Nine months after signing the agreement with the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE), Grupo Carso began construction of the first section of the Centauro del Norte Gas Pipeline (GCN) located in Baja, California.
According to the Pipeline and Gas Journal, the objective of the project is to supply natural gas to feed the thermoelectric plants currently under construction and owned by Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE).
The thermo-electric plants are the San Luis Río Colorado Combined Cycle Plants in Sonora, the González Ortega, in Baja California, and the Altar Internal Combustion Plant, also in Sonora.
With a total length of 441 km, a diameter of 36 inches, and an average thickness of 18 millimeters, the pipeline will require an estimated 182,000 mt of API grade plates for its construction.
The first stage of the pipeline is 76 km in length and is expected to conclude by the end of 2025, while the second stage, with 365 km in length, should conclude in 2027.
