Natural gas exports via pipeline from the United States to Mexico recorded a new monthly record in June, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in a note Friday, citing data from Wood Mackenzie.

Mexico exports

Pipeline exports averaged 6.8 Bcf/d for the month, up 25% from June 2020 and 44% from the previous five-year (2016-2020) monthly average, said EIA’s Max Ober and Katie Dyl, the note’s principal contributors. 

“New pipeline additions that went into service during 2020 and in the first half of 2021 increased the volume of natural gas flowing to natural gas-fired power plants, industrial plants and pipeline interconnections throughout Mexico,” they said. 

Growth was driven by the 2.6 Bcf/d Sur de Texas-Tuxpan (STT) subsea pipeline and the 1.4 Bcf/d Trans-Pecos...