Speaker JOSE CARLOS CUNHA
OPERATIONS MANAGER
PETROBRAS AMERICA
Jose Carlos (JC) Cunha is Operations Manager for Petrobras America in Houston, where he is involved in the ultra-deepwater drilling program for the company in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). Previously, Cunha was, for 4.5 years, a professor of Petroleum Engineering at …
OPERATIONS MANAGER
PETROBRAS AMERICA
Jose Carlos (JC) Cunha is Operations Manager for Petrobras America in Houston, where he is involved in the ultra-deepwater drilling program for the company in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). Previously, Cunha was, for 4.5 years, a professor of Petroleum Engineering at the Universityof Alberta, Canada, where he taught courses on drilling, formation evaluation and petroleum economics. He conducted research on drilling optimization, managed pressure drilling, and risk analysis. Prior to his tenure at the university, he occupied several technical and managerial positions for Petrobras in drilling/completion projects in South America, the GOM and Africa.
He has authored more than 50 technical articles (including 30 SPE papers) and also wrote chapters for the recent published SPE Advanced Drilling book, as well as for the new SPE Drilling Engineering textbook to be published in 2010. He has made several technical presentations in conferences, seminars and short courses.
An active SPE member, Cunha is the Chair of the Journal of Petroleum Technology Editorial Committee, an Associate Editor for SPE Drilling & Completion and also the Chair of the SPE Drilling TIG.
Cunha has a PhD. degree in Petroleum Engineering from The University of Tulsa, USA
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