The development stages:In operation/2013-01.The investment is US$688mn.The 855km Los Ramones natural gas pipeline seeks to improve gas supply across central Mexico by becoming the backbone of the country's natural gas infrastructure. The pipeline system is being developed in two separate stages. The 114km phase I starts at the US-Mexico border in Ciudad Camargo, Tamaulipas state, and ends in Los Ramones in Nuevo León state. This line is connected to a 200km segment operated by NET Midstream located in Texas, which begins at Agua Dulce within the Eagle Ford play and runs down to Ciudad Camargo. Phase I was awarded to Gasoductos de Chihuahua (GdC), a PGPB-IEnova partnership. Operations began in December 2014.