On the energy security and the apologies of the extraction: the case of the industrial gas pipeline of the Huasteca Potosina, Mexico

Abstract

This article analyzes the hegemonic argument on energy security and its configuration as the main postulate of the Mexican model of hydrocarbon extraction. It is discussed that energy security has been used in the official discourse to specify the dominant paradigm of production, use and consumption of fossil energy, consolidating the apology for extraction. The methodology is built based on a specialized selection of literature and a legislative review, as well as field work. The research is oriented towards the dialogue between theory and praxis, articulating three critical elements: (1) extractivism, (2) energy security, and (3) strategic litigation. It is concluded that the collective construction of legal-political strategies contributes to the jurisdictional defense of territorial rights.