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Waha Natural Gas Price Trading at Increasing Discount to Henry Hub, Bolstering Mexico

Waha Natural Gas Price Trading at Increasing Discount to Henry Hub, Bolstering Mexico

Natural gas prices at the Waha pricing point in West Texas continue to offer an attractive long term option for offtakers, including in Mexico, according to analysis from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Since late 2021, the difference “has been widening” between the natural gas price at Waha and the Henry Hub benchmark in…

September 20, 2022
Rising Natural Gas Demand in Center-West, Wahalajara Opening Door to More Mexico Pricing Options

Rising Natural Gas Demand in Center-West, Wahalajara Opening Door to More Mexico Pricing Options

Fermaca’s crossborder Wahalajara pipeline system connecting the prolific Permian Basin to the city of Guadalajara and connections is driving energy demand in Mexico’s central-western region and turning the Waha hub in West Texas into a pricing point in Mexican natural gas transactions. That’s according to Santa Fe Gas LLC’s Santiago Garcia, who is CEO of…

January 21, 2021
Permian Highway Startup Seen Leading to Higher Gas Prices for Wahalajara Customers

Permian Highway Startup Seen Leading to Higher Gas Prices for Wahalajara Customers

The official start of Kinder Morgan Inc.’s 2.1 Bcf/d Permian Highway Pipeline (PHP) from the Permian Basin in West Texas to Katy, outside of Houston, could mean higher prices for buyers on the Waha-to-Guadalajara or “Wahalajara” system. In early October, Mexico’s state power utility Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) announced the start of commercial operations…

December 8, 2020
Mexico’s CFE Declares Final Leg of Waha-to-Guadalajara Natural Gas Pipeline In-Service

Mexico’s CFE Declares Final Leg of Waha-to-Guadalajara Natural Gas Pipeline In-Service

Mexico’s state power utility Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) last Thursday announced the long-awaited start of commercial operations on Fermaca’s 886 MMcf/d Villa de Reyes-Aguascalientes-Guadalajara (VAG) pipeline system. VAG constitutes the final leg of Fermaca’s larger Waha-to-Guadalajara or “Wahalajara” system, which transports gas from the Permian Basin in West Texas to the industrial center of…

October 5, 2020
EIA Sees Ramp-Up of U.S. Natural Gas Exports to Mexico, Strengthening Waha Prices

EIA Sees Ramp-Up of U.S. Natural Gas Exports to Mexico, Strengthening Waha Prices

The United States Energy Information Agency (EIA) said in a note on Monday that it expects Mexico natural gas exports to rise quickly with the entry into operation of the Villa de Reyes-Aguascalientes-Guadalajara (VAG) pipeline. The 890 MMcf/d VAG pipeline is the final stretch of a system that runs from the Permian Basin in West…

July 6, 2020