Sempra Energy, an American natural gas utilities company based in San Diego, announced that it has been awarded a natural gas transportation contract worth an estimated $108 million in Chihuahua, Mexico by the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE). The award will be executed through Sempra's majority-owned IEnova and its subsidiary, Gasoducto de Aguaprieta.

The project will comprise a header facility with a capacity of 3 billion cubic feet per day (Bcfd) of natural gas and an approximately 14-mile pipeline with a capacity of 1,135 million cubic feet per day (Mcfd) of natural gas. The pipeline will provide natural gas to the Norte III Combined Cycle Power Generation Plant and will interconnect with Gasoductos de Chihuahua, Tarahumara and Samalayuca-Sásabe pipelines.

IEnova develops, builds and operates energy infrastructure in Mexico. As of 2014, the company invested more than $3.5 billion in operating assets and projects under construction in Mexico, being one of the largest private energy companies in the country. IEnova is the first energy infrastructure company to be listed in the Mexican Stock Exchange.