Mexico’s Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) will build alternate natural gas pipeline branches in an effort to get stalled projects in the country moving.

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Speaking at a press conference earlier this month, CFE Internacional and CFEnergía head Miguel Reyes said new routes would be developed for the Guaymas-El Oro pipeline and the Tuxpan-Tula line.

The 510 MMcf/d Guaymas-El Oro pipeline, the downstream segment of Infraestructura Energética Nova’s (IEnova) Sonora pipeline in western Mexico, has been stuck since 2017 because of conflicts with Yaqui indigenous communities. The Sonora pipeline receives gas imports from Sierrita Pipeline at Sasabe in Arizona.

Reyes said the situation would be resolved by avoiding the disputed territories with a new pipeline spanning...