Corredor Norte Gas Pipeline
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Corredor Norte Gas Pipeline, also known by its Spanish name Gasoducto Corredor Norte, is a proposed gas pipeline in northwestern Mexico.
Location
The pipeline is proposed to run from a connection with the Guaymas-El Oro Gas Pipeline at the El Oro metering station in El Fuerte (Sinaloa state) to the Vista Pacífico LNG terminal in Topolobampo, Ahome (Sinaloa state).[1]
Project details
- Operator: Gasoducto Corredor Norte, S.A.P.I. de C.V.[1]
- Owner: Gasoducto Corredor Norte, S.A.P.I. de C.V.[1]
- Parent company: Gasoducto Corredor Norte, S.A.P.I. de C.V.[1]
- Capacity: 700 MMcf/d[1]
- Length: 81.05 km / 50.36 mi[1]
- Diameter: 30 in[1]
- Status: Proposed[1]
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Background
In 2024, Gasoducto Corredor Norte, S.A.P.I. de C.V. announced plans to build a 81-kilometer, 30-inch pipeline to assist in transporting fossil gas to the proposed Vista Pacífico LNG export terminal on Mexico's Pacific coast.
The pipeline's northern terminus was to be located near a junction with the Guaymas-El Oro Gas Pipeline at the El Oro metering station in El Fuerte (Sinaloa state). On its southbound route towards the Vista Pacífico terminal, the pipeline would pass through several intermediate points, identified as follows in the project's September 2024 environmental impact statement[1]:
- At the 28.781 km mark, the pipeline would pass within 468m of the Topolobampo II power station.
- Between the 36.6 and 38.4 km marks, the pipeline would pass near the Windstar Mafer gas station, FLESGRAN, S.A. de C.V. and the San Miguel Zapotitlán Mexican army base.
- Near its southern extremity, the pipeline would pass near Pemex Logística's Topolobampo storage and dispatch terminal, CFE's Juan de Dios Bátiz Paredes power station, and the Topolobampo Transoceanic, Maritime and Refined Gas terminals.
Opposition
Coastal fishing communities near the pipeline's path — along with civil society groups such as ProDESC, Defensa Ambiental del Noroeste, CEMDA (Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental) and Nuestro Futuro — have expressed opposition to the project and called for a more thorough environmental assessment, based on its potential to significantly damage marine life in the Gulf of California (known locally as the "Aquarium of the Pacific").[2][3][4]
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 "Manifestación de Impacto Ambiental Modalidad Regional: "Gasoducto Corredor Norte" (pp 4, 5, 104-106 / pp I-1, I-2, II-89, II-90, II-91)" (PDF). Agencia Nacional de Seguridad Industrial y de Protección al Medio Ambiente del Sector Hidrocarburos. 2024-09-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Velasco, Alejandra López Carbajal, Nora Cabrera (2025-04-30). "¿Ballenas o gas en México?". El País América.
- ↑ "ONGs piden detener proyectos de gas en el Golfo de California por afectaciones al medio ambiente". El Economista. 2025-07-09.
- ↑ "Grupos ambientalistas rechazan proyectos de gasoductos en el Golfo de California". Crítica. 2025-04-17.
Additional data
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