Mexico’s PEMEX issues RFP for 46 million gallons of ethanol; another 33 million by year-end for blending program

In Mexico, the national government and PEMEX have issued an RFP for 46 million gallons of ethanol to be blended into the gasoline supply. The project will, according to reports, utilize sugarcane-based ethanol produced on 160,000 acres of land in Jalisco state, and follows a successful ethanol test in the city of Monterrey.

PEMEX said that it expects to establish another RFP before year end for 33 million gallons for ethanol blending in Mexico City and an expanded program in Monterrey.

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