Brazil Reinforces Pipeline Network Amid Rising Pre-Salt Gas and Falling Bolivian Imports
Brazil is enhancing its pipeline infrastructure to accommodate increasing pre-salt gas and declining Bolivian imports. TAG, the gas transmission operator, plans to improve capacity with projects including a $150 million compressor station and a $65 million LNG entry point from Eneva.
The SEAP development in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin aims to bring 10 MMcmd by 2030, while the Veredas project will add 4 MMcmd capacity by duplicating the Nordestao pipeline. NTS is also working on projects to mitigate the impact of falling Bolivian imports, including the Corredor Pré-Sal Sul and GASINF. TBG seeks to optimize existing infrastructure to support gas imports, facing a reduction in Bolivian supply and proposing a new pipeline from Argentina estimated at $1.7 billion.
