en.Wedoany.com Reported - The Libra Consortium is studying the integration of electrical power for production platforms in the Mero field, located in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin, by connecting them to a dedicated grid to electrify oil and gas facilities.

At the Transformation Dialogue Forum of the Rio Energy Summit, Vinícius Machado, Applied Technology Manager at Petrobras, stated that the share of investments in decarbonization and safety within the consortium's mandatory R&D and innovation spending will continue to rise. He believes that the R&D portfolio needs to be diversified to address uncertainties across different technological directions.

Machado explained that the companies within the Libra Consortium—Petrobras, Shell, TotalEnergies, CNOOC, and CNPC—have decided to integrate their R&D and innovation investments, advancing cooperation from a perspective of shared risks and benefits.

Samuel Barreto, R&D Director at TotalEnergies, added that this decision allows companies to pool their experiences and capabilities to jointly find solutions. He noted that the entire industry faces challenges and must seek decarbonization pathways, emphasizing that reducing methane emissions should be considered a core task. He stressed that the industry needs a mindset shift, treating methane leaks as seriously as oil spills.

Commenting on the innovation potential in the industry, Mariana Tiengo, Digital Technology Project Manager at Shell, pointed out that the oil and gas sector is a hard-tech field. She mentioned a cultural gap between engineering teams and the digital departments of oil companies that needs to be bridged, and that entrepreneurs can play a connecting role between the two.

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