Editor’s Note: NGI’s Mexico Gas Price Index, a leader tracking Mexico natural gas market reform, is offering the following column by Eduardo Prud’homme as part of a regular series on understanding this process. Almost 10 years have passed since the formation of Cenagas, the operator of Mexico’s Sistrangas natural gas pipeline network. The first open…
Pipeline
Articles from Pipeline
Jalisco Company Serving up Natural Gas to Tequila Industry With New Pipeline
The Tequila Valley Pipeline is soon to begin operations, allowing natural gas to reach tequila producers in Mexico’s Jalisco state, Rolando Martinez D’Meza Violante, Business Development Manager in Corporación CH4, told NGI’s Mexico GPI. “The fact that we were able to construct a natural gas pipeline is going to allow us to enter the big…
Russia, China Slow to Progress Power of Siberia 2 Natural Gas Negotiations
Negotiations between Russia and China over the Power of Siberia 2 (POS 2) pipeline, which would further link the countries, have shown no signs of gaining traction. Although Moscow is eager to close the deal, disagreements over pricing, tariffs, taxes, financing and the pipeline route may make it difficult for the project to meet its…
DTM Looking Beyond ‘Current Realities’ in Natural Gas Market to Expand Haynesville LEAP Pipe
DT Midstream Inc. (DTM) has boosted the top end capacity estimate for its Louisiana Energy Access Project, or LEAP, to 4 Bcf/d, roughly double the amount of natural gas it could be transporting by 2026. Based on the work to expand LEAP, “it’s become clear to us that we actually can expand this beyond 3…
Flows Return to Freeport LNG After Train 1 Compressor Issue – The Offtake
A roundup of news and commentary from NGI’s LNG Insight Feed gas nominations to Freeport LNG started to tick up again Wednesday after being curtailed over the holiday weekend, according to Wood Mackenzie pipeline data. The Texas facility reported an outage at Train 1 on Feb. 16 caused by a compressor issue, according to a…
Energy Transfer Pushing Ahead with Warrior Natural Gas Pipeline to Expand Gulf Coast Transport
Energy Transfer LP has sold about 25% of capacity for its proposed 1.5-2.0 Bcf/d Warrior Pipeline, which it expects the market will need to meet natural gas transportation needs along the Gulf Coast within the next few years, executives said. During a fourth quarter earnings call, Co-CEO Marshall McCrea said the Dallas-based midstream giant had…
Enbridge Touts U.S. Utility Expansion, Long-Term Natural Gas Export Strength
Enbridge Inc. heralded the more than $20 billion of acquisitions it announced in 2023, including a string of deals to transform its natural gas utility operations in the Lower 48. The utilities would boost Enbridge’s Lower 48 customer base to 7 million and position it for long-term growth following the surge in fourth-quarter and full-year…
Transco, TGP Granted FERC Approvals for Natural Gas Expansions
FERC on Thursday approved separate natural gas projects, including by Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC (Transco) and Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. LLC (TGP), that would expand deliveries to the Gulf Coast and Northeast. Transco, a Williams subsidiary, received the green light for its Texas to Louisiana Energy Pathway to serve rising demand for LNG…
Engie Investing in Mexico Natural Gas Distribution Network, Country Chief Says
“This year we are planning to invest more than 900 million pesos [$53 million] to expand our natural gas distribution network to be able to provide access to this transition fuel to more homes and businesses in cities and states where we have operations,” Felisa Ros, country manager of Engie Mexico, told NGI’s Mexico GPI. …
U.S. Oil, Natural Gas Industry Aiming to ‘Dismantle Policy Threats’ as Election Nears
The U.S. oil and gas industry is urging policymakers to support LNG exports, permitting reform for energy infrastructure, and increased leasing in federal lands and waters. The sector’s most prominent lobbying group, the American Petroleum Institute (API), laid out its policy priorities during a recent industry event and subsequent call with reporters. As the industry…