GASENE
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| name = GASENE
| type = natural gas
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| map_caption = Location of GASENE
| country = Brazil
| state = Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo, Paraíba, Bahia
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| start = Rio de Janeiro
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| operator = Transportadora GASENE S.A. (Petrobras)
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| est = 2010
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| length_km = 1387
| discharge = 7.5 billion cubic meter
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| diameter_in = 28
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The Southeast Northeast Interconnection Gas Pipeline (GASENE) is a {{convert|1387|km}} natural gas pipeline system in Brazil, 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.{{cite news | work = Pipeline & Gas Journal |url= http://www.oildompublishing.com/PGJ/pgj_archive/August06/pipelineconstreport.pdf | title = 2006 International Pipeline Construction Report | format = PDF | date = August 2006 | accessdate=2007-05-12 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928213017/http://www.oildompublishing.com/PGJ/pgj_archive/August06/pipelineconstreport.pdf |archivedate = 2007-09-28|url-status=dead}} 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 and runs to the city of Catu in Bahia. The project comprises the following sections:
- Cabiúnas - Vitória (GASCAV)
- Vitória - Cacimbas
- Cacimbas – Catu (GASCAC){{cite web|publisher=Petrobras |url=http://www2.petrobras.com.br/ri/spic/bco_arq/2890_financ_bndes_gasene_ing.pdf |title=GASENE Project Financing |format=PDF |date=December 14, 2006 |accessdate=2007-05-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928020036/http://www2.petrobras.com.br/ri/spic/bco_arq/2890_financ_bndes_gasene_ing.pdf |archivedate=2007-09-28 }}
= GASCAV pipeline =
The Cabiúnas-Vitória pipeline is a {{convert|303|km|mi}} long pipeline with a {{convert|28|in|mm|-1}} 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 {{convert|10|km|mi}} long branch line with Anchieta. This section was designed and constructed by Chinese oil company Sinopec.
{{cite web
| publisher= Scandinavian Oil & Gas Magazine
| url= http://www.scandoil.com/moxie-bm2/news/contracts_world/signature-of-the-agreemen.shtml
| title = Signature of the agreement for the construction of the Cabiúnas-Vitória Gas Pipeline
| date = 2007-04-18
| accessdate=2007-05-12}}
The Cabiúnas-Vitória section was completed at the end of 2007.
=Vitória - Cacimbas pipeline=
Vitória – Cacimbas section is a {{convert|125|km|mi}} 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 {{convert|974|km|mi}} long.
{{cite news
| url=http://www.downstreamtoday.com/News/Articles/200805/Petrobras_Gasene_Pipeline_Project_Enter_10750.aspx
| title=Petrobras' Gasene Pipeline Project Enters Final Stretch
| author=Bernd Radowitz
| publisher=Downstream Today
| date=2008-05-09
| accessdate=2008-05-17}}
The pipe has a {{convert|28|in|mm|-1}} nominal diameter and it has one compressor station. The pipeline was designed, engineered, and built by Sinopec and financed by China Development Bank.
{{cite news
| url=http://www.downstreamtoday.com/News/Articles/200801/Sinopec_Signs_Brazil_Pipeline_Deal_with__8194.aspx
| title=Sinopec Signs Brazil Pipeline Deal with Petrobras
| publisher=Downstream Today
| date=2008-01-21
| accessdate=2008-05-17}}