Over 20 years of operation, Transpetro has consolidated its prominent position in the Brazilian oil and oil products transportation and logistics market. Its unique technical capacity, combined with the search for increasingly secure operations and always competitive costs, qualify the company to face future challenges, resulting from global transformations that directly influence the oil industry, as well as expand its market share and win new customers.
Created on June 12, 1998, as a result of Law 9,478 / 1997 (the “Petroleum Law”, which brought new regulations to the sector), Petrobras Transporte S.A. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Petrobras. By virtue of the law that originated it, Transpetro must comply with the Free Access regulation, which allows other companies, and not just the parent company, to access the structures (pipelines and terminals) operated by it.
The first assets incorporated into Transpetro were the ships of the National Oil Tanker Fleet (Frota Nacional de Petroleiros - Fronape), created in 1950 and integrated with Petrobras in 1953. In May 2000, in addition to the 62 vessels that were already under its management, the young company started operating 9 thousand kilometers of pipelines and 47 terminals, leased by Petrobras.
Today, Transpetro operates 47 terminals, 14 thousand kilometers of pipelines and 56 ships, which interconnect the production, refining and distribution areas of the Petrobras System and provide services to other companies in the oil chain. It also operates in the import and export operations of oil and oil products, gas and ethanol.
Security and integrity
The focus on safety has been part of Transpetro's DNA since its creation. But the implementation of the Pipeline Integrity Program (Programa de Integridade de Dutos - PID) by Petrobras, in 2001, represented a milestone for the company, due to the challenges posed by the recovery and reconditioning of pipeline lines operated by it.
Technological development and the evolution of pipeline inspection techniques also marked the period. In 2003, an agreement signed by Petrobras and Transpetro with the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (Pontifícia Universidade Católica - PUC / RJ) and other organizations made it possible to implement the Pipeline Technology Center (Centro de Tecnologia em Dutos  - CTDut), a kind of laboratory-school, neighboring ground to the Campos Elíseos Terminal (Terminal de Campos Elíseos - Tecam / RJ).
In 2007, Transpetro inaugurated its Emergency Pipeline Repair Center (Centro Emergencial de Reparo de Dutos - Creduto), at the Guarulhos Terminal (São Paulo - SP), a region where there is the largest pipeline concentration in the Petrobras System. The objective was to create their own competence and team to act on the integrity of the facilities. The location of Creduto, close to Guarulhos International Airport (SP), the largest in the country, makes it possible to quickly send teams to the most distant regions of Brazil.
In maritime transport, the launch of the Fleet Management System (Sistema de Gestão da Frota - SGF) was fundamental in the processes management. The purpose was to observe the legal aspects and the requirements that Fronape should follow to operate in the market. The administrative evolution of the fleet led to the implementation, since 2017, of the Tanker Management and Self Assessment (TMSA), an evaluation system aimed at the management of shipping companies in the oil sector.
Centralized operations
Transpetro's technological differential, the centralized operation of ships, pipelines, gas pipelines and terminals positions the company as the main alternative in the logistics and transportation of oil and oil products in the country. The concepts of standardized operation and higher quality of services began to be incorporated in 2002, with the inauguration of the Operational Control Center (Centro de Controle Operacional  - CCO), in the company's headquarters building, in downtown Rio de Janeiro.
As a result of the modernization of activities and the need to expand security, the CCO replaced local operation with automation, according to the operating model of the main midstream companies in the world. The evolution of the former CCO gave rise to the National Operational Control Center (CNCL), with the structure and technology to operate more than 14 thousand kilometers of pipelines remotely, from north to south of the country, full time.
The National Ship Monitoring Center (Centro Nacional de Acompanhamento de Navios  - CNAN), also installed at Transpetro's Headquarters, since 2014, makes it possible to monitor the entire fleet, anywhere in the world.