HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 20.Jul.2025, Words: 220) — Mexico Pacific Limited LLC, submitted an application to Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) for an amendment to DOE Order Nos. 4312 and 4312-A that looks to extend the deadline established in Docket No. 18-70-LNG for commencement of Mexico Pacific’s export operations to 14 Dec. 2032.
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According to the document, Mexico Pacific “submits that good cause exists to grant the requested extension, and respectfully requests that DOE/FECM approve this application on or before 1 Aug. 2025,” the company said in the document dated 18 Jun. 2025.
In the past 2 years, executives with Mexico Pacific promised the market that its final investment decision (FID) for the anchor phase of the 30 million tonne per annum (MTPA) project was “imminent.” That FID remains elusive.
The filing shows Mexico Pacific as referring the project as a consisting of just 3 trains with an 18 MTPA capacity as opposed to 6 trains with MTPA of capacity as originally envisioned.
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“In order to take FID, Mexico Pacific’s investors and lenders will require that all non-FTA nation export authorizations remain in full force and effect during construction of the Saguaro Energía facility and through commencement of the facility’s LNG export operations,” the company said in the filing.
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By Pietro D. Pitts reporting from Houston. © 2025 Energy Analytics Institute (EAI). All Rights Reserved.
