Elperiodico.com.gt reports that "... Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) has put forward a scenario in which includes gas produced by Mexico and the gas imported from the US. The cost is estimated at around US $737 million and the execution would be carried out between 2016 and 2017. The rates, according to preliminary figures, would be around US $8.10 / MMBtu (one million BTU) between the cost of gas and its transfer to Guatemala. "
'... In order to cut costs, the solution could be to fix a minimum demand level in each section so that each country added enters with the same rules, paying a toll. Julio Héctor Estrada, director of the National Agency of Partnerships for Economic Infrastructure Development (ANADIE) stated that "the best that could happen from Guatemala's point of view is a pipeline which goes to Panama, to cut costs.If it only goes to Guatemala payment has to be made for the pipeline and consumption in the country. ""

Source: elperiodico.com.gt

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