Oil
Waha-Agua Dulce Price Gap Narrows as Permian Pipeline Capacity Expands
CEII brief
Natural Gas Intelligence reported on 16 Oct 2026: Waha-Agua Dulce Price Gap Narrows as Permian Pipeline Capacity Expands.
Read the full story on Natural Gas IntelligenceNew midstream capacity is shrinking the discount between Permian Basin benchmark Waha and hubs such as Henry Hub and Agua Dulce, but that does not diminish its importance to the Mexico market, according to Daniel Bustos, CEO of Esentia Energy Systems.
Context from CEII
Crude benchmarks move budgets, currencies and inflation in producer and importer countries alike. For economies such as Nigeria, where fuels dominate exports, production and refining decisions move the whole economy.
3.0% of Mexico’s merchandise exports were fuels in 2025Countries in this story
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