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Record LNG imports for Brazil in 2021
Brazil had record LNG imports in 2021, receiving about 23 million cubic metres per day (mcmd), according to Petrobras
Most of the LNG came from the US, Trinidad & Tobago and Qatar.
The state-owned oil and gas firm said the single day import record took place on 1 October when more than 40 mcm was received. LNG represented around 30% of Petrobras’ total portfolio of natural gas supply in 2021 and has become increasingly important to the country’s energy needs. The 23 mcmd volume was around 200% higher than the volume of 7.5 mcmd recorded in 2020.
Previously, the highest volume of LNG imports was in 2014, with 20 mcmd.
Petrobras said the 2021 record is the result of the initiatives to expand the supply of natural gas to the market, such as, for example, increasing the capacity of the regasification terminal in Rio de Janeiro. Excelerate Energy’s FSRU Experience broke an industry record for send-out capacity by reaching 1.06 billion cubic feet at the Guanabara Bay LNG Regasification Terminal in 2020.
In December, Excelerate began natural gas deliveries at the Bahia Regasification Terminal in Salvador, Bahia. Excelerate’s 173,400-m3 FSRU Excelerate Sequoia provides regasification capacity of up to 700 million cubic feet per day (mcfd).
Excelerate provides regasification services at Petrobras’ LNG terminals in Bahia, Guanabara Bay and Pecém.
A fourth Brazilian regas facility, GNA’s Porto do Acu LNG Terminal, uses the FSRU BW Magna with a regasification capacity of 21 mcmd and a storage capacity of 174,000 m3.
Additional projects are in the works. In November, Brazil’s Eneva signed an exclusivity and co-operation agreement with Servtec Investimentos e Participações to develop an LNG terminal at or near the Port of Itaqui in São Luís, Maranhão.
FID on the terminal is subject to financial, licensing and other authorisations.
Eneva has exclusive rights to the project until 30 December 2022. After that date, it will have the right of first refusal until 30 December 2023 to develop, manage and operate the LNG terminal with Servtec through a joint venture.
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