Mexico Pacific Takes Another Step Toward Realizing LNG Export Ambitions

Mexico Pacific Ltd. LLC has announced a new advance on its 2.8 Bcf/d Sierra Madre natural gas pipeline.

Mexico Pacific has hired a joint venture (JV) of Mexican construction company GDI Sicim Pipelines SA and oil and gas services firm Bonatti SpA to execute the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the project.

Sierra Madre would supply Permian Basin gas from the U.S. border and traverse the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sonora to Mexico Pacific’s proposed Saguaro Energía LNG export terminal in Puerto Libertad on the Sonoran coast. The pipeline would extend 500 miles and could boast capacity of up to 2.8 Bcf/d.

The liquefied natural gas project’s first three trains, if sanctioned, would have a combined capacity of 14.1 million metric tons/year...