Editor’s Note: NGI’s Mexico Gas Price Index, a leader tracking Mexico natural gas market reform, is offering the following column by Eduardo Prud’homme as part of a regular series on understanding this process.

The recent completion of the open season by Cenagas, the operator of Mexico’s integrated gas pipeline network Sistrangas, marks a pivotal moment in the country’s natural gas market. For the first time since 2017, a large amount of capacity was allocated to the private sector. The independent operator offered 584,801 GJ/d in six reception points. This quantity means a significant allocation of transportation capacity to connect consumption zones to nodes that supply imported gas from Texas, drawing considerable interest and participation.

While the industry...