Clandestine intakes to extract liquefied petroleum gas (LP) have increased considerably since the federal government implemented a strategy at the beginning of 2019 to reduce the theft of gasoline from the pipelines of the state-owned Pemex.
In a conference this morning, the organizations of the sector denounced a 1000% increase in the number of clandestine intakes to extract the hydrocarbon. In 2018, 215 damaged pipelines were recorded to extract fuel illegally. Already for last year this number increased to 2,400, according to data from the union.
“Unfortunately for LP gas, for Pemex, these criminal groups that stopped participating in the theft of gasoline migrated towards the theft of LP gas from Mexican oil pipelines,” said Carlos Serrano, the president of the Mexican Association of Gas Distributors. Liquefied Gas and Related Companies (Amexgas).