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Natural Gas Prices Will Rise Nearly Threefold by 2030, And Pipeline Construction Must Keep Up

Written by Renato Oliveira

Published on 04/09/2019 at 11:47

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Construction of Gas Pipelines in Brazil Will Need to Be Accelerated to Keep Up with the Increase in Natural Gas Supply by 2030

The Recent Discoveries of Natural Gas in the Brazilian Offshore has led to another highly discussed topic in the market: the expansion of the Brazilian pipeline network.
The Rio Pipeline 2019 fair currently taking place in Rio de Janeiro is hosting very interesting debates on the sector, and one of them is about the studies conducted by EPE (Energy Research Company), linked to the MME.

According to EPE, Brazil will see, by 2030, its natural gas supply increase from the current 59 million cubic meters per day to 147 million cubic meters per day.
The nearly tripling of the supply will demand a gigantic expansion of the Brazilian pipeline network. Brazil currently has about 9,000 km of gas pipelines concentrated along the coast, hindering access to the interior of the country.

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Studies by EPE

There are three studies conducted by EPE that are being presented at the Rio Pipeline 2019, the Indicative Plan for Processing and Routing of Natural Gas, the Indicative Oil Pipeline Plan, and the Indicative Gas Transport Pipeline Plan.

The studies take into account already authorized pipelines, in addition to new routes for the pre-salt output, which currently has routes 1 and 2 in operation and route 3 nearing completion.

Among these projects, we can mention the Brazil-Central Pipeline, which will connect São Carlos (SP) to Brasília, where 905 km of line should be built, with investments of R$ 7.2 billion.
EPE could not overlook the production of natural gas in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, whose recent discoveries are expected to increase, especially from 2025, to 30 million cubic meters per day by 2030.

Brazilian Routes

Regarding routes 1, 2, and 3, the capacity for routing is 44 million cubic meters per day, but pre-salt production alone will be 71 million cubic meters per day.

Therefore, the importance of the traditional Route 4, which connects the pre-salt of the Santos Basin to the coast of São Paulo, can be seen. EPE is also analyzing an alternative Route 4, which goes from the Santos Basin to the Port of Itaguaí (RJ).

Another route under analysis is Route 5, which comes from the pre-salt of the Campos Basin, with three alternative destinations: Port of Itaguaí, Port of Açu, and Tepor (Macaé Port Terminal).
Route 6 would connect the Campos Basin to the Port of Açu or the Central Port in Presidente Kennedy (ES).

Natural Gas Prices Will Rise Nearly Threefold by 2030, And Pipeline Construction Must Keep Up

Construction of Gas Pipelines in Brazil Will Need to Be Accelerated to Keep Up with the Increase in Natural Gas Supply by 2030

Studies by EPE

Brazilian Routes

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Natural Gas Prices Will Rise Nearly Threefold by 2030, And Pipeline Construction Must Keep Up

Construction of Gas Pipelines in Brazil Will Need to Be Accelerated to Keep Up with the Increase in Natural Gas Supply by 2030

Studies by EPE

Brazilian Routes

The Soviet Union spent 22 years drilling into the Earth’s crust and reached a depth of 12,262 meters — they found water where it was thought impossible, hydrogen bubbling from the rock, granite that is 2.7 billion years old, and temperatures of 180 degrees that melted the drill bits.

Norway is drilling 27 kilometers of rock 392 meters below the bottom of a fjord to build the world’s largest and deepest underwater road tunnel — when completed, a 21-hour journey will be reduced to 10.

The island that has 35 inhabitants and celebrates Christmas on January 6: the remote island of Foula lives in isolation, without internet and following Julius Caesar’s calendar for centuries.

A German architect built a cylindrical house in 1994 that rotates to follow the sun throughout the day, generates 5 times more energy than it consumes, and was the world’s first energy-positive house.

After 14 years of construction and a diplomatic crisis that nearly led to a military confrontation over control of the Nile, Ethiopia inaugurated the largest hydroelectric power plant in Africa — the dam is 170 meters high, holds 74 billion cubic meters of water, and generates 5,150 megawatts.

China has just successfully tested the world’s first ground effect maritime vehicle, a craft that flies up to 6 meters above the water at 200 km/h, uses quantum technology and 6G communication, and can rescue patients in the middle of the ocean.

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The government will release FGTS funds to pay off debts in the Desenrola 2.0 program with discounts of up to 80%, but only those with a sufficient balance to pay everything off at once will be able to use the money.