Pipelines and UPGNs of Petrobras Would Have to Be Accessed by Potiguar E&P, Doubling the Natural Gas Supply in the State
The federal government’s project to offer natural gas at a 50% discount faces several hurdles, one of which is affecting the state of Rio Grande do Norte. The state has the potential to deliver approximately 300,000 m³/day of natural gas but needs to resolve some issues related to infrastructure. Petrobras reviews the project and may cancel the FPSO of Itapu.
Read Also
- Collision Between Cargo Ships ALANIS and FLORENCE SPIRIT in the Welland Canal
- The Week Ends with Many Job Openings to Meet Drilling Contracts from BGM Oil and Gas in Espírito Santo
- Bricklayer, Helper, Site Manager, Assistant, Technician, Engineer, and More Open Positions by a Civil Engineering and Sanitation Company
The statement is from the president of Potiguar E&P, Marcelo Magalhães, made during an interview with the epbr portal. The executive stated that this potential is greater than the total natural gas consumption of the state of Rio Grande do Norte, which is currently at 200,000 m³/day, but has reached a peak of 318,000 m³/day in 2018.
-
Oil at the center of global disputes and historical transformations
-
More than R$ 526 million generated in oil in 2025 was not enough to place Espírito Santo in the lead of innovation — and the data shows exactly where the bottleneck is.
-
With salaries of up to R$ 30,000 and 2,500 open positions, a shipyard in Aracruz (ES) is at the center of a billion-dollar project by Petrobras that involves platforms capable of producing 225,000 barrels per day.
-
Impacts of tensions in the Middle East: how the rise in oil prices is transforming infrastructure contracts in Brazil, raising prices, delaying schedules, and exposing billion-dollar fragility in the sector.
A favorable factor, according to Magalhães, is that the fields are connected to Petrobras’s pipeline network. However, on the other hand, there is a lack of access to infrastructure to negotiate natural gas with Potigás, the company that distributes in the state of Rio Grande do Norte.
Since the companies already have a memorandum of understanding aiming for a future gas commercialization contract, access to this infrastructure is necessary.
“I need access to the production pipeline (from Petrobras), which takes it from my facility to the UPGN, and then, for them to provide the service (processing) with the UPGN,” explained the president of Potiguar E&P.
It is worth remembering that to open the gas market, Petrobras signed an agreement with the CADE, but it will need to resolve some issues related to the taxation of this type of operation, which is being done for the first time in Brazil.
Potiguar E&P also operates in Bahia, through PetroReconcavo, and purchased the Riacho da Forquilha Polo at the end of last year, in the Potiguar Basin. The state of Rio Grande do Norte has enormous onshore potential as it already has a qualified workforce and has about 200 blocks in the permanent offering of ANP auctions.

Seja o primeiro a reagir!