Vitor Abreu has 32 years of experience in the oil industry in petroleum exploration, development production and research, with a proven record in evaluating, risking and/or drilling in 22 countries and 31 sedimentary basins in 6 continents. His areas of expertise include projects in exploration, development and production of deep-water reservoirs, regional studies to define the petroleum system elements and key plays in frontier exploration, tectono-stratigraphic evolution of basins in different tectonic settings, maturing opportunities to drillable status, and play to prospect risking assessment. On research, Vitor is considered one of the world leaders on reservoir characterization of deep-water systems, proposing new deep-water models with strong impact in development and production.
- 1997: Ph.D. Geology & Geophysics, Rice University, Houston, Texas
- 1988: M.S. Geology, Federal University of Rio Grande, Porto Alegre, Brazil
- 1984: B.A. Geology, Federal University of Rio Grande, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Abreu Consulting and Training, Consultant, Houston, Texas
- 2015-Present Abreu Consulting and Training, Consultant, Houston, Texas
- 1999-Present Rice University, Adjunct Professor, Houston, Texas
- 2000-2015 ExxonMobil URC, Senior Technical Consultant, Houston, Texas
- 1998-2000 Unocal Corporation, Sequence Stratigrapher, Houston, Texas
- 1987-98 Petrobras, Supervisor, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil