January 22. 2016 [OPIS] - While Mexico's fuel imports held at a steady pace in 2015 and will continue at a steady clip going forward, state-owned oil company Pemex has been highlighting the fact that its distribution system -- at least in some regions -- sold higher fuel volumes in 2015 than in 2014.
A case in point is the company’s storage and distribution terminal in Reynosa, a city just south of the Texas border in the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas. Pemex’s Madero petroleum refinery is located in that state.
Pemex says the Reynosa terminal sold 933 million liters of fuel during 2015. The fuel sales broke down to 224 million liters of diesel, 45 million liters of Premium (92 octane) gasoline, and 664 million liters of Magna (87 octane) gasoline.
Compared to 2014, the sales of Magna gasoline in 2015 registered an increase of 100 million liters.
At least 60% of the fuel sales out of the Reynosa terminal were to supply Reynosa itself, with the remaining volume supplying seven other cities in Tamaulipas. The Reynosa terminal supplies a total of 283 service stations in the eight municipalities.
Pemex also broke down 2015 fuel sales from the Cadereyta terminal in the neighboring state of Nuevo Leon. Pemex has a petroleum refinery in Cadereyta.
Pemex sold 1.7 billion liters of fuel from the Cadereyta terminal in 2015 — 680 million liters of Magna gasoline, 96 million liters of Premium gasoline, and 924 million liters of diesel.
The Cadereyta terminal distributes on average about 140 million liters of fuel a month to 136 service stations in the region. Nuevo Leon municipalities supplied by the terminal include Apodaca, Allende, Juarez, Cadereyta, Guadalupe, Linares, Mina, Sabinas, Los Ramones and Pesqueria.
The Cadereyta terminal also supplies a fleet of 130 tanker trucks that serve not only Nuevo Leon but also the neighboring states of Coahuila and Tamaulipas. The terminal in 2015 also supplied 60 million liters of jet fuel to the two international airports located in Nuevo Leon.
As reported by OPIS on Monday, Mexico’s transportation fuel production capacity through 2029 is expected to grow 24.1% while demand for gasoline, diesel and jet fuel is seen increasing by 35.9%, Mexico’s Energy Ministry (SENER) said in a recent report. The ministry expects imports to bridge the gap, with imports of fuel (mainly gasoline) rising by 34.7% in the period.
