A natural gas storage project with capacity of up to 5 Bcf is under development in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, José Ramón Silva Arizabalo, the state energy commissioner, told NGI Mexico’s GPI. 

“This project will be developed in a depleted oil and gas field known as the Brasil field,” Silva told NGI Mexico’s GPI in a phone interview. “With this project, we will be able to store up to 4 to 5 Bcf of natural gas in the field, and we will be able to guarantee up to 30 days of storage for the state of Tamaulipas, as well as increase the natural gas storage capacity for the country by approximately three or four extra days.”

Silva, who has served as the state’s energy commissioner since 2022, has more than 18 years of experience in the Mexican energy...