The lack of available storage options for natural gas and fuels continues to challenge the Mexican energy industry, leaving the country vulnerable in the event of supply interruptions, such as aberrational weather or unforeseen outages, executives said this week.

Speaking at the 8th Mexico Infrastructure Projects Forum in Monterrey, stakeholders  in Mexico’s government and private sector voiced the need to further develop natural gas and hydrocarbon storage infrastructure. Storage capacity is seen as a safeguard to assure the country doesn’t suffer from shortages that could stall industrial production and leave citizens without electricity or gasoline and diesel. 

Despite existing investor appetite to develop infrastructure in various regions of the country, the Mexican...