December 23, 2014
Cecilia Blye, Chief
Office of Global Security Risk
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, 2013
Filed May 15, 2014
File No. 000-00099
Dear Ms. Blye:
By letter dated December 15, 2014, the staff (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) provided comments on Petróleos Mexicanos’ annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, which was filed with the Commission on May 15, 2014.
As discussed with Jennifer Hardy of the Staff on December 17, 2014, 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 January 30, 2015 to respond to the Commission.
Ms. Cecilia Blye, 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) 225-2575.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Grant M. Binder
Grant M. Binder
| cc: | Mr. H. Roger Schwall |
| Ms. Jennifer Hardy |
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Mr. Mario Alberto Beauregard Álvarez
Mr. Marco Antonio de la Peña
Mr. Rodolfo Campos Villegas
Ms. Silvia Oropeza Querejeta
Mr. Rolando Galindo Galvez
Mr. Carlos Caraveo Sánchez
Mr. Eduardo Raúl Calvo Barbeau
Petróleos Mexicanos
Mr. Jorge U. Juantorena
Mr. Alejandro Canelas Fernandez
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP