Background
OLIVEIRA, Avelino Inácio de was born on November 10, 1891 in Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
OLIVEIRA, Avelino Inácio de was born on November 10, 1891 in Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Graduated civil and mining engineer, Escola de Minas, Ouro Preto, 1916.
Engineer, Escola de Minas, Ouro Preto, 1916. Assistant engineer, Brazilian geological and mineralogical service in state of Amazonas, 1917-1919. Director, coal and petroleum research in Amazon valley, 1920-1923, 1925-1933.
Head, Brazilian commission to North American mission studying rubber in Amazon basin, 1923-1924. Commissioned to study geology of Rio Branco basin, 1924. Chief of prospecting section, bureau of mines, national department, of mineral production, 1933-1936, director of development service, 1936-1938.
1942-1944; sect, chief, national petroleum council, 1938-1942. Director of its tech, division, since 1944, vicepres. since 1947.
Member: Clube de Engenharia. American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, Institute Brasileiro de Mineragáo e Metalurgia. Institute Histórico e Geográfico do Pará.