10th Evonik Oil & Gas Symposium

Andreas studied materials physics at the University of Münster and holds a Doctor’s degree in physics from RWTH Aachen university, Germany. After 11 years in academia and industry he joined Evonik in 2017 as the lab manager for mechanical and composite testing in the polymer testing department of High Performance Polymers in Marl, Germany.

In his spare time, Andreas enjoys exploring foreign places and countries by bike together with his three sons and his wife.

Antônio Henrique holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (2004), a degree in Mathematics (2009) and a Masters in Mechanical Engineering (2007) from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, a Doctor’s degree from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2010) in the field of Solid Mechanics , and a PostDoc from the Molecules Institute IMA/UFRJ (2015) in Polymer Technology. He works as a Polymers, Composites, and Data Analysis Expert at the Petrobras Research Center (CENPES) and is a permanent staff Professor at the Mechanical Engineering Department of the Engineering School of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.

Arnaud Grison is graduated from the engineering school of Toulouse, France. After 18 years working in the field of gas treatment units engineering and construction, he joined NOV in 2016 as Gas Technologies Director. Arnaud is in charge of supporting NOV Wellstream offices in the design of gas treatment units especially gas sweetening, CO2 removal and gas dehydration units. Arnaud is based in Paris but works closely with NOV Wellstream processing global team to promote NOV gas technologies, to develop proposals and to support project execution around the world.

Carsten holds a Masters Degree in process engineering at Martin Luther University Halle/Germany. He has 11 years of experience in R&D in the polymers industry and research institutes. His functional experience includes polymer and composites development as well as polymer processing, Testing & Application technology.

Based in Germany at Evonik since 2011 as lab, project and team lead his work is mainly focused on the O&G market with engineering and high performance polymers and composites, most notably on the development, qualification and successful implementation of thermoplastic composites for TCP. Since 2 years he is managing the R&D projects portfolio for Industrial & Energy market segment and is engaged with a multitude of topics from on- and offshore piping, lining, cables, composites and more. Lately addressing the emerging energy transition topics throughout regions is becoming a big focus of his work.

Flavia Omena is a Chemical Engineer form the University if the State of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), master in Polymers by the same university. Flavia worked for 2 years in at UERJ as Consultant Teacher for the Chemical, Civil and Mechanics Engineering graduation in 2021. Flavia joined Baker Hughes in 2011, where she acted in several technical support activities in the Materials Engineering area, focused in polymeric materials, and in the Small-Scale Lab Coordination.

Flavia currently is the Senior Research Engineer in the qualification and development of polymeric materials applied on flexible piping and technical support to bidding processes.

Henk joined the company in 2012 as Team Lead Structural Design and held the position of Engineering Manager since 2014.

Before joining Strohm, Henk spent 13 years in Advanced Lightweight Engineering in various roles and the last 8 years as Chief Operational Officer. He holds a doctor's degree in mechanical engineering from Delft University of Technology.

Henk is married with four children. In his spare time he enjoys reading, travelling and spending time with his family.

Ítalo Gomes holds a degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the Federal University of Ceará (2011). He is also an expert of Equipment Inspection and Maintenance Engineering in the Oil Industry from the University of Petrobras (2013), holds a master’s degree in Sciences & Material Engineering from the Federal Rural University of the Semi-Arid, and is a PhD student of Engineering & Materials Sciences at the Federal University of Ceará. He has been working as an engineer at Petrobras since 2012, being the technical responsible for the management of ducts integrity, duct tracks, cathodic protection systems, production lines with the issuance of technical opinions and reports, management of technical inspection recommendations, monitoring of equipment maintenance services, leadership of a team of inspectors and assistance in maintenance teams.

Marlon Cozine is graduated in Chemical Engineering by the Federal Rural University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) with masters doctorate by COPPE/UFRJ specialized in Polymers. He holds large academic experience, with 4 years as a professor at the Unigranrio University for the Chemical Engineering, Production Engineering and Chemistry.

Marlon joined Baker Hughes 8 years ago, as Materials Senior Engineer, focused on the qualification and development of new materials for flexible piping applications, also acting in testing for the development of such application with strong interaction in Materials Engineering area.  

Nitin is Subject Matter Expert and Technical Authority (TA2) for Shell in the field of Polymers and Composites.  He brings 23 years of experience in Oil and Gas industry.  His areas of interest involve support to Deepwater, Integrated Gas and New Energies with emphasis on flexible composites, lined pipe, GRE, insulation, coating, and wells.  Nitin has supported several major Shell projects including: Appomattox and Vito.  His current interest is in supporting non-operated ventures in Brazil.  

Prior to joining Shell, he worked at Schlumberger.  Nitin has a Ph.D. in polymer engineering from The University of Akron and a MS. in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology and holds several patents and publications. 

Dr. Stefan Diezinger, currently Head of Sustainable Energy Systems at Siemens Energy, holds a degree in Engineering and a Doctor’s degree in Engineering from the Erlangen University, Germany, and holds a specialization in business administration from the University of California in Berkeley, USA.
He started his career as a Research Engineer Energy Systems in 2002, occupying leading positions in the industry, such as Head of Sales & Project Management, Automotive Systems for South Asia for Robert Bosch GmbH. In 2006 he joined the Siemens team as Head of Power Generation and then occupying various positions in the company: Senior Sales Manager, Power and Gas Division; Head of Power Generation, Power Generation Division, Power and Gas Division; Head of Industrial Business, Power and Gas Division; and since 2020 he holds the position of Head of Sustainable Energy Systems, Industrial Applications Division.

Udo is currently Director Membranes Oil & Gas, High Performance Polymers and has been with Evonik since 2020.

Before joining Evonik, Udo spent ten years with Air Liquide Engineering in Business Development roles in the US and Brazil. Prior to that he co-founded and managed a sensor technology company in London, UK and worked as a Project Manager in Europe and Asia for a German automotive supplier.

He has an MBA from Imperial College London and a degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Esslingen, Germany.