Oil output is plunging because of the inefficiencies of Pemex, the giant state oil monopoly.

由于国有垄断巨头墨西哥国家石油公司的效率不高，石油产量也急剧下降。

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Pemex has drilled just ten deepwater wells, but found little oil. It lacks the expertise, technology and capital it needs.

Pemex已经钻探十座深海油井，但仍未发现石油，该公司缺乏必要的专门技能、技术和资本。

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But other times it is actually sold by middlemen to Pemex franchise gas stations - and ends up in the cars of unknowing consumers.

但是其他时间都通过中间人卖给了墨西哥石油公司的加盟燃气站——最终进了不知情的消费者的汽车里。

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State oil company Pemex drilled dozens of new wells and built a system to inject nitrogen gas.

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"You want to know the size of it, look at Pemex's reserves, not BP's, " he says.

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Pemex has agreed to buy electricity from the plant for the next 20 years.

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