Mexico's Pemex to oversee 'restricted auction' for new refinery

墨西哥PEMEX將監管新煉油廠的“限制性拍賣”

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican national oil company Pemex will oversee the process to pick the company that will build a new multibillion-dollar oil refinery in the southern Gulf Coast state of Tabasco, Energy Minister Rocio Nahle said.

墨西哥城（路透社）-墨西哥國家石油公司Pemex將監管挑選該公司的過程，該公司將在墨西哥灣南部沿海的塔巴斯科州新建一座價值數十億美元的煉油廠，能源部長Rocio Nahle說。

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has pledged to fast-track the construction of the new refinery in Dos Bocas, Tabasco, to boost lagging domestic production of gasoline and diesel, and wean the country from a growing dependence on imported fuels.

奧布拉多總統安德烈斯曼努埃爾·洛佩茲承諾將加快在塔巴斯科多斯博卡斯新建煉油廠的建設，以促進國內汽油和柴油生產的滯後，並使該國擺脫對進口燃料日益依賴的局面。

“It will be a restricted auction because we’re going to invite serious, specialized companies,” Nahle said at an energy conference in Mexico City.

Nahle在墨西哥城的一次能源會議上說：“這將是一次限制性拍賣，因為我們將邀請嚴肅、專業的公司。”

The minister, who also serves as president of the Pemex board of directors, added that the invitation-only process will allow the government to prohibit the participation of international firms that have “histories of corruption.”

這位部長同時擔任墨西哥石油公司董事會主席，他補充說，只有邀請才能使政府防止有“腐敗史”的國際公司參與。

Nahle did not say when the Pemex auction would be conducted, or which firms were being considered.

Nahle沒有說什麼時候會舉行Pemex拍賣會，也沒有說會考慮哪些公司。

Pemex’s recently approved 2019 budget allocates almost $2.5 billion for the refinery, which aims to be able to process 340,000 barrels per day (bpd) of heavy crude.

Pemex最近批准的2019年預算為煉油廠分配了近25億美元，其目標是能夠處理34萬桶/天的重質原油。

Lopez Obrador has said that the total price tag for the facility will be approximately $8 billion, and would mark Pemex’s seventh domestic oil refinery.

洛佩茲·奧布拉多曾表示，該工廠的總投資約為80億美元，這將標誌著墨西哥國家石油公司在墨西哥第七個煉油廠。

The company also has a 50 percent stake in the Deer Park refinery in Texas operated by partner Royal Dutch Shell.

該公司還擁有由荷蘭皇家殼牌公司（RoyalDutchShell）運營的德克薩斯州DeerPark煉油廠50%的股份。