Ojinaga – El Encino Gas Pipeline

Comisión Federal de Electricidad
Ojinaga – El Encino Gas Pipeline
Ojinaga – El Encino pipeline will transport natural gas from Waha, Texas to Mexico. It will supply
natural gas to CFE’s power generation plants in Chihuahua, as well as the North, West and Center
regions.
This project will be interconnected to El Encino –Topolobampo and to El Encino – La Laguna pipelines,
both currently under construction. This system will supply natural gas to new power generation
plants, as well as those currently operating with fuel oil which will be converted to use natural gas as
their base fuel.
Transparencia Mexicana overviewed the bidding process in order to comply the highest standards of
transparency.
Project Details:
The project comprises the design, engineering, procurement, construction,
operation and maintenance of a pipeline with capacity of 1,350 million cubic
feet per day (MMCFD). The pipeline will have 205 kilometers long and a
42-inch diameter.
The estimated project implementation time is 28 months.
Geographic Location:
State of Chihuahua
Relevant Facts:
Estimated Investment: 400
million U.S dollars
Capacity:
1,350 MMCFD
Pre-bid Docs Publication:
May 13, 2014
Final Docs Publication:
June 24, 2014
Proposal Filing:
October 15, 2014
Awarding of Contract:
November 24, 2015
Commercial Operation:
March 2017