Mexico seeks LNG supplies

Mexico will launch two LNG-related tenders in mid-December to make up for natural gas shortfalls, international media reported Monday.

Guillermo Turrent, the general director for CFEnergía, the marketing arm of Mexico’s Federal Electricity Commission, told energy publication Natural Gas Intelligence that the tenders aimed at finding gas supplies for both the commission and NOC Pemex.

According to Turrent, the first tender will seek 2.5 million tpy for three or four years, with the volumes being split equally between the two state-owned companies. These LNG cargoes would be delivered to the Port of Pajaritos in the gulf state of Veracruz.

The second tender will be for the construction and operation of a 14-kilometre pipeline connected to the national gas grid, as well as the rental of a floating storage and regasification unit for three to five years.

Turrent also added that a local branch of Transparency International will oversee both tenders.