Gustavo Rios Couto

Technical Expert in Controls, Process Controls, Compressors Systems, Water Injection System, Molecular Sieves (Gas Dehydration Process), Oil/Water Separation, Digitalization (Osisoft PI, Kepware Linkmaster).

Company Owner, managing and developing projects such as: o Offshore – SBM FPSO Paraty software redesign, added many functions, safety interlocks and errors fix (on Gas Dehydration System – Siemens S400, Vapor Recover Unit Compressors - Siemens S400, CO2 Removal System – Rockwell Contrologix) o Oil and Gas Plant – PETROBRAS/UNIAO – URC plant – Developing, programming and commissioning Yokogawa DCS CS3000 and ProSafe RS on Cacimbas Gas Treatment Unit. o UFN3 – Nitrogenous Fertilizer Unit – PETROBRAS/GALVAO – PLCs and HMIs supply, software development, programming and commissioning for 12 systems. o Many others projects.

Control Engineer for an EPC company in a 5500 points project for a new process plant UTC in PETROBRAS RBPC Refinery Cubatao/SP Brazil that used Yokogawa and Rockwell PLCs.  Control and Instrument management during Construction, Installation and commissioning process.  Developed PLCs programs  Developed Process, P&ID’s and commissioning documents.  Construction and commissioning teams management.  Control and Telecom Engineer on RNEST Refinery Recife/BA Brazil project.  Equipment’s purchase.  Development of Telecom documents in structured network, access control and CCTV projects.  Support on EPC project.

Instrumentation and Controls Engineer, responsible for assemble, comissioning of this areas.

Control Engineer during construction and start up responsible for all the capping line, including robots (5 GE Fanuc Robots) on Guardian Glass Float Plant in Tatui, SP, Brazil.  Training for 2 Months on Guardian Float Plant in Kingsburg (US) and Queretaro (México).  Modifications on ControlLogix and CompactLogix logics, operational improvements, and GE iFix SCADA screens and Historian, on Fanuc Robots logics M900Ai, 700Kg, for safety interlocks and to avoid collisions, improvements due time and process.  Contracts, negotiations and management of subcontractor companies for plant assembly;  Equipment’s purchase, Spare-Parts, and additional equipments, like anti-static bar to improve the process.  Verification, modification and accompaniment of Bottero Capping Line, Optimization System, Geometrical Inspection System, Defects Detection System.  Making trainings about the process, system operation and maintenance.  Equipment maintenances

Development and configuration of 4 SCADA Ifix Redudants server in Peroa and Fase2 with more than 20 thousand tags each server, in UTGC – PETROBRAS – Cacimbas/ES Brazil Refinery.  Integration with olders systems already existent, like Automind Load System, and Kidde Fire and Gas System, conversion of some older systems.  Development and config of Yokogawa SDCDs CS3000 Control PLC and Prosafe RS Safety System of Peroa, UPCGN, UPGN, Furnaces projects. ExaQuantum Yokogawa Historian config, Gas Analyzers config and communications. Eletrical-CCM(Siemens Simocodes) config and communications. Profibus, Modbus 485, Modbus 232, OPC, TCP-IP communications config.  Hazop risk analysis of process interlocks.  Instruments and Control Comissioning, calibration, parameters config and start up.  Start up of Oil and Gas Furnaces, Process Control in refractory cure.