Petrobras – Conexões para Inovação

Conexões para Inovação (Connections for Innovation) is Petrobras’ open innovation program. Through this program, which has eight modules for promoting technology development opportunities with Petrobras, we encourage initiatives to intensify our integration with the innovation ecosystem, especially science and technology institutions, universities, startups, companies from different sectors, and entrepreneurial researchers.

Within the program, low-carbon projects and solutions have gained priority. Currently, Petrobras has more than 70 partnerships with universities, science and technology institutes, and companies to jointly develop solutions that contribute to the reduction of emissions and renewable energies, totaling a contracted investment of more than R$ 300 million.

Of this total, more than 60 partnerships were signed through the Technological Partnerships module, more oriented towards associations with universities and science and technology institutes aimed at developing technologies typically found at low or intermediate maturity levels.

Since the first RFP for the Startups module launched in 2019, we have partnered with small technology-based companies to develop solutions in the areas of energy efficiency and carbon reduction (which includes improving the carbon performance of operations, as well as carbon capture and storage). Eight startups already have ongoing or completed projects with Petrobras in this area.