The 307 km, 30 inch diameter pipeline – which cost $US360 million – connects to an LNG regasification facility located near Manzanillo in the state of Colima.
The entire pipeline’s capacity is held under a 25-year contract with ComisiÌ_n Federal de Electricidad (CFE), Mexico’s state-owned electric company.
It transports 500 MMcf/d of natural gas to a nearby CFE-owned power plant and 320 MMcf/d to the Pemex-owned national pipeline system near Guadalajara in the state of Jalisco.
TransCanada President and Chief Executive Officer Russ Girling said “The Guadalajara pipeline represents key infrastructure that will allow CFE to continue developing a natural gas-fired electricity generation fleet in the rapidly growing central region of Mexico.”