Jean-Paul Prates

Secretary of State for Energy & International Affairs at Government of the State of Rio Grande
do Norte, Brazil

Experience
Secretary of State at Government of the State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
June 2008 - Present (1 year 10 months)

President at Expetro
May 1991 - January 2010 (18 years 9 months)

Publisher at Pennwell Brasil - Oil & Gas Journal Latinoamericana

January 1997 - August 2008 (11 years 8 months)

CEO at Gulf Brasil

July 2003 - August 2004 (1 year 2 months)

Special Advisor to Governor for Energy & Infrastructure at Government of the State of Rio
Grande do Norte - Brazil
January 2003 - June 2003 (6 months)
Implementation of the new governmental entity in charge of the state's energy policies and
strategies (Governor Wilma de Faria).

Advisor to Board of Directors/ANP at ANP - National Petroleum Agency - Brazil

March 1998 - December 1998 (10 months)
Elaboration of model E&P concession contract, royalties regulation and other.

Advisor to Ministry - E&P Regulation (Petroleum Law et al.) at Government of Brazil - Ministry
of Mines & Energy
May 1997 - February 1998 (10 months)

Legal Dept - E&P Contracts at Petrobras Internacional S.A. - BRASPETRO

March 1988 - May 1991 (3 years 3 months)

Education
École Nationale Supérieure de Pétrole et Moteurs - Institut Français du Pétrole
M.Sc., Pétrole et Moteurs, 1994 - 1996

University of Pennsylvania
MSc., Energy Management & Environmental Policy, 1992 - 1994

Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro

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B.Sc., Economics, 1985 - 1989

Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

LL.B., Law, 1984 - 1989

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Jean-Paul Prates
Secretary of State for Energy & International Affairs at Government of the State of Rio Grande
do Norte, Brazil

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