Baker Hughes Secures Petrobras’ Request to Support Its Offshore and Onshore Assets with Digital Solutions

Baker Hughes Will Support UTEs, UTGs, Refineries, Offshore Platforms and FPSOs in the Petrobras Asset Portfolio

The order, recorded in the fourth quarter of 2020 and confirmed by the American company last Friday (22), will further expand Petrobras’ capabilities in digital solutions following a request for various product lines from Baker Hughes Digital Solutions.

Baker Hughes will support Petrobras’ thermal power plants, refineries, gas treatment units, production plants, offshore platforms and floating storage and transfer units (FPSO) with its technologies, ensuring that the latest regulatory requirements are met. The order includes flare monitoring and calibration technologies, cybersecurity, and remote monitoring services and interconnected machine protection systems and sensors.

Rami Qasem, Executive Vice President of the Digital Solutions Department at Baker Hughes, Said:

“Through our integrated set of technologies, we can leverage the data and power of our software and hardware systems to significantly advance Petrobras’ digital transformation journey. Additionally, our deep domain knowledge in industrial asset management will support Petrobras in reducing risks and emissions while maintaining safer operations.”

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Baker Hughes technologies use real-time analytics to help clients improve machinery integrity, eliminate unplanned outages, reduce downtime, and prevent catastrophic failures. Petrobras will benefit from several features in the Digital Solutions product lines, including:

• Bently Nevada’s state-of-the-art Orbit 60 system, System 1 software licenses, and remote monitoring services for advanced industrial asset management.
• Flare.IQ, Panametrics’ advanced flare gas monitoring and optimization system, and FlareCare services and parts to reduce carbon and methane emissions.
• Nexus Controls’ distributed control systems, cybersecurity services, and human-machine interface (HMI) upgrades for safer and more reliable operations.