Abraham David ALIPI MENA

General Director

CENAGAS

We will work hand in hand with the Ministry of Energy to define a comprehensive storage strategy to meet the needs of users.
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CENAGAS In Figures

Number of employees: Around 5,000

The National Center for Natural Gas Control (CENAGAS) serves as Mexico’s natural gas grid control centre. It is a decentralised body of the Federal Public Administration attached to the Ministry of Energy (SENER).

CENAGAS operates with two roles: the first, acting as manager of the Mexican Integrated National Transportation and Storage System for Natural Gas (SISTRANGAS) and the second, serving as a natural gas transporter, operating and maintaining its own pipelines.

SISTRANGAS comprises the following pipeline systems:

 

  • The National Pipeline System
  • The Tamaulipas Pipeline
  • The Zacatecas Pipeline
  • The Bajío Pipeline
  • Ramones I
  • Ramones II
  • Ramones Sur

Furthermore, as a gas transportation company, CENAGAS’s own pipeline system includes:

  • The Natural Gas Pipeline System (SNG), spanning more than 8,700 kilometres with a capacity of 5.71 bcf per day
  • The Naco-Hermosillo System (SNH), covering 340 kilometres with a capacity of 90 mcf per day

CENAGAS News and Interviews

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Abraham David Alipi Mena, general director of the Centro Nacional de Control del Gas Natural (CENAGAS), talks to The Energy Year…

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Oscar Gonzalez, vice-president for Latin America at NDT Global, talks to The Energy Year about the condition of Mexico’s…

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Mexico - January 19, 2022

Marco Antonio Osorio Bonilla, general director of the Mexican Petroleum Institute (IMP), talks to The Energy Year about the…

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Mexico - January 12, 2022

Tania Ortiz Mena, president of Sempra Infrastructure for Mexico, talks to The Energy Year about the rationale behind the…

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Mexico - March 22, 2018

Ángel Larraga Palacios, president of Gas Natural Fenosa (GNF) in Mexico, talks to TOGY about the development of the natural gas and power generation sectors following…

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Mexico - February 22, 2018

David Madero Suárez, general director of the National Centre for Natural Gas Control (Cenagas), talks to TOGY about the maintenance and modernisation of its pipeline…

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Mexico - November 20, 2017

Santiago García, CEO of Santa Fe Gas, talks to TOGY about operating in an open natural gas market, the qualities that customers look for in marketers and the outlook…

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Mexico - October 19, 2017

Arturo García Bello, partner and energy and natural resources leader at Deloitte in Mexico, talks to TOGY about how companies decide to invest in the domestic oil and…

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Mexico - September 21, 2017

Carlos Alberto Arriola Jiménez, CEO of Integrated Gas Services de México (Igasamex), talks to TOGY about Mexico’s energy reform and the development of the…

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Mexico - September 20, 2017

BP Energía México, the local gas marketing arm of the super-major, has begun supplying users with 5.66 mcm (200 mcf) of gas per day, the company announced on Tuesday…

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Juan Carlos Zepeda Molina
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Mexico - August 31, 2017

Juan Carlos Zepeda, president commissioner of Mexico’s National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH), talks to TOGY about Round 1.4, the agency’s response to industry…

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Mexico - August 17, 2017

Mexican Secretary of Energy Pedro Joaquín Coldwell talks to TOGY about how the country’s 2014 energy reform has led to advances in the upstream sector, the…

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