Rio Pipeline 2017

Darron Phillips – Mr. Phillips has served various engineering, project, and testing management roles with Oil States Industries, Inc. over the past 25 years. He is currently Senior Project Manager, and managed the flexible joint products deliveries for two pre-Salt rigid riser projects. Mr. Phillips is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, and of the University of Dallas, holding degrees in mechanical engineering and business management. Mr. Phillips is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas, U. S.

B.Sc Chemical Engineering (UFRJ, Brazil - 1978), M.Sc. Petroleum Engineering (Unicamp, Brazil - 1993) and Ph.D. (The University of Texas, USA - 1998). Has more than 35 years of experience in the petroleum upstream industry, with emphasis on production methods, natural & artificial lift systems. Was the Asset Manager of Akpo project in Nigeria and the Managing Director of Petrobras Turkey (2006-2009). He also served as General Manager (GM) in charge of Technology&Innovation and GM of Logistics for the pre-salt at Petrobras Transporte (Transpetro) from 2009 to 2014. In 2014, he took over the position of Development and Production Superintendent at Pré-Sal Petróleo. In November 2016 was appointed as Pré-Sal Petróleo Director for a 3 years term.

Cliff Johnson joined Pipeline Research Council International (PRCI) in September 2010 as President. He has overseen the creation of the new PRCI Technology Development Center (TDC) in Houston, Texas, which opened in 2015. The TDC will be a cornerstone for PRCI research and deployment for key solutions for the pipeline industry. As President, he has been able to grow PRCI membership by 20%. Today PRCI represents over 60% of the world’s transmission pipeline mileage.

Prior to joining to PRCI, Mr. Johnson spent 13 years at NACE International, where he has held a variety of positions during his career. His most recent position was as NACE’s Director of Public Affairs where he led NACE’s legislative initiatives.

Mr. Johnson earned his Master of Public Affairs from the Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Austin College in Sherman, Texas. He has obtained his Certified Association Executive (CAE) designation and is active in the America Society of Association Executives.

He currently lives with his wife, Courtney, and 5 children (Emma, Oleg, Vivian, Lena, and Hana) in Centreville, Va.

Technician of Operations - Companhia Pernambucana de Gás - COPERGÁS;

Technician in Automation - Companhia Pernambucana de Saneamento – COMPESA;

Technician in Automation by the Federal Institute of Pernambuco;

Electrical Engineer at the University of Pernambuco;

Mr. Paviglianiti is an Engineering Technical Leader at the National Energy Board (NEB) in Calgary, Canada. Joe has over 35 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. He worked in oil and gas facility construction for 14 years as an NDE technician before obtaining Civil Engineering degree from the University of Calgary. Joe has been with the NEB for over 20 years and his responsibilities include construction and pipe integrity inspections, auditing and reviewing integrity management programs, fitness for service evaluations and engineering assessments and conducting failure investigations. In addition, he provides input into regulatory and standards development and is the past Chairman of the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Z662 Oil and Gas standard Technical Committee and is the Canadian representative on the ISO TC67/SC2 committee. Joe also participated on the executive of the ASME Pipeline System Division and International Pipeline Technology Institute. In addition to having published papers in technical conferences proceedings and journals, Joe has provided training and presentations on various integrity management related topics, construction techniques, standards development, and regulations in numerous countries.