Overview
Petrobras is Brazil's state-owned oil company and a pioneer in deploying autonomous underwater robots and inspection drones for offshore subsea operations. The company has partnered with Saipem to test and deploy the FlatFish autonomous underwater inspection drone for pipeline and structure inspections in Brazilian offshore fields.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Focus
Operations
Stage
Type
Robotics partner
Deployment
Data & sources
Web sources
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Petrobras on the deployment map
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Safety record
No incidents on record for Petrobras.
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Recent coverage
Petrobras in third-party press
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
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Recent activity
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- Record createdJun 11, 2026
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-05
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-05
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
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Methodology surface for Petrobras.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Petrobras from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Petrobras finds oil off Amazon as Lula touts potential
The region may hold 10 billion barrels of oil, with a potential value of about $720 billion.
Petrobras widens Brazil’s Equatorial Margin push with hydrocarbon discovery off Amapá
Brazilian state-owned energy giant Petrobras has found hydrocarbons in a frontier well located in ultra-deep waters off the coast of Amapá, deepening Brazil’s Equatorial Margin…
73 years in the making: Petrobras’ oil field exceeds 4 billion barrels as Brazil’s pre-salt turns 20
Brazil’s state-owned energy giant Petrobras has notched a new production milestone, with one of its oil fields surpassing 4 billion barrels of cumulative output as the pre-salt,…
South America’s gas boom on the rise with Petrobras’ new discovery in Colombian waters
Brazil’s state-owned energy giant Petrobras has added to South America’s energy riches with a fresh gas discovery off the coast of Colombia. The post South America’s gas boom on…
Acteon’s business secures third contract with Petrobras in less than a year
Intermoor, Acteon’s Moorings and Anchors business line, has secured its third contract with Brazilian […] The post Acteon’s business secures third contract with Petrobras in less…
Petrobras Extends Contracts for DOF-TechnipFMC PLSV Duo
DOF Group has secured long-term contract extensions with Petrobras for the Skandi Buzios and Skandi Recife pipelay support vessels (PLSVs), extending both contracts into January…
PLSVs owned by DOF-TechnipFMC JV get more time with Petrobras
Two pipelay support vessels (PLSVs) owned by a joint venture of DOF Group and […] The post PLSVs owned by DOF-TechnipFMC JV get more time with Petrobras appeared first on Offshore…
Saipem's FlatFish drone cleared for offshore deployment after Petrobras testing
FlatFish carried out multiple fully autonomous inspection missions including subsea structure and pipeline inspections, cathodic protection verification, clearing the way for…
Saipem's FlatFish underwater drone successfully completes test campaign with Petrobras
Saipem's FlatFish autonomous underwater inspection drone completed a key testing phase under its contract with Petrobras, clearing the way for offshore deployment in Brazilian…
Saipem's subsea drone clears tests with Petrobras ahead of offshore deployment
Saipem's FlatFish underwater inspection drone performed multiple fully autonomous inspection missions in testing with Petrobras, moving to the final stage of the project.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/petrobras.md
- RSS feed: /companies/petrobras/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/b349bf35-a339-44dd-b450-b5d3497d0093
- Revision history: /companies/petrobras/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Reality vs attention
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6-month trend
Analysis
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DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Aug 20, 2026