Kinder Morgan (El Paso) Pipeline, Tucson to Mexico; Update

Link to Oil & Gas Journal.

Parts of this story were first posted back in October, 2012.

Data points:

• El Paso Natural Gas Co., LLC, affiliate Sasabe Pipeline Co will build a 60-mile, 200-million cubic feet/day capacity pipeline from existing pipelines near Tucson, AZ, to the US-Mex border at Sasabe, AZ
• Sasabe Pipeline will connect with Sempra International in Mexico
• requires cross-border presidential permit (here we go again)
• Mexico awarded Sempra a contract to build and operate a 500-mile, $1 billion project connecting northwestern states of Sonora and Sinaloa
• the Sempra pipeline will supply natural gas for power plants for the next 15 years
• permit applied for in April, 2012; hope to get approval in earl 2013 (a full year)
• hope to start construction first quarter 2014; September, 2014, in-service date
• Kinder Morgan owns EPNG (posted recently)
• 25-year transportation agreement; $200 million project