extension request or require any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me at (212) 225-2676 or Wanda J. Olson at (212) 225-2730.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Alex J. Speyer
Alex J. Speyer
| cc: | Mr. Craig Arakawa Ms. Kimberly Calder Securities and Exchange Commission Mr. Juan José Suárez Coppel Mr. Carlos Alberto Treviño Medina Mr. Ignacio Quesada Morales Mr. Víctor Cámara Peón Mr. Mauricio Alazraki Mr. Francisco J. Torres Suárez Ms. Celina Torres Uribe Mr. José Elías Sahab Jaik Mr. Ernesto Balcázar Hernández Petróleos Mexicanos Mr. Gustavo Hernández García Mr. Alfonso Rodríguez Torres Pemex Exploración y Producción Ms. Wanda J. Olson Mr. Grant M. Binder Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP | |