On October 24, 25 and 26, Transpetro took part in the Rio Pipeline Conference & Exhibition, held in conjunction with the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) Brazil. The main oil and gas industry companies and institutions in the world gathered at Riocentro, in Barra da Tijuca (Rio de Janeiro - RJ). There were 1,400 congressmen at Rio Pipeline and a total audience of 8,500 people.
During the three days, Transpetro employees presented more than 80 technical papers and lectures, or led the mediation of forums, technical panels and workshops, in more than 40 activities. The company was also present at the Petrobras stand, which received more than 1,000 people.
The president of Transpetro, Antonio Rubens Silvino, was one of the speakers of the panel The Midstream Sector in Brazil. In his presentation, he detailed the structure of the company, defined by the executive as an integrated, efficient company, with unique expertise in the country and qualified to face current and future challenges.
“Midstream's permanent challenge is to integrate and optimize the logistics chain. We have more than 130 customers, in addition to Petrobras. Transpetro is structured, optimizing its costs and expenses and has the technology and competence to seek new market opportunities”, he said.
The president's presentation took place on the 24th and also had the participation of the Executive Director of Refining and Natural Gas and the Executive Logistics Manager of Petrobras, Jorge Celestino Ramos and Claudio Mastella, respectively, in addition to the president of the National Union of Fuel Distribution Companies and Lubricants (Sindicato Nacional das Empresas Distribuidoras de Combustíveis e de Lubrificantes - Sindicom), Leonardo Gadotti.
The Director of Pipelines and Terminals, Paulo Penchiná, was one of the members of the panel entitled “Opportunities for new players in the pipeline transportation of offshore production in Brazil”, which discussed the new directions of the production and movement of oil products. Penchiná presented the structure of Transpetro to meet the requirements and commercial criteria of its new customers. "Our strategy is to be recognized, regardless of the scenario, as the best logistics operator within a scenario of increasing the need for logistics with the growth of offshore production," said Penchiná.
Control room management workshop
Transpetro's General Manager of Logistics and Integrated Control, Rafael Noac, mediated the Control Room Management Practices panel (CRM), which brought together representatives of companies from Latin America (Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina and Peru) and U.S.. The topics were the strategies adopted in the implementation of good practices, compliance with legal requirements and standards and modernization for pipeline monitoring.
The topics mentioned at the meeting will be the subject of permanent knowledge exchange between companies. “This is an environment for exchanging experiences. I believe that this meeting could be the beginning of a great integration of good practices in the management of Transpetro and other companies in the sector in South America and in the world ”, commented Noac.
Operations Manager at Transpetro's National Control and Logistics Center (Centro Nacional de Controle e Logística  - CNCL), Eduardo Merçon highlighted that adherence to CRM is a trend mainly in South America. “I suggest that we have an annual forum to deal with CRM issues. We can start with the oil and gas companies in the region”, said Merçon, after presenting the structure of the CNCL and its logistical capacity to remotely operate 14,000 kilometers of oil and gas pipelines in the country.