Dr. Amjed Mohammed Hassan

Research Engineer III, CIPR

Dr. Amjed Hassan joined the Center for Integrative Petroleum Research (CIPR) in September 2023 as a Research Engineer III in the Petrophysics group, College of Petroleum Engineering and Geoscience, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals. Dr. Hassan filed several patents and published 90+ articles in international conferences and peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Hassan serves as editor and reviewer for several ISI journals. He has won SPE, SPWLA, and KFUPM research contests. Also, He received 12+ awards from Schlumberger company, SPWLA, and SPE. Dr. Hassan is an active member of the SPE, SPWLA, EAGE, and DGS societies.

Educational Qualification

Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, KFUPM, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2020
M.S., Petroleum Engineering, KFUPM, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2015
B.S., Petroleum Engineering, University of Khartoum, Sudan, 2011

Research Interests

Petrophysics
Unconventional recourses development
Rock-Fluids interactions
Formation damage

Selected Publications

Oshaish, A., Hassan, A., Mahmoud, M., El-Husseiny, A., Al-Ofi, S. and Al-Yaseri, A., 2022. Evaluating the rock wettability using multi-frequency dielectric measurements: A review on the fundamental concept and experimental approach. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering.
Hassan, A., Mahmoud, M., Bageri, B.S., Aljawad, M. S., Kamal, M.S., Barri, A. and Hussein, I. A., 2020. Applications of Chelating Agents in the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry: A Review. Energy & Fuels.
Isah, A., Arif, M., Hassan, A., Mahmoud, M. and Iglauer, S., 2022. Fluid–rock interactions and its implications on EOR: Critical analysis, experimental techniques and knowledge gaps. Energy Reports.
Hassan, A., Mahmoud, M. and Patil, S., 2021. Impact of Chelating Agent Salt Type on the Enhanced Oil Recovery from Carbonate and Sandstone Reservoirs. Applied Sciences.
Chan, S.A., Hassan, A.M., Usman, M., Humphrey, J.D., Alzayer, Y. and Duque, F., 2021. Total organic carbon (TOC) quantification using artificial neural networks: Improved prediction by leveraging XRF data. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering.
Hassan, A., Mahmoud, M., Al-Majed, A., Elsayed, M., Al-Nakhli, A. and BaTaweel, M., 2020. Performance analysis of thermochemical fluids in removing the gas condensate from different gas formations. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering.
Hassan, A.M. and Al-Hashim, H.S., 2020. Surface charge study of EDTA interaction with carbonate rock during chelating agent flooding. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 191, p.107163.
Hassan, A., Mahmoud, M., Al-Majed, A., Alawi, M.B., Elkatatny, S., BaTaweel, M. and Al-Nakhli, A., 2019. Gas condensate treatment: A critical review of materials, methods, field applications, and new solutions. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 177, pp.602-613

Extended Publications (+)

Hassan, A., Mahmoud, M., Al-Majed, A., Alade, O., Mokheimer, E.M. and Al-Nakhli, A., 2021. New Treatment for Improving the Productivity of Shale Reservoirs Using Thermochemical Fluids. Journal of Energy Resources Technology, 143(8), p.083003.
Hassan, A., Sanuade, O.A. and Olaseeni, O.G., 2021. Prediction of physico-mechanical properties of intact rocks using artificial neural network. Acta Geophysica, pp.1-20.
Tariq, Z., Hassan, A., Waheed, U.B., Mahmoud, M., Al-Shehri, D., Abdulraheem, A. and Mokheimer, E.M., 2021. A Data-Driven Machine Learning Approach to Predict the Natural Gas Density of Pure and Mixed Hydrocarbons. Journal of Energy Resources Technology, 143(9), p.092801.
Hassan, A., Aljawad, M.S. and Mahmoud, M., 2021. An Artificial Intelligence-Based Model for Performance Prediction of Acid Fracturing in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs. ACS omega.
Hassan, A., Abdulraheem, A. and Awadh, M., 2021. New approach to evaluate the performance of highly deviated water injection wells using artificial neural network. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 196, p.107770.
Barri, A.A., Hassan, A.M., Aljawad, M.S. and Mahmoud, M., 2021. Effect of Treatment Conditions on Matrix Stimulation of Carbonate Rocks with Chelating Agents. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, pp.1-14.
Tariq, Z., Aljawad, M.S., Hassan, A., Mahmoud, M. and Al-Ramadhan, A., 2021. Chelating Agents as Acid-Fracturing Fluids: Experimental and Modeling Studies. Energy & Fuels, 35(3), pp.2602-2618.
Alade, O.S., Hassan, A., Mahmoud, M., Al-Shehri, D. and Al-Majed, A., 2020. Novel approach for improving the flow of waxy crude oil using thermochemical fluids: experimental and simulation study. ACS omega, 5(8), pp.4313-4321.
Hassan, A., Abdalla, M., Mahmoud, M., Glatz, G., Al-Majed, A. and Al-Nakhli, A., 2020. Condensate-Banking Removal and Gas-Production Enhancement Using Thermochemical Injection: A Field-Scale Simulation. Processes, 8(6), p.727.
Ba Alawi, M., Hassan, A., Aljawad, M.S., Kamal, M.S., Mahmoud, M. and Al-Nakhli, A., 2020. A Novel Approach to Improve Acid Diversion in Carbonate Rocks Using Thermochemical Fluids: Experimental and Numerical Study. Molecules, 25(13), p.2976.
Hassan, A., Mahmoud, M., Bageri, B.S., Aljawad, M.S., Kamal, M.S., Barri, A.A. and Hussein, I.A., 2020. Applications of chelating agents in the upstream oil and gas industry: a review. Energy & Fuels, 34(12), pp.15593-15613.
Hassan, A., Mahmoud, M., Kamal, M.S., Hussain, S.M.S. and Patil, S., 2020. Novel Treatment for Mitigating Condensate Bank Using a Newly Synthesized Gemini Surfactant. Molecules, 25(13), p.3030.
Hassan, A.M. and Al-Hashim, H.S., 2020. Oil Recovery Mechanisms During Sequential Injection of Chelating Agent Solutions into Carbonate Rocks. Journal of Energy Resources Technology, 142(1).
Hassan, A.M., Mahmoud, M.A., Al-Majed, A.A., Al-Nakhli, A.R. and Bataweel, M.A., 2019. Water blockage removal and productivity index enhancement by injecting thermochemical fluids in tight sandstone formations. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 182, p.106298.
Hassan, A., Elkatatny, S. and Abdulraheem, A., 2019. Application of artificial intelligence techniques to predict the well productivity of fishbone wells. Sustainability, 11(21), p.6083.
Hassan, A.M., Elkatatny, S. and Abdulraheem, A., 2019. Intelligent Prediction of Minimum Miscibility Pressure (MMP) During CO₂ Flooding Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques. Sustainability, 11(24), p.7020.
Hassan, A.M., Mahmoud, M.A., Al-Majed, A.A., Elkatatny, S., Al-Nakhli, A.R. and Bataweel, M.A., 2018. Novel technique to eliminate gas condensation in gas condensate reservoirs using thermochemical fluids. Energy & fuels, 32(12), pp.12843-12850.

Awards & Honors

Prestigious patent award from KFUPM, May 2022.
SPE prize for the best research in PhD division, MENA region, May 2020.
First place at the post-graduate competition, CPG-KFUPM, March 2019.
Winner of the Entrepreneurial Emerging Leaders (EEL) Program, KFUPM, May 2018.
SPWLA prize for the best research in petrophysics, MENA region, February 2018.
Ministry of Energy and Mining award for the best Academic Performance, February 2012.
Schlumberger award for the best Graduation Project in Petroleum Engineering, August 2011.