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TC Energy sells Mexican pipeline to ESENTIA for US$400m

ESENTIA gains a route from Permian gas to Mexico's Pacific coast.

M&A News deals deskEnergy · Mexico21 Sept 2026

TC Energy announced on 21 September 2026 that it will sell Energía Occidente de México, which owns the Guadalajara–Manzanillo pipeline, to affiliates of ESENTIA for about US$400m.

TC Energy website: tcenergy.com

Market context

The pipeline serves power plants and industry in Jalisco and Colima and connects to the LNG Manzanillo import terminal. After the sale TC Energy will still run about 3,300km of Mexican gas pipelines; ESENTIA plans to fund the deal from liquidity and existing credit lines.

“optionality to redeploy proceeds from a mature asset towards high-value growth opportunities across our North American footprint”François Poirier, CEO of TC Energy