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==Accidents== |
==Accidents== |
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On June 3, 1979, Pemex's [[Ixtoc I]] exploratory oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, about 600 miles south of Texas, suffered a blowout and became the largest unintentional [[oil spill]] in history. |
On June 3, 1979, Pemex's [[Ixtoc I]] exploratory oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, about 600 miles south of Texas, suffered a blowout and became what was at the time the largest unintentional [[oil spill]] in history. |
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On November 19, 1984, [[San Juanico Disaster]] - a series of explosions at the Pemex petroleum storage facility at San Juan Ixhuatepec in [[Mexico City]] ignited a major fire and killed about 500 people. |
On November 19, 1984, [[San Juanico Disaster]] - a series of explosions at the Pemex petroleum storage facility at San Juan Ixhuatepec in [[Mexico City]] ignited a major fire and killed about 500 people. |
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Revision as of 15:12, 11 October 2010
| Company type | State-owned |
|---|---|
| Industry | Oil and Gas Refining |
| Founded | 1938 |
| Headquarters | Mexico City, Mexico |
Key people | Juan José Suárez Coppe (CEO) Georgina Kessel (Chairwoman) |
| Products | Petrochemical products |
| Revenue |  US$ 102 billion[1] (2010) |
 US$ 7.01 billion[1] (2010) | |
| Total assets | US$ 415.75 billion[2] (2010) |
Number of employees | 138,215 |
| Website | http://www.Pemex.com/index.cfm?action=content§ionID=123 |
Petróleos Mexicanos or Pemex (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpemeks], Mexican Petroleum), headquartered in Mexico City,[3] is Mexico's state-owned petroleum company. With a total asset worth of $415.75 billion, it is the second largest company in the world by market value (as estimated by the Financial Times in 2006). However, the majority of its shares are non-publicly listed and under control of the Mexican government. The value of its publicly listed shares totaled $102 billion in 2010, representing approximately one quarter of the company's total worth.[1][4]
Asphalt and pitch had been worked in Mexico since the time of the Aztecs. Small quantities of oil were first refined into kerosene around 1876 near Tampico. By 1917 commercial quantities of oil were being extracted and refined by subsidiaries of the British Pearson and American Doheny companies, and had attracted the attention of the Mexican government who then claimed all mineral rights for the state as part of its Constitution.
State oil expropiation
In 1938, President Lázaro Cárdenas sided with oil workers striking against foreign-owned oil companies for an increase in pay and social services. On March 18, 1938, citing the 27th article of the 1917 constitution, President Cárdenas embarked on the state-expropriation of all resources and facilities, nationalizing the United States and Anglo–Dutch operating companies, creating Pemex. In retaliation, many foreign governments closed their markets to Mexican oil. In spite of the boycott, Pemex developed into one of the largest oil companies in the world and helped Mexico become the fifth-largest oil exporter in the world.
Products
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Pemex is the sole supplier of all commercial gasoline (petrol/diesel) stations in Mexico. All petrol stations, although labeled Pemex, are concessions that are strictly full-service. Pemex tried to take away the concessions from a large number of these for low-quality gasoline (often cut with up to 40% fuel oil) and for not serving the correct amount of gasoline (many serve only 9 litres for every 10 registered on the pump), however a judge ruled these were "not reasons to take away the concessions".
The grades of Pemex gasoline are "Magna" (regular unleaded 87 octane—green pump handle) and "Premium" (92 octane—red pump handle). Previously, Pemex offered a leaded gasoline called "Nova", but this has been discontinued for environmental reasons and due to stringent health regulations.
Accidents
On June 3, 1979, Pemex's Ixtoc I exploratory oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, about 600 miles south of Texas, suffered a blowout and became what was at the time the largest unintentional oil spill in history.
On November 19, 1984, San Juanico Disaster - a series of explosions at the Pemex petroleum storage facility at San Juan Ixhuatepec in Mexico City ignited a major fire and killed about 500 people.
On April 22, 1992, explosions in Guadalajara, Jalisco killed more than 200 people.
On July 10, 2007, the Popular Revolutionary Army claimed responsibility for blasts on Pemex pipelines on July 5 and 10.[5]
On October 23, 2007, the Jackup rig Usumacinta collided with the oil platform Kab 101 in severe weather, leading to the eventual death of 22.
On Tuesday, September 7, 2010, AOL Daily Finance reported an Associated Press story detailing a leak that day in a hydrogen recirculation compressor at the Cadereyta, Nueva Leon, Mexico, refinery north of Monterrey that killed one individual (operations engineer Juan Sanchez Paz, 32) and injured ten other persons (eight of these had slight injuries, while two had to be hospitalized with more serious burns).
Reserves
Current situation
Despite its current $77 billion in revenue, Pemex pays high taxes that contribute a large portion of the budget of the federal government. In recent years the company has only been able to make ends meet through massive borrowing, so that it now owes a staggering $42.5 billion, including $24 billion in off-balance-sheet debt because the Mexican government treats the company as a major source of revenue. The state-owned company pays out over 60% of its revenue in royalties and taxes, and those funds pay for 40% of the federal government's budget. In 2005, with record-breaking oil prices, the company saw an unexpected excess of funds. This trend continued in 2006, but these funds have been used to pay salaries of bureaucrats and current costs, instead of being invested in projects of exploration and production; during the President Fox administration, these funds represented around 70 billion dollars,[6] yet the administration said there was not enough money to pay the debts. The lack of investments prevent adequate refining capacity to be added. While exporting crude oil, Mexico imports expensive gasoline.[7]
To help capitalize the company, former President Vicente Fox brought forward the possibility of making shares of Pemex available to Mexican citizens and pension funds, to complement a current project-specific investment setup known as "Proyectos de Inversión Diferida En El Registro del Gasto" (Deferred Investment Projects in the Expenditure Registry) or PIDIREGAS[8]; this proposal, along with alleviating Pemex's heavy tax burden and a substantial budget increase, have met opposition in Congress.[9][10]
President Calderón made clear at the beginning of his presidency that he would try his best to open up the sector to private investment.
Pemex is Latin America's second largest company measured by revenues, according to a ranking of the region's 500 largest companies by Latin Business Chronicle, only behind, Brazilian oil company Petrobras.
In June 2009, Pemex has asked for an extra $1.5 billion state aid to finance oil fields investments, reported Bloomberg.
On August 11, the U.S. Justice Department reported that U.S. refineries have been buying vast quantities of stolen oil from Mexican government pipelines. Criminals, especially drug gangs, tap remote pipelines and sometimes build their own pipelines to siphon off hundreds of millions of dollars worth of oil each year. One oil executive has been charged and has pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges. The U.S. Homeland Security Department will return $2.4 million to Mexico's tax administration - the first batch of money seized during a binational investigation into smuggled oil that authorities expect to lead to more arrests and seizures. The President of Houston-based Trammo Petroleum is set to be sentenced in December after pleading guilty in May.[11][12]
President Felipe Calderón is calling for change in Mexico's oil industry after output at Pemex fell at the fastest rate since 1942. His comments came after London-based BP Plc and Petrobras said they made a "giant" oil find of as much as 3 billion barrels in the Gulf of Mexico southeast of Houston. According Mexican Energy Minister Georgina Kessel, Mexico may seek to emulate Brazilian Oil rules that strengthened Petroleo Brasileiro SA as it considers regulation changes to revive the oil industry.[13]
Oil reserves declining
In an interview on the oil news website [14] in November 2005, a Pemex employee spoke anonymously of the company's inability to grow production, stating that the company and country is at Hubbert's Peak. The person interviewed believed export levels could not be recovered once peak had passed, as the size of current fields that have been discovered or are coming online represent a fraction of the size of the oilfields going into terminal decline.
Annual production has dropped each year since 2004.[15] Furthermore, it has been reported the 2005-2006 daily oil production was down by approximately 500,000 barrels a day (a large proportion of the country's 4.5 million barrels) on the previous year.
Pemex averaged 3.71 MMBPD in 2006.[15] Pemex has never produced 4 MMBPD or higher for a yearly average.[16]
Pemex has been replaced as Latin America's largest company by Brazilian oil company Petrobras, according to the latest Latin Business Chronicle ranking of Latin America's Top 500 companies.
See also
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References
- ^ a b c "Fortune Global 500 2010: 64. Pemex". Fortune Magazine. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
- ^ http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/5de6ef96-8b95-11db-a61f-0000779e2340.html
- ^ "Home." Pemex. Retrieved on July 13, 2010. "Marina Nacional #329, Col. Huasteca, C.P. 11311, México D.F."
- ^ "FT Non-Public 150 - the full list". December 14, 2006. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
- ^ "Rebels claim Pemex pipeline attacks". Upstream Online. NHST Media Group. 2007-07-10. Retrieved 2007-07-11.
- ^ "Ingresos petroleros, el mejor aliado de Fox". El Universal. September 1, 2006.
- ^ Case, Brendan M. (2003-09-23). "Petrochemical imports draw criticism in Mexico, Pemex urged to add value to its own oil by investing in refineries". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 2008-11-28.
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- ^ "Pemex May Be Turning From Gusher To Black Hole". Business Week. December 13, 2004.
- ^ "World Business Briefing". New York Times. March 2, 2006.
{{cite web}}: Text "Americas: Mexico: Pemex to Increase Spending" ignored (help) - ^ "EU devuelve 2.4 mdd por fraude contra Pemex". El Universal. August 11, 2009.
- ^ "Refineries bought stolen oil: U.S.". Chicago Sun Times. August 11, 2009.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help); Text "http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/1709903,CST-NWS-oil11.article" ignored (help) - ^ http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601207&sid=aJ1Vw5HsdTLI
- ^ www.oilcast.com
- ^ a b [1]
- ^ [2]
External links
- Official site
- Template:Es icon Official site
- Template:Es icon Security sheets for the use of substances (in PDF format) about the Pemex products: Magna, Diesel, Combustoleo
- Petróleos Mexicanos Company Profile on Yahoo!
- Mexico's crude oil production chart (1980-2004) - Data sourced from the US Department of Energy
- http://www.usaee.org/pdf/Nov06.pdf#19d "Pemex: Challenges and Opportunities; Time for Reform?" (Nov. 2006) p. 19 by Justin Dargin