In the presence of the President, Enrique Pena Nieto, Petroleos Mexicanos announced projects representing a total investment of 23 billion dollars that will generate more than 60,000 direct jobs.
The event, held at the Miguel Hidalgo Tula refinery, was attended by the Secretary of Energy, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Pemex, Pedro Joaquin Coldwell, and the CEO of Pemex, Emilio Lozoya.
Among the projects that were announced, the ultra-low sulfur gasoline (UBA) production project in the six refineries of the country stands out, with a total investment of 3.1 billion dollars and a final output of more than 210,000 bpd, which will enable the reduction by more than 90 percent of greenhouse gases and pollutant emissions into the atmosphere.
Specifically, the investment for clean fuels in the Miguel Hidalgo refinery is 250 million dollars, with the creation of 4,000 jobs. This project includes a desulphurization plant with a load capacity of 30 thousand barrels per day which will enable the production of ultra-low sulfur gasoline, as well as an amine regenerator unit, a cooling tower, a hydrocarbon effluent high burner system and another one for acid gas effluent, along with buildings and facilities for auxiliary and supplementary services.
Additionally, the ultra-low sulfur diesel project will be developed in the six refineries with an investment of 3.9 billion dollars for the construction of 19 new plants and the modernization of 17 external units, with which imports of this fuel will be reduced.
The specific investment in the Tula refinery will be 770 million dollars, and work will begin next January.
Additionally, Pemex will invest nearly 5 billion dollars for the reconfiguration of the Tula refinery which will increase the crude oil processing capacity by 25 thousand barrels per day to reach a total installed capacity of 340 thousand barrels. With this, the Tula refinery will occupy the first place in the country in terms of refining capacity.
Reconfigurations projects of the Salamanca and Salina Cruz refineries will mean an additional investment of 8 billion dollars. In total, the three reconfigurations will create 46,000 jobs.
On the other hand, when reporting about the discovery of new wells in both, deepwaters and shallow waters, the CEO of Pemex said that, as part of the exploratory activity in the current year, with an investment of 35 billion pesos, the company has incorporated over one billion barrels of oil equivalent to 3P reserves, of which 60 percent are in shallow waters, 35 percent in deep waters and 5 percent in onshore areas.
He stressed that, with these results, Pemex expects to achieve a reserve-replacement rate of total 3P reserves of approximately 85 percent, which will make it possible to reverse the trend of the past two years.
At the event, Lozoya also reported on the progress of the first four cogeneration projects developed by Pemex through its subsidiary company, Pemex Cogeneration and Services.
These projects, which represent more than 3 billion dollars of investment and 7,300 jobs, are being developed in the Tula, Hidalgo; Cadereyta, Nuevo Leon; and Salina Cruz, Oaxaca refineries, as well as in the gas processing complex of Cactus, Chiapas.
It should be noted that, with the implementation of these highly competitive technologies, which simultaneously generate electricity and steam, a greater energy efficiency will be achieved going from 40 to 80 percent, while reliability, security and flexibility in the operation of the industrial centers of Pemex will be increased.
In environmental terms, these projects will allow the reduction of 7 million tons of carbon dioxide annually.
These actions were made possible after the enactment of the Energy Reform, which has allowed Pemex to establish strategic alliances and partnerships to promote various investment projects.
At the end of the visit, President Pena Nieto presented the renewal project for the Technological Museum of the CFE (MUTEC), that will be turned into the National Museum of Energy and Technology (MUNET), which brings together public and private sector efforts and society in general, to generate cultural, social and environmental value for the benefit of Mexicans.
The executive project has been appointed to the architect Enrique Norten, who was the winner of a contest which included 11 prominent Mexican architects with a solid career.
The jury, chaired by José Luis Cortés, president of the College of Architects of Mexico, and a group of prestigious specialists from universities, institutes and museums in the country, stated that the winning project was innovative, functional, sustainable and energy efficient, as well as featuring avant-garde architectural parameters, harmoniously integrated to the artistic environment of the second section of Chapultepec Park.
The management of the renewal of the museum is run by a trust comprised by companies from the energy sector.
