石油设备网讯 据普氏能源资讯4月9日报道称，联邦监管机构周二批准金德摩根启动其Sierrita Compressor扩建项目，该项目可能刺激墨西哥西北部对二叠纪天然气的新需求。
该项目将扩建现有的61英里，直径36英寸的Sierrita天然气管道，该管道目前提供从亚利桑那州图森的El Paso天然气南主干线到美国与墨西哥西北部Sasabe边境约2亿立方英尺/日的固定运输能力。
在2015年10月结束的一个开放季之后，墨西哥的联邦电力委员会获得了2亿立方英尺/日的最低扩张能力。这家国有发电厂拥有将该项目规模扩大至3.1亿立方英尺/日的选择权。包括现有产能在内，Sierrita管道在完工后，从El Paso的主干线上的运输能力可提升至5.23亿立方英尺/日。
根据金德摩根的说法，Sierrita扩建项目预计将在2020年4月启动。
徐蕾 摘译自 普氏能源资讯
原文如下：
Kinder Morgan wins nod on crossborder gas pipeline expansion to Mexico
Federal regulators on Tuesday gave Kinder Morgan a green light to begin construction on its Sierrita Compressor Expansion, a project that could spur new demand for Permian gas in Northwest Mexico.
The project will expand the existing 61-mile, 36-inch-diameter Sierrita Gas Pipeline, which currently offers about 200 MMcf/d in firm transportation capacity from the El Paso Natural Gas south mainline in Tucson, Arizona, to the US border with Northwest Mexico at Sasabe.
Following an open season, which closed in October 2015, Mexico's Comision Federal de Electricidad was awarded the sole minimum expansion capacity of 200 MMcf/d. The state-owned generator holds an option to increase the project's size to 310 MMcf/d. Including existing capacity, the Sierrita pipeline could pull up to 523 MMcf/d from El Paso's mainline upon completion.
The Sierrita expansion has an expected in-service date of April 2020, according to Kinder Morgan.
