Trans-Pecos

The international fuel marketing affiliate of Mexican state power company Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) is seeking supply of up to 1.15 Bcf/d of natural gas into a pipeline system that connects with transmission networks across the border in Chihuahua state.

A federal appeals court panel rejected an environmental group’s objection to FERC’s approval last year of facilities to carry natural gas from West Texas to Mexico, saying the regulatory agency had fulfilled its obligation to review the project’s environmental impacts.

Trans-Pecos Pipeline LLC on Wednesday asked FERC for permission to place into service the natural gas pipeline project’s Presidio Crossing. The Trans-Pecos system is slated to come online March 31, according to a company spokeswoman.

FERC on Friday granted Trans-Pecos Pipeline LLC’s request to begin construction of the Presidio Border Crossing Project, which would allow transport of natural gas from Texas to Mexico via the planned Trans-Pecos Pipeline.

The Sierra Club is seeking rehearing of FERC’s permitting of the Trans-Pecos Pipeline LLC border crossing in Texas and Mexico, arguing that the entire project, and not just the border crossing, is an interstate pipeline and subject to Commission Natural Gas Act jurisdiction.

FERC has issued a presidential permit authorizing international border-crossing facilities near the city of Presidio in Presidio County, TX, and the Mexican city of Manuel Ojinaga in the state of Chihuahua for the Trans-Pecos natural gas pipeline.

FERC has issued a presidential permit authorizing international border-crossing facilities near the city of Presidio in Presidio County, TX, and the Mexican city of Manuel Ojinaga in the state of Chihuahua for the Trans-Pecos natural gas pipeline.

FERC staff on Monday released a favorable environmental assessment (EA) of the Texas-Mexico border crossing facilities associated with the Texas intrastate Trans-Pecos Pipeline project, as well as for the border crossing facilities of the Comanche Trail Pipeline.

FERC is asking the developers of the Trans-Pecos Pipeline, which would carry Eagle Ford Shale gas to Mexico, for additional information to confirm that the project is an intrastate pipeline not subject to Commission regulation.