Almost a quarter of the $1 billion that Petrobras spends on R&D is being invested through Brazilian universities and, although incipient, university spin-offs.
The construction of advanced simulation and testing facilties is just one example of a trend that has reduced Petrobras’ reliance on flying researchers to overseas facilites such as Norway’s Marintek.
“We are building lab infrastructure equal to any in the world,” says Cenpes executive manager Carlos Tadeu da Costa Fraga.
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