Process accident prevention and management

In 2025, we kept the volume of oil and petroleum product spills significantly below our alert threshold (108 m³), recording 3 m³ in spills of more than 1 barrel (0.159 m³), across five occurrences. 

The development of safer technologies and the application of HSE requirements in investment projects are essential for our activities. We have accident rates that are a reference in the oil and gas industry, and we continue to challenge ourselves to expand the safety of our workers.  

Real-time monitoring of pressures and other critical parameters during production contributes to preserving the integrity of wells, expanding the protection of people, the environment and assets, in line with our commitment to sustainability and operational excellence. 

Asset integrity management involves the continuous monitoring of platforms, refineries, thermoelectric plants and gas processing assets, ensuring that they remain suitable for their use. This monitoring reduces the possibility of adverse impacts on people’s safety, facilities, the environment, and production. Inspections are carried out to detect failures and execute preventive or corrective maintenance, with emphasis on scheduled maintenance shutdowns. 

Shutdowns occur at intervals defined according to the characteristics of the assets and are meticulously planned, with scope and contracting aligned with the guarantee of integrity and high operational reliability. 

In 2025, we carried out 156 thermoelectric shutdowns, 41 in natural gas assets and 43 in refining units. At Petrobras Biofuel, we carried out five total shutdowns, 19 partial as scheduled and nine partial shutdowns by opportunity at the biodiesel plants. In exploration and production assets, there were 27 scheduled shutdowns on platforms. 

In 2025, we strengthened our integration with Transpetro in actions to combat fuel theft from pipelines (clandestine taps).  

We act in combating clandestine taps in a multidisciplinary manner. Our actions are supported by three main pillars: relationships with communities surrounding pipeline rights-of-way, with the availability of a free channel for reports with improved service; adoption of technologies such as the implementation of a control center dedicated to pipeline protection, with uninterrupted operation; and collaboration with public security bodies 

In 2025, we recorded 30 occurrences in the pipelines of the Petrobras System. Compared to the historical maximum of 2018 (261 occurrences), there was a 90% reduction in fuel thefts or attempted thefts. It should be noted that all 2025 occurrences took place in rural areas with low population density, which reduces the risk to people’s lives. 

Our HSE management defines in its Guideline 11 – Contingency that emergencies must be foreseen and confronted quickly and effectively. In response to emergencies, we integrate efforts to reduce impacts on people, the environment, property and our image. 

We carry out projects and initiatives that improve the prediction and assessment of accident scenarios, the identification and sizing of applicable resources and technologies, as well as the continuous analysis of possible social, environmental and economic impacts.  

Our corporate educational system provides a matrix of courses and a development trail for action in contingency. In 2025, we offered training in remote learning and synchronous modalities, totaling 8,902 training completed in methodologies and technologies related to organizational structures of emergency response.  

To improve the preparation in addition to training and to assess the performance of the response teams, we periodically carry out simulated exercises that reproduce scenarios such as oil spills, fires, explosions and care for victims. These exercises may involve public bodies, communities and other stakeholders.  

In 2025, we carried out 17 complete drills covering the typologies of communication, table top and field drills, with scenarios of greater complexity. Our units and facilities executed about 6,000 operational exercises in the last year.  

Contingency management integrates several units, facilities and activities operated by us, at different organizational levels, with Emergency Response Plans (PRE) prepared for local, regional and national service. 

The Emergency Response Center (CAE) centralizes communications and emergency services in the Petrobras System, operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The CAE is responsible for activating the EOR and mobilizing the resources provided for in the Corporate Contingency Plan (PCCorp). 

Annually, our local social responsibility plans include actions to strengthen the culture of risk prevention in communities, providing guidance on safety procedures in the event of an emergency. These actions are carried out through lectures, visits to facilities, and emergency drills involving this audience.