Brazil inaugurates first LNG regasification terminal

The Brazilian president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, inaugurated on Wednesday 20 August the country’s first LNG regasification terminal situated at the Port of Pecam in the Sao Goncalo do Amarante municipality of Ceara.

The new terminal, which is capable of regasifying 7 million cubic meters per day, helps build Petrobras as a pplayer in the international LNG market. Petrobras plans to inaugurate it’s second terminal, situated in Guanabara, later this year.

Through LNG, Brazil will have more flexibility and safety in supplying natural gas to the thermal and non-thermal markets. The LNG will be used, primarily, to fuel thermoelectric plants (TEPs).


In his message, the president of the Republic highlighted Petrobras’ achievement capacity: $quot;This terminal was built in record time, in eight months. This means Petrobras is slowly becoming more than an oil company.$quot;