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Valero Expands Into Northern Mexico Refined Product Market

Valero Energy Corporation VLO recently signed a long-term contract through its subsidiary, Valero Marketing and Supply de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. for providing refined products like diesel and gasoline to northern Mexico.

Valero is expected to ship fuels from its refineries located in the Corpus Christi and Three Rivers in Texas to Mexico. The company is likely to use NuStar Energy L.P.’s NS infrastructure, which includes the midstream company's Nuevo Laredo storage terminal in Mexico and its related pipelines. The terminal has five storage tanks that hold 34,000 barrels of refined products, which is likely to be increased to meet Valero's requirement. By 2018-end, Valero is expected to start shipping fuel to the storage terminal.

The deal is in line with Valero's strategy of expanding its supply chain in a growing market. Notably, the company has an existing deal made in August 2017, to supply fuels in central Mexico. We note that SENER, Mexico’s Ministry of Energy, had issued renewable permits to Valero for importing almost 54 million barrels of gasoline along with more than 56.7 million barrels of diesel per annum. Notably, the latest accord comes right after the company signed a contract to foray into the South American infrastructure market through the acquisition of Pure Biofuels del Peru S.A.C.

We also note that previously, Northern Mexico used to be provided with fuels by the country's national oil company, Pemex. The Caderayta and Madero refineries of Pemex supplied 285,000 barrels per day (BPD) and 190,000 BPD of fuels in the region. But in the recent times, Pemex's refineries are producing below their capacity, triggering significant import of fuels. In February 2018, demand for refined products in the northeastern states of Coahuila, Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon together was 171,800 BPD, of which almost 40% was imported. 

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San Antonio, TX-based Valero has gained 79.5% in the past year compared with 13.7% growth of its industry.

 

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