Bids to be in by September for US$8 billion regional refinery

Mexico's proposal for a US$8 billion refinery in Central America is going ahead and bids for the project are to be presented in September, Gerónimo Gutiérrez, Mexico's deputy foreign minister said.

Monday, June 30, 2008

The 360,000 barrels-per-day refinery was proposed as part of the Puebla-Panama Plan, which was relaunched at the weekend as the Meso-American Project.
"The tender process is ongoing," Gutiérrez said. "There have been five meetings with the companies that are interested and bids are to be presented in September."

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