Stabilis Energy LLC sees Mexico’s small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) market growing in “double digits” in the coming years, CEO Jim Reddinger said Wednesday.

The opportunities were discussed during a webinar organized by LDC Gas Forums. Although pipeline buildout in Mexico and across the U.S. border has been swift since 2014, “a lot of the last-mile pipelines that you see in the U.S. are not there,” Reddinger said. Liquefied natural gas “is the last mile delivery source.” 

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, natural gas pipeline exports from the United States have continued to rise this year in step with pipeline infrastructure coming online.

In 2019, the United States exported more gas by pipeline than it imported for the first time since at least 1985,...