By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Mar. 22 -- Terranova Energia S de RL de CV, the Mexican subsidiary of Tidelands Oil & Gas Corp., San Antonio, applied Mar. 18 to the Comision Reguladora de Energia de Mexico (CRE) for authorization to construct the 160-mile Terranova Oriente natural gas pipeline system in Tamaulipas state, Mexico.
The system will include a 30-in. line to connect to a border crossing between Progreso, Tex., and Nuevo Progreso, Mex.; a 36-in. line to connect to the Mission, Tex.-Arguelles, Mex., pipeline border crossing; and connection to a proposed underground gas storage facility at Rio Bravo in Tamaulipas, Mexico. (OGJ Online, Aug. 3, 2004).
The 1-bcfd system normally will supply gas to northern Mexico from Texas, but the lines will be reversible.
The system is part of a project to deliver regasified LNG from the proposed Dorado HiLoad LNG regasification terminal. The terminal will be in 400 ft of water 35 miles offshore in the Gulf of Mexico.
Tidelands collaborator Remora Technology, Houston, in February finalized the LNG plant design, specifications, and adaptations based on process developed by ConocoPhillips whereby a HiLoad facility offshore attaches itself to an LNG tanker, vaporizes the LNG as it is offloaded, and injects it directly into pipelines.