2024 Chairs and Speakers
Session Chair
Larissa Sigiliano
BW Offshore
Country Manager and VP Business Development & Market
Larissa is a civil engineer who graduated from the Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora. She holds a master's degree in environmental engineering from the Universidade do Porto in Portugal. Additionally, she has a postgraduate degree in petroleum engineering from PUC Rio and holds two MBAs, one in project management from Ibmec and another in business from Fundação Dom Cabral. Larissa has been working in the oil and gas industry since 2007, primarily focusing on big vessel chartering. She spent almost 12 years at Constellation and has been with BW Offshore since 2018.
Session Chair
Lourenço Lustosa Fróes da Silva
Petrobras
New FPSOs Program Coordinator
Certified PMP, worked in Petrobras offshore megaprojects as team leader, commissioning manager, engineering and procurement manager and project manager. Experience of working overseas as construction coordinator in France, FLNG development in France and procurement expeditor in US, Graduated in Electrical Engineering by UFRJ, Master Degree in Energy Planning by COPPE/UFRJ. Currently works at the Coordination of PROFORT (Petrobras New FPSOs Program).
Speaker
Lessons Learned in Integration and Offshore Comissioning of P71
Marcio Mattoso de Padua
Petrobras
General Manager for FPSO Projects of Petrobras
Marcio Mattoso has more than 30 years working at industry and more than 20 years working on Oil and Gas Industry, most of that at Petrobras. Worked at Project teams in upstream and downstream segments in various technical and management positions. Currently is General Manager of construction of FPSOs for Campos, Santos and Espirito Santos' basins.
Speaker
Atlanta FPSO an Innovative Redeployment Approach
Ricardo Abi Ramia
BRAVA energia
Executive Operation's Manager
Mr. Abi Ramia holds an Electrical Engineering degree from UFRJ and has been active in the oil and gas industry since 1987. He started at Petrobras, where he served until 2009, holding roles such as Marlim Field Asset Manager and later as Petrobras America's Operations Manager from 1999 to 2002. He also managed the Exploration and Production Business Unit in Rio de Janeiro from 2005 to 2008. From 2009 to 2012, he oversaw OGX's production unit installations. With seven years at Karoon Energia, he led the acquisition of the Baúna field in Petrobras' divestment program. Since 2022, Mr. Ramia has been with Enauta serving as Operation's Executive Manager, focusing on operations at the Atlanta Field, participaiting in the FPSO Atlanta project and supporting the implementation of Atlanta's definitive system.
Speaker
FPSO Turritela – Operations Optimization Case
Marcelo Mendes
Shell
Asset Integrity and Compliance Manager
Marcelo Mendes, Mechanical Engineer (UFRJ), Master and Doctor of Science ( COPPE/UFRJ). Large experience on Asset Integrity Management, Process safety, thermoelasticity, combustion processes and simulation of fire and explosion events. Worked as Technical Director of MTL Engenharia, AIM Director of Bureau Veritas, Risk Manager at BG Brasil and currently as Asset Integrity and Compliance Manager at Shell Brasil. Experience on oil & gas production facilities, refineries, petrochemical, steel production, paper and pulp industries. Professor of pos-graduation courses at COPPE and PUC-Rio.
Speaker
Bacalhau Project
Fredrik Opedal
EQUINOR
VP Operations Bacalhau
Fredrik Opedal is Vice President of Operations Bacalhau in Equinor. Fredrik has international experience and his background include 2y as Vice President of operations in Grane field (NCS), 4y as SSU Manager and 2y as O&M leader, among other leadership and technical positions he had since he's joined Equinor in 2007. Before Equinor, he had several roles within the civil industry. Fredrik is Master from NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) and holds a Bachelor from Norway University College.
Speaker
FPSO BW Opal Combined Cycle Lessons Learned
Dieter Coelho Gripp
BW OFFSHORE
Delivery Manager
Currently appointed as Topside Construction Manager of OPAL FPSO for Barossa Project. M.Sc. in Project Valuation by ITBA/UCEMA - Buenos Aires, with a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering by UFRJ university – Rio de Janeiro. 20 years of global experience in the Oil & Gas, Automotive and Electric Sectors. Worked in more than 16 countries holding a wide range of roles covering all aspects of projects deliveries. These include working as an Industrial Engineering Consultant, Mechanical Engineer, Field Service Representative, Project Engineer, Engineering Manager, Construction Manager, Project Manager and Delivery Manager for Oil & Gas Onshore and Offshore, Automotive, Power Generation and industrial facilities EPC projects.
Session Chair
Cleusa Araujo
Shell
Energy Transition Program Manager
Cleusa is a seasoned finance professional with over 20 years’ experience in the energy sector. Holding a degree in accounting and has successfully support the business to understand and potentialize financial performance. Cleusa’s deep-seated passion for sustainability combined with upstream background inspire her current role as energy transition program manager in Shell to drive progress toward a more sustainable and profitable energy future. Cleusa is commitment about integrating sustainable practices to minimize environmental impact optimizing value for stakeholder.
Session Chair
Frederico Carvalho Vieira
Petrobras
Operational Efficiency General Manager
Computer Engineer with a master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte and a postgraduate degree in Business Management from "Fundação Dom Cabral," he began his career at Petrobras as a petroleum engineer in 2002 and, from 2007, held several managerial positions in activities related to the construction of onshore wells and the production of onshore and offshore fields, currently occupying the position of General Manager of Operational Efficiency of E&P Assets at Petrobras.
Speaker
Agogo FPSO – Leading the way towards minimum emissions
Pål Gunnar Heistad
Yinson Production
SVP Business Development
Mr. Heistad is the SVP Business Development at Yinson Production and holds a M.Sc. in marine engineering from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. He has 21 years of experience in the energy market and has been working with large and complex projects subsea, extensive topside projects and not the least FPSO projects worldwide. He is now entering his 16th year working with development of FPSO projects.
Speaker
Decarbonizing Existing Facilities – How achieve significant results in small opportunities
Leonardo Santoro
MODEC
Technical Management Manager
Master degree in Electrical Engineering with emphasis in Industrial Automation from COPPE - UFRJ (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) and post graduated in Subsea Engineering from Catholic University of Petrópolis. In the last 15 years he worked in the engineering and operation areas, holding engineering and leadership positions in the Oil & Gas and Energy industries. Currently works as manager of the Technical Management department at MODEC do Brasil, department responsible for the brownfield projects, maintenance strategy and R&D activities, as GHG Sustainability and Reduction projects.
Speaker
Petrobras Roadmap to Upstream Netzero
Roberto Gennaro
Petrobras
UPSTREAM DECARBONIZATION AND ENERGY EFFCIENCY MANAGER
Post-graduate degree in Petroleum Engineering by PUC-RJ university, with a bachelor degree in Industrial Engineering by UFRJ university. Extensive track record of leading valuation, procurement, and planning teams. Currently works as upstream decarbonization and energy efficiency manager for Petrobras, responsible to coordinate decarbonization iniciatives in operating and new assets. Also, leads OGMP 2.0 program to improve methane emissions management in Petrobras.
Speaker
FPSO decarbonization Journey
Jaap-Harm Westhuis
SBM Offshore
Innovation & Product Director
Jaap-Harm was appointed Technology, Innovation & Product Development Director in January 2024. He joined SBM Offshore in 2002 as a Hydrodynamics Engineer and subsequently held several engineering management positions including Engineer Director, and Overhall Engineer Project Manager. In 2015 Jaap-Harm joined the Schiedam Execution Center Management Team as Technology, Director, overseeing the company´s technology development activities in Schiedam, Houston, Rio de Janeiro, and Kuala Lumpur. From 2018 he led gas product development ad Technical Director of the Gas Product Line, before being appointed Group Technology Director in 2020 and leading global Technology Development and Innovation programs across all SBM Offshore´s products locations. Jaap-Harm holds an Msc and PhD in Applied Mathematics from the University of The Netherlands.
Session Chair
Rodrigo Rocha
MODEC
Business Development Manager
Rodrigo Rocha is currently the Business Development and Proposal Manager for MODEC in Brazil, responsible for engaging new projects and clients in the country, having participated directly on the contract awards of the FPSOs destinated to Sepia, Mero 1, Buzios 5 and Marlim 1 areas. The company is currently building 2 FPSOs for Brazil and operates 14 units in the region, which process close to 25% of the total production in the country. With large experience in the oil and gas industry, before joining MODEC in 2015, Rodrigo worked with business development and contracts management in drilling, shipbuilding and FPSO companies. Rodrigo holds a bachelor degree in Business Administration by the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) with a post-graduation degree by the Brazilian Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels Institute (IBP).
Session Chair
Gisela Macedo
Petrobras
General Manager of Procurement Strategy for Petrobras Investments
17 years working in different areas at Petrobras, including FPSO project management and currently in Procurement. She is in charge of Petrobras' investment sourcing strategies. Graduated in engineering by Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, with a master's degree in administration at PUC-Rio.
Speaker
Petrobras´ view on financing Leased FPSOs and challenges to adapt to the market trends
Daniel Ennes
Petrobras
Finance Manager
Has a 20 years experience at the Finance area of Petrobras, with expertise in structured finance, corporate finance and sustainable finance.
Speaker
Recent experience with financing Maria Quitéria FPSO (including banks´ influence on technical decisions for low carbon initiatives)
Titus de Greeff
Yinson Production
Head of Corporate Finance Western Hemisphere
Mr. de Greeff is Head of Corporate Finance Western Hemisphere at Yinson Production and holds a M.Sc. in Economics from the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Before joining Yinson Production in 2024 he worked for ABN AMRO for 15 years in different capacities being M&A, Capital Structuring & Advisory and Leveraged Finance.
Speaker
Financing FPSO projects in the current market - a commercial bank perspective
Julio Alvarenga Meirelles
Santander
Executive Director – Project Finance
Júlio Meirelles has worked within Santander’s Project Finance team since April 2012, working with financial advisory and credit structuring of projects in several sectors, including energy, water & sewage, social infrastructure, natural resources and private public partnerships. Before joining Santander’s Project Finance division, Mr. Meirelles spent 2 years working within Santander’s Corporate & Investment Banking team covering the Construction & Infrastructure and Transportation sectors. In Santander’s Project Finance team, Mr. Meirelles worked with the execution of several financial advisory and credit structuring mandates totaling investments over BRL 40 billion. Since 2021, Mr. Meirelles is sector head of Santander’s Project Finance activities related to Transmission Lines, Water & Sewage, TMT, Social Infrastructure and Natural Resources. Mr. Meirelles holds a BA in Business Administration from the Business Administration School of São Paulo at the Getulio Vargas Foundation (EAESP-FGV).
Speaker
FPSO Financing Outlook
Elisa Salomão Lage
BNDES
Brazilian Development Bank, Head of Oil, Gas, Navigation & Decarbonization Department
Economist with MBA in finance, was an employee at ANP - the National Agency for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels. With 16 years at BNDES – the Brazilian Development Bank, has extensive experience in financing projects in the oil and gas industry, especially in the natural gas distribution segments, as well as in financing projects related to the offshore shipping industry. Currently the Head of the Oil, Gas, Navigation and Decarbonization Department, she leads projects aimed at the production of biomethane and the development of new sustainable fuels such as SAF, HVO and Low Carbon Hydrogen.
Session Chair
Vinicius Matos
Petrobras
Research Center Topside Facilities Manager
Vinícius is a Naval Architect with 26 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, including 20 years of work at Petrobras. Holds a Master's and a Ph.D. degree, as well as an MBA in Business Management. Has 13 years of managerial experience, leading teams in mooring engineering, pipeline technology, flow assurance technology, and subsea project conception. Currently leads the Topside Technologies group at Petrobras.
Session Chair
Cynthia Silveira
ONIP
General Director
Cynthia Silveira, is an Electrical Engineer from UERJ, Master in Sciences-MSc in Mechanical Engineering from COPPE/UFRJ and has a Master's Degree in Natural Gas Transport from École des Mines de Paris - France. For over 30 years she has been working committed to developing the petroleum and natural gas industry. Until January 2023, she was CEO of TBG-Transportadora Bolivia-Brasil de Gás Natural, also was Independent member of the Board of Petrobras until April 2022, Board member of TAG in 2019, Director of IBP for 4 years, Director of TotalEnergies in Brazil for 10 years, Board member of TBG and TSB for 13 years, Member of the Executive Committee of IGU - International Gas Union for 2 three years, and currently, President of the Business Council of Oil and Gas of FIRJAN and General Director of ONIP – Organização Nacional da Indústria de Petróleo e Gás Natural.
Speaker
Equinor FPSOs new technologies
Vinicius Carvalho
Equinor
Project Manager
BS in electrical engineering and MSc in administration from the Federal University of Uberlandia. Started his career in the mining and fertilizer industry. Started in the oil and gas industry in 2004, joining Petrobras at the Campos Basin. Joined Equinor in 2010. Platform manager (OIM) for 9 years in 3 Peregrino field installations. Project leader in the FPSO Peregrino operations take-over. Project manager covering the operations scope in the Bacalhau project since 2019 (from concept selection and tendering through execution).
Speaker
Future Vision of FPSOs: Advancing Emission Reduction
Boyd Howell
MODEC
Director of Business Development
Boyd Howell is Director of Business Development at MODEC. Boyd has been working the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry for over 40 years, primarily focused on Turret-moored and Spread-moored ship-shaped FPSO and FSO systems as well as TLPs. Boyd has held positions as Engineering Manager, Project Manager and Interface Manager for a large number of FPSO and FSO projects, before transitioning into Business Development.
Speaker
Future Vision of FPSOs: Advancing Emission Reduction
Arun Duggal
SOFEC
President & CEO SOFEC
Arun Duggal has been SOFEC’s President & CEO, and a MODEC Executive Officer since October 2022. Prior to being appointed CEO he was SOFEC’s Chief Technology Officer overseeing research and development activities across the SOFEC portfolio, and to provide strategic focus to SOFEC’s technology development and project mooring system selection. He also served as SOFEC’s Industry Ambassador and has been a SOFEC employee for over 29 years starting his career as a mooring engineer in 1995.
Speaker
Scaling Autonomous Robotics for FPSO Operations
Rodrigo Nunes Ferreira
SLB
Digital BD Manager
Rodrigo is a Digital Business Development Manager in the Midstream Production Systems division at SLB. He holds a PhD in Sustainable Management Systems from UFF, an MSc in Digital Networks from the Technological Research Institute - USP, a PMP Project Manager Professional certification since 2006, and an MBA in Project Management and Oil & Gas from FGV. With a career spanning 27 years, Rodrigo has worked in various IT-related roles within the oil and gas industry, specifically in drilling and production segments.
Speaker
Scaling Autonomous Robotics for FPSO Operations
Fabio Camargo Anhaia
Rockwell Automation
Digital Manager
"Over 20 years of experience, helping clients achieve exceptional growth and results in their digital transformation journeys. Extensive knowledge of manufacturing and proven delivery experience ensuring successful outcomes for clients."
Speaker
Building the FPSO future vision from Petrobras
Marcelo Correa Brochado
Petrobras
Manager
Marcelo has 14 years’ experience in the upstream and midstream oil and gas industry at Petrobras, with a background in greenfield projects implementation. He participated in the conceptual design, FEED, bid and EPC phase of the first LNG Terminals of Brazil. Since 2012, Marcelo joined the FPSO portfolio, managing design and procurement phases on EPC contracts and also coordinating the bid phases for leased units. In 2021, Marcelo took on the role of FPSO Innovation Portfolio Sector Manager, where engineering, R&D and operations get together to deliver innovation projects to Petrobras new FPSOs, improving economic value, reducing emissions and also reducing man-hours exposed to risk. Marcelo earned his Mechanical Engineering degree in 2002 from Universidade de Brasilia (Brazil) and holds two master’s degrees: in Project Management (from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro-Brazil) and in Construction Management (from University of Texas at Arlington-USA).
Speaker
Building the FPSO future vision from Petrobras
Bruno Coccaro Pivatto
Petrobras
Process Engineer
Pivatto is a chemical engineer and has worked as a process engineer at Petrobras since 2013. He works on conceptual and basic design phases of projects for offshore production units as a focal point for energy efficiency and atmospheric emissions, focusing on the implementation of decarbonization initiatives.
Session Chair
Marcelo Ramis
Petrobras
Buzios General Manager
Marcelo Ramis is a chemical engineer graduated from UFRGS with a master’s degree in chemical engineering from COPPE/UFRJ, with over 20 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. He has worked in operational positions, production asset management, technical support, and corporate operation and maintenance management. Currently, he holds the position of General Manager of Projects and Pre-Operation for the Búzios Field, responsible for the implementation of 6 new high-capacity FPSOs and the development of Brownfield projects in this oilfield.
Session Chair
André Cordeiro
MODEC
Fleet Strategic Manager
Andre Cordeiro has been working for the past 15 years at MODEC Group. Starting as the First Brazilian Operations Manager, Andre worked at many different areas like Asset Management and Mexico Country Manager leading MV34 FPSO MIAMTE and Mexico Company implementation. Graduated on Chemical Engineering at Rio de Janeiro Federal University (UFRJ) and on Executive Master Business Administration at Federal University COPPEAD. Andre has worked at Oil & Gas Industry for the past 35 years.
Speaker
Strategy and Technologies to Overcome Corrosion in Offshore Environment
Rodrigo Pommerehn Vitiello
Petrobras
Mechanical Integrity Senior Consultant
Rodrigo Vitiello is a material engineer from Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, with master's degree in materials technology. He joined Petrobras in 2008, where he worked as integrity engineer on platforms in Campos Basin. In 2013, he began working corporately as specialist in mechanical integrity, supporting the Business Units on topics related to inspection and maintenance of static equipment.
Speaker
Robotic hull repairs in open water
Torgeir Bræin
Kongsberg Ferrotech
COO/CTO
Torgeir Bræin has 26 years of experience from the international oil&gs industry, having served in both technical and management positions. He has extensive experience from EPC contractor side (TechnipFMC) and the client side (Equinor). The last 7 year, Mr Braein has led the development of Kongsberg Ferrotechs groundbreaking robotic solutions for Inspection, Maintenance and Repair (IRM) of subemerged and subsea assets. Mr Braein also serves on the BOD of EasyX.
Speaker
Advanced Methodologies and Technologies for FPSO Integrity Management and Life Extension
Robert Seah
Chevron
Digital and Integrity Lead
Robert Seah has had 17 years of experience working in the offshore Oil and Gas industry in a unique variety of roles, initially as a subject matter expert in hydrodynamics and global performance response. As the digital lead for the Subsea, Civil and Marine Engineering Unit, he spearheaded Chevron's Deepwater Support Center, capable of monitoring the integrity of Chevron's deepwater assets worldwide. Robert is also part of Chevron's Enterprise Robotic Team specializing in marine robotics. He has Doctorate and Masters degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkleley.
Speaker
Drones for thickness gauging at Cargo Tanks
Fernando Faria
MODEC
Asset Integrity Principal Engineer
Graduated in Naval Engineering from POLI-USP in 2009. Possesses extensive experience in naval engineering, including hydrodynamic calculations, stability assessments, dynamic positioning, mooring, underwater pipeline deployment, and small-scale testing. Contributed to basic and detailed design phases, as well as the construction of Replicant FPSOs. Provided naval engineering support for the operation of the FPSO Fluminense. Served as Naval Integrity Coordinator, managing the internal and external hull integrity, mooring systems, and oil relief systems for Brazil's FSO/FPSO fleet. Currently works as the Principal Asset Integrity Engineer at Modec do Brasil.