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
Diverless subsea robotics
Shore-based ROV control research
Data & sources
Web sources
3
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Partnerships
Every company Petrobras has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Magda Chambriard CEOsecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Petrobras.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Petrobras in third-party press
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
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Partnerships
2 total · 2 operating
Every company Petrobras has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
All 2 partnerships
open in the atlas →- petrobras x awswithAWS976technology—operating
- petrobras x nvidiawithNVIDIA1114technology—operating
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 11, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (3)
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-09-29
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-09-29
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
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 strikes another oil-bearing zone in Equatorial Margin frontier
This fresh oil discovery off Brazil’s northern coast encountered a new oil-bearing section at a well in ultra-deep waters of the Amapá state.
22-year Cheniere-Petrobras LNG pact expands energy bridge between North and South America
Petrobras will buy around 0.8 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG from Cheniere for over two decades.
Petrobras and ENH forge oil & gas partnership
Brazil’s state-owned energy giant Petrobras has shaken hands with Mozambique’s National Hydrocarbons Company (ENH) on a framework for bilateral cooperation across the oil and gas…
Petrobras and ENH forge oil & gas partnership
Brazil’s state-owned energy giant Petrobras has shaken hands with Mozambique’s National Hydrocarbons Company (ENH) on a framework for bilateral cooperation across the oil and gas…
Strohm’s TCP Completes Qualification for Brazil’s Deepwater Pilot
Petrobras, Shell and Strohm have completed a qualification and offshore field trial program for a thermoplastic composite pipe flowline designed for high-CO2 conditions in…
Petrobras locks in 20-year US supply from Sempra’s LNG project in Lone Star State
Brazil’s state-owned energy giant Petrobras has struck a two-decade-long deal with Sempra Infrastructure, a subsidiary of Sempra, for the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG)…
Seatrium set for back-to-back FPSO sailaways as duo heads to Petrobras’ Brazilian field within weeks
Singapore-based offshore and marine engineering company Seatrium is poised to achieve what it describes as an industry first with the dual sailaway of two giant floating…
Solstad’s Normand Valiant CSV Hooks $62M Contract with Petrobras
Petrobras has signed a two-year contract for the Normand Valiant construction support vessel (CSV), owned by Solstad Maritime (SOMA).The contract is expected to start in fourth…
Petrobras awards $62 million job in Brazil to Solstad’s 2008-built CSV
Brazilian state-owned energy company Petrobras has booked an 18-year-old construction support vessel (CSV), owned by Solstad Maritime (SOMA), on a long-term, multimillion-dollar…
Petrobras targets West Africa offshore frontier with four-block talks in Ghana
Brazilian state-owned energy giant Petrobras is advancing its push into West Africa’s offshore oil and gas frontier, entering negotiations for exploration contracts covering four…
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…
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Heat Index
Serious54/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place Petrobras against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 5, 2026