Published on: 05/18/2026
Brazilian companies ESSS (advanced engineering simulation), Intelie (real-time industrial data intelligence), and the Laboratory of Scientific Computing and Visualization (LCCV) at the Federal University of Alagoas (UFAL), in partnership with Petrobras, enabled the development and deployment of ALFAtwin Integrity, an innovative platform for well integrity management. The solution is designed to unify engineering rigor and real-time decision support through an integrated architecture that enables proactive well integrity management.
Currently, ALFAtwin Integrity operates across more than 780 onshore and offshore wells, integrating high-fidelity engineering simulation with real-time operational intelligence. This integration allows for continuous well monitoring, early warning signal detection, and evaluation of operational decisions prior to execution.
The platform supports early risk identification, anticipates well integrity threats, and helps teams simulate operational decisions before execution, improving preparedness and reducing uncertainty in integrity-related interventions. Since ALFAtwin Integrity deployment, documented operational value has exceeded US$ 120 million, reinforcing the economic and strategic rationale for investing in scalable domestic technology. The program has also been recognized by the ANP Award in the Industry 4.0 category (2022), and was a finalist for the Petrobras Pride Award in the Value category.
“This is a great example of how collaboration in the digital space is critical to delivering value in shorter timeframes. It took 2 years from the beginning of the project development to its full deployment 24/7 for all Petrobras wells, considering R&D efforts and building parts of the solution from scratch. The good news is that now the solution can be deployed to the whole industry in a much shorter timeframe and R&D investments can pay dividends not only for those involved, but for the entire market in the form of safer and optimized operations.” said Vinicius Girardi, head of ESSS Energy BU.
ALFAtwin Integrity demonstrates how coordinated innovation, combining regulated R&D investment, specialized Brazilian technology companies, academic research, and industry operators, can advance safety, efficiency, and sustainability, transforming advanced knowledge into applied solutions for critical safety problems. By bringing together these entities, the initiative accelerates the creation of digital products with global relevance and strengthens the national innovation chain, positioning Brazil as a reference in digital innovation for the global Oil & Gas industry.
DSc Augusto Borella Hougaz, Intelie’s Chief Product Officer, emphasized “ALFAtwin Integrity proves that cooperation accelerates innovation, and that outcomes depend on having the right innovation partners aligned from day one. When ESSS, Intelie, and academia operate as one team, we combine simulation, real-time intelligence, and cutting-edge research to solve complex integrity challenges, and compress time-to-market from research to field deployment.”
ESSS: Digital Twin development leveraging proprietary multiphase flow simulation technology and advanced models, with academic support.
LCCV/UFAL: Research and development of the Dynamic Operating Envelope approach, enhancing operational insight and decision support.
Intelie: Centralized real-time data ingestion, transformation, monitoring, and smart alerting based on operational data.
Petrobras: Field application, validation, and scaling across operational assets, ensuring reliability, safety, and operational value.
ESSS (Engineering Simulation and Scientific Software) is a Brazilian multinational specializing in engineering simulation. ESSS Energy is a business unit dedicated to empowering energy companies through expert deployment of digital twins and engineering software, delivering high-performance, real-time decision support systems that optimize asset integrity and operational efficiency.
Intelie is a real-time data platform that applies operational AI to help industrial organizations make faster, safer, and smarter decisions. With deep experience in oil and gas and other mission-critical industries, Intelie transforms high-frequency operational data into trusted intelligence that powers engineering models, workflow automation, and AI-driven decision-making. Its vendor-agnostic platform integrates across diverse systems, assets, and data environments, enabling organizations to move beyond fragmented information and delayed reporting. Intelie works alongside customers as a long-term innovation partner as AI, automation, and industrial operations continue to evolve.
The Laboratory of Scientific Computing and Visualization (LCCV) is a leading research laboratory at the Federal University of Alagoas (UFAL), Brazil, focused on advanced scientific computing and engineering simulation. With a long-standing collaboration with energy sector companies and major Brazilian research centers, LCCV contributes applied research, advanced numerical methods, and innovative simulation approaches to address complex engineering problems and support the development of scalable, industry-ready digital technologies.
Petrobras is a publicly traded Brazilian energy company that operates in an integrated manner across oil, natural gas, and energy. With decades of expertise in Brazil’s basins — especially deep and ultra-deep waters—Petrobras combines operational excellence with a strong focus on safety, technology development, innovation, and a fair energy transition.
