Operational Performance
Transportation
TERMINALS AND PIPELINES
Of the 48 terminals Transpetro operates, 28 are waterway and 20 inland. The waterways crisscross 8,698 kilometers of the Brazilian Atlantic coast and are operated by means of jetties, single point or multiple mooring buoys, and 4,500 kilometers of navigable rivers and lakes. As the waterway terminals, the 20 inland terminals serve as warehouses for the different modes of transport, ensuring, with their total storage capacity of more than 10 million m³ (3.5 million m³ in inland terminals and 6.8 million m³ in waterway ones), a reliable supply of oil and oil products, gas and biofuels. Pipelines, meanwhile, are the preferred means of transport to meet the demand of the refineries and of the main oil product consumer centers. Several actions were taken to broaden Transpetro’s capacity in 2011, among which increased oil handling over the São Sebastião-Guararema Pipeline (Osvat), which supplies Revap and Replan. With this initiative, the pipeline will increase flow from the current 4,500 m³/h to an average of 5,100 m³/h with two more intermediate stations in the first half of 2012. Another important initiative took place in the São Paulo-Brasilia pipeline (Osbra), which handled 243,957 m³ of gasoline in March 2011,
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2011 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
10.8% more than its previous record. That same month, the Guarulhos Terminal had an increase in its delivery of gasoline, reaching the mark of 102,437 m³, surpassing the previous record by 15%. WATERWAYS
In Brazil, with 8,000 kilometers of coastline and 42,000 km of navigable rivers, having one’s own fleet of ships to take oil products and other products to the entire Brazilian territory is part of the strategy to ensure adequate supplies for all regions of the Country. NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION
Through the distributors, natural gas transportation supplies homes, businesses, industries, compressed natural gas (CNG) service stations and thermal power plants. Petrobras System’s gas pipeline transportation network reached 9,251 kilometers in late 2011. Natural gas consumption has grown significantly in recent years due to the economic, environmental and safety benefits it affords. The average annual increase between 2010 and 2015 is expected to be around 12.4%. Product supply is slated to reach 149 million m³/day, of which 134 million m³/day transported through Transpetro pipelines and terminals.