Fuels

Infrastructure

September 20, 2026 · 5 min

The Bajío runs on petroleum fuels: where they come from and what they are used for

Almost everything produced and moved along the León–Querétaro corridor depends on gasoline, diesel or LPG. A refinery in the middle of the region does not guarantee supply, and the traceability of every litre is now a compliance issue.

Thesis

September 16, 2026 · 5 min

The Bajío's air: three problems, three maps

Salamanca breathes sulphur dioxide, Celaya breathes particulates, and ozone is rising across the whole corridor. It is not one air-quality problem, and each one has its own investment.

Regulation

August 4, 2026 · 4 min

Vapour recovery: what NOM-004 requires in Tijuana and the Bajío

Gas stations in Celaya, Irapuato, Salamanca, Villagrán, Tijuana and Rosarito must test their vapour-recovery systems and file the report with ASEA in 2025 and 2026. What the standard requires, and in which months.

Regulation

April 21, 2026 · 4 min

A single file per station

A Mexican fuel station answers to half a dozen authorities, each with its own package, format and calendar. The alternative: a single file the operator maintains, from which each authority reads what it needs.

Regulation

April 14, 2026 · 4 min

One requirement, one standard

Inventory differences from temperature or losses are not fraud: they are physics without a written criterion. The industry needs criteria with substance: measurable, with explicit tolerances, applied the same way by everyone.

Regulation

April 7, 2026 · 4 min

The cost of waiting: regulatory latency at Mexico's fuel stations

The time between a station being ready and the authority ruling has a price: idle capital, margin that never comes back, and uncertainty. Almost nobody measures it.