TAG strengthens Brazil’s gas infrastructure with three strategic pipeline projects

In recent years, TAG – operator of Brazil’s largest natural gas transportation network, spanning more than 4,500 km and crossing nearly 200 municipalities in ten states – has strengthened the country’s gas transportation system with the completion and commissioning of three major pipeline projects.

The GASFOR II pipeline, completed in 2024 and authorized to operate in 2025, spans approximately 84 km outside the densely populated area of Fortaleza, in Ceará State. The new route replaces the former GASFOR I segment, increasing system flexibility and local safety. The project generated more than 650 jobs across six municipalities, with a maximum transport capacity of 1.5 million m³/day. The TECAB Interconnection Pipeline, operational since January 2025, links NTS’s gas transportation network, via the GASDUC III pipeline, to TAG’s GASCAV pipeline in Cabiúnas, Rio de Janeiro State.

The interconnection enhances operational efficiency and supports direct gas transfer between Brazil’s major regions, fostering market integration and competitiveness. The Sergipe Terminal Connection Pipeline, a 25 km bidirectional link commissioned in October 2024, improves supply security for major power plants and bolsters competition across the integrated national system, providing a transport capacity of 14 million m³/day.

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