President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of Mexico has announced a plan to rehabilitate six refineries and build a 340,000-b/d refinery a Dos Bocas, Tabasco.
After upgrade, the combined capacities of existing Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) refineries at Cadereyta, Madero, Minatitlan, Salamanca, Salina Cruz, and Tula will be 1.54 million b/d, according to the plan. Lopez Obrador took office this month.
Pemex Chief Executive Officer Octavio Romero said Lopez Obrador’s National Refining Plan aims at rescuing the national oil industry and achieving energy independence.
“There will be no more privatization or dismantling of facilities, nor will the workers of the energy sector in our country be displaced to perform other activities,” Romero said.
The Dos Bocas refinery is to produce 170,000 b/d of gasoline and 120,000 b/d of ultralow-sulfur diesel.
