ABS QE Strengthens Partnership with Petrobras Through Visit to Strategic Asset Management and Reliability Centers

A visit to Petrobras' strategic centers highlights the company's asset management journey — from ISO 55001-certified thermoelectric plants to refineries preparing for certification.

São Paulo, Brazil — ABS Quality Evaluations (ABS QE) continues to strengthen its partnership with Petrobras through close engagement with initiatives that reflect the company's progress in asset management and operational reliability.

Rosemary França Vianna, ABS QE's Director of Operations for South America, conducted an institutional visit to two strategic Petrobras facilities to gain firsthand insight into the practices, initiatives, and advances supporting the company's journey toward operational excellence.

Inside the Visit: Two Strategic Centers

Petrobras currently has 11 thermoelectric plants certified by ABS in accordance with ISO 55001, the internationally recognized standard for asset management systems. This certification demonstrates the company's ability to establish and sustain consistent asset management practices focused on performance, reliability, and continuous improvement.

During the visit, Rosemary toured the Integrated Operations Center for Gas & Energy (COI G&E), where she observed the management of operations across the certified thermoelectric plants. The visit provided a closer view of how asset management is applied in an integrated way to operations and asset reliability.

The visit also included the Center of Excellence in Assets and Reliability – Refining (CEAC), a newly created structure focused on strengthening asset management excellence across Petrobras' refineries. The visit highlighted the ongoing work to prepare these operations for certification, extending the company's progress in this area.

On behalf of the entire ABS team, we thank Petrobras for its hospitality, openness in sharing experiences, and the valuable exchange of knowledge throughout the visit. The visit was accompanied by Paulo Leonardo da Rocha Borges, Leandro Garios Simões, Emerson Paulo da Silva, and Lohan Motta do Nascimento, managers from the Energy Transition Directorate (DTEN), and Patricia Iris da Silva Peres, manager from the Industrial Processes Directorate (DPI).

The opportunity reinforced the consistency of Petrobras' practices and its ongoing commitment to operational excellence, reliability and continuous improvement.

About ABS Quality Evaluations

ABS Quality Evaluations, Inc. (ABS QE) is a subsidiary of ABS Group of Companies, Inc. (www.abs-group.com). As a world-leading certification body, ABS QE works with companies to improve the performance of their business, systems, people and supply chains through management systems certification, verification, training and assessments, including supply chain and cybersecurity. ABS QE’s global network of auditors plays a crucial role in helping organizations achieve business excellence and obtain the necessary certifications to get products and services to market.