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Sempra Infrastructure, CFE sign

agreements on major gas projects

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

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