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Proman, Topolobampo update: Mexican environmental permits, US is now a natural gas exporter

The developers behind the proposed world-scale ammonia plant in Topolobampo, Mexico, are quietly moving forward again.

This illustrates how hard it can be to challenge unwanted industrial development.

This also illustrates the local impact of a national statistic. The US became "a net exporter of natural gas on an annual basis in 2017 for the first time since 1957," in part due to new pipelines to Mexico, which benefitted from industrial anchor customers creating a future market for that gas.

Thus, Topolobampo ammonia: vertical integration of the value chain.

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