October 8, 2013
H. Roger Schwall
Assistant Director
Division of Corporation Finance
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Petróleos Mexicanos
Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2012
Filed April 30, 2013
File No. 000-00099
Dear Mr. Schwall:
By letter dated September 25, 2013, the staff (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) provided a comment on Petróleos Mexicanos’ annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012, which was filed with the Commission on April 30, 2013.
As discussed with Laura Nicholson of the Staff on October 4, 2013, Petróleos Mexicanos is still engaged in a review of the information required to respond to the comment and respectfully requests that it be granted an extension until October 23, 2013 to respond to the Commission.
Mr. H. Roger Schwall, 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) 225-2608 or Grant M. Binder at (212) 225-2575.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Alejandro Canelas Fernandez
Alejandro Canelas Fernandez
| cc: | Ms. Karina V. Dorin |
| Ms. Laura Nicholson |
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Mr. Rodolfo Campos Villegas
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Mr. Rolando Galindo Galvez
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