Mexico energy regulators last week approved a rule change that would make it more difficult for private sector natural gas shippers to secure transport capacity on the Sistrangas national pipeline network.

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The Comisión Reguladora de Energía (CRE) unanimously approved modifications to Resolution 968 passed in 2016. The 2016 measure was meant to level the playing field for natural gas marketers in order to compete with the two dominant players in Mexico’s gas market – state power utility Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) and national oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex). It was part of a larger effort under the previous government to create a competitive gas market under the framework of Mexico’s 2013-2014 constitutional energy reform.

President Andrés Manuel...