After the recent departure of Roció Nahle from SENER, there are several opinions that have been noted regarding her contributions in order to safeguard national energy security, the most relevant one refers to the Dos Bocas Refinery Project, located in the Tabasco region, because although it is already partially in operation, there are still missing details to say that it is at 100% of its operation, according to information from the head of Petróleos Mexicano, Romero Oropeza, commented that by the end of 2023, it will only be able to produce 17 thousand barrels per day, but by 2024 it is expected to produce at least 1.61 million barrels of crude oil.61 million barrels of crude oil per day, which seems a rather contrasting and not very solid scenario due to its operational absence. That is what he mentioned in his appearance before the Chamber of Deputies, and he did not omit to mention that on the contrary, the Deer Park refinery was the result of a good investment, and that this plant, today operated entirely by Pemex, reached a capacity utilization of 94%, which is the highest in its history in the last year, with a crude oil process of 277,000 barrels per day between January and September. It is expected that after the modernization of the country's refineries, they will reach 63% of their capacities by the end of the current six-year term.
Another objective of Nahle as head of SENER, was to lead Mexico to meet its goal of producing 35% of its electricity from CO2-free sources, however, the progress report on clean energy in the National Electricity System Development Program, for the month of May 2022, the participation of renewable energy consisting of wind, photovoltaic, hydroelectric and geothermal energy, not only did not grow, but also presented a reduction of 0.5%.
Therefore, without a doubt, the now former head of the company, with the purpose of becoming governor of Veracruz, left unfinished what could be said to be the most important project of the current six-year term, of which the exact figures destined for its realization are still unknown, at a critical moment, the President of the Republic continues without announcing who will be the person destined to occupy the vacant position, for which reason even more detailed information is expected in the next few days. Rumors reveal that the most obvious profile so far to fill the position is Miguel Angel Maciel Torres, who currently serves as Undersecretary of Hydrocarbons of the Ministry of Energy, following this is also Paola Elizabeth Lopez Chavez; current commissioner in the Presidency of the Board of Directors of Pemex, and Abraham Alipi Mena; General Director of the National Center for Control of Natural Gas, this according to Karol Garcia today, for an article in El Economista. The President of the Republic, added that after this, he assures that there will be no more changes in the presidential cabinet, since the aspirants to be Morena's candidates for next year's elections have already resigned.
