Samalayuca-Sásabe Gas Pipeline

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Samalayuca-Sásabe Gas Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline in Mexico.

Location

The pipeline runs just south of the US-Mexico border from from Samalayuca, Chihuahua to Sásabe, Sonora. At its western end it connects with the Sásabe-Guaymas Gas Pipeline, and at its eastern end it connects with the San Isidro-Samalayuca Gas Pipeline.

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Project Details

• Operator: Carso Energy
• Owner: Carso Energy
• Parent Company: Grupo Carso S.A.B. de C.V. (100%)
• Capacity: 472 million cubic feet per day
• Length: 650 km
• Diameter: 36 inches
• Status: Operating
• Financing: US$240 million bridge financing provided by BBVA, CaixaBank, MUFG and Mizuho
• Start Year: 2021
• Associated infrastructure:
  • San Isidro-Samalayuca Gas Pipeline
  • Sásabe-Guaymas Gas Pipeline

Background

The pipeline has a diameter of 36 inches and is owned and operated by Mexico's Grupo Carso. In December 2018 the project's sponsor announced that construction had been delayed and would not be complete until the second half of 2019. The pipeline was reportedly 78% complete as of the end of 2018. In September 2019 Mexican President Andrew Manuel Lopez Obrador reached a deal with seven private pipeline operators including the Carso group in which the operators agree to take 30% less in profits in exchange for changing fee structures to a single flat rate.

In September 2019 it was reported that the pipeline would be completed in May 2020. As of July 2020, pipeline operators still expected the pipeline to be complete in either late 2020 or early 2021, although a September 2020 report from Mexico's SENER (Secretary of Energy) showed that the pipeline was still only 81% complete.

In its Q3 report dated October 21, 2020, project owner Grupo Carso reported that construction of the Samalayuca-Sásabe Gas Pipeline was completed in the third quarter of 2020. The pipeline began commercial operations in January 2021.

Financing

In July 2016, US$240 million bridge financing for the development of the pipeline was provided by BBVA, CaixaBank, MUFG and Mizuho. This was followed up in March 2017 by an additional lending facility of US$535 million from BBVA, CaixaBank, MUFG, Mizuho and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, with part of the proceeds going to repay the previous bridge financing.