Villa de Reyes – Aguascalientes –Guadalajara Gas Pipeline

Comisión Federal de Electricidad
Villa de Reyes – Aguascalientes –Guadalajara
Gas Pipeline
Villa de Reyes – Aguascalientes – Guadalajara gas pipeline will supply natural gas to the CFE’s power
generation plants located in the States of Aguascalientes and Jalisco, as well as the Central and
Western regions of the country.
This project will be interconnected to Tula – Villa de Reyes and La Laguna – Aguascalientes gas
pipelines, which are about to start their bidding process. 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 will overview the bidding process in order to comply the highest standards
of transparency.
Project Details:
The project comprises the engineering, procurement, acquisition of real estate
rights, permits and governmental approvals, funding, construction, operation
and maintenance of a pipeline with capacity of 1,000 million standard cubic feet
per day (MMSCFD). The pipeline will have a length of 355 kilometers (km) and
a 42-inch diameter.
The estimated project implementation time is 25 months.
Geographic Location:
State of San Luis Potosí,
Aguascalientes and Jalisco
Relevant Facts:
Estimated Investment: 555
million U.S. dollars
Capacity:
1,000 MMSCFD
Length (approx.):
355 km
Pre-Bid Docs Publication:
July 2015
Final Docs Publication:
July 2015
Proposals Filing:
October 2015
Awarding of Contract:
November 2015
Commercial Operation:
December 2017
Dates subjected to approval by regulatory and governmental authorities.