Thiago Pinheiro da Silva

Thiago Pinheiro da Silva graduou-se em Engenharia Mecânica pela Universidade Federal de Itajubá em 2003. Possui mais de 13 anos de experiência profissional na indústria de petróleo com ênfase em Underbalanced Drilling (UBD), Coiled Tubing Drilling (CTD) e Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) atuando em mais de 20 países. Atualmente é consultor de novas tecnologias e gerente de projetos na empresa Blade Energy Partners. É membro da Society Petroleum Engineers (SPE) e instrutor convidado pela Universidade Federal de Itajubá pelo programa de recursos humanos da Agencia Nacional do Petróleo (ANP).

Thiago has more than 12 years of professional experience in the Oil and Gas Industry and has wide experience in Underbalanced Drilling (UBD), Coiled Tubing Drilling (CTD) and Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) Applications. Prior to joining Blade in 2010, Thiago participated in several successful UB CTD Projects in the Middle East, including BP Sharjah and Margham in U.A.E. and Saudi Aramco in Saudi Arabia. He has also been involved in Technical and Economical Feasibility Support, and assisted on the Project Management in several projects. He is proficient in industry-standard software tools for CTD / UBD, production analysis and multi-phase flow analysis, including Schlumberger CoilCAT, Neotec WellFlo, Schlumberger PIPESIM, and MI-Swaco Virtual Hydraulics). Thiago is a certified IADC Underbalanced and Overbalanced Supervisory Well Control. He is an SPE Member and Guest Instructor of Federal University of Itajubá Human Resources Program of Agência Nacional do Petróleo (Brazilian National Petroleum Agency). He is native speaker of Portuguese, has fluency in Spanish and English and basic French understanding. Educational credentials include a Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Federal University of Itajubá-Brazil and Master Science in Petroleum Engineering (Fluid Dynamics and Rheology) from Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de JaneiroSpecialties: Coiled Tubing Drilling, Underbalance Drillling (UBD), Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD), Project Management, Rheology, Computational Fluid Dynamics