The Southeast Northeast Interconnection Gas Pipeline (GASENE) is a natural gas pipeline system in
Brazil
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, which connects south-eastern gas system to the north-eastern gas system. It creates a common gas market in Brazil and allows gas import from Bahia.
The project company of the GASENE system is Transportadora GASENE S.A., a subsidiary of
Petrobras
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.
Pipeline sections
GASENE starts from the Cabiúnas Terminal in
Rio de Janeiro
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and runs to the city of
Catu CATU can refer to:
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Predecessors
The first ...
in
Bahia
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. The project comprises the following sections:
* Cabiúnas -
Vitória (GASCAV)
* Vitória -
Cacimbas
* Cacimbas – Catu (GASCAC)
GASCAV pipeline
The Cabiúnas-Vitória pipeline is a long pipeline with a nominal diameter and maximum capacity of 7.5 billion cubic meter (bcm) of gas per year. This section has two compressor stations. It is interconnected by long branch line with Anchieta.
[ This section was designed and constructed by ]Chinese
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oil company Sinopec
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.[
] The Cabiúnas-Vitória section was completed at the end of 2007.[
]
Vitória - Cacimbas pipeline
Vitória – Cacimbas section is a long pipeline, which was completed in the second half of 2007.
GASCAC pipeline
The construction of Cacimbas - Catu pipeline started in May 2008 and it was completed in 2010. It is long.[
] The pipe has a nominal diameter and it has one compressor station. The pipeline was designed, engineered, and built by Sinopec and financed by China Development Bank
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.[
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References
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Natural gas pipelines in Brazil
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