據天然氣加工網站8月2日報道 墨西哥國家電力公司與加拿大TC能源公司達成協議，在該國南部開發一條天然氣管道，并鞏固該公司在中部地區的合同。

　　該協議似乎標志著能源公司和墨西哥在數月的爭端后達成了罕見的協議。墨西哥表示，這些公司從給納稅人帶來不公平負擔的合同中獲益。

　　南部的新管道將從墨西哥韋拉克魯斯州的Tuxpan開始，通過海路與坎佩切州和塔巴斯科州的Mayakan管道相連。

　　聯邦電力委員會（CFE）在一份聲明中表示：“該協議旨在解決墨西哥東南部和尤卡坦半島長期缺乏天然氣供應的問題。”

　　根據協議，墨西哥將努力幫助TC能源完成TuxPul-Tula管道，因為該項目將切斷當地社區認為神圣的土地。

　　去年，總統Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador建議重新鋪設這條長178英里（286公里）的管道，但公用事業公司沒有說明如何解決這一問題。

　　該公司表示：“CFE已與TC能源達成一致，同意其將發揮更積極的作用，以解決社會沖突并完成Tuxpan-Tula管道。”

　　該公司補充稱，將墨西哥中部TC能源的合同捆綁在一起，將為該公用事業公司節省成本。

　　2019年，Lopez Obrador政府表示，已說服TC能源和其他管道開發商在重新談判合同后放棄前政府簽署的交易的巨額利潤。

　　王磊 摘譯自 天然氣加工

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　　Mexico reaches deal for natural gas pipeline

　　Mexico's state power utility has struck a deal with Canada's TC Energy Corp to develop a natural gas pipeline in the country's south and consolidate the firm's contracts in the central region, the utility said.

　　The pact appeared to mark a rare moment of agreement after months of dispute between energy companies and Mexico, which said such firms had benefited from contracts that put an unfair burden on taxpayers.

　　The new pipeline in the south will start in Tuxpan in the Mexican state of Veracruz and run by sea to link with the Mayakan pipeline in the states of Campeche and Tabasco.

　　"The agreement aims to solve a long-running problem of the lack of natural gas supply in the Mexican southeast and the Yucatan peninsula," the Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) said in a statement.

　　The pact also says Mexico will step up efforts to help TC Energy complete the Tuxpan-Tula pipeline after work stalled over concerns the project would cut across lands local communities consider sacred.

　　Last year, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador had suggested re-routing the 178-mile (286-km) pipeline, but the utility did not say how it would resolve the matter.

　　"The CFE has agreed with TC Energy that it will take a more active role that will allow for solving social conflicts and completing the Tuxpan-Tula pipeline," it said.

　　Bundling together together TC Energy's contracts in central Mexico would generate savings for the utility, it added.

　　In 2019, Lopez Obrador's government said it had persuaded TC Energy and other pipeline developers to waive significant profits from deals signed under the previous administration after renegotiating the contracts.