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Saturation of Petrobras gas pipelines should happen in the middle of the next decade and liquefaction vessels (FLNGs) would be an alternative
The supply of gas and the recent changes in the natural gas legislation continue to move the entire productive chain of the sector and Petrobras declared, through its executive manager of natural gas at the state-owned company, Rodrigo Costa Lima e Silva, that the company is studying the use of cabotage as a way to bring its pre-salt production to the coast.
In August of this year, Click Petróleo e Gas informed that the Golar Power, which is building a gas terminal in Sergipe, intends to build ships to transport its liquefied natural gas (LNG).
The use of liquefaction vessels (FLNGs, for its acronym in English) would be an excellent alternative to maritime gas pipelines and still have the option of enabling the export of the product.
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This measure is being studied by Petrobras in view of the predicted saturation already in the middle of the next decade due to the increase in the supply of natural gas, mainly after the discovery in the Sergipe Alagoas basin.
The state-owned company's manager explained that liquefaction vessels are an option to supply the natural gas thermal plants (existing and those to come), as well as selling the product internationally.
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During OTC Brasil that took place in Rio de Janeiro from October 29 to 31, Lima e Silva stated that: “If our projects (exploration in the Campos and Santos Basins) are successful, between 2025 and 2030 we will need new infrastructure: pipelines, processing plants and even a FLNG to provide flexibility. This is because we have volatility in thermoelectric demand and our perspective is that the gas market will grow through new gas plants. We are studying solutions that suit this situation.”
Petrobras has already put out a bid to hire an engineering project for a liquefaction vessel, but the project did not go ahead due to the high cost at the time (in 2009), but according to its executive manager, current technology is much more evolved, “Currently, in the world, we already see some projects that are doing offshore liquefaction. It is a technology that has advanced a lot and the market already has greater knowledge [about the technology] compared to ten years ago”, he explained.
The Petrobras executive ended by saying that the company hopes to complete the study of the flow of the growing supply of gas by 2022 and that investments in the sector's infrastructure will be through partnerships with private companies.
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