NET Midstream’s affiliate, NET Mexico Pipeline Partners LLC, completed construction of its 120-mile, 42-inch and 48-inch Texas intrastate pipeline ahead of its initial expected in-service date of Dec. 1. Mechanical completion of the pipeline, which delivers natural gas to Mexico, occurred in October. The pipeline has finished commissioning activities and is now fully operational.

NET Mexico’s design capacity is 2.3 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d), which can be expanded to 3 Bcf/d with additional compression. NET Mexico will begin operations with 50,000 horsepower (hp) of compression, with plans to increase to 114,000 hp in late 2015. The pipeline is anchored by a long-term firm transportation agreement, for up to 2.1 Bcf/d, with MexGas Supply Ltd., a subsidiary of Mexico’s state-owned gas company Petróleos Mexicanos, or Pemex.

NET Mexico’s Agua Dulce Hub will include more than 4 Bcf/d of receipt capacity from nine gas pipelines and four gas processing plants. It includes three large-diameter header lines and bi-directional meters at many points, with 2.6 Bcf/d of capacity.

The company will offer intrastate service from Eagle Ford Midstream, Enterprise Intrastate Pipeline, Enterprise Texas, Houston Pipe Line, Kinder Morgan Tejas, Conoco Lobo and Southcross. Service from Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America and Tennessee Gas Pipeline will be offered under FERC’s NGPA Section 311. NET Mexico plans to add receipt points from four processing plants in 2015: Exxon's King Ranch plant; DCP’s LaGloria; and Gulf Plains plants and Enterprise’s Delmita plant.