MMEX Resources lets contract for proposed Texas refinery

MMEX Resources Corp.—a development-stage company focusing on acquisition, development, and financing of oil, gas, refining, and infrastructure projects in Texas and South America—has let a contract to Blanchard Industrial LLC (BIL) to provide engineering, procurement, and construction on the first 10,000-b/d phase of its proposed Pecos County, Tex., refinery near the Sulfur Junction spur of the Texas Pacifico railroad, about 20 miles northeast of Fort Stockton (OGJ, Dec. 4, 2017, p. 22).

As part of the contract, BIL will serve as overall EPC contractor to complete detailed engineering on and build the Pecos County crude distillation unit, which will produce diesel, naphtha, and residual fuel oil, MMEX said.

Phase 2 of the project will include a full-scale crude oil refinery with capacity of up to 100,000 b/d that will produce a full slate of refined products.

A value of the contract was not disclosed.

The refinery, once completed, would be strategically situated along the Texas Pacifico-South Orient Railroad—which interconnects to the Dallas-Fort Worth area, the Texas Gulf Coast, and Mexico at Presidio—enabling MMEX to leverage existing rail, roadway, and pipeline infrastructure for both crude supply and sale of refined products internationally.

Commercial operations for Phase 1 of the project are projected to begin in mid to late 2019, according to MMEX’s web site.

Contact Robert Brelsford at [email protected].