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Left to right: João Carlos de Luca, Jorge Camargo, Hugo Repsold, José Formigli and Milton Costa Filho.

The Brazilian Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels Institute (IBP) launched officially Rio Oil & Gas 2016 last Thursday, 17, at a cocktail party held at its headquarters in downtown Rio.

On the occasion, that brought together industry biggest names, IBP presented Congress and Exhibition innovations for the 18th edition of the event, to be held in the period 24-27 October, at Riocentro, in Rio de Janeiro.

The event was launched by IBP´s president, Jorge Camargo, the organization´s secretary-general, Milton Costa Filho, besides Rio Oil & Gas 2016 chairs for the exhibition, organization and technical committees, João Carlos de Luca, Renato Bertani and José Formigli.

During the launching, Jorge Camargo said that Rio Oil & Gas 2016 will represent industry´s retake in Brazil, which is paralyzed by a domestic crisis and the global drop in oil prices.

Rio Oil & Gas is the largest Oil & Gas event in Latin America, whose size shows the industry strength. In 2014, the meeting gathered more than 3,500 delegates, about 1,000 exhibiting companies and 47,000 visitors. It is also the largest business conference in Rio de Janeiro.

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