CPG

Dr. Amro Othman

Tel: + 966 (013) 860-1793
Fax: + 966 (013) 860-4447

Location: Bldg. 76, Rm. 2160

Dr. Amro Othman

Post-Doc Researcher, CIPR

Amro Othman has a Ph.D. in the Petroleum Engineering Department at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM). Since he joined KFUPM in 2019 he worked in different research area which includes hydraulic fracturing treatments and water shut-off remediation. He has expertise in formulating fresh and saline water fracturing fluids as well as their performance with proppants.

He has experience with emulsions and their applications in water shut-off. He also uses artificial intelligence and its applications in petroleum engineering.

Educational Qualification

  • Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia, 2023
  • M.S., Petroleum Engineering, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, 2018
  • B.S., Petroleum Engineering, University of Khartoum, Sudan, 2012

Research Interests

  • Hydraulic Fracturing treatments.
  • Water shut-off conformance control.

Selected Publications

  • Othman, A., Aljawad, M. S., Mahmoud, M., Kamal, M. S., Patil, S., & Bataweel, M. (2021). Chelating agents usage in optimization of fracturing fluid rheology prepared from seawater. Polymers, 13(13), 2111.‏
  • Othman, A., AlSulaimani, M., Aljawad, M. S., Sangaru, S. S., Kamal, M. S., & Mahmoud, M. (2022). The synergetic impact of anionic, cationic, and neutral polymers on VES rheology at high-temperature environment. Polymers, 14(6), 1145.‏
  • Othman, A. A., & Amao, A. M. (2019, March). Hydraulic Fracturing Treatments in the Permian Basin: Distillation of Best Practices in the Spraberry and Wolfcamp Formations. In SPE Middle East Oil and Gas Show and Conference(p. D032S076R001). SPE.‏
  • Othman, A., Aljawad, M. S., Kamal, M. S., Mahmoud, M., Patil, S., & Alkhowaildi, M. (2022). Rheological Study of Seawater-Based Fracturing Fluid Containing Polymer, Crosslinker, and Chelating Agent. ACS omega, 7(35), 31318-31326.‏
  • Othman, A., Murtaza, M., Aljawad, M. S., Kamal, M. S., Mahmoud, M., & Kalgaonkar, R. A. (2022). Effect of Seawater Ions on Polymer Hydration in the Presence of a Chelating Agent: Application to Hydraulic Fracturing. ACS omega, 8(1), 969-975.‏
  • Othman, A., Glatz, G., Aljawad, M. S., Alafnan, S., Alarifi, S. A., & Al Ramadan, M. (2022). Review of Kerogen’s Geomechanical Properties: Experiments and Molecular Simulation. ACS omega, 7(37), 32829-32839.‏
  • Othman, A., Tariq, Z., Aljawad, M. S., Yan, B., & Kamal, M. S. (2023). Enhancing Fracturing Fluid Viscosity in High Salinity Water: A Data-Driven Approach for Prediction and Optimization. Energy & Fuels, 37(17), 13065-13079.‏
Tel: +966 (013) 860-2649

Location: Bldg. 78, Rm. 1053

Sarmad Zafar Khan

Engineer I, CIPR

In 2009 Khan obtained his BS (Hons.) in Petroleum Engineering followed by an MS degree in the same discipline from KFUPM, KSA in 2013. He has been positioned as a Lab Engineer at CPG, KFUPM since 2016 after employment as a Reservoir Engineer at Schlumberger (2013-15), Research Assistant at KFUPM (2010-13), and an Intern – BHP Billiton Pakistan (2008).

Educational Qualification

  • M.S., Petroleum Engineering, KFUPM, KSA, 2013
  • B.S., Petroleum Engineering (Hons.), University of Engineering & Technology, Pakistan, 2009.

Selected Publications

  • “Revisiting Reaction Kinetics and wormholing phenomena during Carbonate Acidizing” by X. Qiu, S. Khan, S. Dyer and A. Sultan, presented at International Petroleum Technology Conference, 19-22 Jan, 2014, Doha, Qatar.
  • “Investigation of Core Length and CO2 Phase Effects on Propagation of Wormholes in Carbonate Rocks” by S. Khan, A. Sultan and S. Dyer presented at SPE Annual Technical Symposium and Exhibition, 21-24 Apr, 2014, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia.
  • Keynote Speaker at “Career Development Seminar” held at Petroleum Engineering Department, University of Engineering & Technology Lahore, Pakistan on Sep 24, 2014
Tel: + 966503192318
Fax: + 966 (013) 860-3989

Location: Bldg. 78, Rm. 1001.2

Dr. Muhammad Israr

Post-Doc Researcher, CIPR

Educational Qualification

  • Postdoc, Organocatalysis, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea, 2021-2023.
  • PhD, Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, 2016-2020.
  • M-Phil, Organic Chemistry, Hazara University, Pakistan, 2015

Research Interests

  • Organic Synthesis
  • Organocatalysis
  • Radical Chemistry
  • Surfactant Synthesis
  • Ionic Liquids
  • Enhanced Oil Recovery

Selected Publications

  • Muhammad Israr, Woo Hee Kim, Dong Hyeon Kim, Han Yong Bae. “Trityl tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate:
  • sustainable precursor for multifunctional silylium Lewis acid organocatalysis”. Chem Catalysis. 2024, 4, 100866.
  • Muhammad Israr, Han Yong Bae. “Sustainable Organocatalytic Cyanosilylation of Ketones by PPM-Level
  • Loading Triphenylcarbenium Trityl tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate”. Green Chem. 2023, 25, 2387-2393.
  • Byeong Jun Koo, Sun Bu Lee, Woo Hee Kim, Muhammad Israr, Han Yong Bae. “Recent Advances in the Catalytic
  • Transformations to Access Alkylsulfonyl Fluorides as SuFEx Click Hubs”. Aldrichimica Acta. 2023, 56, 35.
  • Woo Hee Kim, Jin Hyun Park, Sun Bu Lee, Muhammad Israr, Byeong Jun Koo, Soo Bok Kim, Soyeon Kim, Han Yong Bae.
  • “Sustainable Organocatalytic Processes to Access Alkyl SuFEx Click Hubs and Tetrasubstituted Carbon Centers: Potential
  • Libraries for Multidisciplinary Applications”. Synlett. 2023.
  • Shaukat Ali, Muhammad Israr. “Asymmetric Functionalization of Benzenes via an Organocatalytic Hetero–Diels– Reaction”.
  • Chem. Comm. 2022, 58, 9851-9854.
  • Muhammad Israr, Haigen Xiong, Yajun Li, Hongli Bao. “Copper-Catalyzed Enantioselective Cyano(fluoro)alkylation of
  • Alkenes”. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2020, 362, 2211-2215.
  • Munira Taj Muhammad, Yihang Jiao, Changqing Ye, Mong-Feng Chiou, Muhammad Israr, Xiaotao Zhu, Yajun Li, Zhenhai
  • Wen, Armido Studer,Hongli Bao. “Synthesis of Difluoromethylated Allenes through Trifunctionalization of 1,3-Enynes”.
  • Nat. Commun. 2020, 11, 1-8.
  • Muhammad Israr, Haigen Xiong, Yajun Li, Hongli Bao. “Copper(I)-Catalyzed Cyanoperfluoroalkylation of Alkynes”.
  • Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 7078-7083.

Awards & Honors

  • Awardee of CAS-TWAS President’s PhD Fellowship Programme China
  • Awardee of BK21 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Programme South Korea
Tel: +966 (013) 860-​3825
Fax: +966 (013) 860-3989

Location: Bldg. 15, Rm. 6217

Ridha Al-Abdrabalnabi

Engineer I, CIPR

Ridha joined center of integrative petroleum research (CIPR) as a petroleum engineer in 2016. His experience in CIPR revolves around special core analysis labs. An active member in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and acidizing groups. In addition, he’s taking role of mentoring graduate students to perform their core-flooding experiments.

Educational Qualification

  • M.S., Petroleum Engineering, KFUPM, KSA 2023
  • B.S., Petroleum Engineering, KFUPM, KSA 2015

Research Interests

  • Special core analysis
  • Enhanced oil recovery (EOR)
  • Acidizing
  • Acid fracturing

Selected Publications

  • Xinrui Zhao, Ridha Al-Abdrabalnabi, Yu-Shu Wu, Xianmin Zhou, Evaluations of the feasibility of oil storage in depleted petroleum reservoirs through experimental modelling studies, Fuel, Volume 294, 2021, 120316, ISSN 0016-2361, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2021.120316
  • Zhou, Xianmin , Al-Abdrabalnabi, Ridha , Khan, Sarmad Zafar, and Muhammad Shahzad Kamal. “Interrelationship of Capillary Number, Interfacial Tension, Injection Flow Rate and Temperature by Surfactant Flooding for Oil-wet Carbonate Reservoirs.” Paper presented at the SPE/IATMI Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition, Virtual, October 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/205749-MS
  • Zeeshan Tariq, Amjed Hassan, Ridha Al-Abdrabalnabi, Murtada Saleh Aljawad, and Mohamed Mahmoud. Comparative Study of Fracture Conductivity in Various Carbonate Rocks Treated with GLDA Chelating Agent and HCl Acid. Energy & Fuels 2021 35 (23), 19641-19654. DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.1c03471
Tel: +966 (013) 860 8996
Fax: +966 (013) 860 3989

Location: Bldg. 78, Rm. 1054

Taqi Alzaki

Research Assistant, CIPR

Educational Qualification

  • M.S. Geology & Geophysics Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA, 2016.
  • B.S. Geophysics King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, KSA, 2012.

Research Interests

  • Rock mechanics
  • Seismic interpretation, stratigraphy & petrophysics
  • Near-surface geophysics
Tel: + 966 (013) 860-5346

Location: Bldg. 78, Rm. 1021

Noof Saleh Al-Aqeel

Research Assistant, CIPR

Educational Qualification

  • M.S., Physical Chemistry, College of Science, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University (IAU), KSA-Dammam.
  • B.S., Chemistry, College of Science, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University (IAU), KSA-Dammam.

Research Interests

  • Photo catalysis
  • Enhanced Oil and Gas Recovery

Selected Publications

  • G Berhault, N Al-Aqeel, W Alrashedi, NA Alomair, H Kochkar, M Younas, F Jomni (2023). Assisted Enhanced Photocatalysis by the Addition of a Ferroelectric Component to Copper-Doped TiO2 Nanotubes. Materials Research Society Spring Meeting 2023.
  • NA Alomair, NS Al-Aqeel, SS Alabbad, H Kochkar, G Berhault, M Younas, F Jomni, R Hamdi, I Ercan (2023). The Role of the Ferroelectric Polarization in the Enhancement of the Photocatalytic Response of Copper-Doped Graphene Oxide–TiO2 Nanotubes through the the Addition of Strontium. ACS omega 8 (9), 8303-8319.
  • G Berhault, W Alrashedi, NS Alaqeel, H Kochkar, M Younas, A Ben Ali, NA Alomair (2022). Ferroelectric enhancement of the photocatalytic response of Cu-doped TiO2 nanotubes induced through the addition of strontium. 11th European Conference on Solar Chemistry and Photocatalysis: Environmental Applications (SPEA).
Tel: + 966 (013) 860-5294

Location: Bldg. 78, Rm. 2034

Noura Al-Benayyan

Research Assistant, CIPR

Educational Qualification

  • M. Eng. in Bioengineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran. Saudi Arabia, 2022.
  • B.S. in Cell & Molecular Biology, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam. Saudi Arabia, 2020

Research Interests

  • Gas Storage (H2 and CO2)
  • Enhanced Oil and Gas Recovery

Selected Publications

  • Albenayyan, N., Murtaza, M., Alarifi, S. A., Kamal, M. S., Humam, A., AlAhmari, M. M., … & Mahmoud, M. (2023). Optimization of calcium carbonate precipitation during alpha-amylase enzyme-induced calcite precipitation (EICP). Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 11, 1118993.‏
  • Tombuloglu, H., Albenayyan, N., Slimani, Y., Akhtar, S., Tombuloglu, G., Almessiere, M., … & Manikandan, A. (2022). Fate and impact of maghemite (γ-Fe2O3) and magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticles in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29(3), 4710-4721
Tel: +966 (013) 860-1326
Fax: + 966 (013) 860-3989

Location: Bldg. 15, Rm. 6110

Nadeem Ahmed Syed

Laboratory Engineer I, CIPR

Started career as R&D Engineer at Dynamics International (PVT) Ltd. Pakistan in 1992. Worked as Manager Services in AMS/BMS in Pakistan from 1996 to 2010 managing Services of Analytical/Life Sciences Instruments. Worked as Service Supervisor at Naizak in KSA from 2011 to June 2019 providing various services. Currently, working as Research Assistant at KFUPM (CIPR), since July 2019.

Educational Qualification

  • B.E. in Electronics from Mehran University Pakistan 1991

Research Interests

  • Digital Rock Physics.
  • Surface analysis using AFM, SEM. and XPS.
  • Generation 3D micro-images of natural and artificial porous materials using CT- and medical scanners and FIB/SEM.
Tel: +966 (013) 860-5292

Location: Bldg. 78, Rm. 1021

Athaa Al-Otaibi

Research Assistant II, CIPR

Athaa is currently working as a Research Assistant in the Center for Integrated Petroleum Research, College of Petroleum Engineering & Geoscience, KFUPM.

Educational Qualification

  • M.S., Physics of Materials, Physics department, College of Science, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University (IAU), KSA-Dammam
  • B.S., Physics, College of Science, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University (IAU), KSA-Dammam

Research Interests

  • Molecular Dynamics Simulations with GROMACS 
Saud
Tel: +966 (013) 860-2761
Fax: +966 (013) 860-3989

Location: Bldg. 15, Rm. 6126

Saud Mohammed Al-Dughaimi

Engineer II, CIPR

Saud initially joined CPG under LTSS group as an Assistant Lab coordinator. He had shown keen interest in Resistivity lab and Rock mechanics lab.

Educational Qualification

  • B.Sc., Electrical Engineering, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, 2015.

Research Interests

  • Resistivity Lab
  • Rock flooding test, with different kind of liquid and gas.
  • Rock mechanic Lab

 

 

Selected Publications

  • Muqtadir, A., Al-Dughaimi, S., & Dvorkin, J. (2020). Deformation of Granular Aggregates: Static and Dynamic Bulk Moduli. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125(1). https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB018604
  • Muqtadir, A., Al-Dughaimi, S., Ali, A. Z., Kandil, M. E., & Dvorkin, J. (2019). Acoustic Emissions During Deformation of Sandstone with Fluids. In Proceedings of 53rd U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium. New York City, NY, USA: American Rock Mechanics Association.
  • Al-Dughaimi, S., Ali, A. Z., Muqtadir, A., Kandil, M. E., & Dvorkin, J. (2019). Elastic Anisotropy in Deep Carbonate Reservoir. In Proceedings of 53rd U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium. New York City, NY, USA: American Rock Mechanics Association.
  • Muqtadir, A., Al-Dughaimi, S., Kandil, M. E., Ali, A., & Dvorkin, J. P. (2019). Elastic and Mechanical Properties of Dune Sand: Experiments and Models. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 2019JB017981. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB017981
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