TC Energy Corp. expects to see its natural gas infrastructure capacity in North America, and especially in Mexico, expand in the next several years as short-term demand and the global thirst for LNG accelerate.

The Calgary-based pipeline firm currently transports about 25% of feed gas exported in the United States as liquefied natural gas and around 15% of the gas in Mexico, executives said in a Thursday second quarter investors call.

TC Energy’s Stan Chapman, president of U.S. and Mexico natural gas pipeline, said the company could see its share of gas transported to export terminals grow by 3-4 Bcf/day within three years as it expands connections to the Gulf Coast. Imports of U.S. natural gas into Mexico are also expected to increase during that time frame, Chapman said,...