São Paulo – Talking on energy transition, Petrobras CEO Jean Paul Prates said Wednesday (5) there’s one certainty for state-controlled companies and countries: “We’re on a transition where these oil-producing countries and their state-run companies are likely to be the world’s last oil and gas producers, so they have the responsibility to do so in the most decarbonated, sustainable and developed manner from the standpoint of artificial intelligence, robotics, automation.” He talked at the 8th Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) International Seminar.
Prates published a video on his Twitter talking about his presentation at the “Towards a sustainable and inclusive energy transition” in Austria, where he participate in a roundtable. “Our presence here, representing Petrobras – Brazil, so to speak — was very fruitful, very relevant, in a situation of concerned oil producers that’re already on their energy transition,” said Prates in the video.
According to him, developing and mastering technology, as well as “transitioning in mid-air,” is key for oil companies at this period, where oil companies will also need support from the states. “The support from nation states was definitely a major topic here as something that’s essential for the energy transition of these companies,” Prates said on Twitter.
The CEO of Petrobras also said the company wants partnerships. “We made it clear that Petrobras and the Brazilian government, too, are willing to make energy alliances in this sense, and in the case of Petrobras in particular, corporate, strategic, technological and business opportunity partnerships, especially in Brazil, with direct investment in Brazil together with Petrobras, also in the development of technology and innovation, artificial intelligence, and automation,” he said.
Prates said the need for the energy transition to be socially inclusive was also a topic at the OPEC seminar. “Not leaving workers and consumers behind, which is the issue of energy poverty, was also addressed here, at the OPEC meeting,” said Prates.
Pictured, Prates at a press conference in Brazil in May 2023.
Translated by Guilherme Miranda
