Brazil. The country of opportunities.
Brazil remains the country of opportunities. A diverse continental country rich in natural and human resources, however, its progress is in the face of the complexity of legislation and regulation.
It is a fact that in the coming decades the demand for the full range of energies needed for its development, especially in the infrastructure sector, will be enormous.
Those who have a deep knowledge of how to exploit this sea of opportunities will certainly succeed and consequently have better returns on their investments. That´s where “Ignea Energia” can help you.
We are talking about a country with:
- One of the largest oil consuming markets in the world;
- Over 215 million consumers;
- Rich in mineral resources;
- Fertility soil and sunlight intensity;
- Mild weather;
- Human diversity and natural biodiversity.
... at the same time, it is up against:
- Inaccurate or inconsistent regulatory framework;
- Outdated and conflicting legislation;
- Underdeveloped infrastructure.
Our Team
Edson Rebeschini
Upstream
Edson José Rebeschini, Brazilian, born in São Paulo, Electrical, Petroleum Engineer and Lawyer, 38 years of experience in the Upstream sector (well construction and oil production) performed the following roles at Brazilian Oil Company-Petrobras.
He worked for 14 years as the company's representative in the offshore and onshore management of exploratory activities in well construction operations in several regions of Brazil such as: Amazon forest - in heli-transportable rigs, Amapá coast - in floating platforms and coast of Pará and Maranhão - on self-elevating platforms. He also worked in exploration, completion and workover in deeptwater activities in Campos and Santos Basin in anchored floating units and dynamic positioning units in directional, horizontal wells with gravel packing and vertical wells with frac packs (deepwater Fields of Roncador, Marlim , Albacora, Marlim-sul, among others).
Worked at the company's headquarters for 4 years in monitoring the drilling operational performance of the operational units operating in Brazil, in the technical specification of semi-submersible platforms and drillships being contracted by Petrobras, as well as representing the drilling department in technical and economic feasibility studies for offshore oil field development.
In 2010, participated as a Petrobras representative in an offshore project in Nigeria, in partnership with the company Total when was discovery the ultra-deep-water offshore AKPO field (WD- 1100-1700 m).
Worked intervention manager as well for 5 years in Brazil Campos Basin in some offshore development fields as well as in workover operations with an average monthly number of 4 units between anchored platforms and dynamic positioning vessels for drilling and completion.
Worked in the oil production department for 15 years as Petrobras' onshore and offshore representative in chartered units in Campos and Santos Basin- Brazil, having participated onshore in the conversion process of the FPSO Cidade do Rio de Janeiro, FPSO Marica and Saquarema and the dynamic positioning vessel- Dynamic Producer – used in long-term production test and later installed in the pre-salt area of the Brazil Santos basin. Work involved technical discussion of the conversion project and several missions in shipyards in China and Singapore (CXG, Jurong and Sembawang) for module integration, commissioning, acceptance tests, navigation and mooring in the final location in Campos and Santos Basins (pre- salt) as well as the offshore interconnection of the unit with the subsea collection system.
He currently works as a consultant at the company Karoon in the supervision of activities on board of dynamically positioned platform Maersk Developer in Brazil field.
Hélvio Rebeschini
Downstream
Helvio Rebeschini, born in São Paulo state, Brazil, Mechanical Engineer, 38 years of experience in the fuels and biofuels downstream sector in Brazil, Latin America, and USA.
At "Esso Brasileira de Petroleo", an Exxon Mobil affiliate, he has worked for 27 years performing various functions in fuels and lubricants downstream sector such as marketing, network planning, financial, budgeting, strategic planning, reaching the position of Sales Manager and Retail Sales Director. During this period, for 3 years, he performed a strategic planning, investment budget and fuels business development for Latin America based on Exxon Latin America- USA.
In 2009 integrated the M&A team that led the sales process of "Esso Brasileira" to the Cosan Company, remaining for two years as Sales Director of Cosan Fuels.
In 2011 led the retail team of Cosan Fuels and Shell Fuels Marketing through Raizen (a Joint venture formed between Cosan and Shell), with the role to find and apply the best practice procedures and policies of both company in areas of pricing, contracts, engineering, OTC- Order to cash, branding, convenience store model and sales remuneration team.
In the following 2 years as a Raizen Fuels Engineering and ESG Director he led the process of re-branding 2000 service stations and 380 c- stores from Esso to Shell branding, and the implementation of the new ESG policies, with special focus on compliance and environmental activities, with a challenge to bring together the 3 different company heritage cultures.
In the last 8 years he has worked at "Sindicom" – Union of Fuel, Lubricant and Convenience Distributors, as Market and Strategic Planning Director, with a close interface with government entities at Executive, Legislative and Judiciary levels (Ministry of Energy - MME, National Petroleum Agency- ANP, State Finance Department, Prosecutors, Congress and Legislative Assembly, Policy, among others) focused to combat illegal fuels and lubricants commercialization and support press, media, and surveillance entities to mitigate tax evasion and product adulteration.
James Assis
Stakeholder Relationship
James Freitas de Assis was born on 2/22/1959 in the state of Paraná. He studied Economics at FICB – Faculdades Integradas Católica de Brasília, he holds a BA in History from Universidade Santa Úrsula – RJ (UVA).
He began his professional career at Cervejaria Brahma (1981/84). In the subsequent 37 years, he performed various activities in the Fuel Distribution sector, being 27 years for Shell Brasil S/A and 10 years for Raízen Combustíveis S/A, until 2021.
As main activities, he worked in the areas of sales, commercial, marketing, promotions and ombudsman. He became a relationship specialist in the governmental area in the 3 spheres: Executive, Legislative, and Judiciary, in the Federal (Ministry of Mines and Energy, ANP, National Congress and Public Ministry), State (Secretariats of Finance, Environment, Legislative Chambers and Public Ministry) and Municipal.
During this period, he developed and participated in studies, debates and proposals aimed at developing strategies, formulating, amending and proposing new regulatory frameworks for the energy sector, especially for fossil fuels and biofuels.
Extensive experience in the relationship with stakeholders and sectorial relationships, where he performed close relationships with entities representing the production, distribution and resale of oil-derived fuels and biofuels.
At ÍGNEA Energia, he works as a consultant for governmental and sectorial areas, as well as for relations with stakeholders and class entities, having as main functions the support in the relationship with authorities, in the solution of reputational crises, in the market evaluation and in the development and implementation of customer relationship programs.
- Phone:+55 (21) 99161.3985
- Email:james.assis@igneaenergia.com.br
