Natural gas

Market

October 9, 2026 · 5 min

The Altamira hub, Tamaulipas: the largest, still on paper

At 1,637.78 ha, the Altamira hub is the largest of the 15 and almost twice the size of the second, Reserva Zapotlán (910.82 ha). It has had a state agreement since 18 February 2026, but no developer, no tenants and no published MW figure.

Market

October 9, 2026 · 5 min

The Chetumal hub, Quintana Roo: 21.5 MW next to Belize, no pipeline, no investment

The Chetumal hub covers 87.80 ha, 7.4 km from the Belize border, and offers up to 21.5 MW, with compressed natural gas instead of a pipeline. As of October 2026 it is still in pre-investment, with no companies or investment announced.

Market

October 9, 2026 · 5 min

The Seybaplaya I hub, Campeche: port and gas at hand, no tenants

The Seybaplaya I hub covers 99.99 ha, 4.9 km from the port of Seybaplaya, with 6 MW available on site through 2030. As of October 2026 it is still in pre-investment, with no developer or announced investment.

Market

October 9, 2026 · 5 min

The Topolobampo hub, Sinaloa: gas at the gate, conflict in the bay

The Topolobampo hub covers 277.58 ha in Ahome, with up to 10 MW and the El Encino–Topolobampo gas pipeline at the site boundary. Along with Cancún, it is the only hub without a located SE–state agreement, and its surroundings carry the conflict over the ammonia and methanol plants.

Market

October 9, 2026 · 5 min

The Tuxpan hub, Veracruz: 235 ha next to the port and only 4 MW

235.10 ha 7.7 km from the port of Tuxpan, aimed at logistics, energy and heavy industry, but with projected power demand of just 4 MW. Fourteen months after its declaration there is no developer and no tenant; in March 2026 the state created a committee to pick them.

Thesis

September 25, 2026 · 4 min

Mexico and North America: an interdependence to manage

Mexico buys some of the cheapest gas in the world because it is integrated with the United States. That same integration leaves it with 2.4 days of reserves.

Infrastructure

September 25, 2026 · 4 min

The Pacific: Mexico's window to Asia

Energía Costa Azul shipped the first LNG from Mexico's Pacific coast. The route to Asia is shorter and does not depend on Panama, but five of six projects still lack financing and the rules for domestic industry have not arrived.

Events

September 23, 2026 · 5 min

Baja California in 2026: the power system that arrives at EnerBaja

Interconnection with the national grid, a new combined-cycle plant in Mexicali, gas now leaving through Ensenada and an open storage call: the context Baja California brings to EnerBaja 2026.

Thesis

September 14, 2026 · 7 min

Permitting is no longer the problem

Halfway through Mexico's 2024–2030 National Energy Plan, the binding constraint has moved: from the permit desk to the grid. For industry in the Bajío, that changes which decision has to be made, and when.