Petrobras' Focus on Greenfield Renewable Projects in Brazil
Key Ideas
  • Petrobras, Brazil's federal oil company, prioritizes greenfield renewable energy projects for investment, aiming for projects with a power purchase agreement and solid returns.
  • The company's strategic plan for 2025-2029 includes significant investments in wind and solar power, decarbonization solutions, biorefining, research, and development, as well as hydrogen and carbon capture utilization and storage.
  • Petrobras recognizes the need to diversify its energy sources as the demand for oil is expected to decline, highlighting the company's commitment to reducing emissions and decarbonizing operations.
  • The company has allocated a substantial fund for decarbonization efforts, focusing on technologies and processes that offer the most cost-effective reduction in CO2 emissions, such as addressing methane leaks and optimizing FPSO operations.
Brazil's Petrobras is shifting its focus towards greenfield renewable energy generation projects under the new leadership of CEO Magda Chambriard. The company's Energy Transition and Sustainability Director, Maurício Tolmasquim, emphasized the importance of investing in projects that have not yet commenced operations, with a strong emphasis on ensuring security and returns through power purchase agreements. Petrobras is set to unveil its strategic plan for 2025-2029, outlining investments in wind and solar power, decarbonization solutions, biorefining, research, development, and initiatives in hydrogen and carbon capture utilization and storage. Tolmasquim highlighted the ethical and strategic necessity for oil companies to diversify their energy sources, given the anticipated decline in oil demand and diminishing sector funding. Petrobras aims to reduce absolute emissions of pollutant gases despite adding new FPSOs, with a dedicated $1 billion fund for decarbonization. The company prioritizes technologies with the lowest cost per ton of CO2 abated, focusing on areas such as mitigating methane leaks and improving FPSO operations.
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