When will the first production of Dos Bocas come out?
Pemex Transformación Industrial, the subsidiary of the state company that is in charge of the refineries, has contemplated that the first production of Dos Bocas will arrive around 2024, the source said. The communication office of the Ministry of Energy, which manages the project, was contacted, but No start date for gasoline production was specified.
What is projected within the ranks of Pemex is far from the public announcements made by the president and the secretary Rocío Nahle. López Obrador set a new date this weekend within what was his speech on the fifth anniversary of his electoral victory: he said that by the end of this year – without specifying when – the refinery will produce 290,000 barrels of fuel per day. The figure would imply that the complex will only work at 85% of its total capacity, which is 340,000 barrels.
Announcements about the refinery have been constant, but it has not been specified if its construction has already been completed. Upon completion, a testing process should begin which, according to industry sources, could take between six months and a year.
In a video last Thursday, the Secretary of Energy, Rocío Nahle, said that the process of setting up the refinery had already begun, with the opening of a valve and the beginning of recirculation of crude oil and diesel that could lead to ” several days”. The process began with the loading of 11,000 barrels of crude, which will be increased, according to her, to 170,000 barrels. But he did not talk about when the first barrel of gasoline could be obtained.
The middle counter line published an interview a few days ago with the engineers leading the construction work, placing the first days of September as the date on which the first barrels of gasoline and diesel could be obtained from the complex. Some analyzes by independent consultants have established that it could be up to 2026 for the refinery to operate at 100%, once the infrastructure is completed so that the work receives all the crude for which it was designed.