(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 12.Jun.2018) – Illegal pipeline connections detected by state oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) continue their upward trend.
In April of 2018, the illegal connections rose to 1485, the most reported this year, which represent a 94% increase over the same month in 2017, reported the daily newspaper La Cronica.
Year-to-date, the illegal connections are up 42% from 1046 originally reported in January of 2018. In total, during the first four months of 2018, illegal connections reached 5176, up 49% compared to 3467 reported in the same four-month period in 2017.
According to Pemex data, the city of Puebla tops the list with 284 illegal connections, followed by Veracruz (170), Tamaulipas (155), Hidalgo (151) and Guanajuato (148).
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