Mexico makes moves to retool oil industry

By Mark Stevenson
ASSOCIATED PRESS
2:00 a.m. September 9, 2009

MEXICO CITY — Mexico is stepping up efforts to modernize its oil industry in the face of plummeting production by launching a deep-water mapping project, announcing plans for a new round of legal changes in the state-run industry and replacing the director of the government oil company.

The replacement Monday of director JesuÌ