CARACAS, Feb 19 (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Friday said the country should propose supplying natural gas to Mexico, which this week experienced disruptions to its supplies from Texas, though energy experts dismissed the plan as unrealistic.
Texas banned out-of-state exports this week during an unprecedented cold snap, prompting Mexico to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) under emergency conditions.
“We must speak with Mexico’s government because I have seen the problem with gas supply and the effort that President [Andres Manuel] Lopez Obrador is making to resolve it,” Maduro said in a speech at state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela’s headquarters.
“We should propose that we become secure suppliers of gas to Mexico.”
Maduro did not provide further details. Venezuela does not have a liquefaction plant to convert natural gas into LNG, which would be necessary to send the gas via sea, industry experts said. Cash-strapped Venezuela, under heavy U.S. sanctions, would struggle to finance such a project.
Venezuela has vast gas reserves and could in theory export gas to neighboring Trinidad and Tobago, which has several LNG plants, but there is currently no pipeline linking the two countries.
During the speech, Maduro said he had signed a decree extending an “energy emergency” declaration in the oil industry for another year, citing U.S. sanctions on the state oil company.
Source: Reuters
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