Peña Nieto Presides Over Commemoration Ceremony

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(Pemex, 18.Mar.2017) – Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto presided over the commemoration ceremony on March 18, 2017 at the maritime terminal of Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche. He assured that Petróleos Mexicanos is the most representative company of Mexico and an important part of the country’s national identity.

“We are,” he said, “on the right path to turn Pemex into a synonym of operating efficiency and financial reliability so that, with its invaluable human capital, it can spearhead the global oil industry.”

The General Director of Pemex, José Antonio González Anaya, affirmed that Pemex is being transformed with the advantages and opportunities provided by the Energy Reform, which was promoted by the president and approved by congress. He pointed out that Pemex has set its course, and for the first time, has prepared a Business plan that has become the axis of this transformation.

“Today, we celebrate the birth of the national oil industry and the strength that lies behind this great company: its workers, who push it forward day to day.” Thanks to their hard work and efforts, he added, we are turning Pemex around with direction and determination.

During this event, the President instructed Pemex to build the Peninsular Project this year. With the installation of ducts and storage terminals, Progreso and Mérida will be connected with Cancún to supply fuels in the cheapest, most efficient way for the states of Quintana Roo and Yucatán, with an investment of $185 million.

The president made a symbolic handover of the modern habitational vessel “Reforma Pemex”, with a capacity for housing 700 workers who operate on platforms in the Sonda de Campeche.

González Anaya remarked that the Energy Reform is changing the way that business is made, because with the alliances, the company can now do more with the same resources.

“The great oil companies have also been looking to Pemex’ transformation, as proven by the recent associations that have been established. The Energy Reform goes forward and Pemex, which has been a part of the modern history of Mexico, becomes stronger,” said Anaya. “The development of our country cannot be understood without Petróleos Mexicanos, which will continue, for many years to come, being the flagship company of Mexico,” he emphasized.

The General Secretary of the Union of Oil Workers of the Mexican Republic, Carlos Romero Deschamps, pointed out that the workers have never ceased to honor their commitment to Pemex and to México. There is no doubt, he said, that together, we will once more go down the road of progress.

During the ceremony, the first great alliance established by Pemex with the Australian company BHP Billiton to develop the Trion field in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, which will entail an investment of $11 billion. Likewise, for the first time, Pemex competed for an oil field that was not assigned to the company in Round Zero and, as a consortium with the U.S. company Chevron and the Japanese company Inpex, it won the bidding process for the exploration of Block 3 North in the deepwater field of Cinturón Plegado Perdido.

Pemex also grows stronger in matters of refining, with the first alliance to modernize the hydrogen plant in the Tula refinery. This will allow for savings of 30 percent in the supply of this product, and to increase production based on operating improvements. In this way, the company will be able to transfer part of the risks to a third party and thus absorb the most advanced technology of the industry.

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