MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By ESENTIA, 21.Sep.2026, Words: 664) — ESENTIA Energy Development, S.A.B. de C.V. entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the equity interests of Energía Occidente de México, S. de R.L. de C.V. (EOM) for a gross purchase price of $400mn.
EOM owns and operates the approximately 313-km Guadalajara-Manzanillo natural gas pipeline system.
The system runs from the Guadalajara area in Jalisco to Manzanillo, Colima, and is directly interconnected with ESENTIA’s existing pipeline Villa de Reyes-Aguascalientes-Guadalajara system operated by Esentia Pipeline de Occidente, S. de R.L. de C.V. (VAG), an indirect subsidiary of the company.
The Guadalajara–Manzanillo System is an approximately 313-km natural gas transportation system extending between the Guadalajara area in Jalisco and Manzanillo, Colima. The system is connected to the LNG Manzanillo regasification terminal, located on Mexico’s Pacific coast, and consists of two principal segments:
Segment 1 consists of an approximately 5.5-km, 24-inch pipeline with transportation capacity of approximately 500 MMcf/d. The segment connects the LNG Manzanillo regasification terminal with Comisión Federal de Electricidad’s CT Manzanillo power generation facility.
Segment 2 consists of an approximately 307.3-km, 30-inch pipeline with transportation capacity of approximately 360 MMcf/d. The segment extends from the Manzanillo area toward Guadalajara and interconnects with the Sistema de Transporte y Almacenamiento Nacional Integrado de Gas Natural (“SISTRANGAS”) and Esentia’s VAG system near Guadalajara, Jalisco.
Upon completion of the transaction, the Guadalajara-Manzanillo system would extend ESENTIA’s integrated pipeline network to the Port of Manzanillo on Mexico’s Pacific coast.
As a result, ESENTIA would become the only private company with an integrated natural gas pipeline system connecting the Permian Basin in Texas to the Mexican Pacific coast.
Esentia believes that the combination of the Guadalajara–Manzanillo system with its existing infrastructure will result in highly valuable operational synergies and cost savings over time and provide additional commercial flexibility across the combined corridor.
“The acquisition is consistent with ESENTIA’s strategy to build a cohesive cross-border transportation system through disciplined M&A and low-risk opportunities that capitalize on our existing infrastructure” said Daniel Bustos, CEO. “The acquisition would expand ESENTIA’s ability to serve existing and prospective customers within the combined system’s area of influence, including demand from power generation, industrial customers and potential LNG-related projects, and help reinforce ESENTIA’s position as one of Mexico’s leading natural gas transportation platforms.”
The acquisition will be consummated pursuant to an equity purchase agreement entered into today with respect to 100% of the equity interests of EOM, among certain subsidiaries of ESENTIA as purchasers, and TC Energía Mexicana, S. de R.L. de C.V. and TCPL CentrOriente Ltd., as sellers.
The company expects to fund the purchase price of the acquisition through a combination of available liquidity and/or available borrowings under existing credit facilities, and the transaction is not expected to increase the company’s gross indebtedness. The consummation of the acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions, regulatory approvals and consents.
Citigroup is acting as financial advisor to ESENTIA in connection with the Transaction.
The acquisition constitutes a corporate restructuring pursuant to the “general provisions applicable to securities issuers and other securities market participants” (disposiciones de carácter general aplicables a las emisoras de valores y a otros participantes del mercado de valores), published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (Diario Oficial de la Federación) on 19 Mar. 2003 (as amended from time to time, the “Issuers’ Circular”).
The transaction was approved by ESENTIA’s board of directors on 4 Sep. 2026. At such time, the potential acquisition and the related negotiation process were confidential, as agreed with the sellers and EOM.
Pursuant to Article 35, Section I, of the Issuers’ Circular, the company does not have the accounting information necessary to prepare the required information memorandum as of the date hereof. Accordingly, the company will defer the publication of the information memorandum to no later than the business day immediately following the date on which the necessary information becomes available, which the Company expects will occur within no more than 80 calendar days from the date hereof.
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