Sur de Texas-Tuxpan Gas Pipeline

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Sur de Texas-Tuxpan Gas Pipeline (also known as South Texas-Tuxpan Gas Pipeline) is an operating natural gas pipeline in the United States and Mexico.[1][2]

Location

The pipeline runs from the Gulf of Mexico near Port of Brownsville, Texas, to Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico.[3][4]

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Project Details

Background

The Sur de Texas-Tuxpan Gas Pipeline is the largest private marine pipeline ever built in Mexico.[10] Proposed by Infraestructura Marina del Golfo (IMG) as a joint venture between TC Energy (60%) and Sempra Energy’s Mexican unit IEnova (40%)[15][16], the $3.1bn project was developed by Mexico's Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) as Mexico's first undersea pipeline. TC Energy invested US$1.3 billion in the project.[17]

At its northern terminus in Texas, the pipeline connects with the Valley Crossing Pipeline; at its southern terminus in Mexico, it is designed to connect with the Tuxpan-Tula gas pipeline and the Southeast Gateway Gas Pipeline. The pipeline supplies natural gas to power plants in Tamaulipas and Veracruz states.[2]

Construction began in the port of Altamira, Mexico, in May 2017[17] and was completed in February 2019.[18] The pipeline began commercial operations in September 2019.[14]

The pipeline had reached near full capacity as of March 2021[19], and by July 2021 it appeared poised to surpass the Los Ramones Gas Pipeline as Mexico's main source of natural gas. Usage of the Sur de Texas-Tuxpan pipeline was expected to increase with the anticipated opening of the Tula-Villa de Reyes Pipeline.[20]

In November 2021, CFE announced a $5 billion, 420 km offshore extension of the Sur de Texas Tuxpan pipeline, to be known as the Southeast Gateway Gas Pipeline, under the joint ownership of TC Energy and CFE.[21][22][23]

Articles and resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Sur de Texas – Tuxpan Pipeline". TC Energy. Retrieved 2022-07-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "0770 CFE: Gasoducto Sur de Texas-Tuxpan (Marino)". Proyectos México. Retrieved 2021-04-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Sur de Texas Pipeline Project" (PDF). TC Energy. March 28, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. National Energy and Petrochemical Map , FracTracker, February 28, 2020
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 "2022 Annual Report (p 42)" (PDF). TC Energy. February 13, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. 6.0 6.1 "2021 Annual Report (p 139)". IEnova. April 25, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "Adjudican Contrato en Sociedad por $2,100 millones de dólares a TransCanada para Construir el Ducto de Gas Natural Sur de Texas — Tuxpan". TC Energía. June 13, 2016. Retrieved 2022-07-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. 8.0 8.1 "Gasoducto marino Sur de Texas -Tuxpan inicia operaciones". Milenio. September 17, 2019.
  9. "Sistema Sur de Texas – Tuxpan". TC Energía. Retrieved 2022-07-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. 10.0 10.1 "Natural Gas Infrastructure - Sempra LNG". Sempra Infrastructure. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
  11. Asset Data, IJGlobal, accessed Aug. 27, 2020
  12. "Mexico's CFE Charges Ahead With NatGas Power Plans Amid New Import Capacity". Natural Gas Intelligence. October 2, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. Sur de Texas-Tuxpan Marine Pipeline Ramping 'In a Few Weeks,' Says TransCanada, Natural Gas Intelligence, Jan. 25, 2019
  14. 14.0 14.1 "Gasoducto Sur de Texas-Tuxpan inicia operaciones luego del acuerdo entre IEnova y Gobierno". El Financiero. September 17, 2019.
  15. Work Starts on Sur de Texas-Tuxpan Pipeline, Oil & Gas Journal, May 26, 2017
  16. "IEnova: Our Assets". IEnova website.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. 17.0 17.1 South Texas-Tuxpan Gas Pipeline, Gulf of Mexico, Offshore Technology, accessed January 2018
  18. Enbridge puts $1.5 billion Valley Crossing Pipeline into service, Chron, accessed May 2019
  19. "Mexico Natural Gas Market Eyeing Agua Dulce Forward Curves Ahead of Peak Summer Season - Natural Gas Intelligence". Natural Gas Intelligence. 2021-03-18. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  20. "Mexico Natural Gas Market Spotlight: Sur de Texas-Tuxpan Pipeline Poised to Become Main Import Option - Natural Gas Intelligence". Natural Gas Intelligence. July 15, 2021.
  21. Baker, Andrew (November 29, 2021). "Mexico's CFE Planning $4.5 Billion Offshore Natural Gas Pipeline Expansion". Natural Gas Intelligence. Retrieved April 27, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  22. "Mexico Touts Multi-Billion Dollar Public-Private Natural Gas Projects". NGI (Natural Gas Intelligence). July 5, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  23. "CFE and TC Energy Join Forces to Build US$5 billion Pipeline". Mexico Business News. July 6, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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