Pemex Diesel Fuel Update

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
The country is outpacing the production of domestic diesel. Extremely Low Sulfur Diesel Diesel is being purchased from Japan

Sakai Refinery Cosmo Oil

Toyama Refinery Nihonkai Oil/(Nippon Oil Corporation) NOC

But it helps to keep in mind common sense logistics. Mexico City gets first dibs on major production.

Tank farm tanks are labelled. See if you can spot a tank labelled DIESEL UBA

Distributors are under contract to PEMEX and have closely monitored and protected sales territories. When a distributor fills at an Almacen de Pemex (tank farm) every station in his area will get the same fuel. The Almacen de Pemex at El Sauzal B.C. for instance serves every gasolinera, in Baja California. The Almacen at Mexicali is connected via pipeline.

So looking at a distribution map, and seeing splotchy coverage of UBA in a distributor's area, does not make sense. At all. Every gasolinera will get the same available fuel from the Almacen.

Mexico City consumes a titanic quantity of diesel. A large percentage of refinacion capacity of Villahermosa, and Queretaro is piped to DF. Same for ship ports, but here's the catch.......Atlantic ports are not viable for fuel originating in Japan. El Sauzal is a tiny Almacen. Salina Cruz, Manzanillo, Lazaro Cardenas and Puerto Vallarta are magnitudes greater in volume.

Ed White has an email pipeline map showing distribution via pipeline. I suggest reading it to gain a better understanding of the distribution web throughout the country.

Pemex is trying to quash dilution of grades of "comistible". But as long as servivios particulares are used to distribute fuel there exists a real risk that fuel will not be what it is claimed to be. The only surety for UBA will be to eliminate the availability of regular low sulfur diesel.

When the price of UBA Premium and Magna was but a few cents (US) difference, there was less of a chance of deliberate dilution. But today the price spread makes it a lucrative practice. A "pipa", truck and trailer tanker can transport twelve thousand gallons of fuel. At fifteen cents per gallon differential you can do your own math. All fuel dump-ages are PRE-PAID via electronic funds transfer from gasolinera to distributor then from distributor to PEMEX. Bank to bank.

Can you post here ANY third party links to substantiate these claims you make?

I find many of them, especially about the distribution, sale and dilution to be dubious at best.

I am not saying they may not be based in some truth somewhere but I am skeptical of many of your claims.