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Praxair Starts up First LNG Plant in Brazil

24 Aug 2006 - White Martins, a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc., has started up the first natural gas liquefaction plant in Brazil. It is also the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant to be built and operated by the company worldwide.
 
The plant will supply LNG to a joint venture, named GásLocal, between White Martins and Petrobras, Brazil's state-owned oil company. Located in Paulínia, in the State of São Paulo, the plant produces 14.5 million cubic feet (about 350 tons) per day of LNG which is being distributed by truck to supply regions of Brazil not serviced by natural gas pipelines.
 
Customers for LNG in Brazil include transportation companies, industrial customers and natural gas filling stations used by residential and commercial consumers. GásLocal already has a substantial volume of the plant's capacity under contract.