Pemex Reports Three Fires in a Single Day
At least five people were reported missing after a fire at a storage facility in Veracruz sent three others to a hospital
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Mexican Dependency on Imported Gasoline up 28 Percent
PULSE NEWS MEXICO Mexico’s dependency on imported gasoline — mainly from the United States — has increased by 28 percent annually based on the figures from January to October of this year, data from the country’s Energy Secretariat revealed on Friday, Dec 2. During the first 10 months of 2022, imports of gasoline by the state-run Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) increased
Read moreAMLO Promises Energy Self-Sufficiency for Mexico by 2023
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF With the government’s new Dos Bocas oil refinery slated to open in July and the expanded operations of the Paraíso refinery in Tabasco, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) said Tuesday, April 12, that Mexico will be self-sufficient in gasoline, diesel and turbine fuel production by the year 2023. Speaking during his quarterly State
Read moreMexican Government Presents 2022 Budget Proposal
By KELIN DILLON On the afternoon of Wednesday, Sept. 8, Mexican Secretary of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP) Rogelio Ramírez de la O presented Mexico’s 2022 budget plan to the Chamber of Deputies under the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), featuring no increase in taxes, increased spending in the health sector, and historical levels of public investment.
Read morePemex Explosion Causes 25 Percent Production Loss
By KELIN DILLON The deadly explosion on Mexican oil venture Petróleos Mexicanos’ (Pemex) Ku-Alfa platform in the Campeche Sound, which left five dead and two missing, will now result in a 25 percent loss in production for the state-owned company. A total of 142 wells were closed after the disaster, slowing production by 421,000 barrels of oil a day. “The
Read moreJustice Is Done, but Filling Stations Are Dry
By RICARDO CASTILLO The good news is that by moving the Mexican Army to take over Pemex oil refineries, refined fuels theft stopped almost overnight. The bad news is that, nowadays, the residents of the Guanajuato, Querétaro, Michoacán, Jalisco and State of Mexico (Edoméx) can´t get a liter of green or red gas for their vehicles. Theft stopped, but the
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