Rio Pipeline 2017

Luciana Rocha de Moura Estevão is a Chemical Engineer, graduated from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, and holds a Masters and a Doctors degree in Organic Chemistry from the same university. She is a regulation specialist at ANP, the National Agency for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels, and is currently in the position of deputy superintendent of trade and transportation of petroleum, its derivatives and natural gas.

• Metallurgical Engineer (Undergraduate) – Federal University of Rio de Janeiro;
• Welding Engineer (Post-Graduate) – SENAI-RJ
• Metallurgical Engineering - Physical Metallurgy and Mechanical Properties (Master Degree, in progress) – Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.


• Specification, quality requirements definition and destructive qualification of forgings;
• Specification, quality requirements definition and qualification of boltings Corrosion and materials selection engineer / cathodic protection design;
• Special alloys (titanium and shape-memory alloys)
• Metallic coatings and surface treatments;
• Failure analysis
• Test methodologies definitions for hydrogen embrittlement evaluation in low alloy steels
• Chemical composition development for low alloy steels forgings.

Environmental Engineering PhD, Industrial Engineering Master with a Mention in Operations and Productivity, Chemical Engineer, Gas Transmission Professional, International Certificate by the Department of Transportation (DOT) as Master Trainer, Master Evaluator and Qualified Operator in Pipeline Transportation System Operation.
Professional experience as Head of Transportation, Control Room Chief, Fractionation Plant and Pipeline supervisor for about 20 years.

Specialist Engineer at Comgas, a natural gas distribution company in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He is leading the research for the implementation of state-of-the-art technologies on the use of plastic and metal pipes for natural gas distribution systems. He is also responsible for improving internal technical procedures based on requirements from Brazilian and International Standards and world’s best practices. Sergio also leads National Committees for the development of Brazilian Standards related to gas distribution systems. He also works as a Professor at the University Paulista.
Sergio graduated in Production Engineering from the University of Sao Paulo, with a specialization in Natural Gas Engineering from the University of Campinas and a master’s degree in Operations and Logistics Management from the University of Sao Paulo.

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.