SUGAR LAND--August 3, 2016--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--As the election draws near and the candidates' positions on hydrocarbons are divided along party lines, the future of cross-border pipelines, which fall directly under the President's jurisdiction, hangs in the balance. From an economic standpoint, however, no pipeline will be built without the economics to support it, whether suppliers to fill the line or users to pull from it. A slew of new natural gas-fired power plants in Mexico means new demand for natural gas, which is most likely to come from the U.S., with its neighboring Permian Basin and Eagle Ford shale plays, until Mexico's own reserves can be tapped. There are multiple such power projects near the U.S.-Mexico border that are planned to come online between now and as far out as 2023.