TransCanada to build Mexican gas pipelines
Mexico is pressing ahead with plans to increase the use of natural gas in its power sector
As part of the move, the federal government has awarded Calgary-based TransCanada two contracts worth $1.4 billion to build, own and operate new natural gas pipelines. The 530 km El Encino-to-Topolobampo pipeline will have capacity of 670 million cubic feet per day (cf/d), while the 413 km Mazatlan pipeline will carry 202m cf/d. Construction of the two new pipelines is supported by 25-year natural-gas transportation service contracts with the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), Mexico’s federal power company. The Topolobampo pipeline begins in El Encino, in the state of Chihuahua, and ends in Topolobampo, in the state of Sinaloa. The interconnecting Mazatlan pipeline will begin at El Oro
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