The study released this week by Firjan has future projections for the natural gas segment and expects that the supply of natural gas will quadruple, thus boosting the industrial market in the state of Rio de Janeiro, especially the petrochemical sector.
During this past Thursday, (23/06), the Federation of Industries of the State of Rio de Janeiro (Firjan) launched the study "Natural Gas Potential: A new Cycle for Petrochemicals in RJ", which includes projections for the natural gas sector in the state. Thus, the federation claims that the supply of fuel in the Rio de Janeiro region should quadruple and that the petrochemical sector market will be the main beneficiary of the results in the coming years.
The petrochemical sector market will benefit from an increase in the supply of natural gas in the state of Rio de Janeiro in the coming years, says Firjan
The release of the study “Natural Gas Potential: A new Cycle for Petrochemicals in RJ”, by Firjan, this Thursday brought to the Rio de Janeiro market a series of good future projections for the state. And, according to projections, the federation claims that the state will be able to more than quadruple its supply of natural gas in the future, going from the current 20 million cubic meters per day to more than 80 million cubic meters per day, thus guaranteeing a new perspective of commercialization of the fuel.
The document also presents the petrochemical sector market as one of the main factors responsible for the increase in the supply of natural gas and highlights that this segment will be the most benefited over the next few years in the state.
In addition, Firjan also highlighted the importance of the petrochemical industry for the circulation of capital in the state and stated that the segment will be largely responsible, along with the natural gas market, for Rio's economic expansion in the future.
In addition, the study on the supply of natural gas in the state of Rio highlighted the importance of applying the product in the petrochemical sector, which will make the segment grow over the next few years.
This is because the state has high potential for the production of ethylene, propylene, ammonia, urea and methanol, as a way of adding greater value to natural gas as an input in the petrochemical and fertilizer industry chains. Thus, the petrochemical industry will be able to take advantage not only of production, but also of the entire processing chain of commodity derivatives in the state.
An increase in the supply of natural gas in the state of Rio de Janeiro will bring new perspectives for the fuel market in the state
The Firjan document also dealt with the reinjection of gas in the state of Rio de Janeiro, which is equivalent to 50% of natural gas production in Rio de Janeiro and highlighted that “Although part of it is used to improve the oil production process, the break-even point for this use is, in international references, much lower than allocated, making us understand that a significant part of this volume is being neglected without any added value”.
Thus, it is even more necessary to take a closer look at the natural gas segment in the region, as a way to take advantage of the expansion capacity in supply over the next few years.
Finally, the Firjan document points out that consolidating demand in the state means encouraging investments in the value chain of the state. input for regions with a vocation for consumption, being highly necessary in the current scenario.
Now, not only will the natural gas industry focus its efforts on developing new projects for the segment, but the petrochemical sector market will be able to take advantage of future fuel growth projections to create businesses that benefit from the raw material for derivatives in this area.
