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LATAM Daily Oil Summary: Pemex Cutting Crude Exports

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Mexico’s Pemex is planning to cut crude exports to customers in the US, Europe and Asia by at least 330kbpd in May, sources told Reuters.

  • However, it is unlikely that the 340k b/d Olmeca refinery will commence operations in April as promised by Mexico’s president AMLO, as the refinery has not yet met several deadlines established by both Pemex and the government, Argus said.
  • While Pemex may be able to process 1m b/d of crude in 2024, a nine-year high, its refineries continue to have operational issues, Argus added.
  • The impact of oil products out of the Pemex Olmeco refinery (also known as Dos Bocas) will be felt from the second half of 2024 onwards according to FGE.
  • Venezuela's former oil minister, Tareck El Aissami, has been arrested in a corruption probe into state oil company PDVSA, the attorney general said April 9. Venezuelan finance minister Simon Zerpa was also detained.

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