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PARTNERSHIPS & COLLABORATION

Research built through collaboration.

LabCim connects universities, companies, funding agencies and research institutions to turn scientific and engineering challenges into projects, evidence and solutions.

COLLABORATION MODEL

A shared pathway from a technical question to documented capability.

Each initiative begins with a bounded problem. Contributions from organizations with distinct roles help structure research, development and evidence generation without assuming the same legal relationship for every organization.

  1. Challenge

    A scientific or engineering question that needs to be understood.

  2. Collaboration

    Coordination among universities, industry, funding and institutions.

  3. Research

    Definition of hypotheses, methods and investigation conditions.

  4. Development

    Formulation, instrumentation, modeling or implementation as required by the project.

  5. Evidence

    Measurements and analyses interpreted within their technical context.

  6. Solution or capability

    Knowledge, method or capability resulting from the work, when documented.

COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS

Challenges organized by scientific and engineering front.

The documented projects are grouped by primary theme, with titles faithful to the sources and their associated organizations. Dates, contract periods, funding values, results and current status are not inferred.

Materials and formulations for well cementing

Cement slurries, composites, polymers, geopolymers and raw materials investigated for well cementing contexts.

  1. P01

    Novel composite materials for oil wells: lightweight cementing materials for mature-field wells

    Associated organizations

    • Industrial partner Petrobras
    • Funding Finep

  2. P02

    New Portland Class G/polyurethane cementing materials: flexible composite cement slurries for squeeze cementing operations

    Associated organizations

    • Funding CNPq

  3. P03

    Development and characterization of new cement slurries: Special-class cement for onshore wells

    Associated organizations

    • Industrial partner Petrobras

  4. P04

    Addition of high-temperature polymers to Portland cement: selection of industrial polymers for flexible cement slurry formulations

    Associated organizations

    • Industrial partner Petrobras

  5. P05

    Novel onshore well cement slurries containing high-performance admixtures used in civil construction

    Associated organizations

    • Industrial partner Petrobras
    • Funding Finep
    • Supplier / technology partner BASF

  6. P09

    Addition of porcelain tile polishing residue to geopolymers for oil well cementing operations

    Associated organizations

    • Industrial partner Petrobras

Severe conditions, thermal wells and geothermal applications

Materials for cyclic steam injection, high-temperature and geothermal well scenarios.

  1. P08

    Geopolymers for cyclic steam injection wells: alternative cementing materials with high thermomechanical resistance

    Associated organizations

    • Industrial partner Petrobras

  2. P11

    Development of special blends for high-temperature wells: steam injection and geothermal wells

    Associated organizations

    • Industrial partner Repsol Sinopec Brasil
    • Supplier / technology partner BQMIL

Well integrity, zonal isolation and plugging and abandonment (P&A)

Projects addressing interfaces, permanent plugging, zonal isolation and cement sheath integrity.

  1. P10

    Development of high-performance, minimally additivated cementitious systems for permanent plugging operations in oil wells

    Associated organizations

    • Industrial partner Repsol Sinopec Brasil
    • Supplier / technology partner Mizu Cimentos

  2. P12

    Influence of acid attack on the integrity of the cement/casing interface in oil wells

    Associated organizations

    • Industrial partner Repsol Sinopec Brasil

  3. P15

    Development of rock-based geopolymers for zonal isolation and plugging and abandonment (P&A) using naturally occurring minerals from Brazil

    Associated organizations

    • Industrial partner TotalEnergies

  4. P21

    Composite cementitious mix containing a superparamagnetic filler for monitoring cement sheath integrity throughout the well service life (Cimento Auto-Sensor)

    Associated organizations

    • Industrial partner Petrobras

CO₂, CCS and CCUS

Cementitious systems and materials evaluated for well construction and exposure to CO₂ and contaminants.

  1. P13

    Study of corrosion-resistant materials and development of cementitious slurries for wells used in carbon capture and storage (CCS)

    Associated organizations

    • Industrial partner Eneva

  2. P20

    Study of cementitious systems exposed to CO₂ and contaminants for carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) scenarios

    Associated organizations

    • Industrial partner Petrobras

Cementing operations and lost-circulation control

Cement slurries and systems related to gas migration, lost circulation and vuggy carbonate reservoirs.

  1. P06

    Portland cement slurries to prevent gas migration: infrastructure project

    Associated organizations

    • Industrial partner Petrobras

  2. P07

    Portland cement slurries for lost circulation: formulation of Special-class cement slurries to prevent lost circulation

    Associated organizations

    • Industrial partner Petrobras

  3. P14

    Acid-soluble paste systems for lost-circulation plugs in vuggy carbonate reservoirs

    Associated organizations

    • Industrial partner CNOOC

Digital technologies and integrated engineering

Documented platform, automation and analytical-integration projects presented as collaboration, without inferring a public tool.

  1. P18

    Integrated engineering project

    Smart and automated platform for identifying best practices and supporting permanent plugging and abandonment projects for oil and gas wells (P&A DECOMPilot)

    Associated organizations

    • Industrial partner Karoon Energy

  2. P19

    Integrated engineering project

    Geomechanics while drilling (GWD): analytical methodology and integrated system for real-time geomechanical evaluation, stability analysis, and optimization of drilling and production efficiency

    Associated organizations

    • Industrial partner Karoon Energy

Infrastructure and bioadditives

Laboratory instrumentation and bioadditive development for fluids used in well construction and intervention.

  1. P16

    Development of bioadditives for fluids used in oil well construction and intervention

    Associated organizations

    • Industrial partner TotalEnergies

  2. P17

    Infrastructure project

    Improvement of laboratory instrumentation for research on cementitious systems and bioadditives

    Associated organizations

    • Industrial partner TotalEnergies

FORMS OF COLLABORATION

Different contributions within the same knowledge-generation process.

The documented projects show varied forms of interaction. They are presented as collaboration capabilities, not as a commercial service catalog.

  • R&D projects

    Joint definition of research questions, technical scope and experimental development.

  • Materials development

    Formulation and investigation of cementitious systems, composites, geopolymers and additives.

  • Experimental evaluation

    Generation of data under conditions defined by the problem and method.

  • Infrastructure

    Improvement of instrumentation and environments connected to research.

  • Technology development

    Integration of materials, methods, instrumentation and implementation.

  • Collaborative research

    Scientific exchange among groups, laboratories, universities and institutions.

  • Scientific training

    Participation in projects connecting investigation and well engineering.

COLLABORATION ECOSYSTEM

A network connecting industry, funding and science.

LabCim's trajectory has been shaped through projects with companies, funding agencies, universities, research groups and technology institutions. The organizations below record documented collaborations, projects or institutional activities without claiming a current relationship.

Companies and industrial partners

Operators, companies and suppliers of materials or technology documented in institutional sources.

  • TotalEnergies
  • Petrobras
  • Repsol Sinopec Brasil
  • Karoon Energy
  • Eneva
  • Brava
  • FBS Perfurações
  • ITEMM
  • Mineração Curimbaba
  • CNOOC
  • Mizu Cimentos
  • Great Solutions
  • Baker Hughes
  • BQMIL
  • PetroReconcavo
  • Yara
  • LafargeHolcim
  • BASF

Funding agencies and mechanisms

Funding institutions kept in their own category and not presented as clients.

  • ANP
  • Finep
  • CNPq
  • CAPES

Scientific and institutional partners

Universities, laboratories, research groups and academic institutions documented in the sources.

  • FUNPEC
  • Universitetet i Stavanger
  • LabSis / UFRN
  • LabMatCon / UFRN
  • LabRES
  • Laboratório de Tecnologia de Tensoativos e Processos de Separação
  • UFPB
  • COPPE / UFRJ
  • LabTam / UFRN
  • inPACTA
  • Penn State
  • Universidade Federal do Pará

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