Open Comments: S2 Ep. 6 - PETROBRAS - Brazilian Energy: The Journey so Far with Leonardo Melo and Pascoal Mello

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PETROBRAS IT leaders Leonardo Melo and Pascoal Mello share how The Open Group OSDU® Forum is transforming data management in oil exploration, creating interoperability between applications, and making workflows more efficient and cost-effective.

Key Highlights:
• Leonardo has spent 13 years in data management and governance for geosciences at PETROBRAS
• Pascoal works in exploration focusing on geoscience applications
• Collaboration means engaging with other operators and vendors to achieve interoperability using the OSDU Data Platform
• Their journey with The Open Group OSDU Forum began 3-4 years ago with proof of concepts to test interoperability potential
• Interoperability solves the challenge of moving data between different software formats efficiently
• Centralizing and standardizing data saves significant time and money by eliminating manual data transfers
• Face-to-face meetings build stronger relationships than virtual collaboration alone
• In-person events provide opportunities to meet higher-level executives and adjust strategies
• The challenge is maintaining the OSDU Data platform while balancing different stakeholder objectives
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Kapitel

1. Introduction to Petrobras IT Leaders (00:00:00)

2. Collaboration in Oil Exploration (00:01:30)

3. Journey with Open Group and OSDU (00:02:33)

4. Interoperability Challenges in Big Oil (00:05:17)

5. Value of Face-to-Face Collaboration (00:08:07)

6. Final Thoughts on Open Collaboration (00:13:47)