About Melo Energy

Global energy experience. Independent technical leadership.

Melo Energy is a U.S.-based consultancy delivering engineering, AI, technical leadership, innovation, and capability building for energy organizations.

Raphael Melo, founder and principal consultant at Melo Energy
Raphael MeloFounder & Principal Consultant

Why Melo Energy

Built to bridge engineering depth and real-world delivery.

Melo Energy addresses assignments that do not fit neatly inside one discipline. The company brings upstream engineering, digital technology, product thinking, and customer delivery into one consulting context.

That foundation supports work that must move from technical definition to a credible decision, implementation plan, or client-ready result without losing the engineering basis along the way.

Evidence behind the company

A consulting foundation proven across engineering, AI, and enterprise delivery.

The company record and its founder’s prior-role experience are distinguished clearly. Together, they show the technical depth and delivery judgment Melo Energy brings to new assignments.

Three NOC AI initiatives

Melo Energy has led three initiatives using AI models for reservoir management and production optimization.

Issued U.S. patent

The technical record includes US 11,933,162 B, combining AI, numerical simulation, and real-time data for erosional sand prediction.

Project recovery in two months

Prior-role experience includes returning a delayed predictive-maintenance implementation to delivery within two months.

Founder and technical leadership

Engineering depth with cross-functional delivery experience.

Raphael Melo is a petroleum engineer, U.S. patent holder, and energy technology leader. As founder and principal consultant, he sets Melo Energy’s technical direction and leads selected assignments.

Engineering foundation

Reservoir, production, and integrated asset modeling

Nearly nine years at Halliburton spanned simulation, production optimization, smart fields, integrated asset modeling, applied AI, and global technical consulting.

Digital and AI delivery

Product, cloud AI, and project recovery

Roles at Xecta and C3 AI included production optimization product development, cross-functional cloud AI delivery, and predictive-maintenance recovery.

Enterprise leadership

Technical strategy, customer success, and global delivery

At AspenTech/Emerson, experience connected upstream and downstream domains, product strategy, executive engagement, and consultant upskilling across five regions.

Leadership references

Independent recommendations for Melo Energy’s founder.

LinkedIn hosts more than ten public recommendations covering Raphael’s technical work, leadership, delivery, and collaboration. The website links to the source rather than reproducing selected quotations.

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