Transpetro
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Oil and gas industry |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Sergio Machado (CEO) |
| Services | Oil transportation Pipeline services |
| Revenue |  US$5.5 billion (2010) |
| US$263.2 million (2010) | |
Number of employees | 6,000 |
| Parent | Petrobras |
| Website | www |
Aerial photo of Transpetro - Ilha D'Água.
Petrobras Transporte S.A. (Transpetro) is the largest oil and gas transportation company of Brazil. Transpetro works with transportation and storage activities of oil and byproducts, ethanol, biofuels and natural gas. It is responsible for a network of more than 11,000 kilometres (7,000 mi) of oil and gas pipelines, connected to terminals and an oil tanker fleet (15 Ships by 100000 tons), in 2015.
Transpetro, a fully owned subsidiary of Petrobras, was established on 12 June 1998, as per legislation (Act no. 9.478/1997) which restructured the oil sector in Brazil. In addition to Petrobras, Transpetro provides services to several distributing companies and to the petrochemical industry.
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- Petrobras
- Logistics companies of Brazil
- Natural gas pipeline companies
- Oil and gas companies of Brazil
- Companies based in Rio de Janeiro (state)
- Transport companies established in 1998
- Non-renewable resource companies established in 1998
- 1998 establishments in Brazil