The Treasure of Mexico

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To save in refining Pemex will import oil
The Treasure of Mexico
By: Carlos Damián September 28, 2010
Catastrophic stage; reject plans of purchase of crude
México. - Results that Pemex now they go to destine other 150 million of dollars to explore wider zones of the deep waters. Not them suffice to the officials more than disaster two years and there go of new. Finally that what imports are more contracts… and the gratefulness of the "winning" of the same. Recall you the spot in television and in other means of information, "The Treasure" of Pemex 19 of March of 2008, a great lie that many Mexican we swallow ourselves. Case of the oil apportioned in deep United States waters that found an Treasure and not it have been able to cover produced by Deepwater Horizon.

The treasure was advertising, in the one which was mentioning that in deep waters is the greater quantity of oil, and that one must take advantage the foreign technology. This entire lie was to route the legal changes that the Senate approved, and then it was the opening to the transnational. We go to transmit us to the large extracted quantities from the deep waters. Each 1 of January of each year Pemex figures delivery of the oil reserves, classifies them in four regions, and they have not given an alone barrel the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico B, or any other sea region inside.

After shaded the information and it is said of "resources prospective" and nothing. In the case of Chicontepec, this is a production zone. This zone produces the one percent of the national. All the perforations in deep waters, with exception of an in the one which only was discovered natural gas, they were of free, was not found nothing. Apportion it of the Gulf of Mexico as compared to Louisiana, comes to be a decisive blow to this mythology of the Treasure, already beaten by two experience years. They have been urged the rigorous procedures and makes increasingly difficult to follow forward with their lies and their businesses.

The production of Cantarell continues falling, of two million 107 thousand daily barrels in 2004, until 497 thousand last July, or rather 23 percent of the first mentioned year. But Ku-Maloob-Zap (KMZ), of the same maritime region low northeast its production in the recent months, of 858 thousand daily barrels in February of this year to 832 thousand in July. The only one zone that continues increasing its production, form it the South regions and Marine Southwest (RMSO). These are regions that are assembled, an in land and the other in sea as compared to it. This sector produces the hundred percent of the light super crude and 90 percent of light.

In RMSO that is called Tabasco Coastal increase the crude production in 2003 and the second trimester in 2010 increased 5.4 times, they are not fantasies. And that of natural gas, in the same lapse, rose 6.3 times. In spite that was punctured in the last 10 years 86 oil wells. In comparison to those of Burgos and Chicontepec, paradises of the contracts, with four thousand 815 perforations, 56 times but wells that those of RMSO in the same time. This show must be invested money, and no adding to the exploration of the deep waters other 150 million of dollars. Mexico continues pulling money to a well without fund, and without oil.

Pemex will import oil The Mexican state oil company Pemex, studies a plan to import crude oil for the first time in more than 30 years, in order to improving the profitability of its refineries. The plan was discussed initially in March by two top-level executives of the refining subsidiary. They have been identified opportunities that they could save million of dollars in two refineries". Said the sources that the proposal is to import until 40 thousand barrels per day from crude.

According to Reuters, that it requested a copy of the businesses plan 2010-2014 of Pemex, since the refineries operate below their refining capacity when depend on Mexican crude. Mexico has not imported crude from the discovery of the Gulf from Mexico in the decade from 1970s. Carlos Huerta assessor of the administration advice of Pemex, he assured that there is no plans for the crude import in the short term. The argument from intending to import crude is a catastrophic stage that it has been used to force the opening of the sector of the refining, but there is no some official document with that proposal, assured he.

The option most logic, before importing crude, would be reduced the export, an average of a million 306 thousand daily barrels, that would result in the energetic safety, furthermore that would be extended the life of the proven reserves of oil. Fabio Barbosa indicates: "we believe that it is an untruthful affirmation and part of a cornering campaign to Pemex". Felipe Ocampo, expert in refining and petrochemical, informed that the refineries work to the 80 percent of their capacity, but this is made because the CFE is not buying the fuel -the boilers that produce electricity- that is produced. The reason, explained is that is patented the purchase of expensive natural gas and of import for the central of combined cycle of the private sector. (La Jornada, economía, p. 29, 21 de agosto, 2010).