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PEMEX Increases Fuel Oil Exports

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Thu, 05/20/2021 - 18:22

PEMEX reports a 58 percent increase in its fuel oil exports from 2019 to 2020. The NOC sold 109,600 barrels a day. These exports came from an average total of 176,000 barrels a day that PEMEX produced throughout 2020, where 66,400 barrels a day were destined for domestic consumption. Despite this increase, the value of these exports actually decreased 34.4 percent due to the depressed market in 2020, reports Forbes. Another factor that contributed to a decrease in fuel oil’s global market value was an international regulation passed by the UN in 2020 that limits the maritime use and shipping of this commodity to protect ocean ecosystems from pollution. 

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Judges Freeze Controversial Hydrocarbons Law Definitely

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US Oil Group Pursues US$100 Million Claim Against Mexico

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