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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Salina Cruz is off-line. The commercial electrical rates for Baja California have just shot up 300%. Huge uproar. The plant uses number six fuel oil. Now it has to be shipped in from elsewhere.
It's a whole new ballgame. Ed what you measured is ULSD from JAPAN not the USA. Japan strives for the lowest number possible. Some UBA diesel tested "No detectable sulfur". USA ULSD rarely tests under 12 PPM.
The near collapse of Petroleos Mexicanos is troublesome. Are they trying to break the union? About as transparent as lead.
But foreign fuel is now the dominant player in Mexico. As far as my toad was concerned Mexican refined MAGNA was awful. Meticulous but thankfully periodic, dosing with Chevron Techron was mandatory.
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, swears up and down he is going to revive PEMEX after he is elected. Good luck with that. Refinery explosions were becoming routine. A new 150,000 bbl/day refinery is going to cost more than a billion dollars. In 1966 the Shell Light Oil Processing plant in Martinez, CA. Cost $300,000,000 Shell owned the land.
I really expect gasoline prices down here to exceed 20 pesos per liter within 3 years. Same for diesel.
I have plans to purchase a tiny scooter for local use.
It's a whole new ballgame. Ed what you measured is ULSD from JAPAN not the USA. Japan strives for the lowest number possible. Some UBA diesel tested "No detectable sulfur". USA ULSD rarely tests under 12 PPM.
The near collapse of Petroleos Mexicanos is troublesome. Are they trying to break the union? About as transparent as lead.
But foreign fuel is now the dominant player in Mexico. As far as my toad was concerned Mexican refined MAGNA was awful. Meticulous but thankfully periodic, dosing with Chevron Techron was mandatory.
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, swears up and down he is going to revive PEMEX after he is elected. Good luck with that. Refinery explosions were becoming routine. A new 150,000 bbl/day refinery is going to cost more than a billion dollars. In 1966 the Shell Light Oil Processing plant in Martinez, CA. Cost $300,000,000 Shell owned the land.
I really expect gasoline prices down here to exceed 20 pesos per liter within 3 years. Same for diesel.
I have plans to purchase a tiny scooter for local use.
