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Pemex Reverses Production Slump but Crude and Refinery Targets Remain Elusive

Rising output from new fields alongside Dos Bocas’s recent gains has fallen short of reversing production lows, failing to meet refining targets.

Julio César Aguilar Benítez: El gerente mejor remunerado de las refinerías mexicanas. Foto: Especial
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La Refinería Olmeca y la modernización de otras instalaciones de Pemex buscan aumentar la producción de combustibles para lograr la autosuficiencia energética en México.
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Overview

  • Pemex averaged 1.364 million barrels per day of crude in the first half of 2025, a 10.4% drop from a year earlier that marked its lowest output in 15 years.
  • New field developments lifted liquid hydrocarbon production to 1.631 million bpd in Q2, ending a seven-quarter decline with 531,000 bpd from new sites.
  • The Dos Bocas refinery processed 191,585 bpd of crude in June, its third straight monthly increase yet still below the 220,000 bpd target.
  • Olmeca’s fuel output rose 61.5% to 172,000 barrels per day in June, representing just 50.7% of its 340,000 bpd design capacity.
  • Mexico’s national refining system ran at 55% capacity in June, processing 1.107 million bpd—the highest monthly level in 11 months.