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Pemex won! It will supply natural gas to industrial parks of the Trans-Isthmus Corridor
Cenegas announced that the natural gas that will be used in the Trans-Isthmus Corridor project will be national and not exported.


The poles that will demand more natural gas are those of Ciudad Ixtepec and Santa María Mixtequilla.
By Hector Usla
June 07, 2023 | 16:20 pm hrs

The welfare development poles, one of the last priority projects of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, will require a demand of 11.31 million cubic feet per day (MMcfd) of natural gas, and its supplier will be PEMEX Industrial Transformation, Abraham David Alipi Mena, general director of the National Center for Natural Gas Control (CENAGAS), said in an interview.

"The natural gas that will supply this project will not be imported, but national, it would come from the southeast of the country, mainly from the Burgos field in Tamaulipas and other fields, the supply will be guaranteed," he said.

The development poles are made up of 10 industrial parks that will enjoy fiscal and non-fiscal incentives to install industries that generate value, so they intend to be one of the pillars to detonate the development of certain regions of the southeast of the country. This project is part of the Trans-Isthmus Corridor.

The spaces that will demand more natural gas are those of Ciudad Ixtepec and Santa María Mixtequilla, with 1.5 MMcfd, both located a few kilometers from the capital of Oaxaca.

The executive said that the companies that seek to settle in these 10 industrial parks have different vocations, such as electronics, semiconductors, automotive, auto parts, transportation equipment, medical devices, metals and petrochemicals, among others.

Aldo Silva Cortés, general coordinator of planning and design of strategies for the development of the Trans-Isthmus Corridor, explained that since June 5, the guidelines that companies interested in participating in these tenders must follow were published.

Companies that manage to win a tender could obtain discounts of between 50 and 100 percent of the VAT, as well as various tax benefits.

Initially, the concessions could be given for two years, with a possibility of extension of five years.

"They will think that it is a short time, but what we are looking for is that the participants establish an investment proposal for that period, and if they comply with it, the idea is that the property is sold to them at present value," he said.

The first public tender will be held at the end of June 2023, while the failure of the first tender and a second public tender will take place in October 2023. The ruling of the second public tender will be in February 2024.

The first tender will be integrated by the industrial parks Coatzacoalcos I and II, Texistepec, San Juan Evangelista, San Blas Atempa and Salina Cruz, while in the second tender will be the parks of Matías Romero, Asunción Ixtaltepec, Ciudad Ixtepec and Santa María Mixtequilla.

Regarding the Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, it was reported that the 'backbone' of the railway project called 'Line Z', already presents an advance of 78 percent, and is expected to be completed in August 2023. This section consists of 227 km of roads, 82 bridges, 290 drainage works, which required an investment of 19 billion pesos.

The 'FA and K Line' developments are still pending, these are expected to be completed during the first quarter of 2024 and the fourth quarter of 2024, respectively.

They go for seven days of storage

On the other hand, the general director of CENAGAS said that they will seek that the storage of natural gas in the country reaches seven days, since currently, storage ranges from 2.5-3 days.

"Japan has 90 days of storage, but they are not gas producers like Mexico, so our storage needs are different, anyway, we follow the initiative of President López Obrador to have energy sovereignty," he explained.

He explained that seven days could be more than enough for a country like Mexico, since the last natural gas crises that the country suffered lasted, maximum, five days, as was the case of the Texas frosts in February 2021.

"We also cannot invest a lot of money in storage infrastructure, since it would be reflected in a higher tariff, we must do it gradually, otherwise, it would generate a problem," he said.

https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/economia/2023/06/07/pemex-salio-ganon-abastecera-de-gas-natural-a-parques-industriales-de-corredor-transistmico/