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Dr. Misfer Almarri

Assistant Professor, Department of Petroleum Engineering

Dr. Misfer Almarri joined KFUPM as an Assistant professor in August 2024. He worked as a Chief Operating officer at Advanced Energy Technologies for two years. He worked for several years at Saudi Aramco before that. In Saudi Aramco, He worked on several major reservoir management and Unconventional Resources projects. Dr. Misfer also spent several years in EXPEC ARC at Saudi Aramco working on various research projects. His research focuses on Hydraulic fracturing optimization, Geomechanics, well stimulation, and unconventional resources. He is actively involved in various social organizations and committees. Dr. Misfer filed several Patents and published numerous publications in refereed journals and conferences.

Educational Qualification

  • Ph.D., in Petroleum Engineering, Heriot Watt University, 2018
  • M.S., in Petroleum Engineering, Heriot Watt University, 2015
  • M.S., in Biomechanical Engineering, Southern Illinois University, 2012
  • B.S., in Mechanical Engineering, Southern Illinois University, 2010

Research Interests

  • Hydraulic fracturing optimization
  • Geomechanics
  • Well Stimulation
  • Unconventional Resources

Selected Publications

  • Almarri, M. (2020). Efficient History Matching of Thermally Induced Fractures Using Coupled Geomechanics and Reservoir Simulation. Energies, 13(11), 3001.
  • Almarri, M. (2021). Identification and characterization of Thermally Induced Fractures through integrated analytical and semi-analytical models. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 196, 107930.
  • Almarri, M. J., AlTammar, M. J., Alruwaili, K. M., & Fowler, G. (2022). Enhancing the Fracture Growth Uniformity of Perforation Clusters by Pre-injection of Cold Water. ACS omega, 8(1), 289-296.
  • Almarri, M. J., AlTammar, M. J., Alruwaili, K. M., & Zheng, S. (2022). Numerical feasibility of near-wellbore cooling as a novel method for reducing breakdown pressure in hydraulic fracturing. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 102, 104549.
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