The Bahia regasification terminal will be installed in the Bay of All Saints and will have the capacity to regasify 14 MMcm/d. A 49 km, 28 inch diameter pipeline will be constructed to connect the terminal to the pipeline network, including an offshore section of 15 km.
The new export pipeline will interconnect with the pipeline network at two sites: one in the Bahia network, at Candeias, and the other at kilometre point 1,465 on the Cacimbas – Catu Pipeline, a section of the Gasene Pipeline commissioned in March 2010.
The LNG terminal will supply natural gas to the state of Bahia, the heaviest consumer of gas among the northeastern Brazilian states.
Work on the project will begin in March 2012 with completion scheduled for August 2013.
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Currently, Brazil has LNG terminals at Pecem, Ceara, with a regasification capacity of 7 MMcm/d and in the Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, with capacity of 14 MMcm/d. When the The Bahia regasification terminal comes online in September 2013, Brazil’s total regasification capacity will reach 35 MMcm/d, overtaking the 31 MMcm/d of gas imported via pipeline from Bolivia.
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