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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Things are beginning to happen quickly on the diesel fuel front in Mexico. Just yesterday, Dec 6/17, Exxon sent it's first shipment of ULSD from the USA to it's storage facility in San Luis Potosi, presumably for distribution to new Exxon stations in that part of Mexico. And Chevron has now opened a newly converted Pemex in La Paz on the Southern Baja, probably not yet stocked with ULSD but only a matter of time until Chevron establishes storage in that area.
https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2017-12-06/exxon-jumping-in-to-mexico-s-fuel-market-with-first-u-s-cargo
Rumors are flying in the Southern Baja that ULSD is now being delivered to Pemex stations, so I just sent a diesel fuel sample from Los Barriles to a lab in the USA for analysis - should have the results by mid-December. It's clear that the move to ULSD in Mexico is reaching critical mass - I don't think there's any doubt at this stage that the whole country will have ULSD by the end of 2018, consistent with the directions of the Federal Govt.
One area definitely stiil receiving Mexican LSD is Melaque/Barra de Navidad. Problems are being reported for late model Duramax trucks.
https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2017-12-06/exxon-jumping-in-to-mexico-s-fuel-market-with-first-u-s-cargo
Rumors are flying in the Southern Baja that ULSD is now being delivered to Pemex stations, so I just sent a diesel fuel sample from Los Barriles to a lab in the USA for analysis - should have the results by mid-December. It's clear that the move to ULSD in Mexico is reaching critical mass - I don't think there's any doubt at this stage that the whole country will have ULSD by the end of 2018, consistent with the directions of the Federal Govt.
One area definitely stiil receiving Mexican LSD is Melaque/Barra de Navidad. Problems are being reported for late model Duramax trucks.
