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Hisham Nasr-El-Din has been a prolific researcher and developer of new technologies over a 35-year career that has led to important advances in petroleum engineering operations. Among other accomplishments, he has identified damage mechanisms that have resulted from various chemical treatments, designed new chemical treatments to remove iron sulfide scale, and designed new emulsified scale treatments for tight, low-temperature sandstone formations. He has examined acid additives and developed new and improved ways to stimulate sandstone and carbonate reservoirs; his investigation of the reaction of new acid systems with carbonate rock have led to great positive impacts on field treatments. He has applied innovative water shut-off techniques that are based on gelling polymer and silicates. He has trained more than 200 engineers, published nearly 125 papers in peer-reviewed journals, presented nearly 250 at conferences and meetings, and currently holds two US patents.
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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 complete 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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