Luiz C. Amado, Ph.D., is an expert in Reservoir Engineering (Modeling and Simulation) and Integrated Reservoir Modeling. He is the author of the book Reservoir Exploration and Appraisal, published by Elsevier. He has over 20 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, having worked with Shell, Petrobras, and other major oil and service companies. During his 10-year tenure with Shell as a Senior Reservoir Engineer, he contributed to projects in the UK, Brazil, and the United States. In the UK, he was involved in reservoir engineering, simulation studies, and field operations in the Southern North Sea.

While based in Houston with Shell, he worked on deepwater reservoir engineering projects in the Gulf of Mexico and exploration assets in Brazil (Santos, Campos, and Espírito Santo basins), as well as other areas in South America and the Southern Caribbean. Later, as a Senior Reservoir Engineer with Petrobras America, he evaluated prospect opportunities in the Pliocene, Miocene, and Lower Tertiary plays of the Gulf of Mexico.

He is a long-standing member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), has served on several SPE technical committees and conference boards, and is a co-instructor of two well-known SPE training courses.