Kinder Morgan Energy Partners announced that the fully subscribed Sierrita Pipeline has begun service. The 60mi, 36â? diameter pipeline provides 200MMSCF of transportation capacity and extends from El Paso Natural Gasâ existing south mainlines near Tucson, Arizona, to the US-Mexico border near Sasabe, Arizona. The Sierrita Pipeline interconnects via a new international border crossing with a new natural gas pipeline in Mexico. The project was built in partnership with MGI Enterprises US, a wholly owned affiliate of Pemex Gas y Petroquímica Básica, a subsidiary of Petróleos Mexicanos, the Mexican state-owned oil and gas company, and MIT Pipeline Investment Americas, a subsidiary of Mitsui & CO.
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âWe are pleased to see the Sierrita Pipeline placed in service to provide customers in Mexico with supplies of clean, efficient natural gasâ?, said Natural Gas Pipelines West Region President Mark Kissel.
