France’s Total SE has joined Sempra Energy subsidiaries Sempra LNG and Infraestructura Energética Nova (IEnova) in developing Mexico’s first natural gas export project.

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Total management said Tuesday the company now holds a 16.6% equity share of the Energía Costa Azul (ECA) liquefied natural gas (LNG) project set for Ensenada in Baja California on Mexico’s Pacific Coast. Last April, Total also closed a twenty-year offtake agreement for 1.7 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of LNG from ECA.

The project is additionally backed by a 20-year sale and purchase agreement with Mitsui & Co. for approximately 0.8 million Mtpa.

“We are very pleased to further strengthen our partnership with Sempra Energy through our participation in the ECA LNG project, that benefits from...