Victor Teixeira
Lincoln,NE
Summary
Experienced production engineering professional with a successful track record in tackling complex technical challenges in the oil & gas industry. Skilled in managing large-scale deepwater projects, overseeing operations, ensuring flow assurance, and optimizing subsea systems. Committed to upholding safety standards, ensuring compliance, and driving process improvements. Passionate about enhancing efficiency while maintaining the highest quality and safety standards in all operations.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Offshore Senior Production Engineer (CAPX E CDAN)
Petrobras
11.2013 - Current
- Applied advanced Flow Assurance methodologies to effectively manage solids and fluid flow challenges across a range of offshore activities
- Collaborated closely with Projects, Wells, and Subsurface teams to create and execute field development strategies, driving asset optimization and supporting long-term flow assurance objectives
- Oversee daily field operations, monitoring wells and systems using real-time data and digital tools, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and optimal equipment performance
- Issue short-term production forecasts based on well performance analysis, documenting production deviations, and troubleshooting subsea and topside systems
- Coordinate well intervention activities, from planning to execution and post-job evaluation, ensuring safe and efficient operations
- Identify and manage well-related risks, documenting surveillance measures, safety barriers, and mitigation plans
- Provide clear operational instructions to the offshore team, aligning field activities with safety and operational requirements
Flow Assurance and Artificial Lift Engineer
Petrobras
08.2009 - 10.2013
- Developed advanced transient multiphase flow assurance models for subsea pumping systems using OLGA and PIPESIM, focusing on proactively managing risks such as hydrates, scale, asphaltenes, and slugging to ensure uninterrupted production and identify potential flow issues early
- Conducted multiphase flow simulations using CFD to optimize system reliability and efficiency, while also evaluating flow assurance risks and applying appropriate mitigation measures
- Planned and executed complex well interventions, ensuring seamless coordination and implementation of strategies to enhance well performance and address operational challenges
- Coordinated performance and integration tests (FAT/SIT) with vendors, ensuring equipment met operational and safety standards before deployment
- Managed test schedules and workflows for subsea and topside equipment, driving operational efficiency and ensuring compliance with safety regulations
Research Assistant
University of Nebraska Lincoln
08.2006 - 07.2009
- Researched on numerical methods, using ABAQUS and in-house C++ code
- Performed stress analysis of Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymers (GFRP) subjected to impact loads
- Investigated crack growth and propagation on GFRP (Fracture Mechanics)
Education
Post-Graduate - Petroleum Engineering
Petrobras Corporate University
Salvador, BA06.2010
M.Sc. - Engineering Mechanics
University of Nebraska Lincoln
Lincoln, NE07.2009
B.Sc. - Civil Engineering
Federal University of Ceara
Fortaleza, CE07.2006
Skills
- Production Optimization
- Artificial Lift Design, Installation and Operation
- Flow Assurance Management
- Multiphase transient analysis (OLGA)
- Offshore FPSO Operations Management
- Effective Communication
Publications
- Characterization and Analysis of Fluid Dynamic Instabilities on a Subsea Pumping Module, 9th North American Conference on Multiphase Technology, 2014, Banff, Canada
- Transient Modeling of a Subsea Pumping Module Using an ESP, Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineer Conference, 2012, Mexico City, Mexico
- A Multiscale Computational Model for Viscoelastic Media with Evolving Microstructure, 2010 International Symposium on Plasticity, 2010, St. Kitts, Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Multiscale Modeling of Glass Fiber Reinforced Viscoelastic Composites Subjected to Impact Loads, Joint ASCE-ASME-SES Conference on Mechanics and Materials, 2009, Blacksburg, USA
- Multiscale Modeling of Glass Fiber Reinforced Viscoelastic Polymers Subjected to Impact Loads, First Joint Canadian and American Technical Conference on Composite Materials, 2009, Newark, USA
- A model for predicting multiscale crack growth due to impact in heterogeneous viscoelastic solids, 13th European Conference on Composite Materials, 2008, Estocolm, Sweden
Languages
Portuguese
Native or Bilingual
English
Full Professional
Spanish
Limited Working
Timeline
Offshore Senior Production Engineer (CAPX E CDAN)
Petrobras
11.2013 - Current
Flow Assurance and Artificial Lift Engineer
Petrobras
08.2009 - 10.2013
Research Assistant
University of Nebraska Lincoln
08.2006 - 07.2009
M.Sc. - Engineering Mechanics
University of Nebraska Lincoln
B.Sc. - Civil Engineering
Federal University of Ceara
Post-Graduate - Petroleum Engineering
Petrobras Corporate University
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