■"Two years ago, everybody wanted to partner with Pemex, they were being courted like the homecoming queen. Fast-forward two years later, and how can you go to your board and say, 'Pemex is good for the money'?"
墨西哥東南部沿海的卡門市(Ciudad del Carmen)過去曾因石油業而繁榮興盛,但現在這裡到處可見房屋外貼著待售的告示,以前經常聚集在市中心廣場等待工作上門的大批工人也逐漸散去,連那些工會成員的鐵飯碗都難保了。曾受國營墨西哥石油公司(Petroleos Mexicanos,簡稱Pemex)聘雇、在海上油井工作的工人們也已賦閒數個月,大家都很焦慮。