SAN DIEGO, Sept. 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Sempra Energy
(NYSE: SRE) today announced that its Mexican subsidiary, Infraestructura Energética Nova, S.A.B. de C.V. (IEnova) (BMV: IENOVA),
has completed its acquisition of PEMEX Transformación Industrial's 50-percent equity interest in the Gasoductos de Chihuahua
joint venture for approximately $1.14 billion.
Mexico's antitrust commission, the Comisión Federal de Competencia Económica, authorized the
transaction Sept. 15. IEnova's shares in the joint venture now increase to 100 percent from
50 percent. PEMEX will retain 50-percent shareholder interest in the Ramones II Norte pipeline project through Ductos y
Energéticos del Norte, S.de R.L. de C.V.
The assets included in the transaction comprise three natural gas pipelines, an ethane pipeline, and a liquid petroleum gas
pipeline and associated storage terminal.
IEnova develops, builds and operates energy infrastructure in Mexico. As of Dec. 31, 2015, the company had invested more than US $4 billion in operating
assets and projects under construction in Mexico. It is one of the largest private energy companies in the country and is
the first energy infrastructure company to be listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange.
Sempra Energy, based in San Diego, is a Fortune 500 energy services holding company with 2015
revenues of more than $10 billion. The Sempra Energy companies' 17,000 employees serve more than 32
million consumers worldwide.
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and other risks, including, among others: local, regional, national and international economic, competitive, political,
legislative, legal and regulatory conditions, decisions and developments; actions and the timing of actions, including general
rate case decisions, new regulations, issuances of permits to construct, operate and maintain facilities and equipment and to use
land, franchise agreements and licenses for operation, by the California Public Utilities Commission, California State
Legislature, U.S. Department of Energy, California Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, California Energy Commission, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, California Air Resources Board, South Coast Air Quality Management District, Los
Angeles County Department of Public Health, Mexican Competition Commission, states, cities and counties, and other regulatory and
governmental bodies in the countries in which we operate; the timing and success of business development efforts and
construction, maintenance and capital projects, including risks in obtaining, maintaining or extending permits, licenses,
certificates and other authorizations on a timely basis, risks in obtaining the consent of our partners, and risks in obtaining
adequate and competitive financing for such projects; the resolution of civil and criminal litigation and regulatory
investigations; deviations from regulatory precedent or practice that result in a reallocation of benefits or burdens among
shareholders and ratepayers, and delays in, or disallowance or denial of, regulatory agency authorization to recover costs in
rates from customers; the availability of electric power, natural gas and liquefied natural gas, and natural gas pipeline and
storage capacity, including disruptions caused by failures in the North American transmission grid, moratoriums on the ability to
withdraw natural gas from or inject natural gas into storage facilities, pipeline explosions and equipment failures; energy
markets; the timing and extent of changes and volatility in commodity prices; the impact on the value of our natural gas storage
and related assets and our investments from low natural gas prices, low volatility of natural gas prices and the inability to
procure favorable long-term contracts for natural gas storage services; risks posed by decisions and actions of third parties who
control the operations of investments in which we do not have a controlling interest, and risks that our partners or
counterparties will be unable (due to liquidity issues, bankruptcy or otherwise) or unwilling to fulfill their contractual
commitments; weather conditions, natural disasters, catastrophic accidents, equipment failures, terrorist attacks and other
events that may disrupt our operations, damage our facilities and systems, cause the release of greenhouse gasses, radioactive
materials and harmful emissions, and subject us to third-party liability for property damage or personal injuries, fines and
penalties, some of which may not be covered by insurance (including costs in excess of applicable policy limits) or may be
disputed by insurers; cybersecurity threats to the energy grid, natural gas storage and pipeline infrastructure, the information
and systems used to operate our businesses and the confidentiality of our proprietary information and the personal information of
our customers and employees; failure to obtain regulatory approval for projects required to enhance safety and reliability; the
ability to win competitively bid infrastructure projects against a number of strong competitors willing to aggressively bid for
these projects; capital markets conditions, including the availability of credit and liquidity of our investments, and inflation,
interest and currency exchange rates; disallowance of regulatory assets associated with, or decommissioning costs of, the San
Onofre Nuclear Generating Station facility due to increased regulatory oversight, including motions to modify settlements;
expropriation of assets by foreign governments and title and other property disputes; the impact on reliability of San Diego Gas
& Electric Company's (SDG&E) electric transmission and distribution system due to increased amount and variability of
power supply from renewable energy sources and increased reliance on natural gas and natural gas transmission systems; the impact
on competitive customer rates of the growth in distributed and local power generation and the corresponding decrease in demand
for power delivered through SDG&E's electric transmission and distribution system; the inability or determination not to
enter into long-term supply and sales agreements or long-term firm capacity agreements due to insufficient market interest,
unattractive pricing or other factors; and other uncertainties, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are
beyond our control.
These risks and uncertainties are further discussed in the reports that Sempra Energy has filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. These reports are available through the EDGAR system free-of-charge on the SEC's website, www.sec.gov, and on the company's website at www.sempra.com. Investors should not rely unduly on any forward-looking statements. These forward-looking
statements speak only as of the date hereof, and the company undertakes no obligation to update or revise these forecasts or
projections or other forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Sempra International, LLC, Sempra U.S. Gas & Power, LLC, and Sempra Partners, LP, are not the same companies as the
California utilities, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) or Southern California Gas
Company (SoCalGas), and Sempra International, LLC, Sempra U.S. Gas & Power, LLC, and Sempra Partners, LP, are not regulated
by the California Public Utilities Commission. Sempra International's underlying entities include Sempra Mexico and Sempra South
American Utilities. Sempra U.S. Gas & Power's underlying entities include Sempra Renewables and Sempra Natural Gas.
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