TABLE 7MEXICO MINERALS YEARBOOK—1988  1069 
MEXICO: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION 
 
Zone and District 
 
Natural gas 
(million cubic feet) 
 
 
 Crude oil1 (thousand 42-gallon barrels) 
 
 
1986 
1987 
1988 
1986 
1987 
1988 
Marine Zone: 
316,71 1 
353,880 
366,809 
567,305 
615,475 
617,413 
Bay of Campeche 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Southeastern Zone: 
643,532 
642,963 
644,787 
241 449 
238,243 
230,724 
Villahermosa2 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Comalcalco District 
8,395 
5,789 
4,573 
6,120 
5,003 
4,596 
Ciudad Pemex 
71 686 
59,624 
60,133 
10 
24 
64 
Total3 
723,613 
708,376 
709,493 
247,579 
243,270 
235,384 
Southern Zone: 
15,950 
24,306 
26,236 
14,470 
14,825 
15,305 
Agua Dulce District 
 
 
 
 
 
 
El Plan District 
17,812 
19,989 
17,546 
10,159 
10,416 
9,772 
Nanchital District 
1 022 
868 
903 
1 351 
1 300 
1,359 
Total3 
34,784 
45,163 
44,685 
25,980 
26,542 
26,435 
Central Zone: 
26,755 
24,840 
19,412 
26,480 
23,966 
20,933 
Poza Rica 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Papaloapan Basin 
20,805 
20,645 
20,855 
2,463 
2,364 
1,749 
NuevaFajadeOro 
1,350 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
Total3 
48,910 
45,485 
40,267 
28,944 
26,330 
22,682 
Northern Zone: 
16,534 
16,971 
16,673 
9,312 
9,006 
8,875 
Northern District 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Southern District 
6,862 
8,037 
7,744 
6,880 
6,635 
6,586 
Northeastern Frontier District 
104,938 
99,014 
87,390 
92 
76 
56 
Total3 
128,334 
124,022 
111,807 
16,285 
15,717 
15,517 
Grand total 
1,252,352 
1,276,926 
1,273,061 
886,092 
927,333 
917,431 
1 Does not include condensate. 
2 Referred to as Mesozoic. 
3 Data may not add to totals shown because of independent rounding. 
 
Source: PetrOleos Mexicanos, Memoria de Labores, 1986, 1987, and 1988, Mexico,
D.E 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TABLE 8 
 
MEXICO: SALIENT CRUDE OIL 1RADE STATISTICS 
 
1984 
1985 
1986 
1987 
1988 
Exports: 
556,479 
524,943 
470,704 
490,962 
476,946 
Quantity thousand 42-gallon barrels 
 
 
 
 
 
Value millions 
$14,968 
$13,296 
$5,582 
$7,883 
$5,855 
Share of total Mexican exports percent 
62 
61 
35 
41 
28 
To the United States: 
252,454 
299,01 1 
238,1 76 
21 4,663 
249,920 
Total thousand 42-gallon barrels 
 
 
 
 
 
Share of total U.S. imports percent 
19 
19 
16 
12 
13