By Brazil Stock Guide – Brava Energia SA opened an integrated operations center in Mossoró, in Brazil’s northeastern state of Rio Grande do Norte, as the oil and gas producer moves to consolidate its onshore production systems and streamline field management.
The facility, known as the Integrated Operations Center, or COI, will oversee Brava’s Potiguar cluster, which includes production assets in Rio Grande do Norte and Ceará. The company plans to invest as much as 15 million reais in the structure through 2026. Brava Energia trades in São Paulo under the ticker BRAV3.
The new center replaces a fragmented setup that previously relied on 22 control rooms and 26 independent SCADA systems across Alto do Rodrigues, Canto do Amaro, Macau and Fazenda Belém. Together, those assets cover more than 1,000 square kilometers.
From the Mossoró base, Brava will centralize the monitoring of stations, wells, power systems, rigs, logistics and field teams. The shift is designed to increase real-time visibility over operations and speed up decisions across Brazil’s largest onshore production hub.
“The opening of the Rio Grande do Norte and Ceará COI marks a new stage in Brava’s operational and technological evolution, unprecedented in Brazilian onshore operations. By consolidating systems, processes and information into an integrated structure, the company advances in building a more efficient, safer operating model prepared for the challenges of the oil and gas industry,” said Jorge Boeri, Brava’s onshore operations director.
The center brings together 56 standardized systems developed under international standards and industry practices, according to the company. Brava said the platform will improve coordination between teams, unify workflows and strengthen the reliability and availability of production systems.
The facility will operate 24 hours a day, every day of the year. It will also use drone monitoring and a specialized team of 58 people to track assets and support field decisions.
Brava said the hub creates the foundation for a broader digital transformation of its onshore operations, including remote monitoring, predictive maintenance, advanced digital models and artificial intelligence tools.
The company also expects the integrated model to improve health, safety and environmental standards by reducing workers’ exposure to operational risks and increasing its capacity to prevent and respond to incidents.
The Potiguar COI is Brava’s first center of this type and is part of a broader effort to modernize management of the company’s onshore assets, connecting production, maintenance, planning, logistics, rigs and safety in a single operational environment.
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