Baja California ULSD Better News
Remember the old saw (ULSD as far down Mex 1, as El Rosario, but no further)?
You can extend ULSD down to the gasolinera at the tiny town of JESUS MARIA. That's a mere 30 miles north of Guerrero Negro. The Jesus Maria station has gotten all of its fuel, gasoline and diesel for the last two years from the tank farm at EL SAUZAL just north of Ensenada. El Sauzal has not received one drop of made in Mexico diesel for many years.
That's a 200 mile to the south extension of guaranteed to be ULSD (UBA)
But to be explicit, diesel fuel in Guerrero Negro comes from the south (Pichilingue) barged over from Topolobampo, Sinaloa. It is Mexican diesel and Petroleos Mexicanos has given up on attempts to have this fuel at <300 ppm sulfur. So it ranges from 300 - 500 ppm.
Now for the juicy part. When demand is high for ULSD in the states, the Pemex/Shell Oil joint venture refinery diverts all of its ULSD for domestic consumption.
Then, Petroleos Mexicanos purchases ULSD from Japan. The tankers unload offshore at Rosarito.
Wanna know how much sulfur Japanese diesel fuel has?
Hsng on to your britches, it varies...
TWO TO THREE parts per million sulfur. Essentially sulfur free.
Yes, I get this info straight from Pemex. Tonight I get to learn EXACTLY how downloaded information (from a laptop) can skew a dispenser's accuracy. The PROM is overwritten to distort money-quantity relationships.
You can extend ULSD down to the gasolinera at the tiny town of JESUS MARIA. That's a mere 30 miles north of Guerrero Negro. The Jesus Maria station has gotten all of its fuel, gasoline and diesel for the last two years from the tank farm at EL SAUZAL just north of Ensenada. El Sauzal has not received one drop of made in Mexico diesel for many years.
That's a 200 mile to the south extension of guaranteed to be ULSD (UBA)
But to be explicit, diesel fuel in Guerrero Negro comes from the south (Pichilingue) barged over from Topolobampo, Sinaloa. It is Mexican diesel and Petroleos Mexicanos has given up on attempts to have this fuel at <300 ppm sulfur. So it ranges from 300 - 500 ppm.
Now for the juicy part. When demand is high for ULSD in the states, the Pemex/Shell Oil joint venture refinery diverts all of its ULSD for domestic consumption.
Then, Petroleos Mexicanos purchases ULSD from Japan. The tankers unload offshore at Rosarito.
Wanna know how much sulfur Japanese diesel fuel has?
Hsng on to your britches, it varies...
TWO TO THREE parts per million sulfur. Essentially sulfur free.
Yes, I get this info straight from Pemex. Tonight I get to learn EXACTLY how downloaded information (from a laptop) can skew a dispenser's accuracy. The PROM is overwritten to distort money-quantity relationships.
