Natural gas operator begins works on the Azulão 950 Complex with the presence of Wilson Lima

Eneva

With an estimated investment of R$5.8 billion, the Azulão 950 Complex is expected to generate 5,000 direct and indirect jobs

Manaus (AM) — With the presence of Governor Wilson Lima, the private natural gas operator Eneva launches, next Monday (25), from 1pm, in Silves, the start of works on the Azulão 950 Complex.

The Azulão 950 Complex, located in the interior of Amazonas, is a project that will house the Azulão I and II thermoelectric plants. Together, the plants should produce 950 MW of installed capacity. They will be connected to the Northern Subsystem of the National Interconnected System, aiming to improve energy supply in the region.

With an estimated investment of R$5.8 billion, the Azulão 950 Complex is expected to generate 5,000 direct and indirect jobs.

Eneva

The largest private operator of natural gas on Brazilian land and an integrated energy company, Eneva already operates in the Azulão field, in Silves, where the extracted natural gas is liquefied and taken in cryogenic trailers to Boa Vista (RR), where it is responsible for 70% of the supply of the only capital not connected to the National Interconnected System (SIN) through the Jaguatirica II thermoelectric plant.

The Azulão 950 Project consists of the installation of two natural gas thermoelectric plants (UTEs) in Silves, using fuel from the Amazon Basin. With an installed capacity of 950MW and drainage to be carried out by the SIN, the energy generated will be enough to supply more than 3.7 million homes across Brazil, from the end of 2026.

With the new fields, the milestone of the first commercial discovery of oil and natural gas in the State in the last 20 years is established, as the last time this occurred was in 2004, when Petrobras declared the Azulão Field commercial.

“It is contributing to the socioeconomic development of such a rich region, which is finally beginning to have its own voice, and bringing socioeconomic development to the poorest regions of the country, as we did in Maranhão more than 15 years ago. We come to replicate this story of social development with the management of natural gas for a clean, safe energy transition and, above all, guarantee Brazil’s energy security”,

said Eneva’s exploration director, Frederico Miranda.

Cetam Silves

With the technical cooperation agreement signed in October 2023, between the Government of Amazonas and Eneva, Silves will have a Gas and Energy Technical Training School at the Amazonas Technological Education Center (Cetam).

The work is carried out by the company, as a social contribution, at the Agobar Garcia State School and already has more than 50 people from Silves hired to work on the project, which has an investment of more than R$7 million and is expected to be completed at the end of May. .

Oil and Gas in Amazonas

The National Petroleum Agency (ANP) recognizes Amazonas as the state that has the largest onshore gas reserves in the country, around 40 billion cubic meters of proven wells, with the potential to reach 100 billion cubic meters. The natural gas supplied by Companhia de Gás do Amazonas (Cigás), for example, is used to generate a large part of the electricity used to supply Manaus and the municipalities of Anamã, Anori, Caapiranga, Coari and Codajás, for this reason, It is a strategic fuel for the energy matrix, in addition to being a much cleaner source of energy compared to other fossil fuels.

Since the breakdown of the gas market monopoly in Amazonas in 2021, the sector has gained competitiveness and has attracted new investments. There is currently a generation of around 6 thousand jobs in the natural gas exploration activity with investments in the Azulão field and with the commercial declaration of two new exploration fields in the municipalities of Silves and Itapiranga.

*With information from consultancy

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