Puerto Libertad is a fishing town and port of the Mexican state of Sonora, Mexico. It is located on the north coast of the Gulf of California, in the municipality of Pitiquito. Houston based Mexico Pacific Limited LLC has been building an LNG plant there since 2023 to import natural gas from Texas and Arizona.
Puerto Libertad | |
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  Puerto Libertad Location in Sonora  Puerto Libertad Puerto Libertad (Sonora) | |
| Coordinates: 29°54′15″N 112°40′59″W / 29.90417°N 112.68306°W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Sonora |
| Municipality | Pitiquito |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 2,782 |
Population
editAccording to the results of the Census of Population and Housing 2005 Puerto Libertad population is 2,823 people, 1,489 of which are men and 1,334 women.
Economy
editIt is a place dedicated to fishing activities.[citation needed] Puerto Libertad is located in the Sonoran Desert environment, which in conjunction with the sea, gives it a very special appeal, so it is increasingly attracting development of tourism.[citation needed]
It also hosts one of the largest power plants in Mexico, operated by the national utility company the Comisión Federal de Electricidad.[citation needed] Because the plant is aged, heavy fuel burning, the town is the site of a proposed algal biofuel project which would produce ethanol. The system works on exhaust from the electric power plant.[citation needed] The two companies working on the project are an American Algenol technology and Mexican operator owner Biofields.[citation needed] Puerto Libertad is also the site of a solar energy project being developed by Sonora Energy Group Hermosillo, S.A. de C.V.[citation needed]
In 2017, Houston-based Mexico Pacific Limited LLC bought 300 acres to build an LNG plant for importing natural gas from the US.[1]: 35 They received a permit to export first in 2018 and asked for an expanded export permit in 2022. In 2023, Exxon said it would like to sell from the Sonora facility.[2] as well as Shell, and as of May 2023, construction began.[3]
Geography
editPuerto Libertad is located at the geographic coordinates 29 ° 54'15 "N 112 ° 40'59" W / 29.90417, -112.68306, at an altitude of 10 meters above sea level, the distance that separates it from the capital state, the city of Hermosillo, is 416 kilometers and they are connected through the so-called coastal road.
Climate
editPuerto Libertad has a desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh).
| Climate data for Puerto Libertad, Sonora (1981–2010), extremes (1960–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 29.0 (84.2) |
32.0 (89.6) |
33.5 (92.3) |
41.0 (105.8) |
42.0 (107.6) |
44.0 (111.2) |
43.0 (109.4) |
44.0 (111.2) |
44.0 (111.2) |
42.0 (107.6) |
38.0 (100.4) |
32.2 (90.0) |
44.0 (111.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 19.9 (67.8) |
21.3 (70.3) |
23.4 (74.1) |
26.6 (79.9) |
29.4 (84.9) |
33.0 (91.4) |
34.9 (94.8) |
35.5 (95.9) |
34.6 (94.3) |
30.0 (86.0) |
24.7 (76.5) |
20.5 (68.9) |
27.8 (82.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 13.5 (56.3) |
14.8 (58.6) |
17.0 (62.6) |
20.0 (68.0) |
22.9 (73.2) |
27.1 (80.8) |
30.6 (87.1) |
31.1 (88.0) |
29.4 (84.9) |
23.8 (74.8) |
18.1 (64.6) |
14.1 (57.4) |
21.9 (71.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7.2 (45.0) |
8.3 (46.9) |
10.6 (51.1) |
13.3 (55.9) |
16.4 (61.5) |
21.1 (70.0) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.8 (80.2) |
24.2 (75.6) |
17.7 (63.9) |
11.4 (52.5) |
7.7 (45.9) |
15.9 (60.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.0 (21.2) |
0.0 (32.0) |
1.0 (33.8) |
3.0 (37.4) |
4.5 (40.1) |
7.5 (45.5) |
12.5 (54.5) |
13.5 (56.3) |
11.0 (51.8) |
2.5 (36.5) |
1.5 (34.7) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 13.1 (0.52) |
6.8 (0.27) |
10.3 (0.41) |
1.9 (0.07) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.3 (0.01) |
10.9 (0.43) |
13.3 (0.52) |
12.5 (0.49) |
16.8 (0.66) |
8.3 (0.33) |
21.2 (0.83) |
115.4 (4.54) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 15.4 |
| Source: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional[4] | |||||||||||||
Gallery
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Beach and power plant at Puerto Libertad
References
edit- ↑ Mexico Pacific Limited LLC (December 28, 2022). "Application of Mexico Pacific Limited LLC for Additional Long-Term, Multi-Contract Authorization to Export Natural Gas to Mexico and to Re-Export Liquefied Natural Gas to Free Trade Agreement and Non-Free Trade Agreement Nations" (PDF). www.energy.gov.
- ↑ "Mexico Pacific to sell LNG from Sonora export plant to Exxon Mobil". Reuters. February 7, 2023.
- ↑ Eliza Galeana (2023-05-04). "Mexico Pacific Limited to Build LNG Plant in Sonora". Retrieved 2025-04-08.
- ↑ "NORMALES CLIMATOLÓGICAS 1981-2010" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved May 27, 2017.