October 4, 2005
H. Roger Schwall
Assistant Director
Division of Corporation Finance
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
| Re: | Petróleos Mexicanos |
Form 20-F for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004
Filed June 30, 2005, File No. 0-00099
Dear Mr. Schwall:
By letter dated August 19, 2005, the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Staff”) provided certain additional comments on Petróleos Mexicanos’ annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 (the “Form 20-F”), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 30, 2005. By letter dated September 2, 2005, on behalf of Petróleos Mexicanos, we provided responses to all of the Staff’s comments except for comment number two and requested an extension of twenty business days in order to provide a complete response to this comment.
As discussed with Jill Davis of the Staff on October 3, 2005, Petróleos Mexicanos is still engaged in a review of the information required to provide a comprehensive response to this comment and is requesting an additional extension of ten business days in order to provide a complete response to this comment.
H. Roger Schwall, Esq., 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 or Wanda J. Olson at (212) 225-2730.
Very truly yours, |
/s/ Grant M. Binder |
Grant M. Binder |
| cc: | Mr. James Murphy |
Ms. Jill Davis
Mr. Kevin Stertzel
Securities and Exchange Commission
Mr. Juan José Suárez Coppel
Mr. Víctor Cámara
Mr. Ricardo Fernández
Ms. Celina Torres
Mr. Enrique Díaz
Mr. Ernesto Balcázar
Petróleos Mexicanos
Ms. Wanda J. Olson
Ms. Yasmin Mehrain
Ms. Mary Connell Grubb
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP