Brazil Ready to Face a Bolivian Gas Shut-Off

Brazil’s Ministry of Mines and Energy and Petrobras informed, yesterday, that the supply of piped natural gas and bottled gas to residential consumers will not be affected by the political crisis in Bolivia.

Furthermore, a contingency plan is being prepared for other consumer segments (industries, thermoelectric plants, etc.) in order to ensure the supply, in case there is an interruption in the flow of Bolivian fuel to Brazil.


The plan provides for the use of substitute fuels as alternatives to gas. Another step is rationing, which has already begun in Petrobras’ refineries and will be extended to thermoelectric plants that use natural gas.


The electric power supply will not be compromised by rationing in thermoelectric plants, because, in addition to the fact that the reservoirs of hydroelectric plants are full, natural gas can be replaced by other fuels in thermoelectric generation.


The Minister of Mines and Energy, Dilma Roussef, and the executive board of Petrobras met yesterday in Rio de Janeiro to define strategies to deal with the possibility that gas supplies might suffer cuts in the coming days, since Bolivia is one of Brazil’s major sources of this fuel.


Agência Brasil

Tags:

You May Also Like

Brazil’s Lula Wants a WTO More Helpful to Developing Countries

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva met with the president of Cabo Verde, ...

After Prison Will Brasília’s Ex-Governor Go on Trial?

After two months in prison, the ex-governor of Brasília is again a free man. ...

Can Brazil’s Gun Buy-Back Plan End Violence?

Marcelo Itagiba’s office is immaculate. His desk is a fine piece of furniture, built ...

LETTERS

STOCK MARKET By Brazzil Magazine Send us your E-mail: brazzil@brazzil.com

Sunny Sounds of Brazil’s Daniela

Singing at Central Park’s Summerstage in New York, Daniela Mercury kept the energy level ...

Germany’s Anti-Nuclear Stance Is a Warning Brazil Can’t Ignore

In 2009, I went to Chernobyl. Thirty years after the accident it was still ...

LETTERS

Debate Goes OnBy Brazzil Magazine I’m really looking forward to getting your magazine. I ...

Brazilians Complain Americans and Japanese Were Rescued First in Machu Picchu

All the tourists stranded at the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru by ...

End of Temporary Jobs Ups Unemployment in Brazil

Unemployment in the six major metropolitan regions of Brazil rose to 9.2% in January, ...

Lula’s Chief of Staff Admits She’d Love to Succeed Her Boss

Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s personal pick to succeed him in the ...

WordPress database error: [Table './brazzil3_live/wp_wfHits' is marked as crashed and last (automatic?) repair failed]
SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `wp_wfHits`