MEXICO CITY, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Mexican state-owned oil

company Pemex said it is having "temporary" problems with the

distribution of gasoline in Mexico City and its suburban areas

due to lower availability of tankers to transport fuel.

In a statement released late on Thursday, the company said

that "immediate actions have been implemented to reinforce the

supply," and that in the coming hours additional delivery units

will be incorporated.

In previous days, some media reported fuel distribution

problems in some areas of the country, besides the capital and

adjacent areas, such as in the northern state of Nuevo Leon and

the southern state of Chiapas, with service stations closed

because they had no gasoline or diesel.

In her daily press conference on Thursday, President Claudia

Sheinbaum admitted some complications with Pemex contracts with

autotanker operators in Chiapas, but added that it would be

resolved.