Mexico reached a new record in its national gasoline production in February by surpassing the barrier of 300,000 barrels per day, Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) reported today on its website.
According to the published note, such a volume had not been recorded since May 2017.
According to the company’s operating indicators, as of the second month of the year, gasoline production averaged 309.1 thousand barrels per day, a significant increase compared to July 2020 already in the Covid-19 pandemic when the lowest volume was produced. of 145 thousand barrels.
The information, which cites the National Refining System, explains that this increase meant 15 percent more compared to the immediately previous month and 25 compared to the same month in 2021.
Regarding diesel production, Pemex reported an average of 15.3 thousand barrels in February, which also represented an increase of 13 percent compared to the immediately previous month and 49 percent compared to the same period in 2021.
It points out that fuel oil production averaged 241.7 thousand barrels per day in February, a volume 10 percent lower than the 266.8 thousand in January of this year, and a reduction of 2.5 percent compared to the same month of 2021 .
Liquefied petroleum gas registered a drop of 1.8 percent, to average 97.7 barrels per day compared to January 2020 and an increase of 5.6 compared to February 2021.
Pemex recalls that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has explained that they have invested 32 billion pesos (1.6 billion dollars) to rehabilitate the system’s six refineries, in addition to the construction of the new Olmeca refinery, in Dos Bocas, and the purchase of Deer Park in the United States.
