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The Mexican Petroleum Institute [2] (in Spanish: Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo, IMP) is a public research organization dedicated to developing technical solutions, conducting basic and applied research and providing specialized training to Pemex, the state-owned government-granted monopoly in Mexico's petroleum industry.
After the publication of the findings, the oil companies threatened to leave Mexico and take all of their capital with them. The government entity in charge of the conflict between these companies and the union, the Junta Federal de Conciliación y Arbitraje (Federal Conciliation and Arbitration Board), was not able to make a decision quickly and the union declared a 24-hour strike in protest ...
Pemex was blamed for a series of 1992 gas explosions in Guadalajara. [52] On September 19, 2012, an explosion at the Pemex gas plant in Reynosa, Tamaulipas killed 30 and injured 46 people. Pemex Director Juan Jose Suarez said that there was "no evidence that it was a deliberate incident, or some kind of attack". [53] [54] [55]
Weetman Pearson, founder. Sir Weetman Pearson, Bart. (Viscount Cowdray from 1910) founded the company in 1909 to develop his investments in the Mexican oil fields.Pearson's interests in Mexico had begun in 1889 when he won a contract from the government of Porfirio Díaz for his civil engineering company, S. Pearson and Sons Ltd, to build the Gran Canal in Mexico City. [1]
The Francisco I. Madero Refinery is an oil refinery located in Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, "founded in 1914 by the company El Águila", [1] is currently owned and operated by Pemex, and is one of six refineries of Mexico.
Pemex Deer Park is an oil refinery located in Deer Park, Texas on the Houston Ship Channel in the Greater Houston area. It is owned and operated by Pemex . As of December 2017, the plant is the fourth-largest taxpayer [ 1 ] and the tenth largest employer [ 2 ] in Harris County .
PDVSA Gas, Isla de Margarita As of 2003, Venezuela had 77.5 billion barrels (1.232 × 10 10 m 3) of conventional oil reserves according to PDVSA figures, the largest in the Western Hemisphere and making up approximately half the total.
Chihuahua Cathedral and a monument to the city's founder, Antonio Deza y Ulloa. The capture of Tenochtitlan marked the beginning of a 300-year colonial period, during which Mexico was known as "New Spain" and ruled by a viceroy in the name of the Spanish monarch. Colonial Mexico had key elements to attract Spanish immigrants: dense and ...