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Professional Experience |
- Department of Petroleum Engineering, Texas A & M University - December 05, 2007 to date: Professor
- Saudi Aramco Oil Company, Saudi Arabia.
- July 01, 2007 to December 03, 2007: Principal Professional
- March 31, 2006 to July, 01, 2007: Group Leader, Drilling and Recovery Group.
- October 01, 2001 to March 31, 2006: Senior Research Consultant, Supervisor of the Formation Damage and Stimulation Unit.
- October 1, 1998 to September 30, 2001: Research Consultant, Group Leader: Formation Damage, Stimulation, Fracturing and Conformance Control.
- October 1, 1996 to September 30, 1998: Science Specialist.
- October 1, 1994 to October 1, 1996: Senior Scientist.
- September 20, 1992 to October 1, 1994: Scientist I.
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada - May 1, 1990 to date: Adjunct Professor
- Petroleum Recovery Institute, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
- October 1, 1990 to September 15, 1992: Staff Research Engineer
- August 15, 1988 to September 30, 1990: Senior Research Engineer
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada. - February 1, 1987 to August 1988: Research Associate
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Ottawa, Canada. - November 1985 to January 1987: Post-Doctoral Fellow
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Canada. - May 1984 to October 1985: Post-Doctoral Fellow
- September 1980 to April 1984: Graduate Student and Part-time Teaching Assistant
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cairo, Egypt. - October 1973 to August 1980: Instructor
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Publications |
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More than 108 peer-reviewed publications and 216 presentations. Topics include:
- Fracture Acidizing
- High Temperature Acid Stimulation Fluids
- Matrix Sandstone Acidizing, Wellbore Gels
- Matrix Acidizing Models
- Wellbore Cleanup
- Chemical Treatments to Enhance Productivity of Horizontal and Multilateral Wells
- Single-stage Sandstone Acidizing Fluid for High Temperature Formations
For a comlete listing of all publications and conference presentations please see the curriculum vitae
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Professional Membership & Activities |
- Member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering (CSChE).
- Reviewer for the SPE Production and Operations, SPE J., the Canadian J. of Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering Science, Canadian J. Petroleum Technology, AIChE J., I&E Chemistry Research, International J. of Multiphase Flow, Journal of Energy Resources Technology and J. of Petroleum Science & Engineering.
- Chaired several sessions in SPE, CSChE, and AOCS conferences.
- Invited to give presentations at various universities, services companies, and research organizations all over the globe.
- Acting as a member for the SPE selection committees for Oilfield Chemistry, Oilfield Corrosion, and Well Stimulation.
- Selected as a Committee Member for SPE ATW on "Well Acidizing," Malaysia, Nov. 2004.
- Selected to chair SPE ATW on "Oilfield Chemistry," held in Bahrain, December 2004.
- Selected as a Committee Member for SPE ATW on "Produced Water Re-injection," Biarritz, France, June 20-24, 2005.
- Selected as a Discussion Leader for SPE ATW on "Matrix Acidizing," Moscow, Russia, 31st October - 3rd November 2005.
- Selected as a Discussion Leader for SPE ATW on "Water and Gas Shut Off and the Gulf States," Muscat, Oman, 21-24 January, 2007.
- Selected as a Committee Member for SPE ATW on "Chemical Methods of Reducing Water Production," San Antonio, Texas, 4 - 6 March 2007.
- Invited to write a book on matrix acidizing.
- Applied for five new patents on oilfield chemicals, one was issued on December 03 and the others are in the review process.
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Awards & Honors |
- SPE Distinguished Member Award, 2007
- SPE Production and Operations Regional Award, 2006
- Senior Vice President Recognition Award for conducting research and introducing new technologies and filing several patents. As result, a cost saving of more than $ 30 million was realized, 2005.
- Vice President Recognition Award for significant contributions for safe and successful completion of the first 100 fracture treatments in Saudi Arabia, 2002.
- Vice President Recognition Award for training and mentoring of young Saudi engineers, 2002.
- Senior Vice President Recognition Award for the design and field application of a novel emulsified scale squeeze treatment to mitigate calcium carbonate scale in a low pressure, low temperature sandstone reservoir in Saudi Arabia, 2001.
- Senior Vice President Recognition Award for the design and field application of emulsified acid treatment to stimulate deep gas reservoirs in Saudi Arabia, 2000.
- Senior Vice President Recognition Award for the design and field application of a novel stimulation process to treat oil producer wells in a newly developed carbonate field in Saudi Arabia, 1998.
- Senior Vice President Recognition Award for the design and field application of a novel stimulation process to treat Power Water Injectors in a newly developed sandstone oil field in central Saudi Arabia, 1995.
- Outstanding Paper Presentation - Paper entitled: Liquid Crystal Formation and its Effect on the Flow Properties of an Anionic Surfactant - presented at the 85th AOCS Meeting& Expo, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, May 8-12, 1994.
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