Rio Pipeline 2017

Mr. Hogan has served in materials development, engineering, and project management roles with Oil States Industries, Inc. over the past 33 years. He is currently responsible for project execution for all Oil States product divisions. Mr. Hogan is a graduate of the Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Arlington, holding degrees in mechanical engineering, welding metallurgy, and business management. Mr. Hogan is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas, U. S.

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.

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.

Marcelo Rennó, natural de Belo Horizonte/Minas Gerais, formado em Engenharia Mecanica pela UFMG em 1976. Pós-graduado em Mecânica dos Fluidos pela UFRJ em 1984, MBA em Marketing e Finanças pela COPPEAD em 1996 e MBA em Políticas Públicas e Governo pela Economia da UFRJ em 2000. Trabalhou no Sistema Petrobras de 1977 a 2013 tendo atuado no planejamento, projeto, construção e implantação de diversos dutos do país, destacando-se o Gasoduto Bolívia-Brasil no qual foi Coordenador do Projeto, aquisição de materiais e tecnologia da construção. Foi Diretor da área de Gas Natural da Transpetro de 2006 a 2013,tendo sido responsáel pela Operação e Manutenção da malha de gasodutos da Petrobras e do Terminal de processamento de gás de Cabiúnas/Macaé. Trabalhou em Lima/Peru na implantação do GSP – Gasoduto Sul Peruano de 2014 a 2016. Atualmente é consultor independente atuando como voluntário no IBP e CTDUT – Centro de Tecnologia de Dutos.

• 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.