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NA, Global Energy Pipeline Construction Plans
infrastructure. WBI targets completion of
the $260 million project by the end of the
year.
FERC also approved Enable Midstream's
134-mile Gulf Run natural gas pipeline in
Louisiana, which would transport gas to the
Qatar Petroleum/Exxon Mobil Golden Pass
LNG export plant under construction in
Texas. The first liquefaction train at Golden
Pass is expected to enter service in 2025.
Summit Midstream has started construction
of the 134-mile Double E pipeline
and estimated $425 million project to
transport natural gas from the Delaware
Basin to various delivery points in and
around the Waha Hub in West Texas. The
company said it has received $175 million
of commitments from three commercial
banks to finance the development.
In Mexico, the completion and startup
of the Cuxtal 1 gas pipeline marks a step
forward in President Andres Manuel Lopez
Obraor's energy program to bolster economic
development the Yucatan region, which is
growing at twice the national average.
That new pipeline, along with additional
construction to be completed before the
president's term expires, will transport
natural gas from the north to Chiapas to
supply thermoelectric plants, including the
new Merida combined cycle power plant,
with a generation capacity of 493 MW.
It is expected to begin operations in May
2022 and combined cycle operation in the
second half of 2023.
Cuxtal 1 is part of a broader gas
infrastructure expansion that will include
a compression station and parallel
pipelines (loops) to boost capacity to
more than 500 MMcf/d.
Africa
Oil remains the primary fuel in Africa,
and there are a number of sizable crude
oil pipelines in various planning and
construction stages. But with nearly 500
Tcf of proven natural gas reserves, there
is growing opportunity for natural gas to
displace oil in Africa - especially in the
power generation sector, with South Africa
leading demand. In addition to regional
demand, an abundance of natural gas has
fueled a growing LNG export market.
Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation
(NNPC) has plans to construct the biggest
natural gas pipeline in that country's history
- a $2.8 billion, 384-mile project from
Ajaokuta to Kano. The 40-inch (1,016-mm)
line will transport 3.5 MMscf/d from
multiple gathering projects in southern
Nigeria, resulting in the establishment of
a connecting network between its eastern,
western and northern regions.
Tanzania and Kenya are constructing
a 345-mile gas pipeline between
Tanzania's Dar es Salaam and Tanga and
on to Mombasa, in Kenya's coastal city of
Mombasa. The project, which is being developed
under a contract by China Petroleum
Technology and Development Corp.
A group of 15 West African countries
also is studying the feasibility of extending
the 420-mile West African Gas Pipeline,
owned by the JV West African Gas Pipeline
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