United States, March 19 -- Baker Hughes, an energy technology company, announced a joint technology development program with Petrobras to provide a definitive solution for stress corrosion cracking due to CO2 (SCC-CO2) in flexible pipe systems.The pre-commercial agreement encompasses development and testing, as well as a purchase option of the resulting next-generation flexible pipes, which will have an extended service life of 30 years in high-CO2 environments. The collaborative effort between Baker Hughes and Petrobras will be primarily executed at Baker Hughes' Rio de Janeiro Energy Technology Innovation Center and nearby flexible pipe systems manufacturing plant. SCC-CO2 was identified in 2016 and can affect flexible pipes in pre-salt f...