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The call for papers for the 11th edition of the Rio Pipeline Conference and Exposition is open. The event is taking place from October 24th to 26th at the Riocentro Conventions Center, in Rio de Janeiro, by the Brazilian Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels Institute (IBP). Authors can click here to submit his/her abstract until March 8 . This year’s program brings 16 different topics ranging from automation to logistics to the environment, social responsibility, transportation of fuels, among others. The full list can also be seen on the event’s website.

During the Rio Pipeline, the greatest global meeting of the pipeline community, the technical papers will be presented in oral or digital poster format. In the oral sessions, there will be formal presentation of papers of technical or economic nature, of general interest to a large audience. In turn, the digital poster sessions will take place in an informal forum for direct contact between authors and delegates in technical matters of specific focus.

The best selected papers will be running for the Calgary Award, organized by the Rio Pipeline. The winner will have the opportunity to present the paper at the International Pipeline Conference (IPC) in Canada the following year. In turn, the Rio Pipeline honorable mentions will also run for the Plínio Cantanhede Award, a traditional IBP award, given during the Rio Oil & Gas.

The technical papers enrolled must be original, being forbidden the participation of presentations of advertising or commercial nature. The papers approved will be included in the final program of the Conference and distributed to the delegates of the event, in addition to access through the IBP Library and libraries from partner companies.