Cenagas

Revving up. On March 2, the Energy Secretariat (SENER) published its revamped strategy to drive the country’s oil and gas bidding rounds. The principal changes are to establish standard block sizes, to open all blocks simultaneously for nomination by private parties, and to hold two bidding rounds per year. The three-step nomination scale — high, middle, low — will help SENER gauge private-sector interest across the country’s reserves and to rank the latter both domestically and internationally. While nominations are open to anyone as of the announcement, there will be a three-month period prior to the launch of a bidding round for SENER to evaluate which blocks to include. It looks as if SENER is in a hurry to maximize the country’s oil rent. (Source: SENER)

Cenagas’ first transportation capacity open season for Mexico’s National Integrated Pipeline System (Sistrangas) reached another milestone Friday when the request submission period ended.

Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America LLC (NGPL) is holding a nonbinding solicitation of interest for its Waha Deliverability Expansion Project (WADEP), which would facilitate additional exports of U.S. natural gas to Mexico from the Northeast and Midcontinent via the Waha Hub.

Two years since the formation of Cenagas, Mexico’s natural gas pipeline system operator, Cenagas Director General David Madero sat down with political scientist and NGI correspondent Dwight Dyer to talk about what’s ahead for infrastructure as the country’s natural gas market evolution unfolds.

The Mexican government’s energy secretariat on Monday published the first revision of the country’s five-year natural gas transportation and storage system plan, changing some projects and dropping others, while firmly establishing CENAGAS as the national gas pipeline network’s independent system operator.

More than two decades ago, the U.S. natural gas pipeline industry was restructured to provide open access to shippers. Anyone who missed it might want to head down to Mexico to witness something of a reprise — and perhaps make a few pesos, too.

More than two decades ago, the U.S. natural gas pipeline industry was restructured to provide open access to shippers. Anyone who missed it might want to head down to Mexico to witness something of a reprise — and perhaps make a few pesos, too.