The pipeline would have the capacity to transport 400 cm/d of gas from the Chicontepec gas field located in Veracruz and Puebla, the Altamira terminal and/or the Burgos Basin to central and western Mexico.

The ministry anticipates that the new pipeline will provide flexibility in the national gas pipeline system and increase the certainty of supply for new and existing customers.

The pipeline is expected to begin operations in 2012.