Refinery expansion.Mexico's state-owned state-owned adj → estatal, del estado state-owned adj → étatisé(e) state-owned state adj → oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) is expanding its refinery in Minatitlan Mi·na·ti·tlán A town of southeast Mexico southeast of Veracruz. It has a petroleum refinery. Population: 151,000. and adding 11 new plants to increase and improve crude oil production. To complete the US$600 million expansion, the company will award six construction concessions to local investors. Nine of the 11 new plants will be used to process crude oil, while the remaining two will support other plants. Pemex expects crude oil production to increase to 350,000 barrels per day Barrels per day (abbreviated BPD, bbl/d, bpd, bd or b/d) is a measurement used to describe the amount of crude oil (measured in barrels) produced or consumed by an entity in one day. from 186,000 and wants to improve quality to meet international ecological ecological emanating from or pertaining to ecology. ecological biome see biome. ecological climax the state of balance in an ecosystem when its inhabitants have established their permanent relationships with each standards. The project is slated to begin operations in 2007. |
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