• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Anelise Quintao Lara

Petrobras

Chief Refining & Gas Natural Officer

Anelise Quintão Lara is a chemical engineer and a PhD in Earth Sciences from Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6), France, 1994. She has also completed advanced executive programs at IBMEC and COPPEAD in Rio de Janeiro city.  Mrs. Lara has joined Petrobras in 1986 as a reservoir engineer. In 2013 she was appointed Executive Manager for Libra Block, one of the biggest pre-salt area in Brazil. In April 2016, Anelise became Head of M&A responsible for the Divestment Program globally. Since March 2019, she is acting as Chief Refining and Natural Gas Officer for Petrobras. Anelise served as a member of SPE International Board from 2014 to 2017 and Chair of the Brazilian Petroleum Institute Board (IBP) in 2019.

Sessions With Anelise Quintao Lara

Wednesday, 11 March

  • 07:30am - 08:40am (CST) / -

    Can Latin America Achieve its Gas Potential?
    Upstream Oil & Gas

    Gas markets in South America’s Southern Cone are at an inflection point. Brazil’s pre-salt and Argentina’s Vaca Muerta have the potential to supply gas volumes that can outstrip demand. The prospect of abundant low-cost natural gas supply creates opportunities to restructure the power mix and resuscitate the region’s industrial landscape. However, unlocking the full potential of pre-salt and Vaca Muerta gas will require improvements in regulations, market conditions, infrastructure, and colossal investments. What barriers need to be removed to realize this potential? What are the roles of the private sector, the NOCs, and governments? Could the risk of too much gas become a curse that undermines the development of the Southern Cone’s gas potential?