Delivering to 8 states – Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, San Luis Potosi, Veracruz, Mexico State, Guanajuato, Tamaulipas and Queretaro
BP Energía México, BP’s natural gas marketing and trading arm in Mexico, has started to deliver approximately 200,000 mmbtu/d of natural gas to industrial users, local distribution companies and independent power producers in eight states in Mexico.
BP said in a press release that it is one of the first private companies to supply natural gas to the domestic market in Mexico under Mexico’s energy reform measures.
The announcement comes after BP Energía México was awarded pipeline transportation rights at an auction hosted earlier this year by CENAGAS, Mexico’s national center for natural gas control. BP Energía México has also executed a firm transport agreement with CENAGAS in addition to agreements with other transporters and local distribution companies in order to offer bundled services for delivery of natural gas.
“We see this as an important milestone in BP’s increasing involvement in and commitment to Mexico,” said Orlando Alvarez, CEO of BP Energy Company, BP’s North America energy marketing and trading group of which BP Energía México is a part. “We intend to continue to grow our Mexican customer base and be a reliable supplier of natural gas into the country for many years to come.”
BP’s investment in Mexico began with marketing and distribution of Castrol 50 years ago, the company said.
In December 2016, BP won bids in two exploration blocks in Cuenca Salina in the Southeast Basin in Mexico’s first tender for deepwater licences. BP said it plans to open 1,500 fueling sites across the country during the next five years.
