Sonora-Baja California Gas Pipeline

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Sonora-Baja California Gas Pipeline is a proposed gas pipeline in Mexico.

Location

As of August 2023, the pipeline's exact route remained unclear. The developers have described the project as "natural gas transportation infrastructure between the states of Sonora and Baja California, Mexico" that "would be interconnected with the already existing “Samalayuca – Sásabe” and “Sásabe - Guaymas” transportation systems" and supply gas to CFE's power plants."

The rough map below is based on the assumption that the new pipeline would serve the 450-km corridor west of Sásabe and east of Mexicali that is not served by existing gas pipelines, and that it would provide gas to new CFE power stations currently under development in this area, including the CCC San Luis Río Colorado power station, Baja California IV power station and CCC González Ortega power station.

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Project details

• Operator: Sempra Infrastructure, Carso Energy, CFE (Comisión Federal de Electricidad)
• Owner: Sempra, Grupo Carso, CFE (Comisión Federal de Electricidad)
• Parent company: Sempra, Grupo Carso, CFE (Comisión Federal de Electricidad)
• Capacity:
• Length: 450 km / 281 miles
• Diameter:
• Status: Proposed
• Start year:
• Cost:
• Financing:
• Associated infrastructure:
  • Samalayuca-Sásabe Gas Pipeline
  • Sásabe-Guaymas Gas Pipeline

Background

In February 2023, Sempra and Carso Energy announced that they had reached a preliminary, non-binding agreement with Mexico's federal electricity commission CFE to build a new pipeline serving the states of Sonora and Baja California. Multiple sources reported that the pipeline's length would be approximately 450 kilometers, but few other details were available as of August 2023. According to the developers, the new pipeline would connect to Carso Energy's Samalayuca-Sásabe Gas Pipeline and Sempra Energy's Sásabe-Guaymas Gas Pipeline, providing a more secure, efficient, competitive, and reliable natural gas supply to CFE power plants and other industries in northwestern Mexico.