Planned to be built in partnership with HEP’s Mexican partner, the Nueva Era Pipeline will be capable of transporting up to 600 million cubic feet per day of natural gas from the Webb County Hub in Webb County, Texas, US, to Escobedo, Nuevo León, Mexico and the Mexican National Pipeline System (Sistema Nacional de Gasoductos) in Monterrey.
Howard Energy Partners chairman and CEO Mike Howard said: "By expanding transportation services off of our Webb County Hub and developing a new pipeline directly to Monterrey, we can provide northern Mexico’s industrial centers with access to the most competitively-priced gas in the country, while giving South Texas producers access to several new, growing markets."
The Nueva Era pipeline will connect producers in South Texas directly with end-users in Mexico, and is expected to be commissioned in July 2017.
The company is currently accepting non-binding indications of interest for use of the pipeline.
The rates of transportation service from the US-Mexico border to Escobedo are estimated to be between $0.13 and $0.20 per thousand cubic feet.
HEP owns and operates approximately 700 miles of natural gas pipelines, natural gas liquids processing plants, rail facilities, liquid storage terminals, deep water port facilities, and other related midstream assets.
