RIO OIL & GAS 2016

Responsible for the Schlumberger Research, Engineering, Manufacturing, Technology Lifecycle Management, Software Technology, and Information Technology. Since 2013, he has also led the Marketing, Sales and Account Management functions for Schlumberger. Belani studied electrical engineering in India and holds a graduate degree in petroleum engineering from Stanford University.

Graduated in geology (Msc) from Angola University and post-graduated in Petroleum Geology from Algerian Petroleum Institute. He brings more than 30 years of experience in the petroleum sector.
He started his career ate AMOCO. In 1978 he joined Sonangol where he held technical and management positions and served also as adviser to the Minister of Petroleum of Angola. In November 1990 he joined Elf Exploration Angola as Deputy General Manager. Assigned to the head offices in Paris, he was responsible for the Elf Aquitaine E&P joint Ventures. In 1999, he held the position of Delegate General Manager in TotalFinaElf E&P Angola and then CEO for Total E&P Brasil and Group Representative in the Country.
In August 2008, he became Sonangol’s Country Manager in Brazil and then CEO of Sonangol Starfish Oil & Gas (SSOG). From October 2011, he became Senior Advisor of SSOG Presidency. Candido has been an active member of IBP and has served as member of the Administrations’s Council.

He has managed projects in all the world’s producing regions with BP, Gaffney Cline & Associates and Schlumberger on assignments including licence and field bidding rounds, discovery development, field rehabilitation, portfolio evaluation in Mergers and Acquisitions, Competent Person’s Reports and reserve audits; e.g. Petrobras Initial Public Offering. Clients include NOCs, Majors, Independents and Banks. John has over twenty-five years of international experience in field Unitisation & Redetermination as an Independent Expert, Expert Witness and in advising clients in equity case preparation. In the last decade John has built and sold a small oil company and is now an independent consultant and a director of an energy investment company. John has worked in Brazil on several occasions and speaks Portuguese.

A senior Oilfield Service executive with over 20 years of experience and an exceptional career with growth, performance, delivery and management track record. Proven ability to manage field operations in six different countries, technology development and HR function at global level designing and implementing highly effective teams and successful strategies.