Expansion of Mexico’s Sistrangas natural gas pipeline grid over the next five years will be geared toward improving connectivity between different pipeline systems and expanding access to gas in the country’s underdeveloped south and southeast regions.

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Energy ministry Sener on Nov. 5 published the official 2020-2024 Sistrangas expansion plan, which it developed with system operator Centro Nacional de Control del Gas Natural (Cenagas).

The plan outlines eight natural gas infrastructure projects to be developed over the five-year span, requiring combined investment of $1.2 billion-$1.4 billion.

The roadmap represents a shift in focus from the 2015-2019 plan, which mainly entailed long-distance, large-diameter pipelines to import gas from the United States.

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