GASFOR Pipeline
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GASFOR Pipeline (also known as the Guamaré-Pecém Gas Pipeline) is an operating bidirectional gas pipeline in Brazil.[1]
Location
The pipeline runs northwest from Guamaré in Rio Grande do Norte state to the Port of Pecém in São Gonçalo do Amarante, Ceará state. At Guamaré it intersects with the Nordestão Gas Pipeline.[2][3]
Project Details
GASFOR I
- Operator: TAG (Transportadora Associada de Gas)[1][2][3]
- Parent Company: Engie S.A.(32.5%), Engie Brasil Energia (17.5%), CDPQ (Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec) (50%)[4][5]
- Capacity: 2,027,000 m³/day (0.74 bcm/year)[6]
- Length: 383 km[1][6]
- Diameter: 10, 12 inches[6]
- Status: Operating[1]
- Start Year: 1998[7]
- Associated infrastructure:
GASFOR II
- Parent Company: Engie S.A.(32.5%), Engie Brasil Energia (17.5%), CDPQ (Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec) (50%)[4][5]
- Capacity: 6 MMm³/d (6 million cubic meters per day)[8]
- Length: 83.2 km / 51.69 miles[9][10]
- Diameter: 20 inches[9]
- Status: Operating[10]
- Start Year: 2024[8][10]
- Cost: $6.9 billion (estimated)[9]
Background
GASFOR I
Running from Guamaré (Rio Grande do Norte state) to the Port of Pecém in São Gonçalo do Amarante (Ceará state), the GASFOR I pipeline is a 383-kilometer, 10- to 12-inch pipeline in northeastern Brazil.[1][6] The pipeline began operating in 1998.[7]
GASFOR II
In 2015, Petrobras announced plans for an expansion project called GASFOR II, designed to increase transmission capacity to the Industrial and Port Complex of Pecém and serve as an alternate to the GASFOR I pipeline's original route through densely populated Fortaleza city.[9][10] Following a 2020 change in ownership, TAG reaffirmed its plans to develop the GASFOR II project.[10][11] Construction of GASFOR II began in 2022, and the new pipeline began operating in 2024.[10]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "CARACTERÍSTICAS TÉCNICAS E OPERACIONAIS DAS INSTALAÇÕES DE TRANSPORTE" (PDF). TAG. October 23, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Rede de Gasodutos de Transporte da TAG". TAG (Transportadora Associada de Gás). Retrieved 2025-09-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Sistema de Transporte – TAG". ntag.com.br (in português do Brasil). Retrieved 2021-06-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 "ENGIE Brasil Energia sells 15% of TAG's shares to CDPQ". Engie. 2023-12-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 "ENGIE Brasil Energia sells 15% of TAG's shares to CDPQ | La Caisse". La Caisse. 2023-12-28.
{{cite news}}: no-break space character in|title=at position 50 (help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Imprensa Nacional. "AUTORIZAÇÃO Nº 537, DE 30 DE JULHO DE 2020 - DOU - Imprensa Nacional". www.in.gov.br (in português do Brasil). Retrieved 2021-06-07.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Relação dos Gasodutos de Transporte Autorizados (Nordeste)". ANP. November 29, 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 "PDE 2034: Estudos do Plano Decenal de Expansão de Energia 2034 (p 6)" (PDF). EPE (Empresa de Pesquisa Energética). 2024-09-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 "Revista Grandes Construções". grandesconstrucoes.com.br. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 "TAG completes major gas pipeline project in Brazil". IPLOCA. Retrieved 2025-06-03.
- ↑ "TAG vai investir R$ 1,5 bi em 5 anos - ISTOÉ DINHEIRO". ISTOÉ DINHEIRO (in português do Brasil). 2020-12-01. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
