Case Study
Optimizing Natural Gas Transportation
Case Study April 2016 D352407X012 Challenge Transportadora Brasileira Gasoduto Bolivia-Brasil (TBG) owns and operates the Brazilian portion of the Bolivia-Brazil gas pipeline. This pipeline, known as GASBOL, is the largest in South America. The Brazilian portion covers 2,500 kilometers—more than enough line to stretch from Manhattan to Miami. Since its founding in 1997, TBG has established a progressive business culture with regards to both technology and business processes thought. State-of-the-art SCADA. Operational excellence. Smart maintenance procedures. And it uses Emerson’s (formerly Energy Solutions International) realtime pipeline modeling suite, PipelineManager ® , to master functions such as planning, leak detection, scraper and pig tracking, training and the creation of ov