Belarmino Van-Dúnem is a Senior Control Systems & Instrumentation Engineer at Sonangol E&P, Angola's National Oil Company. With over 13 years of experience in the upstream oil and gas industry, he has led maintenance and project management activities focused on Instrumentation, ICSS upgrades, and digitalization across Sonangol's operated assets.
He began his career in 2012 as an instrumentation trainee at the Santa Terezinha Alcohol and Sugar Plant in Brazil. Belarmino holds a degree in Control Systems and Automation Engineering and an MBA in Production Engineering. He is also a music and art enthusiast, traveler, and lifelong learner.
Brownfield Modernization: Advanced Control & Instrumentation Strategies at Sonangol
Belarmino details the engineering lifecycle of updating instrumentation on operational offshore platforms. He discusses safety risk management, fieldbus optimization, and maintaining uptime during hot cutovers.