-+ 0.00%
-+ 0.00%
-+ 0.00%

Baker Hughes Awarded First Technology Agreement With Petrobras To Develop Definitive Solution For Pipeline Corrosion

Benzinga·03/18/2025 12:16:59
Listen to the news
  • Next-generation flexible pipes to offer 30-year service life in high CO2 environment

HOUSTON and LONDON – March 18, 2025 – Baker Hughes, an energy technology company, announced Tuesday a joint technology development program with Petrobras to provide a definitive solution for stress corrosion cracking due to CO2 (SCC-CO2) in flexible pipe systems. 

The pre-commercial agreement encompasses development and testing, as well as a purchase option of the resulting next-generation flexible pipes, which will have an extended service life of 30 years in high-CO2 environments. The collaborative effort between Baker Hughes and Petrobras will be primarily executed at Baker Hughes' Rio de Janeiro Energy Technology Innovation Center and nearby flexible pipe systems manufacturing plant.