Where is Gato Negro Manzanillo LNG Terminal?

Gato Negro Manzanillo LNG Terminal is an LNG export terminal in Colima, Mexico. It is made up of 1 tracked train or phase.

Is Gato Negro Manzanillo LNG Terminal operating?

Gato Negro Manzanillo LNG Terminal is proposed. Nothing here should be read as a forecast that it will be built.

How much LNG can Gato Negro Manzanillo LNG Terminal handle?

Gato Negro Manzanillo LNG Terminal has 6 Mtpa proposed. Capacity at different statuses is never added together.

Who owns Gato Negro Manzanillo LNG Terminal?

Gato Negro Manzanillo LNG Terminal is owned by Gato Negro Permitium Uno, S.A.P. I. de CV. Shares are as recorded in the current tracker release.

What pipelines connect to Gato Negro Manzanillo LNG Terminal?

1 tracked gas pipeline passes within 25 km of Gato Negro Manzanillo LNG Terminal. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection; each match is listed with its distance.

Gato Negro Manzanillo LNG Terminal

At a glance

Country: Mexico
State / province: Colima
Region: Americas
Import / export: Export
Onshore / floating: Not reported
Status (rolled up): Proposed
Trains / phases tracked: 1
Earliest start year: Not reported
Latest start year: Not reported
Coordinates: 19.0156° N, 104.2738° W
GEM terminal ID: T100000131178
GEM wiki page: gem.wiki

Trains and phases

Each row is one unit as tracked by GEM. Ordered by start year, then proposal year.

Unit	Status	Capacity (Mtpa)	Capacity (bcm/y)	Start	Proposed	FID	Owner (as reported)
Not reported	Proposed	6	8.16	—	2024	Pre-FID	Gato Negro Permitium Uno, S.A.P. I. de CV [100%]

Capacity by status

Status	Units	Mtpa	bcm/y
Proposed	1	6	8.16

Owners and operators

Stakes as reported by GEM per unit, merged across units. Percentages are omitted where GEM does not give them.

Owners

Gato Negro Permitium Uno, S.A.P. I. de CV100%

Parent companies

Gato Negro Permitium Uno, S.A.P. I. de CV100%

Location

Gato Negro Manzanillo LNG Terminal at 19.0156° N, 104.2738° W, with 1 tracked gas pipeline passing within 25 km.

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Coordinates: 19.0156° N, 104.2738° W
Coordinate accuracy (GEM): approximate
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Nearest tracked terminals

Connected gas pipelines

Tracked pipelines whose route passes within 25 km of this terminal, or whose name matches it. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection.

Pipeline	Status	Length	Capacity	Distance	Matched by
Guadalajara Gas Pipeline	Operating	313 km	8.79 bcm/y	0.4 km	route proximity

In the news

Recent headlines that name Gato Negro Manzanillo LNG Terminal. Matched by name, so it is approximate. Titles and links only; we store no article text.

See all tracked headlines.

Common questions

Generated from the same tracker fields as the tables above, so the two cannot disagree. Each answer stands on its own.

Where is Gato Negro Manzanillo LNG Terminal?: Gato Negro Manzanillo LNG Terminal is an LNG export terminal in Colima, Mexico. It is made up of 1 tracked train or phase.
Is Gato Negro Manzanillo LNG Terminal operating?: Gato Negro Manzanillo LNG Terminal is proposed. Nothing here should be read as a forecast that it will be built.
How much LNG can Gato Negro Manzanillo LNG Terminal handle?: Gato Negro Manzanillo LNG Terminal has 6 Mtpa proposed. Capacity at different statuses is never added together.
Who owns Gato Negro Manzanillo LNG Terminal?: Gato Negro Manzanillo LNG Terminal is owned by Gato Negro Permitium Uno, S.A.P. I. de CV. Shares are as recorded in the current tracker release.
What pipelines connect to Gato Negro Manzanillo LNG Terminal?: 1 tracked gas pipeline passes within 25 km of Gato Negro Manzanillo LNG Terminal. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection; each match is listed with its distance.

Background on the technology and the terms used on this page.

Liquefaction trains explained
A liquefaction train is one complete, self-contained refrigeration line that chills treated natural gas until it condenses, and a large modern train produces roughly 5 to 8 million tonnes of LNG a year.
The refrigeration cycles: C3MR, DMR, AP-X and SMR
A liquefaction refrigeration cycle is the closed loop of compression, cooling and expansion that removes heat from feed gas, and the commercial processes differ mainly in how many loops they use and what refrigerant is in each.
Loading jetties and the export terminal layout
An LNG export terminal is laid out as a sequence from feed gas reception through treatment and liquefaction trains to storage and a marine loading jetty, with separation distances between blocks set by hazard analysis.
Tolling, offtake and how projects are financed
LNG project financing depends on offtake agreements committing buyers to future volumes before construction, structured either as traditional sale contracts where the seller owns and prices the gas, or as tolling agreements where the customer owns the gas and pays only a processing fee.

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Reference

LNG Atlas. (2026). Gato Negro Manzanillo LNG Terminal — export terminal. https://lngatlas.org/terminal/gato-negro-manzanillo-lng-terminal-mx/ Data: Global Gas Infrastructure Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, September 2025, CC BY 4.0.

BibTeX

BibTeX entry

@misc{lngatlasterminalgatonegromanzanillolngterminalmx2026,
  author = {{LNG Atlas}},
  title = {Gato Negro Manzanillo LNG Terminal — export terminal},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://lngatlas.org/terminal/gato-negro-manzanillo-lng-terminal-mx/},
  note = {Data: Global Gas Infrastructure Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, September 2025, CC BY 4.0},
}