Rosarito Gas Pipeline
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Rosarito Gas Pipeline, also formerly known as Gasoducto Baja Norte, is a natural gas pipeline running through Baja California, Mexico. It interconnects with the North Baja Gas Pipeline at the United States-Mexico border.[1]
Location
The main pipeline runs from the Algodones compressor station in Algodones, Baja California[2] to a junction with the TGN pipeline south of Parque Industrial El Florido, Tijuana, Baja California.[3]
Project Details
- Operator: IEnova (Infraestructura Energética Nova S.A.B. de C.V.)[4]
- Owner: IEnova (100%)[5]
- Parent Company: Sempra Energy International (100%)[6][7]
- Capacity: 534 million cubic feet per day[4]
- Length: 135.33 miles / 217.8 km[3]
- Diameter: 30 inches[4]
- Status: Operating[7]
- Start Year: 2002[8]
- Associated infrastructure:
Background
Gasoducto Rosarito comprises roughly 300 kilometers of natural gas pipeline in Baja California owned by IENova S.A.B. de C.V. (which is in turn owned by Sempra Energy International). It connects to 80 miles of pipeline in the United States owned by TC PipeLines, called the North Baja Gas Pipeline. There is no co-ownership of the U.S. or Mexican portions of the system, but TC PipeLines and Sempra Energy International have an agreement that defines how the pipeline is operated.[1]
The pipeline is a bi-directional system divided into three segments: a main pipeline running east-west from Algodones, Baja California to the southern outskirts of Tijuana; a spur pipeline running north-south from the Costa Azul LNG terminal near Ensenada, Baja California to a junction with the main pipeline near Tecate, Baja California; and the Yuma Lateral connector extending east from the main pipeline to the Mexican-American border near Yuma, Arizona.[6] The pipeline's bi-directional nature allows it to supply Sempra Energy's Termoélectrica de Mexicali power station with natural gas imported from the United States or from overseas via the Costa Azul LNG Terminal.[5][9]
The main pipeline, in operation since 2002, is 30 inches in diameter with a capacity of 534 million cubic feet per day (15.1 million cubic meters per day, or 5.5 billion cubic meters per year).[4] It begins at an interconnection with the North Baja Gas Pipeline south of Ogilby, California[10], crossing the Mexican border at Algodones, Baja California, and heading west across northern Baja California, terminating at an interconnection with the Transportadora de Gas Natural de Baja California (TGN) Pipeline south of Tijuana.
Opposition
In 2004, a group of concerned citizens filed a court motion opposing the project's planned expansion, saying that the pipeline was incompatible with the official urban, touristic and ecological development plan for the Tijuana-Rosarito-Ensenada corridor. The citizens' appeal was finally granted a hearing in 2019, requiring Mexico's Semarnat (Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources) to reconsider the project's legal standing.[11]
Pipeline Expansion Location
The pipeline expansion runs north from the Costa Azul LNG terminal near Ensenada, Baja California to connect with the main line near El Carrizo, south of Tecate, Baja California.[3]
Pipeline Expansion Project Details
- Operator: Infraestructura Energética Nova S.A.B. de C.V. (IEnova)[4]
- Parent Company: Sempra Energy International[6][7]
- Capacity: 2600 million cubic feet per day[4]
- Length: 48.49 miles / 78.04 km[3]
- Diameter: 42 inches[4][10]
- Status: Operating[7]
- Start Year: 2008[8]
Pipeline Expansion
The pipeline expansion, also known as LNG Spur, has been in operation since 2008. It is 42 inches in diameter, with a capacity of 2600 million cubic feet per day. It starts at the Costa Azul LNG terminal north of Ensenada, Baja California and intersects with the main line near El Carrizo, south of Tecate, Baja California.[4]
Expansion Project II, the Yuma Lateral Connector, Location
The Yuma Lateral connector pipeline runs from the Algodones compressor station in Algodones, Baja California to the Mexican-American border near Yuma, Arizona.[12]
Expansion Project II, the Yuma Lateral Connector, Project Details
- Operator: Infraestructura Energética Nova S.A.B. de C.V. (IEnova)[4]
- Parent Company: Sempra Energy International[6][7]
- Capacity: 190 million cubic feet per day[4]
- Length: 3.14 miles / 5.05 km[12]
- Diameter: 12 inches[4]
- Status: Operating[7]
- Start Year: 2010[8]
Expansion Project II, the Yuma Lateral Connector, Background
A short additional section of pipeline, known as Yuma Lateral, connects the main pipeline to the Mexican-American border near Yuma, Arizona. It is designed to supply gas to the Yucca Power Plant in Arizona. In service since 2010[13], Yuma Lateral is 3.14 miles long[12], with a diameter of 12 inches and a capacity of 190 million cubic feet per day.[13][14]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "North Baja Gas Pipeline System" TC Energy, accessed March 2021
- ↑ "Gasoducto Rosarito". Gasoducto Aguaprieta website. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Manifestación de Impacto Ambiental: Construcción y Operación de la Ampliación del Gasoducto Bajanorte" (PDF). GASODUCTO BAJANORTE, S. DE R.L. DE C.V. 2007.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 "Gasoducto Rosarito" IENova website, accessed March 2021
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Annual Report 2021 (pp 15, 139)". IEnova (Infraestructura Energética Nova, S.A.P.I. de C.V.). April 25, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Rosarito Pipeline" Sempra Energy website, accessed March 2021
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 "Natural Gas Infrastructure - Sempra LNG". Sempra Infrastructure. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Beyond Energy: Our Sustainability & Financial Report 2019 (p 234)" (PDF). IEnova. April 30, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "IEnova desarrolla, construye y opera infraestructura de energía en México". Termoeléctrica de Mexicali. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 10.0 10.1 "California okays pipeline link to Mexico LNG port". Reuters. July 16, 2007.
- ↑ "Luego de 15 años ordenan revisar gasoducto de Sempra". El Vigía. October 11, 2019.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 "FERC OKs North Baja Pipe's Yuma Lateral - Natural Gas Intelligence". Natural Gas Intelligence. September 4, 2008.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Informe Anual Financiero 2013". IEnova. April 15, 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Gasoducto Rosarito, S. de R. L. de C. V." BNAmericas website, accessed March 2018
