US regulators approve Saguaro connector pipeline
Published by Isabel Stagg,
Editorial Assistant
World Pipelines,
US energy regulators on Thursday 15 February, 2024, approved a cross-border pipeline that would export about 2.8 billion ft3/d of natural gas from Texas to Mexico Pacific's Saguaro LNG export plant on Mexico's west coast, reports Reuters.
The approval is another step in the company's plan to build an about US$15 billion LNG plant in Mexico that would export superchilled fuel processed from US natural gas.
Mexico Pacific LNG has yet to give the financial greenlight for the construction of the 15 million tpy plant.
Thursday's ruling by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on the construction of the Saguaro Connector Pipeline comes weeks after the Biden administration paused export permit reviews by the Department of Energy.
The administration wants the DOE to consider plants' climate, consumer, and community impacts in its deliberations.
The cross-border pipeline has been opposed by Texas groups including environmental campaigner the Sierra Club that have argued FERC should consider greenhouse gas emissions including possible methane leaks.
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