FERC approves US-Mexico natural gas pipe expansion
Published by Sara Simper,
Editorial Assistant
World Pipelines,
Canadian energy company TC Energy Corp's North Baja Pipeline LLC unit has received permission from US energy regulators to put the North Baja natural gas pipeline expansion in Arizona and California into service.
In a filing on Tuesday 30 May, the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) clarified that its 25 May order included approval for all remaining facilities of the North Baja expansion.
The 0.495 billion ft3/d North Baja expansion will supply more US natural gas to Mexico, including to US energy company Sempra Energy's Costa Azul LNG export plant in Mexico, which is under construction.
The roughly US$2 billion Costa Azul project on Mexico's Pacific Coast will be able to turn about 0.43 billion ft3/d of gas into LNG once it enters service around mid 2025. 1 billion ft3 of gas can supply about 5 million US homes for a day.
The North Baja expansion cost an estimated US$127 million, according to US energy data. FERC approved construction of the North Baja expansion in April 2022. North Baja said it completed work on some facilities earlier this year.
North Baja is a bidirectional pipeline that entered service in 2002. It can move gas from Arizona to California and Mexico and from Mexico to California and Arizona. Before the 2023 upgrade, North Baja could move about 0.5 billion ft3/d of gas south from Arizona to California and Mexico, and about 0.614 billion ft3/d north from Mexico to California and up to 0.695 billion ft3/d north from California to Arizona, according to federal energy data.
Read the article online at: https://www.worldpipelines.com/project-news/01062023/ferc-approves-us-mexico-natural-gas-pipe-expansion/
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