Brazil extends gas pipeline demand consultation

Brazil's oil and gas regulator ANP extended the deadline for public consultation for companies interested in carrying natural gas on the proposed Itaborai-Guapimirim (Gasig) pipeline, to be built by midstream company NTS.

The public consultation, extended for 15 days from 8 April, aims to identify demand for the gas transport service that the pipeline would offer, including firm service contracts at the Itaborai entry point for 15 years starting in March 2023.

The Gasig project will be 11km (6.83 miles) long and have a nominal capacity of 18.2mn m³/d (642,727 cf/d), connecting offshore fields via the Rota 3 pipeline to the GasLub gas processing facility and petrochemicals complex. The 355km Rota 3 pipeline will have the capacity to transport and process 21mn m³/d of natural gas when completed.

Gasig will be the first pipeline built in Brazil in over a decade and connects to the Gasoduto Cabiunas-Reduc–Gasduc III system.

Construction of the pipeline is expected to be completed in the first half of 2023.

By Flavia Pierry