RIO OIL & GAS 2016

He has been in Petrobras for over 33 years, working in the Exploration and Production area. During his career, Fernando held several management positions, including Reservoir Manager in Campos and Sergipe-Alagoas Basins, E&P-SUL Business Unit General Manager, E&P Production Engineering General Manager, Mexilhão Gas field Project Manager and Petrobras Bolivia E&P Director. He got a bachelor degree on Civil Engineering from the Federal University of Uberlandia and also has an Executive MBA from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).

Based in Rio de Janeiro since January 2016, he was previously the President for Chevron Colombia. Javier joined the company in 2000 after gaining an MBA from IESE in Barcelona, Spain. He spent the first 10 years on development of oil & gas growth opportunities and commercial operations in Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America. Currently, he is focused on leading key profit center organizations.
Javier gained a Bachelor of Science and Operations Management degree in 1992 at Rutgers University, US. After graduation, he spent 6 years in Peru working in the manufacturing Industry in positions of increasing responsibility from production and plant supervisory to general manager role.

É um dos sócios fundadores da Barra Energia, exercendo o posto de Diretor Presidente da empresa.
É Presidente do Comitê da Exposição da Rio Oil & Gas 2016 e também Presidente do Comitê de Cooperação Empresarial da Fundação Getúlio Vargas - CCE / FGV, uma das mais prestigiosas Fundações de Estudos Econômicos do Brasil.
Foi Presidente da Repsol YPF no Brasil por 11 anos (até 2009), empresa que ajudou a fundar em 1998.
Foi um dos responsáveis pela criação do importante portfólio de E&P dessa companhia no Brasil, com destaque para a correta e pioneira decisão estratégica de entrar nos blocos do pré-sal da Bacia de Santos, que resultou em recursos potenciais para a Repsol da ordem de 2 bilhões de barris de óleo equivalente, e um valor de mercado (2010) de cerca de US$ 12 bilhões.
Foi Diretor de Exploração e Produção (E&P) da Petrobras – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – entre 1990 e 1995, sendo simultaneamente Membro do Conselho de Administração da Petrobras Holding e suas Subsidiárias.
Responsável pelas áreas de Exploração, Perfuração e Produção da Petrobras no Brasil, gerenciava ao redor de 22.000 pessoas e 837 gerentes.

He has managed projects in all the world’s producing regions with BP, Gaffney Cline & Associates and Schlumberger on assignments including licence and field bidding rounds, discovery development, field rehabilitation, portfolio evaluation in Mergers and Acquisitions, Competent Person’s Reports and reserve audits; e.g. Petrobras Initial Public Offering. Clients include NOCs, Majors, Independents and Banks. John has over twenty-five years of international experience in field Unitisation & Redetermination as an Independent Expert, Expert Witness and in advising clients in equity case preparation. In the last decade John has built and sold a small oil company and is now an independent consultant and a director of an energy investment company. John has worked in Brazil on several occasions and speaks Portuguese.

Flávio Rodrigues is the Government Relations and Regulatory Affairs Director in Shell Brasil Petróleo. He has been working for Shell for the last 23 years. He holds a Mathematics degree from University of Central Unified School Brasilia, and a Master of Business Administration degree, from Dom Cabral Foundation.
Flávio has a vast experience in External Relations Roles, developing a strong networking and leadership skills. He has also experience on the supply chain, strategy and distribution. He has been acting as a member of several professional organizations, and is currently IBP Director as well as coordinator of the External Affairs Committee of the Petroleum Industry Association.