Oil Companies Are Increasingly Betting on Using Gas to Generate Electricity in Macaé

Written by Roberta Souza

Published on 13/07/2021 at 17:28

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The Use of Gas in Electricity Generation Has Increased in Macaé, and the City Already Has 12 Large Oil Projects

The city of Macaé currently has 12 oil projects that are betting on gas for electricity generation, thus following in Petrobras’ footsteps. Given the country’s water crisis, the municipality already has business model projects – one of which the natural gas producer uses the input to generate electricity through its own thermoelectric plant – that are already underway. The goal is to use the gas generated from the pre-salt to produce electricity. See also: Electrician, Painting Inspector, Mechanic, Operator, Driller, and Others Are Being Called for Job Openings in Macaé, Vitória, and Catu

Projects That Use Gas to Generate Electricity

Since 2001, Petrobras has utilized this model to generate electricity through gas, which was inaugurated during the electricity rationing crisis. It was the discovery of significant amounts of gas in the pre-salt that made this utilization for electricity generation more important.

The Shell oil company, a partner of Petrobras, is constructing the Marlim Azul thermoelectric plant in Macaé, which will be the first to convert pre-salt gas into electricity in Brazil, with operations expected to begin in 2023. The Anglo-Dutch oil company holds a 29% stake in Arke Energia, which is responsible for the project. Alongside it are Mitsubishi (20%), which also manufactures equipment for the electric sector, and financial partner Pátria Investimentos, with 51% of the capital.

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Other large foreign oil companies investing in pre-salt fields, such as Total, Equinor, CNPC, and CNOOC, are also candidates to form partnerships in thermal generation projects through gas in the Macaé region.

The Municipality of Macaé Has Great Potential in Energy Generation and Can Become the ‘New Itaipu’

In May, during a meeting with the Minister of Mines and Energy, Bento Albuquerque; and the national secretary of Oil, Gas, and Biofuels, José Mauro; the mayor of Macaé, Welberth Rezende, stated that the city has great capacity to become a ‘new Itaipu’, potentially leading the national electricity production.

Mayor Welberth Rezende mentioned that “We already have a Gas Processing Unit (UPGN) that is the largest in Latin America, which is Cabiúnas, with a capacity to produce 25 million cubic meters. We already have a project for the construction of a new UPGN with the capacity to process more than 60 million cubic meters. This all shows the potential that the city has to provide energy for Brazil.”

The Cabiúnas Terminal in Macaé

Cabiúnas already receives most of the gas from Petrobras, which will invest in another unit, with a larger capacity, turning the municipality into a kind of gas ‘hub’. At the time of the meeting, Minister Bento Albuquerque emphasized that the Federal Government is interested in investing in the city, as Macaé is a destination for the main gas routes in Brazil.

Oil Companies Are Increasingly Betting on Using Gas to Generate Electricity in Macaé

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The Cabiúnas Terminal in Macaé

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