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…
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Argentina’s YPF Aiming to Become ‘Global LNG Player,’ Says New CEO
Argentina’s 51% state-owned oil and gas company YPF SA is aiming to sanction a large-scale LNG export project by mid-2025, with the first 1-2 million metric tons/year (mmty) of liquefaction capacity online by 2027, the firm’s new management said. “Our goal is to become a global LNG player through the massive monetization of our shale…
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…
Texas Natural Gas Storage Project Part of CFE Push to Solidify Mexico Energy Security — Column
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. CFE International (CFEi), based in Houston, operates as a natural gas marketer and is an affiliated company of the Mexican state-owned electric…
Following FERC Approval, Oneok Eyeing Midyear FID for Saguaro Connector Natural Gas Pipeline
Oneok Inc. is aiming to take a final investment decision (FID) by the middle of this year on the 2.8 Bcf/d Saguaro Connector natural gas pipeline. The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved the project’s Presidential Permit in February. Saguaro Connector would transport Permian Basin natural gas to the U.S.-Mexico border. From there, it…
Sempra Looking Beyond LNG Pause to ‘Development Milestones’ for Port Arthur, Cameron Expansions
While U.S. LNG developers navigate the fallout of a pause in new worldwide liquefied natural gas export authorizations, Sempra Infrastructure executives said they were still focusing on the best prices and partnerships, rather than permitting timelines. The LNG and Mexico infrastructure arm of San Diego-based Sempra is currently in the early phases of construction on…
Natural Gas Pipeline Connectivity, Electricity Top Mexico Energy Needs, Says Expert Lawyer
“A lot of the potential developments that nearshoring will bring are going to need access to natural gas,” Diana Pineda, a partner at Gónzalez Calvillo law firm in Mexico City, told NGI’s Mexico GPI. “And the truth is, we’ve now gone several years without a new natural gas pipeline.” Pineda is one of the leading…
TC Highlights ‘Good Interest’ for Asset Sales, Record Pipeline Volumes of U.S. Natural Gas
TC Energy Corp. management said it could exceed its goal of more than $2 billion in asset sales in 2024 to focus on natural gas and related segments. “For 2024, there should be no surprise that our strategic priorities will look very similar to 2023,” CEO François Poirier said on a conference call to discuss…
Mexico President Calls for Constitutional Overhaul With Months Left in Office
Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced a new package of 20 constitutional reforms on Monday evening. They include plans to scrap autonomous regulators such as competition watchdog Comisión Federal de Competencia Económica (Cofece) and energy regulator Comisión Reguladora de Energía (CRE). CRE oversees natural gas regulations and permitting. It also publishes the IPGN monthly…
Presidential Hopeful Gálvez Calls for Level Playing Field in Mexico’s Energy Sector
Mexican presidential candidate Xóchitl Gálvez on Monday applauded a recent Supreme Court ruling that invalidated one of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s most controversial energy policies. Mexico’s high court deemed unconstitutional a set of modifications to Mexico’s electricity industry law (LIE) that sought to prioritize the dispatch of electricity from power plants owned by state…