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.

Engenheiro Mecânico formado pela UFRJ em 1998, Eduardo Merçon trabalha no sistema Petrobras desde 2001, atuando sempre na área de dutos e terminais da TRANSPETRO, onde desde 2005 exerce cargos gerenciais nos segmentos de Óleo e Gás. Foi Gerente do Centro de Controle Operacional de Gasodutos de 2013 a 2015 e atualmente exerce o cargo de Gerente de Operações do CNCL, Centro Nacional de Controle e Logística da TRANSPETRO, órgão responsável pela operação de mais de 14.000 km de oleodutos e gasodutos em 17 Estados do país. Especializou-se na primeira turma do curso de Engenharia de Dutos da PUC-Rio, em 1999, e concluiu em 2005 curso de Master in Business of Petroleum - MPB da COPPE/UFRJ.

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.

Dr. Guerrero is a mechanical engineer who assists and guides corporations globally with their technology development needs. Dr. Guerrero has worked in research and development (R&D) and business development for several years in diverse companies such as Draper Laboratory in Cambridge, MA; Schlumberger Research (SLB) in Houston, TX and Cambridge, MA; and FIAT-IVECO in Torino Italy. Dr. Guerrero's technical expertise includes analyzing, designing, and developing mechanical systems, including those for harsh and extreme conditions. He has extensive experience with the energy and oil and gas industries and is an owner of over 20 mechanical system patents worldwide. Dr. Guerrero earned his master's and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Texas at Austin and was awarded the Honorary Doctoral degree from Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería in Lima-Peru in 2015. In 2014, he became a member of the Pan-American Academy of Engineering (32 countries). He was the 2015-2016 President of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), an organization of almost 140,000 engineers in 150 countries.

Since 2003, Dr. Guerrero has collaborated with MIT professors, graduate students, and WHOI researchers and lectured in engineering at MIT. He developed applications for Draper Laboratory’s technological capabilities and assets in the energy industry, including oil and gas exploration and the nuclear industry. Dr. Guerrero served as a principal research scientist at SLB, where he helped develop robots to convey equipment in horizontal oil and gas wells. He also established numerous research collaborations with professors and students from universities and research centers around the world and led the 2,400-member SLB/Eureka Mechanical Engineering Community in 3 continents and all SLB engineering centers for 5 years.

He is fluent in several languages, and loves skiing and swimming, history, economics, and Renaissance Italian art.