published Wed, February 15, 2012
New directors for E&P and Gas & Energy take office at Petrobras
The new directors for Exploration & Production, José Miranda Formigli, and Gas & Energy, José Alcides Santoro, took office this Tuesday morning (Feb. 14) during a ceremony held at Petrobras' main office building, in Rio de Janeiro.
Taking part in the event were Petrobras' CEO, Maria das Graças
Silva Foster, E&P Director Guilherme Estrella, who handed over
the office, and Company managers and technicians.
According to the new director for E&P, it is
necessary to be even more attentive to short-term result
predictability. "Petrobras has a bright future ahead of it, one few
oil companies worldwide can hope to have, whether on account of its
access to reserves or due to the Brazilian market, which I consider
as one of our main advantages," highlighted
Formigli.
In his address, Santoro spoke about the work carried
out alongside the current CEO of the company. "When I started
working at Cenpes, I met a drilling engineer, a cementing expert,
with a capacity to work the likes of which I had never seen before.
It was our current CEO, Maria das Graças Silva
Foster."
While remarking on the career of the new director for
Gas & Energy, Petrobras' CEO cited the qualities a team must
have in order to be victorious: "We need competent, loyal people,
and Alcides has both qualities." Maria das Graças Silva Foster met
Formigli while working with Well Engineering at the Research Center
(Cenpes). "We were very encouraged by Formigli, for his competence
and the seriousness with which he did his work. I wish luck,
courage, boldness, creativity and hard work to the new directors,"
she said.
Careers
José Formigli was granted a degree in civil engineering
from the Military Institute of Engineering in 1982, and specialized
in Petroleum Engineering at Petrobras, where he began his career in
1983. He undertook several activities related to well completion
and subsea engineering. From May 2008 to February 2012, Formigli
served as the executive manager for the Pre-Salt in the Exploration
& Production area, dedicating his efforts to planning and
deploying production development projects for the discoveries made
in the Pre-salt Cluster, in the Santos Basin.
José Alcides Santoro is an oil engineer trained by the
Oil Engineering Course offered by Petrobras (1980-1981). He holds
postgraduate degrees in Geotechnical Studies from PUC-Rio, and in
Energy System Planning from Unicamp. The new Director for Gas &
Energy previously held the position of Executive Manager for
Operations and Investments in Energy, where he was in charge of
managing the entire Gas and Energy generation park, coordinating
activities related to the operation of thermal plants, energy
businesses, and Petrobras' interests in associated companies and
subsidiaries operating in the Energy area.
Date: 15/02/2012