The IBP president, Clarissa Lins, emphasized, during the 63^rd Ordinary General Assembly, the actions Institute has been taking to promote full support to the government, companies, and society in the fight against COVID-19. “We set up a Crisis Committee at IBP – with the support of associated companies – which meets daily to discuss all matters of concern, having, in the beginning, shared good isolation and care practices for the welfare of its employees and providers of service. Today the committee is constantly dedicated to the operational continuity of the activities of the entire oil and gas chain, as it is an essential service“, she said. At the first General Assembly held completely remote, Clarissa added saying that the Board of Directors of IBP, of the Institute’s E&P and Downstream companies, are giving full support to these activities.

The executive also commented about the creation of a humanitarian action group – associated with the IBP Crisis Committee – which is in direct contact with the Ministry of Health, identifying priority items for health aid, alongside demand and who can help, through either donations and/or agreements with federal hospitals and universities, Fiocruz, among other local entities. “We are identifying the size of humanitarian aid that our industry may be able to provide. This is done individually by each company and the IBP will be the platform for consolidating these actions, providing the Ministry of Health with the necessary information and also receiving humanitarian demands from the executive branch”, concluded.

The Brazilian Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels Institute (IBP) also elected new members of the Board of Directors and Financial Board at the General Assembly. With the current terms expiring on March 31^st, the changes will take effect from April.

Roberto Simões, president and member of the board of directors of Braskem, and Renato Bertani, CEO of Barra Energia, were elected as the new members of the Board of Directors of the Institute, for a term of four and two years, respectively. Clarissa Lins, was also elected to the Board.

For the Financial Board, Marcos Bustamante, financial director of Petrobras, Glaura Kartalian, financial executive director of Supergasbras, and Aparecido Pereira, of TechnipFMC, were elected as permanent members of the Board. Sabrina Ramalhoto, the financial manager of Enauta was elected a new alternate member.

Anelise Lara, Petrobras Executive Director of Refining and Natural Gas, and Carlos Alberto Pereira de Oliveira, Exploration and Production (E&P) Executive Director, were elected to serve on the IBP Board of Directors. Marcelo Araújo, Ipiranga President, Mariano Vela, Chevron Brasil President, and Júlio César Ribeiro, Supergasbras Director-President, were also elected to serve on the IBP Board for a four-year term.

To the Financial Board, current members Ana Paula Zettel, Petrobras Federal External Relations Manager, Adauto Pereira, from Enauta, Gustavo Bursztyn, Shell CFO, and the deputies Sandro Henriques, Repsol Sinopec Economic and Administrative Manager, and Valéria Martins, Ipiranga Internal Controls Manager, were re-elected for another year in office. Carlos Eduardo Glech Cordeiro, PetroRio Controller, was elected new Board deputy member.

Cláudio Oliveira, Raízen Director of External Relations & Sustainability, and Mauro Andrade, Equinor Supply Chain Vice-president, were re-elected for a two-year term in the Executive Board due to three vacancies open from the coming mandates to expire. Marcelo Menicucci, Midstream Shell General Manager, leaves the Executive Board and Cristiano Pinto da Costa, general manager for Lula, Sapinhoá, Iracema e Lapa field’s, will take the vacant seat.

Topics like climate change, digital transformation, compliance and diversity, were highlighted in the projects developed all long the year of 2018, especially at Rio Oil & Gas, the largest oil and gas event in Latin America that exceeded all the expectations in an oil and gas industry transformation scenario.

Besides that, the report focuses on new initiatives, such as the first institutional communication campaign, the first oil, gas and biofuels university – the UnIBP -, and the structure of new committees: Climate Change, 4.0 Industry, Diversity and other initiatives that follows the industry evolution.

The 2018 IBP Activities Report is available for associated members, only in portuguse, and can be access here.

All associated members are eligible to attend the OGA. However, only maintaining, industry and collaborating membership categories have voting power in the deliberations of the Assembly, the maximum body of the IBP. Those interested in attending must confirm their presence and submit written voting rights proxy on behalf of the company to assembleia@ibp.org.br until March 27. The document submission is mandatory for OGA participation.

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At the event, maintaining, industry and collaborating associates will also elect members for the Board of Directors, as well as for the Financial and Executive Boards, to replace those whose terms will end on March 31.

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The Senior Vice President Brazil of Seadrill, José Firmo has been appointed IBP´s President. The CEO of Repsol Sinopec, Leonardo Junqueira and the Director of Institutional Relations of Raizen, Claudio Borges Oliveira are the new members of Institute’s Executive Board. They will replace Flávio Ofugi Rodrigues, Shell, William Zattar of Trim, and José Augusto Dutra Nogueira of Ipiranga, whose terms have expired.

On the Board of Directors, the president of the Gas Company of São Paulo (Comgás), Nelson Roseira Gomes Neto, will replace Leonardo Gadotti Filho, from Raízen, who resigned the mandate.

For the Fiscal Council, the associated members elected the CFO of Shell, Gustavo Bursztyn; the Economic-Administrative manager of Repsol Sinopec, Sandro Cruz and the Internal Control Manager of Ipiranga, Valéria Arruda Martins. They will replace Antero de Almeida Costa (Ipiranga), Rafael Mata Luz (Ipiranga) and Leonardo Junqueira (Repsol).

In addition to the election of new directors, the Board of Directors also approved the nomination of William Zattar as founding charitable adviser, created to honor the professional who has been active in the entity since its foundation in 1957.

Challenges – During the assembly, the IBP Secretary-General Milton Costa Filho presented a review of the activities carried out by the Institute on the past year, including the organization of 19 events, in special the Rio Oil & Gas 2016, and the creation of 34 standards for the sector, as well as courses and workshops. It was also highlighted the work of the entity with representatives and government agencies, focusing on competitiveness and attraction of investments for the country.

The IBP president, Jorge Camargo, spoke about the challenges presented in 2017, considered by the entity as a transition year. “We have to make our industry more competitive to survive in times of low oil prices and economic crisis. We are experiencing the biggest transformation of the sector since 1950. Our segment is opening up to new players and the IBP’s role is increasingly relevant”, he said.

The IBP 2016 Activity Report is available to download (only in Portuguese).