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Petrobras positions two chartered regasification vessels at the LNG Regasification Terminals in Guanabara Bay, in Rio de Janeiro
High demand for thermoelectric plants, caused by the water crisis, together with the operation of the Mexilhao gas field and the Rota 1 gas pipeline, paralyzed for maintenance for 30 days, starting August 15, forces the Brazilian oil giant Petrobras to increase by 36% the import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) through the Guanabara Bay terminal, in Rio de Janeiro.
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“The effort takes place at a time of rising demand, due to the increase in thermoelectric dispatch determined by the ONS in the fourth quarter of 2020 and the acceleration of economic activity,” said Petrobras, when asked about information from a source in the electricity sector regarding measures to increase gas supply.
The director-general of the National Electric System Operator (ONS), Luiz Carlos Ciocchi, said yesterday (15), in a hearing at the Chamber to discuss the water crisis, that changes in the flow rates of hydroelectric reservoirs and the use of thermoelectric energy should allow Brazil to go through the hydroelectric crisis in a “safe” way, avoiding electricity supply risks.
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Importation of Bolivian gas by Petrobras
Regarding the import of Bolivian gas, Petrobras said that it is seeking to enter into an interruptible contract with the state-owned YPFB, "in order to increase the supply from that country".
The oil company also stated that it had positioned its two chartered regasification vessels at the LNG Regasification Terminals, enabling a total injection of 34 million m³/day.
This volume of natural gas injection, coming from the terminals, should rise to up to 44 million m³/day, with the expansion of the regasification terminal in Rio de Janeiro, from 20 million to 30 million m³/day.
The National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) is authorizing the expansion, said the director general of the autarchy Rodolfo Saboia, at the same hearing in the Chamber.
Mexilhão field platform stoppage and Route 1 gas pipeline, plus water crisis, forces Petrobras to increase natural gas imports (LNG)
According to Petrobras, the supply of LNG is essential to supply thermoelectric plants, whose demand is around 37 million m³/day.
The largest import of LNG also occurs in view of the scheduled 30-day shutdown of the Mexilhão field platform and the Route 1 gas pipeline, starting on August 15, for maintenance.
The Route 1 pipeline transports the natural gas produced in Mexilhão — which accounted for almost 10% of the country's production in April — and in other pre-salt and post-salt platforms in the Santos Basin for thermoelectric consumption.
According to Petrobras, the state-owned company is working to reconcile the maintenance of the Mexilhão platform and the Route 1 gas pipeline with the scheduled stoppages of its own and third-party thermoelectric plants, thus reducing the demand for natural gas from these thermal plants in the period, “in schedule articulated in advance with the ONS, seeking the least possible impact on the sector”.
The Brazilian oil giant will receive, from the Chinese, US$ 2,94 billion for the eighth unit of the Búzios field, the largest oil field in deep waters in the world
Petrobras informed, yesterday, June 12, that it signed with Pré-sal Petróleo SA (PPSA) and partners CNODC Brasil Petróleo e Gás Ltda (CNODC) and CNOOC Petroleum Brasil Ltda (CNOOC) the Búzios Co-Participation Agreement, which will regulate the coexistence of the Transfer of Rights Agreement and the Production Sharing Agreement of the Surplus of the Transfer of Rights for the Búzios field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt.
Petrobras has been claiming that Búzios is the largest oil field in deep waters in the world. Therefore, the company indicated more than 11 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) recoverable in the asset.
The contract provides for meeting the local content of 25%, a requirement provided for in the notice and committed to the ANP for the Búzios field. Read the full story here.
