Rio Pipeline 2017

Mr. Hogan has served in materials development, engineering, and project management roles with Oil States Industries, Inc. over the past 33 years. He is currently responsible for project execution for all Oil States product divisions. Mr. Hogan is a graduate of the Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Arlington, holding degrees in mechanical engineering, welding metallurgy, and business management. Mr. Hogan is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas, U. S.

• Metallurgical Engineer (Undergraduate) – Federal University of Rio de Janeiro;
• Welding Engineer (Post-Graduate) – SENAI-RJ
• Metallurgical Engineering - Physical Metallurgy and Mechanical Properties (Master Degree, in progress) – Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.


• Specification, quality requirements definition and destructive qualification of forgings;
• Specification, quality requirements definition and qualification of boltings Corrosion and materials selection engineer / cathodic protection design;
• Special alloys (titanium and shape-memory alloys)
• Metallic coatings and surface treatments;
• Failure analysis
• Test methodologies definitions for hydrogen embrittlement evaluation in low alloy steels
• Chemical composition development for low alloy steels forgings.

Civil Engineer from the University of Buenos Aires. Postgraduate in Control Systems in the University of Buenos Aires, Master’s degree in Maintenance Management at Universidad Austral, MBA at the ADEN Business School in Mendoza
He has 34 years of experience in the petroleum industry, the last 17 years he has worked in the Logistics of Hydrocarbons of the Argentine Republic.
He is currently Manager of Pipelines of YPF SA. He is a member of ARPEL's CODyTE, co-author of the ARPEL Manual for Pipelines Integrity Management

Formação acadêmica/titulação:
1981 - 1986 Graduação em Engenharia Mecânica. Universidade Católica de Petrópolis, UCP, Rio de Janeiro - Brasil. Título: Trabalho Final. Orientador: Eng° Osvaldo Guimarães.

Formação Complementar:
2000 - 2001 Curso de Especialização em Engenharia de Gás Natural (Carga horária: 384h). Universidade Potiguar, UNP, Brasil.
1994 - 1994 Especialização em Gerência. (Carga horária: 90h).
Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia, IMT, Brasil.
1987 - 1987 Extensão Universitária em Engenharia de Terminais e Dutos. (Carga horária: 872h). Petróleo Brasileiro - PETROBRAS - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil.

Experiência Profissional:
1987-2006 – Desenvolvimento de atividades de profissionais no Terminal de Dutos da PETROBRAS em São Paulo e Rio de Janeiro.
2000 – até a presente data – Desenvolvimento de atividades de Engenharia , Operação e Manutenção na Companhia de Gás do Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul – MSGÁS, Capital.

Cliff Johnson joined Pipeline Research Council International (PRCI) in September 2010 as President. He has overseen the creation of the new PRCI Technology Development Center (TDC) in Houston, Texas, which opened in 2015. The TDC will be a cornerstone for PRCI research and deployment for key solutions for the pipeline industry. As President, he has been able to grow PRCI membership by 20%. Today PRCI represents over 60% of the world’s transmission pipeline mileage.

Prior to joining to PRCI, Mr. Johnson spent 13 years at NACE International, where he has held a variety of positions during his career. His most recent position was as NACE’s Director of Public Affairs where he led NACE’s legislative initiatives.

Mr. Johnson earned his Master of Public Affairs from the Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Austin College in Sherman, Texas. He has obtained his Certified Association Executive (CAE) designation and is active in the America Society of Association Executives.

He currently lives with his wife, Courtney, and 5 children (Emma, Oleg, Vivian, Lena, and Hana) in Centreville, Va.