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       Sempra Infrastructure, CFE sign




       agreements on major gas projects






                         SEMPRA Infrastructure, a division of US-based   as the Interoceanic Corridor in the Isthmus of
                         Sempra, said on July 21 that it had signed a pack-  Tehuantepec, which aims to foster economic
                         age of new agreements with the Federal Energy   growth and development the south-southeast-
                         Commission (CFE), Mexico’s national power   ern region of Mexico.
                         provider, for the purpose of advancing co-oper-  “These development projects would allow
                         ation on several major projects.     CFE to potentially optimise the use of existing
                           In the statement, Sempra Infrastructure said   natural gas pipeline systems, provide additional
                         that the agreements would serve as a basis for   sources of LNG supply for isolated markets in
                         the creation of a joint venture with CFE to bring   Mexico and continue to expand LNG supplies to
                         the Guaymas-El Oro pipeline back on stream.   the global market,” Sempra Infrastructure said.
                         The joint venture will restart shipments through   The company did not disclose the value
                         the pipeline, which pumps natural gas from   of the deals. It did note, though, that the new
                         Sonora State to Sinaloa, after rerouting it, the   agreements covering the Vista Pacífico and
                         company said.                        Salina Cruz LNG projects were preliminary and
                           (According to previous reports, the rerout-  non-binding. Additionally, it stressed that all of
                         ing involves the construction of a bypass sec-  the documents signed with CFE were subject
                         tion in order to allow the company to uphold   to certain requirements being met, such as the
                         previous commitments to the Yaqui indigenous   completion of feasibility studies. ™
                         community while also upholding its supply
                         commitments.)
                           The new agreements also outline the two
                         companies’ plans for moving forward with con-
                         struction of the Vista Pacífico LNG gas lique-
                         faction plant at Topolobampo, a port in Sinaloa
                         State, the statement said. This will include defin-
                         ing the project’s configuration in order to make
                         progress on the engineering and permitting
                         fronts, it explained.
                           Additionally, Sempra Infrastructure said,
                         the agreements expand on the memorandum
                         of understanding (MoU) that the companies
                         signed earlier in 2022 on proposals for the con-
                         struction of an LNG terminal at Salina Cruz, a
                         port in Oaxaca State. This project is designed to
                         support a Mexican government initiative known   The agreements outline plans for the Vista Pacífico LNG project (Image: Sempra)




                                                        GUYANA
       ExxonMobil makes 2 new finds at Stabroek






                         US-BASED ExxonMobil said on July 26 that it   40 metres of high-quality hydrocarbon-bearing
                         had made two finds at the Stabroek block off-  sandstone, it noted. Meanwhile, it said, the Kiru-
                         shore Guyana, bringing the total number of dis-  Kiru-1 well, which was sunk in 1,756-metre-
                         coveries made at the licence area this year up to   deep water by the Stena DrillMAX drillship,
                         seven.                               encountered about 30 metres of high-quality
                           In a statement, the super-major reported   hydrocarbon-bearing sandstone.
                         that it had found hydrocarbons in the Seabob-1   Drilling operations are “ongoing” at Kiru-
                         and Kiru-Kiru-1 exploration wells. Seabob-1,   Kiru-1, it added, without elaborating. It did
                         which was sunk in 1,421-metre-deep water by   not say whether it had found gaseous or liquid
                         the Stena Carron drillship, encountered around   hydrocarbons in either of the wells.



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