Northern Hemisphere awards Mexico pipeline, storage contract

Northern Hemisphere Logistics Inc. has hired Mirage Energy Corp. to participate in development of Northern Hemisphere’s Isthmus Corridor project. The project includes underground natural gas storage and pipeline connecting that storage to the country’s transmission system, as well as rehabilitation of crude and products ports on both the Gulf of Mexico and Pacific coasts and connecting pipelines.

Cenote Energy S. de R.L. de C.V.’s underground natural gas storage site’s Phase 1, part of the Isthmus Corridor project, will have 52 bcf of working gas storage, expandable to 786 bcf once fully developed and as demand warrants.

Isthmus Corridor also includes WPF Mexico Pipelines S. de R.L. de C.V.’s 42-in. OD pipeline connecting this storage to Station 19 on Mexico’s national pipeline system and from there to the Los Ramones hub. An existing 48-in. OD pipeline will be rehabilitated and interconnected, creating a 1,000-mile system spanning the Mexican isthmus and boosting gas deliveries to the southern part of the country.

Northern Hemisphere Logistics S.A.P.I. de C.V.’s hydrocarbon liquids docks at Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, on the Gulf of Mexico will be rehabilitated, including installation of new monobuoys. Pipelines, 30- and 48-in. OD, connecting Coatzacoalcos with Salina Cruz, Oaxaco, on the Pacific coast will also be rehabilitated, including pumping stations and tankage. New monobuoys will be installed at Salina Cruz as well.

The agreement gives Mirage 30% participation in the $6-billion project.