Golar Power signed an LNG supply contract with Copergás and installation of the first Structuring Network of Gas Pipeline in the Northeast, in PE

Golar Power continues to invest in projects in Brazil, especially in the Northeast. The company signed yesterday (30/07) an agreement for the supply of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) with Companhia Pernambucana de Gás Natural (Copergás) and a gas pipeline in Petrolina, Pernambuco.

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The contract enables the installation of the first Northeastern Gas Pipeline Structuring Network, in Petrolina, a municipality in the interior of the state of Pernambuco.

The project, valued at US$ 2 million, by Golar in partnership with piped natural gas distribution companies, is to implement the necessary infrastructure for the LNG to reach more remote locations.

“Petrolina is 750 km from Recife. It would be difficult for gas to reach Petrolina if it weren't for the structure for transporting LNG and regasification that we are going to implement with Copergás. The gas that will arrive in Petrolina will supply industries, commerce, CNG stations and homes”, informed the vice-president of Golar, Marcelo Rodrigues.

In Petrolina, Copergás will build a 40 km long gas pipeline to distribute gas. This unit will be ready to receive a volume of 40 m³ of natural gas per day, which will be transported in ISO-containers supplied by the LNG Terminal at the Port of Suape.

Golar Power projects in the Brazilian Northeast

In March of this year, Golar signed a protocol of intentions with the Government of the State of Pernambuco for the implementation of an LNG Terminal at the Suape Industrial Port Complex, expected to start operating in the first quarter of 2021. The project is expected to generate 300 new jobs in the region..

Golar Power also has projects so that the imported LNG is destined to serve free gas consumers, such as large companies, and to the Bahia state natural gas distributor, And thermoelectric projects and other gas distributors.