Petrobras Terminals: Brazil’s 49-Site Network 2026

• Petrobras terminals number 49 logistics sites nationwide, linked by 38 pipelines and operated through subsidiary Transpetro.
• The network spans 17 Brazilian states, combining land terminals, waterway hubs, and dedicated LNG regasification capacity.
• Three LNG regasification terminals include Guanabara Bay (20 Mm³/d sendout) and Pecém (7 Mm³/d) in Ceará.
• A 140-vessel support fleet handles roughly 155 offloading operations, covering 90% of Petrobras’s petroleum production.
• Transpetro is transitioning all 49 terminals toward renewable power, starting with solar at Guarulhos and local generation at Coari.

Petrobras Terminals: Company Overview

Petrobras (Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.) is Brazil’s state-controlled oil major, publicly traded but majority-owned by the Brazilian government. Its logistics arm, Transpetro, was established under Brazilian federal law to run the terminal, pipeline, and shipping infrastructure that moves crude and refined products across the country.

Transpetro’s terminal network is one of the largest integrated logistics systems in South America, built to move production from offshore pre-salt fields to refineries, and from refineries to the domestic market and export.

Petrobras Terminals: Key Assets & Network

The core network breaks into land terminals, waterway and maritime terminals, and LNG regasification sites. Key waterway assets include the São Sebastião Terminal (Tebar) in São Paulo, one of the system’s largest by throughput, and the Angra dos Reis Terminal (Tebig) in Rio de Janeiro, which handles crude exports tied directly to offshore pre-salt production.

The Madre de Deus Terminal (Temadre) in Bahia coordinates fuel distribution for Brazil’s northeast, while public port hubs such as Suape in Pernambuco route fuel from nearby refineries into the country’s largest consumer networks. On the LNG side, the Guanabara Bay LNG Terminal and Pecém LNG Terminal give Petrobras regasification capacity to feed thermal power generation when hydro output falls short. [VERIFY: Petrobras’s own site cites 49 terminals; Transpetro’s structural breakdown elsewhere cites 48 — treat as a live discrepancy pending confirmation.]

2026 Projects & Developments

Transpetro is rolling out a decarbonisation programme across the full terminal estate, aiming to shift all 49 sites toward renewable energy sourcing. The Guarulhos Airport Terminal in São Paulo now runs on a newly built solar plant, and the Coari Waterway Terminal in Amazonas has been fitted with localised renewable generation infrastructure suited to its remote river-access location.

The push reflects wider pressure on Brazilian state logistics assets to cut emissions intensity without compromising throughput, particularly as offshore pre-salt volumes continue to anchor national production.

Petrobras Terminals in the Global Market

Petrobras sits in a similar bracket to other national oil companies that pair upstream production with in-house midstream logistics, rather than outsourcing terminal operations to independents. That model gives it tighter control over export scheduling from pre-salt fields, a structural advantage over IOCs that lease third-party capacity in the region.

Within Latin America’s tank terminal landscape, Petrobras’s network is the largest state-run system, though independent operators are expanding regasification capacity elsewhere in the region — see Brazil’s wider LNG regasification build-out. On the downstream distribution side, domestic players like Ultragaz compete for the LPG volumes that move through Petrobras-linked infrastructure.

Company Snapshot

Petrobras terminals remain the backbone of Brazil’s crude and gas logistics, and the renewable transition now underway across the network signals where Transpetro’s next capital cycle is headed.

Transpetro publishes further detail on individual terminal operations and capacity.