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Sempra Energy Global Enterprises is developing a strategic portfolio of energy-infrastructure assets in the Pacific Southwest and U.S. Gulf Coast. |
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Sempra Energy's move to import new supplies of liquefied natural gas in 2007 will help meet an expanding market for natural gas in North America. |
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Energy-Infrastructure Businesses
Sempra Energy Resources In 2003, Sempra Energy Resources brought four new power plants online in the Pacific Southwest. The company now has more than 2,600 megawatts (MW) in operation. More importantly, more than 80 percent of this capacity is under long-term contract through 2010, demonstrating the increasing stability and predictability of Sempra Energy Resources' earnings and cash flow. Sempra Energy Resources continues to assess new market opportunities in keeping with its strategic growth philosophy.
Sempra Energy International Sempra Energy International's Gasoducto Bajanorte pipeline is in full operation, with the system nearly 100-percent subscribed through 2023. The pipeline, able to transport 500 million cubic feet of natural gas per day, delivers clean-burning natural gas to the Baja California region of Mexico to fuel future economic growth.
Customer interest in an expansion of Gasoducto Bajanorte and a new pipeline connecting the existing system to markets in Arizona is strong, with capacity requests totaling more than 3 billion cubic feet (bcf) of natural gas per day. The company will move ahead with additional investment once shippers have committed to buy capacity under long-term contracts.
Sempra Energy International owns several natural gas distribution utilities
in Northern Mexico and partial interests in natural gas and electric distribution utilities in Argentina, Chile and Peru.
Sempra Energy LNG In 2003, Sempra Energy Global Enterprises established Sempra Energy LNG, which is responsible for the company's LNG market initiatives, including the development of Energía Costa Azul and Cameron LNG. Energía Costa Azul is a $600 million LNG receipt facility being developed just north of Ensenada in Baja California, Mexico, to process 1 bcf per day of natural gas. Cameron LNG is a $700 million receipt facility under development near Lake Charles, Louisiana, on the U.S. Gulf Coast, to process 1.5 bcf per day of natural gas. Construction on both projects is scheduled to begin in 2004.
The two LNG facilities enjoy strategic sites close to existing transmission pipelines. Energía Costa Azul would utilize Sempra Energy International's Gasoducto Bajanorte pipeline to transport the regasified fuel to markets in Northern Mexico and the Southwestern United States. Additionally, Sempra Energy Trading will play an important role in helping to market the natural gas processed at the facilities.
Sempra Fiber Links Sempra Fiber Links received patent approval notification for its fiber-in-gas (FIGSM) technology, which makes more efficient broadband connections possible through safe installation of fiber-optic cable within active natural gas pipelines. Sempra Fiber Links completed an installation for Long Beach Energy, which is using the fiber to connect critical buildings on its campus. Sempra Fiber Links also received California regulatory approval for natural gas utilities in the state to begin using the FIGSM technology, clearing the way for installations to begin in existing SoCalGas and SDG&E pipelines.
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