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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]
This policy was opposed by the majority of Mexicans, with a more popular solution being to lower the tax on Pemex. [43] The reform was also opposed by the following president Andres Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), who governed from 2018-2023. [44] In 2022, AMLO reduced the tax imposed on Pemex to 40%, and pledged to cover the company's debts. [45]
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 .
Pemex had essentially become the government's tool to promote Mexico's development through economic and social initiatives. Pemex is significantly affected by the Mexican constitution and other laws, which prevents it from pursuing domestic joint ventures or other equity related contracts that threaten Mexico’s patrimony.
To this end, he inaugurated a new refinery in Paraíso, Tabasco, canceled oil auctions, financed Pemex's debts, and used regulatory agencies to keep private firms off the market. [ 109 ] Claudia Sheinbaum is committed to following López Obrador's approach, believing that the country's energy policy should have a low rate of energy imports. [ 110 ]
Edward L. Doheny was born in 1856 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, [3] to Patrick "Pat" and Eleanor Elizabeth "Ellen" (née Quigley) Doheny. The family was Irish Catholic. His father was born in Ireland, and fled County Tipperary in the wake of the Great Famine.
Pemex contracted Conair Aviation to spray the chemical dispersant Corexit 9527 on the oil. A total of 493 aerial missions were flown, treating 1,100 square miles (2,800 km 2) of oil slick. Dispersants were not used in the U.S. area of the spill because of the dispersant's inability to treat weathered oil.
The Pemex Executive Tower (Spanish: Torre Ejecutiva Pemex) is an office skyscraper in Mexico City. The 211-metre (692 ft) international style tower was built between 1979 and 1984. Since the building's opening, it has been occupied by state-owned Pemex , one of the largest petroleum companies in the world.