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Protecting the environment

Accident Prevention and Management

Our objective is to ensure the safe operation of our assets through strategies, plans, and practices that prevent accidents, protect people and the environment, and mitigate reputational impacts. Our ambition is to achieve zero fatalities and zero spills.

To this end, we have committees that analyze accidents, recommend preventive actions, and disseminate lessons learned through initiatives such as communications, working groups, and training.

The main accident prevention and management initiatives are:

1. Dynamic Process Safety Barrier Management Project

A technological solution designed for integrated, dynamic, real-time monitoring of process safety barriers, supporting decision-making based on risk analysis. In 2025, it expanded to 60 process units with the system implemented, improving the efficiency of risk management processes.

2. Safety Innovation Laboratory – Cenpes

Develops technological solutions aimed at eliminating fatalities and reducing accidents. Key highlights include:

• HSE Supervisory System: identifies risk situations using AI-enabled cameras
• MiniROVs: underwater robots for subsea inspections and operations
• Smart Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): devices with vital-sign monitoring
• New work coveralls: development of fabrics with enhanced fire protection
• Inductosense: wireless sensors for thickness measurement of static equipment, supporting mechanical integrity and failure prevention, and reducing man-hour exposure to risk in work-at-height inspections
• Artificial Intelligence applied to Safety: initiatives in Dynamic Barrier Management, Safety Digital Twin, and Risk-Based Inspection to optimize the integrity of critical equipment

3. Diverless Synergy Program

Reduces reliance on human diving through the use of ROVs (Remotely Operated Vehicles) and remotely controlled systems. In 2025, it achieved an 86% reduction in diving, eliminating risks associated with direct subsea work and enabling real-time analyses and audits.

4. Drilling Automation

Automation of part of the rig fleet through 2030, reducing teams’ exposure to the “red zone” (the area of higher operational risk) by supervising automated commands from safe environments.

5. Offshore Inspections Using Robotics, Drones and Guided Wave Testing

Significantly reduces workers’ exposure to risk in offshore pipeline inspection activities, increasing reliability and operational safety.

Emergency Response System

• Emergency Response Plans are prepared before any facility enters operation. They are based on risk analyses and applicable legislation.
• The Emergency Response Center coordinates the mobilization of resources. It operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, centralizing all emergency communications and response across the Petrobras System.
• Environmental Defense Centers are distributed across several locations nationwide and serve as the second response in oil spill incidents.

Research and Partnerships

• Cenpes conducts research on dispersants, environmental monitoring, and the behavior of oil at sea.
• ARPEL (the Latin American association) promotes the sharing of technical knowledge.
• Partnership with Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) for international response, including capping and dispersants.

Spills

Transparency

Petrobras adopts a structured system of internal and external audits in Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE), aimed at verifying compliance with corporate guidelines and legal requirements established by environmental authorities at all levels of government. All units within the Petrobras System are subject to this process, which contributes to the continuous improvement of HSE performance.

Petrobras has a Safety, Environment, and Health (HSE) audit contract with the specialized company BVQI to cover all Petrobras System units. The objective of the contract is to audit compliance with the requirements of the National Environmental Council (Conama) and the legal requirements of environmental agencies at all levels of government.

We thoroughly monitor and adhered to world-class climate reporting codes, such as the sustainability reporting guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI Standards), the requirements of DJSI (Dow Jones Sustainability Index), CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project), and TCFD (Taskforce for climate related financial disclosures), our industry guidelines, such as the IPIECA (Global Oil and Gas Industry Association for Environmental and Social Issues – a guide for Voluntary Reporting of the Oil and Gas Industry) complementary reporting methodology, and the transparency and reporting parameters agreed upon in the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI). Furthermore, in our Sustainability Report, we correlate our activities with the Global Compact Principles and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).