The Pascal Project divides into four segments connecting Inpasa’s existing and under-construction facilities at Sinop, Nova Mutum, and Rondonópolis in Mato Grosso, with pumping stations at multiple points including Sorriso, Cuiabá, Ribas do Rio Pardo, Três Lagoas, and Araçatuba. Environmental documentation lists between 69 and 72 municipalities crossed across the three states, with the discrepancy attributed to route adjustments aligning with planned terminal locations.
The proposal revives plans that Logum Logística originally developed in 2011 but never fully implemented. That project, backed by Petrobras, Cosan, Copersucar, Odebrecht and Camargo Corrêa, envisioned ethanol pipeline infrastructure reaching Goiás state but ultimately delivered only a 1,000-kilometer network serving São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro distribution points. Logum now operates as a joint venture of Copersucar, Raízen, Petrobras and Uniduto after the construction firms exited in 2018.
Inpasa closed 2025 with net revenue of R$22.8 billion, up 67 percent year-over-year, processing 11.6 million tons of grain across six Brazilian plants and two Paraguayan facilities. The company has R$15 billion in investments underway including facilities at Luís Eduardo Magalhães in Bahia, Rio Verde in Goiás, and expansions at Nova Mutum and Rondonópolis, targeting total annual ethanol capacity of 8.6 billion liters. The pipeline infrastructure would eliminate transport cost disadvantages that currently burden Center-West producers shipping to coastal markets.
This article was curated and published as part of our South American energy market coverage.
