Because Energía Costa Azul values the culture and history of Ensenada and the Baja California region, the company formed an alliance with the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH) to conduct an archeological and anthropological survey prior to beginning construction on the LNG terminal.
Prior to beginning construction on the marine facilities at Energía Costa Azul, the company worked with the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC) and local experts to relocate by hand more than 700,000 sea urchins, sea cucumbers and sea snails to adjacent shores outside the construction zone (with more than a 99 percent survival rate).