Mexican Diesel Fuel - Sulfur Levels Update
Update Regarding Diesel Fuel in Mexico - September 27, 2017 The Mexico Snowbird Season for 2017/18 is fast approaching, so here is an update regarding sulfur levels in Mexican diesel fuel and the p...
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Ed, the gasolinaza (you do remember that?) changed the entire picture of UBA ULSD in Mexico. Pemex was falling too short of money to pay for USA ULSD (try they were in outright crisis) and money raised from the hotly protested fuel price increase allowed a sea change in USA fuel purchases. It has been almost 10-months since the gasolinaza. A coincidence with your Puerto Vallarta observations? I think not.
Navegator's excellent information about Mexico and Distrito Fererales new buses and UBA announcements made me smile. At last it is happening.
But Pemex's so called news update about some massive refinery modernization is pure 100% poppycock. The refineries with the greatest attempts at process unit upgrades for obtaining UBA diesel are at the refineries around Mexico and Ed, I believe you do have that Pemex infrastructure map.
Pemex announced years ago the "almost completion" of the UBA gasoline (Premium) process units at the Salina Cruz refinacion. In fact NO WORK had or has been performed. Much of Pemex's budget has gone into emergency repairs at the "Reynosa" and "Villahermosa" units.
Here is a list of the major oil refineries in Japan that are supplying both UBA diesel and UBA PREMIUM gasoline to ports on Mexico's WEST coast.
Negishi Yokahama Refinery
Kawasaki Refinery
Cosmo Oil
Chiba Refinery
Showa Yokkaichi Refinery
Kashima Refinery
Mizushima Refinery
Much Japanese refined diesel ranges in the 0 (yes ZERO) to 10PPM sulfur content category. With the network of pipelines in Mexico it is difficult to say who gets what but for the most part on the west coast fuel either comes from Salina Cruz Oaxaca, or is imported.
I will repeat the Pemex mantra:
When every gasolinera in Mexico has diesel UBA it will be then that gasolineras will be allowed to display signs advertising DIESEL UBA.
A MAJOR upgrade to Mexican refined gasoline will occur when the country finally has MAGNA UBA. UBA MAGNA means a quantum leap in quality for Magna.
But the question of what will or will not happen to pump prices on 1 November, tempers my enthusiasm. It just isn't an issue of "Gee how much am I gonna pay to fill my RV?"
Nothing, and I mean ZERO is not sensitive to the price of fuel. Electricity, food, cattle, transportation of all goods, and even busses, and taxis would be forced to leap upward in expense. Yeah, even surviving RV park and hotel prices will suffer.
I think very little of tourism impact - I confine my thoughts to people barely scraping by. The true heart and soul of this country.
Navegator's excellent information about Mexico and Distrito Fererales new buses and UBA announcements made me smile. At last it is happening.
But Pemex's so called news update about some massive refinery modernization is pure 100% poppycock. The refineries with the greatest attempts at process unit upgrades for obtaining UBA diesel are at the refineries around Mexico and Ed, I believe you do have that Pemex infrastructure map.
Pemex announced years ago the "almost completion" of the UBA gasoline (Premium) process units at the Salina Cruz refinacion. In fact NO WORK had or has been performed. Much of Pemex's budget has gone into emergency repairs at the "Reynosa" and "Villahermosa" units.
Here is a list of the major oil refineries in Japan that are supplying both UBA diesel and UBA PREMIUM gasoline to ports on Mexico's WEST coast.
Negishi Yokahama Refinery
Kawasaki Refinery
Cosmo Oil
Chiba Refinery
Showa Yokkaichi Refinery
Kashima Refinery
Mizushima Refinery
Much Japanese refined diesel ranges in the 0 (yes ZERO) to 10PPM sulfur content category. With the network of pipelines in Mexico it is difficult to say who gets what but for the most part on the west coast fuel either comes from Salina Cruz Oaxaca, or is imported.
I will repeat the Pemex mantra:
When every gasolinera in Mexico has diesel UBA it will be then that gasolineras will be allowed to display signs advertising DIESEL UBA.
A MAJOR upgrade to Mexican refined gasoline will occur when the country finally has MAGNA UBA. UBA MAGNA means a quantum leap in quality for Magna.
But the question of what will or will not happen to pump prices on 1 November, tempers my enthusiasm. It just isn't an issue of "Gee how much am I gonna pay to fill my RV?"
Nothing, and I mean ZERO is not sensitive to the price of fuel. Electricity, food, cattle, transportation of all goods, and even busses, and taxis would be forced to leap upward in expense. Yeah, even surviving RV park and hotel prices will suffer.
I think very little of tourism impact - I confine my thoughts to people barely scraping by. The true heart and soul of this country.
