Mexican Oil Fights Theft

Mexico, Jan 23 (Prensa Latina) Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) physical security officers detected several clandestine tubes in Salamanca-Guadalajara poliduct Wednesday.

A PEMEX bulletin delivered to the press stated the criminals possibly noticed the presence of PEMEX personnel and were interrupted from final installation of the illegal tube.


During 2007 the Integral Program to Combat the Illegal Market detected 323 clandestine tubes connected to PEMEX installations.

Of the 323, 296 hoses were found illegally installed to refining segments and the rest in closed areas, oil pipelines, and gas and basic petrochemistry lines.

Two secret tunnels were also discovered under construction to reach PEMEX segments last year, one in San Pedro de las Colonias, Coahuila and another in Mazatlan, Sinaloa.