PEMEX LNG Terminal

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PEMEX LNG Terminal, also known as Terminal de GNL Pemex and Terminal de GNL Pemex, is a cancelled (inferred 4 y) LNG export terminal in Mexico.

Location

Table 1: Location details

Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
PEMEX LNG Terminal	Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico	16.167933, -95.192147 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the terminal:

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Project Details

Table 2: Infrastructure details

mtpa = million tonnes per year

Name	Facility type	Status	Capacity	Total terminal capacity	Offshore	Associated infrastructure
PEMEX LNG Terminal	export	cancelled (inferred 4 y)	5 mtpa	5.0 mtpa	False	–

Table 3: Cost

Name	Facility type	Cost	Total known terminal costs
PEMEX LNG Terminal	export	–	–

Financing

No financing data available.

Table 4: Project timeline

FID = Final Investment Decision, used by some developers to indicate a project will move forward

Name	Facility type	Status	Proposal year	FID year	Construction year	Operating year	Inactive year
PEMEX LNG Terminal	export	cancelled (inferred 4 y)	–	–	–	–	2018 (cancelled)

Ownership

Table 5: Ownership

Name	Facility type	Status	Owners	Parent companies	Operator
PEMEX LNG Terminal	export	cancelled (inferred 4 y)	Petróleos Mexicanos EPE [100%]	Petróleos Mexicanos EPE [100.0%]	–

Background

In 2014, Pemex announced plans to build a $6-billion natural gas liquefaction plant at Salina Cruz. It was met with skepticism, with analysts arguing that Pemex lacks a track record for a comparable operation, and that there isn’t enough gas in Mexico to support export infrastructure. Even so, Pemex suggested an operational date as early as 2020.

There have been no development updates since 2014, and the project is presumed to be canceled.

A separate LNG project, the Salina Cruz LNG Terminal, has subsequently been proposed for the same location.

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Additional data

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