With the purpose of strengthening and helping improve education and healthcare services in 11 municipalites of Tabasco, the CEO of Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), Octavio Romero Oropeza, presided over the commissioning of four Mobile Medical Units that will periodically offer general medical and dental care, as well as mammography screenings. The company also donated school equipment for 68 schools in the state.
During a working tour of the municipality of Cárdenas, in the state of Tabasco, the Pemex CEO stated that these donations are part of the Environmental and Community Support Program (acronym in Spanish PACMA) established by Petróleos Mexicanos. The first investment made was 52.4 million pesos (mdp). “With these donations, Tabasco is getting back some of the wealth it has created for the country, and the construction of the refinery in Dos Bocas, economic growth in the state will be boosted,” he said.
Romero Oropeza symbolically made the donation of furniture for 307 classrooms. The investment in education was of 13.9 million pesos. Mobile Medical Units will also offer consultations in various oil producing municipalities of Tabasco, with an initial investment of 38.5 million pesos. He stated that the company reaffirms its social commitment towards the communities where it carries out its operations and will continue to provide its support to the population of Tabasco.
On the other hand, he pointed out that the company considers Tabasco a state that will play an important role in its strategy to increase crude oil production, as the majority of the new fields Pemex is developing this year are located in the coast and shorelines of the region.
In matters of public safety, healthcare and education, he stated that since last December, the company has completed 122 projects, which total an investment of 421 million pesos. Currently, Petróleos Mexicanos is in development of 41 social responsibility projects, and over the next few months, 50 additional projects will be launched which will be aimed at improving the environmental conditions of the communities surrounding the areas of Pemex’s operations.
The event was attended by the Governor of the State, Adán Augusto López Hernández; Armando Beltrán Tenorio, the municipal president of Cárdenas, Tabasco, as well as by the state officials: José Antonio de la Vega Asmitia, Secretary for Energy Development; Guillermo Narváez Osorio, Secretary for Education; and Carlos Manuel Merino Campos, State Delegate for Development Programs in the State of Tabasco. Pemex representatives present at the event were the Corporate Director of Management and Services, Marcos M. Herrería Alamina; Rodolfo Lehmann Mendoza, Deputy Director of Healthcare Services; Carlos Pérez Téllez, Deputy Director of Production Region South; and Social Responsibility Manager Orlando Camarillo Ruiz.
