Escobar, Luis

Luis Fernando Escobar, holds the title of licentiate in chemistry from the Universidad Simon Bolivar(Venezuela), an MSc in energy and environment from University of Calgary/OLADE and a PhD in Strategy & Sustainable Development from the University of Calgary. He is researching sustainable development principles as they apply to competitive advantage within oil and gas multinational corporations working in less developed countries.

He has had experience working as a technical manager for an environmental consulting company in Venezuela and as an environmental consultant for the Environmental Management Unit (UGA) of the Universidad Simon Bolivar. He has performed feasibility studies for the drainage of oil pits and pools at PDVSA Exploration & Production, acted as technical support in the development of the adequateness plan to Venezuelan Environmental Law for several oil and gas companies, and participated in the elaboration of proposals and developments of integral waste disposal centers for oilfield operations. He has also been responsible for the planning, coordination and execution of the sampling and the characterization and classification of industrial waste in projects carried out in different industrial sectors such as petroleum, petrochemical, chemical, metallurgic and textile.