GASFOR Pipeline

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GASFOR Pipeline (also known as the Guamaré-Pecém Gas Pipeline) is an operating bidirectional gas pipeline running from the gas processing center of Guamaré to the Port of Pecém.[1]

Location

The pipeline runs northwest from Guamaré in Rio Grande do Norte state to the Port of Pecém in Ceará state. At Guamaré it intersects with the Nordestão Gas Pipeline.[2]

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Project Details

  • Operator: Transportadora Associada de Gas[2]
  • Parent company: Engie (65%), CDPQ (Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec) (35%)[3]
  • Capacity: 2,027,000 m³/day (0.74 bcm/year)[4]
  • Length: 383 km[1][4]
  • Diameter: 10, 12 inches[4]
  • Status: Operating[1]
  • Start Year: 1998[5][6]
  • Associated infrastructure:

Expansion Project Name

Since 2015, the construction of an expansion project called GASFOR II intended to bypass a populated area through which the GASFOR pipeline currently runs has been under discussion.[6]

Expansion Project Name Details

  • Owner: Transportadora Associada de Gas
  • Parent company: Engie (65%), CDPQ (Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec) (35%)[3]
  • Capacity:
  • Length: 83.2 km / 51.69 miles[6]
  • Diameter: 20 inches[6]
  • Status: Proposed[7]
  • Start Year: 2025[7]
  • Cost: $6.9 billion (estimated)[6]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "CARACTERÍSTICAS TÉCNICAS E OPERACIONAIS DAS INSTALAÇÕES DE TRANSPORTE" (PDF). TAG. October 23, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Sistema de Transporte – TAG". ntag.com.br (in português do Brasil). Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Transportadora Associada de Gás - TAG". Engie. Retrieved 2022-08-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Imprensa Nacional. "AUTORIZAÇÃO Nº 537, DE 30 DE JULHO DE 2020 - DOU - Imprensa Nacional". www.in.gov.br (in português do Brasil). Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  5. "Relação dos Gasodutos de Transporte Autorizados (Nordeste)". ANP. November 29, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 "Revista Grandes Construções". grandesconstrucoes.com.br. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  7. 7.0 7.1 "TAG vai investir R$ 1,5 bi em 5 anos - ISTOÉ DINHEIRO". ISTOÉ DINHEIRO (in português do Brasil). 2020-12-01. Retrieved 2021-06-07.

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