--- title: "Artificial Intelligence for Oil and Gas • LAB-IA" description: "Science and artificial intelligence for Oil and Gas challenges. Discover the expertise, scientific output and innovation of CBPF and LAB-IA." canonical_url: "https://labia.cbpf.br/projects/oil-gas" locale: en meta: "og:description": "Science and artificial intelligence for Oil and Gas challenges. Discover the expertise, scientific output and innovation of CBPF and LAB-IA." "og:image": "https://labia.cbpf.br/_og/d/c_Model1.takumi%2Ctitle_Artificial%2BIntelligence%2Bfor%2BOil%2Band%2BGas%2Cp_Ii9wcm9qZWN0cy9vaWwtZ2FzIg%2Cs_XvnUCXDNYe5yPpcc.png" "og:image:height": "600" "og:image:type": image/png "og:image:width": "1200" "og:title": "Artificial Intelligence for Oil and Gas • LAB-IA" "twitter:image": "https://labia.cbpf.br/_og/d/c_Model1.takumi%2Ctitle_Artificial%2BIntelligence%2Bfor%2BOil%2Band%2BGas%2Cp_Ii9wcm9qZWN0cy9vaWwtZ2FzIg%2Cs_XvnUCXDNYe5yPpcc.png" --- > Index of every page on this site: [llms.txt](https://labia.cbpf.br/llms.txt) [Home](https://labia.cbpf.br/)› [Projects](https://labia.cbpf.br/projects/research)›Oil and GasARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LABORATORY / CBPF RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION # Artificial Intelligence
for Oil and Gas **Scientific knowledge and technological development for the challenges of reservoir characterization and subsurface exploration.** Through LAB-IA, the Brazilian Center for Research in Physics brings together expertise in artificial intelligence, physics, geosciences and high-performance computing to develop methods applied to the oil and gas industry. [Areas of work ↗](https://labia.cbpf.br/projects/oil-gas?pagina=areas) [Scientific output and innovation ↗](https://labia.cbpf.br/projects/oil-gas?pagina=producao) CBPF · LAB-IA · Oil and Gas ## Science, technology and cooperation with industry Built over more than a decade of cooperation with Petrobras, this work covers the characterization of rocks and porous media, the interpretation of borehole images, the analysis of nuclear magnetic resonance signals and seismic modeling. The group combines knowledge of physical phenomena with computational methods to extract information from complex data, estimate properties and assess the reliability of interpretations. The strength of this trajectory lies in the connection between scientific research, researcher training and innovation. Papers in international journals, dissertations, computational methods, in-house infrastructure and patent applications express an institutional capacity to investigate problems and develop solutions in collaboration with industry. Two Petrobras Inventor Awards, including the 2026 recognition, reinforce this record of scientific and technological contribution by CBPF and LAB-IA to the sector. **17**Scientific papers **10**Technical notes **7**Master's dissertations [**2** Petrobras Inventor Awards ****2026 · 2022 ↗****](https://labia.cbpf.br/projects/oil-gas?pagina=tecnologia#premios) From pore to subsurface ## Four areas of work Discover the problems investigated and the group's contributions in each Oil and Gas area. [![Published figure with petrographic thin sections, segmentation masks and grain contours.](https://labia.cbpf.br/projects/oil-gas/petrografia.webp)**E.L. Faria et al. · 2019**

Petrography and digital rock

Thin sections, microtomography and quantitative characterization of the pore structure.Explore the area ↗](https://labia.cbpf.br/projects/oil-gas?pagina=petrografia) [![Published figure comparing four fracture detection methods in acoustic logs.](https://labia.cbpf.br/projects/oil-gas/perfis.webp)**Dias e De Bom · 2016**

Well logs and petrophysics

Acoustic and electrical images, geological structures and physical properties.Explore the area ↗](https://labia.cbpf.br/projects/oil-gas?pagina=perfis) [![Published figure showing magnetic gradient distributions and NMR relaxation time curves.](https://labia.cbpf.br/projects/oil-gas/rmn.webp)**Gonzalez et al. · 2020**

Nuclear magnetic resonance

Simulation, signal interpretation and the study of fluids in pores.Explore the area ↗](https://labia.cbpf.br/projects/oil-gas?pagina=rmn) [![Published figure comparing initial, Deep-Tomography-estimated and reference velocity models.](https://labia.cbpf.br/projects/oil-gas/sismica.webp)**Muller et al. · 2023**

Seismic and subsurface

Velocity models, salt geometries and seismic processing.Explore the area ↗](https://labia.cbpf.br/projects/oil-gas?pagina=sismica) [Exploratory research and cross-cutting expertise

Other expertise and emerging research fronts

Quantum computing, data engineering, simulation and scientific software: group capabilities that support oil and gas work and open new research possibilities.Discover the expertise ↗](https://labia.cbpf.br/projects/oil-gas?pagina=competencias) Explore the group ## Research, people and results [

Scientific output ↗

Papers, technical notes and dissertations. Browse the catalog and academic training.](https://labia.cbpf.br/projects/oil-gas?pagina=producao) [

Technology and innovation ↗

Computational methods, infrastructure, patents and awards.](https://labia.cbpf.br/projects/oil-gas?pagina=tecnologia) [

Team and alumni ↗

Current members and the people who contributed throughout the cooperation.](https://labia.cbpf.br/projects/oil-gas?pagina=equipe) [

Participation in events ↗

Conferences, presentations and the AI for Oil & Gas Hackathon.](https://labia.cbpf.br/projects/oil-gas?pagina=eventos) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@id":"https://labia.cbpf.br/#website","@type":"WebSite","description":"LAB-IA drives research by combining AI with physics, developing technologies for data analysis.","inLanguage":"en-US","name":"LAB-IA","url":"https://labia.cbpf.br/","publisher":{"@id":"https://labia.cbpf.br/#identity"},"workTranslation":{"@id":"https://labia.cbpf.br/pt#website"}},{"@id":"https://labia.cbpf.br/projects/oil-gas#webpage","@type":"WebPage","description":"Science and artificial intelligence for Oil and Gas challenges. Discover the expertise, scientific output and innovation of CBPF and LAB-IA.","name":"Artificial Intelligence for Oil and Gas","url":"https://labia.cbpf.br/projects/oil-gas","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://labia.cbpf.br/#website"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https://labia.cbpf.br/projects/oil-gas"]}],"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://labia.cbpf.br/#logo"}},{"@id":"https://labia.cbpf.br/#identity","@type":"Organization","alternateName":"CBPF","description":"Unidade de pesquisa do Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação dedicada à pesquisa básica em Física, suas aplicações e à formação científica.","email":"web@cbpf.br","legalName":"Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas/CBPF","name":"Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas","taxID":"04.044.443/0001-35","telephone":"+55-21-2141-7100","url":"https://cbpf.br","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","streetAddress":"Rua Dr. Xavier Sigaud, 150","addressLocality":"Rio de Janeiro","addressRegion":"RJ","postalCode":"22290-180","addressCountry":"BR"},"logo":{"@id":"https://labia.cbpf.br/#logo"},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/cbpf_mcti"]},{"@id":"https://labia.cbpf.br/#logo","@type":"ImageObject","caption":"Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas","contentUrl":"https://labia.cbpf.br/icon-512x512-light.png","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://labia.cbpf.br/icon-512x512-light.png"}]} ``` ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](https://labia.cbpf.br/sitemap.md) for all pages.