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The Southeast Northeast Interconnection Gas Pipeline (GASENE) is a natural gas pipeline system in
Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
, 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.


Pipeline sections

GASENE starts from the Cabiúnas Terminal in
Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ...
and runs to the city of Catu in
Bahia Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro) and the 5th-largest b ...
. 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 oil company
Sinopec China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (中国石油化工股份有限公司) or Sinopec (), is a Chinese oil and gas enterprise based in Beijing. It is listed in Hong Kong and also trades in Shanghai. Sinopec Limited's parent, Sinopec ...
. 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.


References

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