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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101% agreement. If they have to pack it in by burro they will do it. It is rumored warehouses are holding several tens of thousands of black vinyl decals with the letters UBA on them. The day one station sticks the deals on the black diesel sign all the stations will be eligible (so says PEMEX).
I am looking for the de-sulfurization of Magna. Hoo Boy what a difference that will make in my nasty-fussy toad. No More Techron! The Mitsubishi engine will run worse and worse until it becomes actually dangerous in stalling. New spark plugs did not help. Only Techron helped. That does not happen nearly as fast as when using exclusively Premium, but what a waste of octane and money. Baja California Magna works fine without dosing. Quicksilver has a highly modified Cummins 855 turbo engine and I have no idea what UBA will do for or against it. It has never seen ULSD. Neither have my Kubota or Lombordini generators.
Back in 2013, Fluor and Bectel made big noises about undergoing redesign of the Salamanca refinacion. Ernesto, told me the redesign consisted of meetings, a full day of Press Ops, and Fluor and Bectel departed. I think PEMEX executives are trying to please everybody. The Mexican government milks PEMEX like a Holstein for cash. Yet demands more cash and more output.
With added funding from the gasolinaza, PEMEX has really put the suction on the Deer Park refinery for UBA. In another couple of years additional ULSD refinery output in the USA will make Mexican refineries even less stressed. Light ends recovery from sweet shale oil is so high it virtually doubled the availability per bbl for inherently low sulfur feedstock. PABCO the asphalt company next door to Shell MTZ threw a fit when asphalt was no longer the red headed stepchild of the refinery. The majors signed an agreement with PEMEX exchanging crude on a 2 to 1 basis. The US needed more asphalt and Mexico needed to lighten the heavy burden MAYA was putting on it's refineries for light distillates production.
Mexico has an incredible abundance of natural gas. Many US cities utilize natural gas public transportation and it is a quantum leap cleaner fuel than 0 ppm ULSD.
But the use of MTBE gasoline oxygenator continues in urban areas. The odor of which is instantly recognizable in the winter months down here. Read this as an up and coming groundwater pollution scandal sometime in the near future.
Never boring down here. Where's my Katchina Doll and pins? I am shooting for putting a hex on the 1 November "maybe huge" fuel surcharge.
I am looking for the de-sulfurization of Magna. Hoo Boy what a difference that will make in my nasty-fussy toad. No More Techron! The Mitsubishi engine will run worse and worse until it becomes actually dangerous in stalling. New spark plugs did not help. Only Techron helped. That does not happen nearly as fast as when using exclusively Premium, but what a waste of octane and money. Baja California Magna works fine without dosing. Quicksilver has a highly modified Cummins 855 turbo engine and I have no idea what UBA will do for or against it. It has never seen ULSD. Neither have my Kubota or Lombordini generators.
Back in 2013, Fluor and Bectel made big noises about undergoing redesign of the Salamanca refinacion. Ernesto, told me the redesign consisted of meetings, a full day of Press Ops, and Fluor and Bectel departed. I think PEMEX executives are trying to please everybody. The Mexican government milks PEMEX like a Holstein for cash. Yet demands more cash and more output.
With added funding from the gasolinaza, PEMEX has really put the suction on the Deer Park refinery for UBA. In another couple of years additional ULSD refinery output in the USA will make Mexican refineries even less stressed. Light ends recovery from sweet shale oil is so high it virtually doubled the availability per bbl for inherently low sulfur feedstock. PABCO the asphalt company next door to Shell MTZ threw a fit when asphalt was no longer the red headed stepchild of the refinery. The majors signed an agreement with PEMEX exchanging crude on a 2 to 1 basis. The US needed more asphalt and Mexico needed to lighten the heavy burden MAYA was putting on it's refineries for light distillates production.
Mexico has an incredible abundance of natural gas. Many US cities utilize natural gas public transportation and it is a quantum leap cleaner fuel than 0 ppm ULSD.
But the use of MTBE gasoline oxygenator continues in urban areas. The odor of which is instantly recognizable in the winter months down here. Read this as an up and coming groundwater pollution scandal sometime in the near future.
Never boring down here. Where's my Katchina Doll and pins? I am shooting for putting a hex on the 1 November "maybe huge" fuel surcharge.
