
Strategic Consulting for the Energy Market
From the deepwater fields of Brazil to the boardrooms of the world's most complex energy markets.

From the deepwater fields of Brazil to the boardrooms of the world's most complex energy markets.
Energy companies are navigating a moment of real complexity, rising costs on aging assets, technology that underdelivers in the field, and markets that punish the learning curve. Rio Capital exists to shorten that curve. Whether the challenge is getting more from an aging asset, deploying technology that works in real operating conditions, or moving into a new market, we bring the field experience, market knowledge, and commercial insight that lets clients move faster and with less risk than starting from scratch.
We are a boutique consulting firm with a specific focus: applying 20+ years of field and commercial experience across the global energy sector to problems that require both technical depth and market knowledge to solve.
Adriana founded Rio Capital with one conviction: that the best energy advisory comes from someone who has built the practices, run the programs, and worked the assets not just advised on them.
Adriana's career spans 20+ years across engineering, asset integrity, and innovation strategy. She built integrity management practices from scratch in Brazil, Australia, and across the Americas, and led consulting projects advising operators and service companies across the Middle East, Africa, Southeast Asia, and Europe. Along the way she ran a 50+ project innovation portfolio and worked with operators including BP, Chevron, Shell, Total, Woodside, Petrobras, and ExxonMobil.
Before founding Rio Capital, Adriana served as Vice President SURFIM Americas and Global Head of Innovation at Wood plc, Executive Director of the Subsea Innovation Cluster Australia, and Secretary of API 17N, contributing to the subsea reliability standards the industry continues to operate under.
Adriana also serves as Board Director and Co-Chair of the Technology, Innovation & Education Committee at BRATECC (Brazil–Texas Chamber of Commerce). Adriana is a regular speaker, panelist, and contributor at the industry's leading forums, including the Offshore Technology Conference, Deepwater Operations Technology, and the World Trade Organization.

For operators seeking to extend asset life and maximize returns through integrity programs, lifecycle strategy, and the selective deployment of technologies that actually deliver value in the field, not just in the lab.

Technology only creates value when it reaches the right market, or when the right market actually adopts it. We work at both ends of that challenge, serving two distinct client journeys.
For energy technology companies and startups ready to grow beyond their home market, we help Brazilian energy technology firms translate proven local solutions into commercially viable offerings for the US, European, and global markets, from go-to-market strategy and partnership development to commercial model design.
For overseas companies and investors seeking to enter Brazil's energy sector, we navigate Brazil's R&D investment framework, where ANP regulatory obligations create significant and often underutilized funding opportunities for technology deployment and co-development, from market entry strategy through to partner identification.

For organizations at an inflection point, entering a new market, commercializing a new solution, or building the partnerships needed to grow. We work with our clients to develop:
Every engagement draws on direct experience of how energy markets actually work in practice, the regulatory, institutional, and commercial realities that determine whether a strategy succeeds or stalls.
We work with a small number of clients at any one time, which means every engagement gets full senior attention. If you have a challenge worth solving, we would like to hear about it.
We welcome inquiries about specific projects, strategic challenges, or wheather Rio Capital can support your business.
Rio Capital
Strategic Consulting for the Energy Sector
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