Alongside the represented companies Emerson Process Management and Rotork Controls, Fluxo Soluções Integradas participated in the Rio Pipeline 2003 conference, which took place from October 21st to 24th at the Intercontinental Hotel in Rio de Janeiro.
This year, Rio Pipeline exceeded the expectations of its organizer, the Brazilian Institute of Oil and Gas. The event received a total of 1700 participants, including 600 representatives from 19 countries. The show had the presence of 48 exhibitors, eight times more than the last event held in Rio, in 2001, showing the importance that the pipeline segment is acquiring in the current situation of investments in the country.
The objective of the event is to present the new technologies available and to provide the exchange of experiences in the area of oil and gas between different countries of the world. The congress also offered plenary sessions and presentation of technical papers.
This time, the Rio Pipeline conference came to crown the initiative of IBP and Petrobras through Transpetro, which in 2002 took a large contingent of Brazilian exhibitors to the International Pipeline Conference held in Calgary, Canada.
In 2005, Rio Pipeline will take place in Rio Centro – the largest convention center in Latin America. The conference takes place annually, however, with the venues interspersed, one year in Brazil, the other year in Canada.