(Reuters, 27.Aug.2019) — Mexico said on Tuesday a deal had been struck with a group of companies to renegotiate the terms of natural gas pipeline contracts signed under the previous administration that will save the government $4.5 billion. The deal announced by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and the head […]
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IEnova Suspends CFE Deal Related To El Oro Pipeline
(IEnova, 5.Aug.2019) — Infraestructura EnergĂ©tica Nova, S.A.B. de C.V., (IEnova), reports that, within the framework of the Negotiation Rounds convened by the Federal Government related to the Natural Gas Pipeline Transportation Services Agreements entered into by the Federal Electricity Commission (“CFE”) and some private companies, it executed a Term Suspension […]
Concerns Raised Over Contract Release Program in Mexico
(S&P Global, 6.Sep.2018) — Mexico gas market observers have expressed concern that a lack of liquidity and supply guarantees will complicate the final phase of Pemex’s natural gas contract release program, which is designed to allow the entry of new gas marketers. Mexico’s Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) last week approved […]
Atlas Renewable Energy, Bancomext Closing Long-Term Financing
(Atlas Renewable Energy, 27.Aug.2018) — Atlas Renewable Energy and Banco de Comercio Exterior (Bancomext) announced the signing of a long-term financing agreement for Atlas Renewable Energy’s solar power plant in Mexico, located in the state of Hidalgo. Bancomext will provide $88.5 million dollars to finance the construction of the project, […]
Electric Stations Rising in Mexico
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 22.Aug.2018) – From 2015 to July 2018, the number of recharging stations for electric vehicles, or electric stations, has grown by almost a multiple of 13 times, revealed the Electric Sector Energy Saving Program (PAESE by its Spanish acronym). In 2015 the total recharging stations […]
U.S. Co. Wins Contract for Mexico LNG Project
(Natural Gas Intelligence, Peter de Montmollin, 22.Aug.2018) — A U.S. company has secured a long-term contract to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import project on the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula, a region isolated from the country’s main energy transmission systems. New Fortress Energy (NFE) won a […]
Pemex, Energy Offices to be Moved
(Natural Gas Intelligence, Ronald Buchanan, 13.Jul.2018) – Mexico President-Elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador aims to decentralize the government in a sweeping plan to ease the congestion of population, buildings, vehicles and pollution in the “megalopolis” of Mexico City, a strategy likely to impact the country’s energy sector from top to […]
Linking Permian, Eagle Ford to Monterrey
(Natural Gas Intelligence, Carolyn Davis, 27.Jun.2018) – The mantra for a San Antonio, TX-based midstream operator, whose portfolio is increasingly weighted to southern destinations, could well be what’s good for Texas is good for Mexico. Howard Midstream Energy Partners LLC, aka Howard Energy Partners (HEP), is making inroads in the […]
Siemens Delivers Compressor Trains For Fermaca Pipeline In Mexico
(Siemens, 7.Mar.2018) — Siemens recently delivered five gas turbine-driven compressor trains to Fermaca Enterprises (Fermaca) for two pipeline stations in Mexico. The pipeline projects, which also include a long-term service agreement, are part of the Comision Federal de Electricidad de Mexico’s (CFE) ongoing energy reform program intended to increase the […]
CFE Cancels Baja California Sur Natural Gas Project
(Platts, 30.Jun.2017) — Mexican state-run utility CFE has canceled its auction to bring natural gas into the Pacific state of Baja California Sur, the company said. CFE said the gas project isn’t necessary as its new underwater transmission line project will fulfill the electricity needs of the state. “By opting […]