Bahiagás Receives Three Bids From Suppliers of Biomethane in Its Public Call for Contracting Renewable Gas

Aiming to Boost the Entry of Renewable Fuels in Its State, the Distributor Bahiagas Opened a Public Call for the Purchase of Biomethane and Received Three Offers from Suppliers for the Supply of Renewable Gas in the Region.

After closing its public call for the purchase of biomethane, the renewable gas distributor in the state of Bahia, Bahiagas, has three interested suppliers looking to establish contracts for internal supply in the region. This way, the company can invest in diversifying the entry of renewable fuels in the Bahia region and intends to analyze all proposals to reach the most favorable decision for the internal development of the state.

Public Call for Biomethane Purchase from Bahiagas Attracts Three Proposals from Renewable Gas Suppliers for Internal Supply in the State of Bahia 

Bahiagas is now seeking to diversify the entry of renewable fuels in the state of Bahia and has three proposals from biomethane suppliers to be analyzed, following the completion of the public call for the purchase of natural gas.

The phase for receiving proposals closed two weeks ago, on July 12, and now the company will move to the proposal analysis phase to find the most favorable option for the fuel market in Bahia. 

The Bahia distributor intends to purchase at least 2,000 m³/day of biomethane on firm bases, with supply starting by January 2025, and plans to finalize the public call with the signing of a contract with one of the suppliers during October of this year.

Additionally, the company expects the biomethane plant to be installed in the state to be located near the cities that receive the distributor’s product, to facilitate fuel transportation. If this does not occur, the company has determined that it will be the responsibility of the winning supplier among the three to ensure the necessary infrastructure for the transportation of biomethane to the regions.

“We have concluded an important phase of the process and we have good prospects for advancing the discussions on the supply of biomethane,” highlighted the gas supply and market manager at Bahiagas, Makyo Félix. Now, the process of finalizing the public call can be accelerated, and the company continues to analyze the proposals made by each of the suppliers. 

The Company Is a National Leader in the Number of Suppliers and Aims to Expand Business with a Public Call for the Supply of Natural Gas Biomethane in the Coming Years

The renewable gas distributor Bahiagas is currently the largest company in the national territory in terms of the number of suppliers, having ten partnerships for the internal supply of natural gas. Among them, the largest supplier is Galp, responsible for 24% of the contracted volume, followed by Shell (20%) and Petrobras (15%). Bahiagas currently purchases 3.6 million m³/day of gas and is looking to further expand these figures with new biomethane suppliers. 

Furthermore, at the end of June of this year, the government of the state of Bahia finalized the acquisition of Gaspetro’s stake in Bahiagas for a total of R$ 540 million, aiming to ensure more participation in the renewable gas distributor. Thus, the state administration, which previously held 51% of the voting shares, now holds 75%, and regarding total capital, the participation went from 17% to 57%.

The Secretary of Infrastructure of Bahia, Marcus Cavalcanti, stated that the state government will decide whether to sell the company’s shares in 2023, but the current goal is to ensure new biomethane suppliers to expand the fuel market in the Bahia region.