| Professional Profile |
- Accomplished researcher and professor of petroleum engineering at Texas A&M University (14 years)
- Reservoir engineering manager with 15 years international experience with Royal Dutch/Shell
- Has proven skills to solve problems in a diverse-culture environment including the following.
- Coordinate field studies, lead multi-disciplinary teams
- Teach/mentor less-experienced reservoir engineers
- Advise on issues related to general reservoir engineering, simulation, EOR, laboratory measurements
- Advise on research programs, including thermal EOR, WAG, N2
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Professional History
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- Sept. 2006 – present: Professor, Dept. of Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University.
- Sept. 1999 – Aug. 2006: Associate Professor, Dept. of Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University.
- Sept. 1993 – Aug. 1999: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University.
- Graduated 57 students (10 Ph.D.’s, 1 D. Eng., 46 MS/M.Eng.).
- Main research interests:
- Steam injection with additives (propane, petroleum distillate) to enhance heavy oil production
- Analytical steamflood prediction methods
- Water-Alternating-Enriched Gas injection to enhance recovery from light oil reservoirs
- Carbon dioxide sequestration in depleted/abandoned gas fields (also an enhanced gas recovery method)
Industrial/Consulting
- Royal Dutch/Shell (15 years, Sept. 1973 – July 1988)
- Exploration and production advisor, Shell (Malaysia), May 1987 - July 1988.
- Manager, reservoir engineering department, Shell (Malaysia), Dec. 1984 - Apr. 1987.
- Senior reservoir engineer, Shell (Malaysia), Mar. 1983 - Nov. 1984.
- Senior reservoir engineer, Shell (Port Harcourt, Nigeria), Mar. 1982 - Feb. 1983.
- Senior reservoir engineer, Shell (Lagos, Nigeria), Apr. 1980 - Feb. 1982.
- Reservoir engineer, Shell (The Hague, Holland), June 1978 - Mar. 1980.
- Reservoir engineer/production technologist, Shell (Malaysia), Nov. 1975 - May 1978.
- Operations engineer, Shell (Malaysia), Dec. 1974 - Nov. 1975.
- Well-site petroleum engineer, Shell (Malaysia), Sept. 1973 - Nov. 1974.
- Mamora & Associates (1995 – present): Proprietor of petroleum engineering consulting company registered in Bryan, Texas. Provided consulting services to various international companies
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Publications
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Total 62 papers (20 journal papers, 48 conference papers); 13 Ramey Lab Research Program reports (for thermal EOR and WAG JIP projects); 5 DOE reports (for DOE–funded 6-year CO2 sequestration project). Textbook, Waterflood Design and Management (in progress).
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Professional Service (Highlights)
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- External Examiner, MS petroleum engineering program, University Technology Petronas (Malaysia), Aug. 2005.
- Member, expert committee: (1) Alberta Ingenuity Fund, (2) Canada Foundation for Innovation, (3) Kuwait U.
- Technical editor: SPEJ (1997–2003), SPEREEJ (2000).
- Reviewer: SPEJ (1997–present), SPEREEJ (2000-present).
- Member, Fluid Mechanics & Recovery Processes Program Subcommittee, SPE-ATCE (2004, 2005), etc
- Member, review committee, SPE Reprint Series Volume on Heavy Oil Recovery (Sept. 2005-present).
- Chair, review committee, SPE Reprint Series Volume on Underground Storage of CO2 (Mar. 2005-present).
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Awards and Honors
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- Tenneco Meritorious Teaching Award, 1996
- Texas Engineering Experiment Station Engineering Excellence Award, 1993
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