Tel: +966 (013) 860-2728

Fax: +966 (013) 860-4447

Email: alshehrida@kfupm.edu.sa

Location: Bldg. 76, Rm. 2151

Dr. Dhafer A. Al Shehri

Chairman / Associate Professor, Department of Petroleum Engineering

Dr. Al Shehri is an experienced academic and industry professional with nineteen years of association with Saudi Aramco (1996–2015) and fourteen years with KFUPM starting as a Graduate Assistant (1983–89), a Lecturer (1988–94), and an Assistant Professor (1994–96) He rejoined KFUPM in 2015. He is a member of The Society of Petroleum Engineering (SPE), The Saudi Council of Engineers (SCE), The International /Saudi Association for Energy Economics (IAEE), and The Arabian Society for Human Resources Management (ASHRM).

Dr. Al Shehri is a Ph.D. Graduate in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1994 and in 2014 he secured a KFUPM Executive MBA Degree.

Educational Qualification

Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA, 1994.
Executive MBA, KFUPM, KSA, 2014.
M.Sc., (Hons.), Petroleum Engineering, KFUPM, KSA, 1987.
B.Sc., (Hons.) Petroleum Engineering, KFUPM, KSA, 1983.

Research Interests

Petroleum Production Engineering
Petroleum Reservoir Engineering and Management
Reservoir Characterization
Enhanced Oil Recovery
Petroleum Economics

Selected Publications

Papers Published in Refereed Journals

Zeeshan Tariq, Salaheldin Elkatatny*, Mohamed Mahmoud, Abdulwahab Zaki, Abdulazeez Abdulraheem, Dhafer Al-Shehri, and Mendefro Wa Belayneh “A New Look into the prediction of Static Young’s Modulus and Unconfined Compressive Strength of the Rock using Artificial Intelligence Tools”, Published; Petroleum Geoscience, September 2019 https://doi.org/10.1144/petgeo2018-126.
Mohammad Mizanur Rahman, MD Hasan Zahir, MD. Bashirul Haq, Dhafer A. Al-Shehri, A. Madhan Kumar “Corrosion Inhibition Properties of Waterborne Polyurethane/Cerium Nitrate Coatings on Mild Steel”. January 15, 2018. Coatings https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings8010034
Mohammed D. Al-Ajmi, Dhafer Al-Shehri*, Mohamed Mahmoud, Nasser M. Al-Hajri “Risk-Based Approach to Evaluate Casing Integrity in Upstream Wells.” Journal of Energy Resources Technology, July 2, 2018, Vol. 140/12 122901-1. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4040237
Bashirul Haq, Dhafer Al-Shehri, Jishan Liu, Keyu Liu. “Study of Phase Behavior and Ionic Effect of Green Surfactants in Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery” AJ17202. Published. May 28, 2018. The APPEA Journal (58)1 84-93. https://doi.org/10.1071/AJ17202
Dhafer Al-Shehri “Oil and Gas Wells Enhanced Wellbore Casing Integrity Management Through Corrosion Rate Prediction Using Augmented Intelligent Approach”. Manuscript no. 416869. Published. , February 4, 2019 Sustainability Volume 11 Issue 3. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11030818

Extended Publications (+)

Papers Published in Refereed Journals

Bashirul Haq, Jishan Liu, Keyu Liu, Esmile Malaki, Dhafer Al-Shehri, “Modification of Eclipse Simulator for Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery” Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology. Published February 22, 2019 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13202-019-0608-y
A. Al Shehri*, M. Mahmoud, O.S. Alade “Investigation of Effect of Silica Nanoparticles on the Rheological Characteristics of Water-in-Heavy Oil Emulsion”. Manuscript no. PETROSCI-2018-0532.R1. Published online. June 4, 2019 Petroleum Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12182-019-0330-x
S. Alade, D.A. Al-Shehri*, M. Mahmoud, K. Sasaki and Y. Sugai, 2019. “Evaluation of Laminar Flow of Surfactant-Stabilized Bitumen-in-Water Emulsion in Pipe using Computational Fluid Dynamics: Effects of Water content and Salinity”. Journal of Dispersion Science & Technology. Published. May 16, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1080/01932691.2019.1614046
Mohammad Al Kadem Saudi Aramco, Dhafer Al-Shehri, Mohamed Mahmoud, Rahul Gajbhiye “Holistic Evaluation of Water Cut in High GOR Wells for Better Production Management” Accepted by Saudi Aramco Journal of Technology spring issue 2019
Olalekan S. Alade, Dhafer Al-Shehri*, Mohamed Mahmoud*, Amjed Hassan, Ayman Al Nakhli, and Mohammed Bataweel, “Evaluation of Kinetics and Energetics of Thermochemical Fluids for Enhanced Recovery of Heavy Oil and Liquid Condensate Recovery” Published: Energy & Fuels 2019, 33, 6, 5538-5543 Publication date: April 30, 2019 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.9b00681
Olalekan Alade, Dhafer Al Shehri *, Mohamed Mahmoud*, Kyuro Sasaki “Viscosity-Temperature-Pressure Relationship of Extra-Heavy Oil (Bitumen): Empirical Modelling versus Artificial Neural Network (ANN)” Energies. Manuscript ID no. 505830 – energies. Published: 21 June 2019; https://doi.org/10.3390/en12122390
Ahmed Homoud, Dhafer Al-Shehri, Rahul Gajbhiye “Transient Wellbore Pressure Build-up Correlation helps Engineers to ensure HIPPS Safe operations” August 7, 2019 SPE-199342-PA. SPE Productions and Operations.
Amjed M. Hassan, Mohamed A. Mahmoud *, Abdulaziz A. Al-Majed, Dhafer Al-Shehri, Ayman R. Al-Nakhli, Mohammed A. Bataweel “Gas Production from Gas Condensate Reservoirs Using Environmentally Friendly Chemicals” May 18, 2019 Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11102838
Tamer Moussa, Mohamed Mahmoud, Esmail M. A. Mokheimer, Dhafer Al-Shehri, Shirish Patil “Heavy Oil Recovery using in-situ steam generated by Thermochemicals: A Feasibility Study” Journal of Energy Resources Technology. Published: June 20, 2019 https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4043862
Olalekan Alade, Dhafer Al-Shehri*, Mohamed Mahmoud*, Ayman Al-Nakhli, Mohammed Bataweel, Saheed Ganiyu. “Kinetics of Thermal Degradation of Tar in the Presence of Air and Nitrogen Gas” September 11, 2019 Energy & Fuels. Manuscript ID: ef-2019-02394y. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.9b02394

Papers Published in Conference Proceedings

S. Kadem, Dhafer Al-Shehri, Mohammad S. Al Dabbous, Ali S. Al-Mashhad, Hassan A. Al-Sadah “Real-time Estimation of Flow Rate in Dry Gas Wells – a New Field” SPE SPE-KSA-132-MS Presented at SPE Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Annual Technical Symposium and Exhibition held in Khobar, Saudi Arabia. 25-28 April 2016. https://doi.org/10.2118/182754-MS
Mohammed D. Al-Ajmi, Dhafer Al-Shehri, Nasser M. Al-Hajri, Abdullrahman T. Mishkes, Muhammad A. Al-Hajri, “Risk Based Statistical Approach to Predict Casing Leaks” SPE Paper 183948 presented in MEOS 2017, 6-9 May 2017, Bahrain. https://doi.org/10.2118/183948-MS
Zeeshan Tariq, Dhafer Al-Shehri, Salaheldin Elkatatny*, Mohamed Mahmoud, Abdulwhab Zaki, Abdulazeez Abdulraheem, and Mendefro Wa Belayneh “A New Look into the prediction of Static Young’s Modulus and Unconfined Compressive Strength of the Rock using Artificial Intelligence Tools”, Published; Petroleum Geoscience, September 2019 https://doi.org/10.1144/petgeo2018-126
Mohammed Eliebid, Dhafer Al-Shehri, Mohamed Mahmoud, Reyad Shawabkeh, Abdullah Sultan, Mohamed Abouelresh, , King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, “Effect of Temperature and CO2 Content on the Natural Gas Production from Shale Gas Reservoirs” SPE-KSA-8466-MS presented in SPE Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Annual Technical Symposium and Exhibition held in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, 24–27 April 2017. https://doi.org/10.2118/188025-MS
Mohammed Eliebid, Dhafer Al-Shehri, Salaheldin Elkatatny,Mohammed Mahmoud, Mohamed Abouelresh, Reyad Shawabkeh. March 2018. “Temperature Impact on Adsorption Contribution to Sequestration of CO2 in Immature Shale Formations in Saudi Arabia”. SPE-KSA-558-MS presented in SPE-KSA Annual Technical Symposium & Exhibition (ATS&E) held in Dammam, 23-26 April 2018. https://doi.org/10.2118/192357-MS
Mahmoud Nader Elzenary, Dhafer Al-Shehri, Khaled Z. Abdelgawad, Abdulazeez Abdulraheem, Mohamed Mahmoud, Salaheldin Elkatatny, All SPE Members. March 2018. “New Technology to Evaluate Circulating Density While Drilling Using Artificial Intelligence” SPE-KSA-110373-MS presented in SPE-KSA Annual Technical Symposium & Exhibition (ATS&E) held in Dammam, 23-26 April 2018. https://doi.org/10.2118/192282-MS
Mahmoud Nader Elzenary, Dhafer Al-Shehri, Khaled Z. Abdelgawad, Mohamed Mahmoud, Salaheldin Elkatatny KFUPM, Mahmoud Abughaban Saudi Aramco All SPE Members. March 2018. “Drilling with Advanced Rotary Steerable System; Case study” SPE-KSA-110373-MS presented in SPE-KSA Annual Technical Symposium & Exhibition (ATS&E) held in Dammam, 23-26 April 2018.
Khalid H. Al Zani, Dhafer Al-Shehri, Salaheldin Elkatatny, Abdulaziz Abdulraheem, Mohamed Mahmoud KFUPM, March 2018. “Real Time Prediction of the Rheological Properties of Oil-Based Drilling fluids Using Artificial Neural Networks” SPE-192199-MS presented in SPE-KSA Annual Technical Symposium & Exhibition (ATS&E) held in Dammam, 23-26 April 2018. https://doi.org/10.2118/192199-MS
MD Bashirul Haq, Dhafer Al-Shehri, Mohammad Mizanur Rahman, Mohamed Said Elsahat Mohammed, Yee-kwong Leong, UWA March 2018. “Acrylate Modified Xanthan Gum for EOR Application” Paper number: 117 presented in Chemical Engineering in Australia (CHEMECA 2018) held in Queenstown New Zealand , 30 September – 03 October 2018
MD Bashirul Haq, Dhafer Al-Shehri, Mohammad Mizanur Rahman, Mohamed Said Elsahat Mohammed, Lionel Talley Fogang, Moaz Abdelkader Abdelwahib Hiba, Moustafa Taha Moustafa Aly, KFUPM, Yee-kwong Leong, UWA March 2018. “Xanthan Gum/Poly (Vinyl Alcohol) Polymer Solution: A Promising Blend for Temperature-Resistant and Salt-Tolerant Enhanced Oil Recovery Processes” Paper number: 62 presented in Chemical Engineering in Australia (CHEMECA 2018) held in Queenstown New Zealand , 30 September – 03 October 2018
Abdulraheem, A., Al-Shehri, D.A, Mahmoud, M. A. “On Utilizing Functional Network to Develop Mathematical Model for Poisson’s Ratio Determination” ARMA-2018–744 presented at the 52nd US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium held in Seattle, Washington, USA, 17–20 June 2018. https://www.onepetro.org/conference-paper/ARMA-2018-744
Zeeshan Tariq, Dhafer Al-Shehri, Mohamed Mahmoud, Najmudeen Sibaweihi, Ahmed Sadeed, M. Enamul Hossain; “A Stochastic Optimization Approach for Profit Maximization Using AlkalineSurfactant-Polymer Flooding in Complex Reservoirs” SPE-KSA-110373-MS presented in SPE-KSA Annual Technical Symposium & Exhibition (ATS&E) held in Dammam, 23-26 April 2018. https://doi.org/10.2118/192243-MS
Zeeshan Tariq, Dhafer Al-Shehri, Mohamed Mahmoud, Abdulazeez Abdulraheem, Muhammad Rasheed Khan and Aneeq Nasir Janjua; “An Intelligent Solution to Forecast Pressure Drop in a Vertical Well Having Multiphase Flow Using Functional Network Technique” SPE-195656-MS accepted in PAPG/SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held in Islamabad Pakistan , 10-12 December 2018. https://doi.org/10.2118/195656-MS
MD Bashirul Haq, Dhafer Al-Shehri, MD Abdul Aziz, Abbas Saeed Hakeem, Yazan Ghassan Musa Mheibesh, Mohammed Ameen Ahmed Qasem “Date-leaf Carbon Micro-Nanostructured Particles (DLCMNPs) For Enhance Oil Recovery” SPE-194789-MS accepted in 21st SPE Middle East Oil & Gas Show and Conference (MEOS) held in Bahrain , 18-21, March 2019 https://doi.org/10.2118/194789-MS
Shabab H. AlOtaibi, Yildiray Cinar, Saudi Aramco Dhafer Al-Shehri, KFUPM; “Analysis of Water/Oil Ratio in Complex Carbonate Reservoirs under Water-Flood” SPE-194982-MS presented at the SPE Middle East Oil & Gas Show and Conference (MEOS) to be held in Bahrain , 18-21, March 2019 https://doi.org/10.2118/194982-MS
S. Alade, D. Al-Shehri, M. Mahmoud, K. Sasaki, Y. Sugai; “Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Evaluation of Laminar Flow of Bitumen-in-Water Emulsion Stabilized by Poly Vinyl Alcohol (PVA): Effects of Salinity and Water Cut” SPE-194778-MS presented at the SPE Middle East Oil & Gas Show and Conference (MEOS) to be held in Bahrain , 18-21, March 2019. https://doi.org/10.2118/194778-MS
Ahmed A. Al-Sulaiman, Krinis Dimitrios, Saudi Aramco, Dhafer Al-Shehri “Influence of Surface Choke on Water Cut and Flow Profile in Horizontal Wellbores Intersecting Fractures and Super-Ks” SPE-194960-MS presented at the SPE Middle East Oil & Gas Show and Conference (MEOS) to be held in Bahrain , 18-21, March 2019. https://doi.org/10.2118/194960-MS
Al-Shehri, D.A., Haq, B., “A Novel Approach in Gas Well Performance Monitoring and Forecasting using Modified Decline curve Analysis “ Paper number: IPTC-20322 for presentation at the 12th International Petroleum Technology Conference and Exhibition (IPTC) to be on held 13-15 January 2020 in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Al-Shehri, D.A., Opoku, D. “Holistic Approach to Estimate Water breakthrough; a Case Study” 4th Kuwait Oil & Gas Conference and Show. October 13-16, 2019. SPE-198143-MS http://e.ctt.bz/e.asp?e=616E61D6-AB13-415C-94AC-CD9084E31E17
Al-Shehri, D.A., “Comprehensive Evaluation Of Water Breakthrough With A Novel Method To Estimate Water Production” Paper number: SPE-198643-MS to be presented at the Gas & Oil Technology Showcase and Conference to be on held 21-23 October 2019 in Dubai, UAE.
Haq, MD Bashirul, Al-Shehri, Dhafer, Hasan Zahidul, Mohammed Isah, 2019 “A New Mathematical Workflow to Predict Permeability Variation Using Flowing Gas Material Balance” Paper number: OTC-30454-MS for presentation as a Knowledge Sharing Electronic Poster (ePoster) at the Offshore Technology Conference Asia to be on held March 24-27, 2020 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tariq, Z., Mahmoud, Al-Shehri, D.,, Abdulraheem, A. , Al-Nakhil, A., Bataweel, M., Murtaza, M., 2019 “A Novel and Environmentally Friendly Approach to Reduce the Breakdown Pressure of Unconventional Rocks using Cyclic Injection Scheme” SPE-197595-MS for presentation at the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Conference and Exhibition to be held on November 11-14, 2019 in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Tariq, Z., Al-Shehri, D., Mahmoud, M., Abdulraheem, A. , Al-Nakhil, A., Bataweel, M.,2019 “A Novel Thermochemical Fracturing Approach to Reduce the Fracture Pressure of High Strength Rocks” SPE-197593-MS for presentation at the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Conference and Exhibition to be held on November 11-14, 2019 in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Tariq, Z., Al-Shehri, D., Mahmoud, M., Abdulraheem, A. , Al-Nakhil, A., Bataweel, M.,2019 “An Experimental Evaluation of Thermochemical Fracturing in Layered Formations” SPE-MS for presentation at the SPE/APG Annual Technical Conference to be held on November 18-20, 2019 in Islamabad, Pakistan

Membership and Association with Professional Groups

Society of Petroleum Engineering.
Saudi Council of Engineers (SCE).
International/Saudi Association for Energy Economics (IAEE/ SAEE).
Arabian Society for Human Resource Management (ASHRM).
Society of Petro-physicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA).
Reviewer for Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology.
Reviewer for Taif University Deanship of Scientific Research.

Awards & Honors

2019 recipient of International Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Distinguished Membership Award.
2018 Executive Board Member of the International Petroleum Engineering Department Heads Association (PEDHA)
18 years of Distinguished Service award with Saudi Aramco

Tel: +966 (013) 860-2305

Fax: +966 (013) 860-4447

Email: patil@kfupm.edu.sa

Location: Bldg. 76, Rm. 2173

Dr. Shirish Patil

Saudi Aramco Chair Professor, Department of Petroleum Engineering

Saudi Aramco Chair Professor in Department of Petroleum Engineering at KFUPM. He has over thirty five years of experience in PVT and phase behavior, miscible/immiscible displacement, EOR, Methane Hydrates, and other research areas. He served as Director of the Petroleum Development Laboratory at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and serves on numerous boards and societies. Recipient of numerous awards and recognitions, he is 2012 Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Distinguished Member.

Educational Qualification

B.E. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pune, Pune, India.
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
M.S. in Petroleum Engineering.
M.S. in Engineering Management.
Ph.D. in Mineral Resources Engineering from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska, USA.

Research Interests

Shirish has over 30 year’s research experience in the areas of PVT/phase behavior, miscible/immiscible displacement, Methane Hydrates, and GTL transportation studies. He has managed/co-managed several U.S. Department of Energy grants and other projects with international oil companies. He has been PI or Co-PI of over 20 successfully completed projects. His H-Index score is 15 and he has authored or co-authored over 95 technical papers, 1 book chapter, 5 edited proceedings and over 50 conference presentations and technical reports.

Selected Publications

Hrishikesk Joshi, Shirish Patil, Abhijit Dandekar, and Santanu Khataniar, “Reservoir Screening for EOR Potential for Western North Slope, Alaska”. 2015
Agbalaka, C.C., Dandekar, A.Y., Patil, S.L., Khataniar, S. and Hemsath, J.R.: Coreflooding Studies to Evaluate the Impact of Salinity and Wettability on Oil Recovery Efficiency. 2009
Raut, B., Patil, S.L., Dandekar, A.Y., Fisk, R., Maclean, B. and Hice, V.: “Comparative Study of Compositional Viscosity Prediction Models for Medium-Heavy Oils”. 2008
Andrew Johnson, Shirish Patil and Abhijit Dandekar, “Measurement and modeling of gas-water relative permeability, Mount Elbert gas hydrate well, Alaska North Slope”. 2011.
Matthew R. Walsh, Steve H. Hancock, Scott J. Wilson, Shirish L. Patil, George J. Moridis, Ray Boswell, Timothy S. Collett, Carolyn A. Koh and E. Dendy Sloan, “Preliminary report on the commercial viability of gas production from natural gas hydrates”. 2009

Awards & Honors

Shirish is a Distinguished Member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and serves as a Commissioner on the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of ABET. He received the UAF Distinguished Alumnus award in 2010. Recipient of the SPE Western North America Service award (2006) and SPE Western North America Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering faculty (2014), Shirish has also received “Outstanding Faculty Award” more than nine times during his 29 year tenure at UAF. Shirish was the recipient of the Alaska Engineer of the Year (2005) award (from all engineering societies). He received UAF’s highest service award, the Emil Usibelli Distinguished Service award in 2007. Shirish was appointed as State of Alaska representative in the US Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission by Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski in 2005, which he served for more than 10 years.

Tel: +966 (013) 860-2699

Fax: +966 (013) 860-4447

Email: skhamsin@kfupm.edu.sa

Location: Bldg. 76, Rm. 2165

Dr. Sidqi A. Abu-Khamsin

Adjunct Professor, Department of Petroleum Engineering

Dr. Abu-Khamsin joined the Department of Petroleum Engineering, KFUPM, in 1984 and is currently an adjunct professor. He assumed chairmanship of the Department during 2004 – 2010. He is the petroleum-engineering editor for the Arabian Journal for Science & Engineering, a member of KFUPM’s Scientific Council, and a member of the Council of the College of Petroleum Engineering & Geosciences.

Educational Qualification

Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, Stanford University, USA, 1984.
M.Sc., Chemical Engineering, KFUPM, KSA, 1978.
B.Sc., First Honors, Chemical Engineering, KFUPM, KSA, 1975.

Research Interests

Reservoir engineering and Enhanced Oil Recovery.

Selected Publications

Alqam, M.H., Abu-Khamsin, S.A., Sultan, A.S., Okasha, T.M., and Yildiz, H.O.: “Effect of Rock Mineralogy and Oil Composition on Wettability Alteration and Interfacial Tension by Brine and Carbonated Water,” Energy & Fuels, 33:3, March 2019, pp. 1983-1989.
Al-Hajri, N.M., Abu-Khamsin, S.A., and Al-Ajmi, M.D.: “Estimating the static bottom-hole pressure of gas wells by top node calculation using apparent molecular weight profiling,” The Arabian Journal for Science & Engineering, 44:6, June 2019, pp. 6155 – 6165.
Arif, M., Abu-Khamsin, S.A., and Iglauer, S.: “Wettability of Rock/CO₂/brine and Rock/oil/CO₂-enriched-brine systems: Critical Parametric Analysis and Future Outlook,” Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 268, June 2019, pp. 91-113.
Aljawad, M.S., Alafnan, S.F., and Abu-Khamsin, S.A.: “Artificial Lift and Mobility Enhancement of Heavy Oil Reservoirs Utilizing a Renewable Energy Powered Heating Element,” ACS Omega, 4, Nov. 2019, pp. 20048-20058.
Arif, M., Abu-Khamsin, S.A., Zhang, Y., and Iglauer, S.: “Experimental investigation of carbonate wettability as a function of mineralogical and thermo-physical conditions,” Fuel, 264, March 2020, 116846.

Awards & Honors

Distinguished Membership Award, Society of Petroleum Engineers International, 2017.
Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty (Middle East Region), Society of Petroleum Engineers International, 2014.
King Abdul-Aziz Order Medal of the First Degree, The Royal Court, KSA, 2004.
Distinguished Teaching Award, College of Engineering Sciences, KFUPM, 1996, 2015.
Distinguished Achievements Award, Department of Petroleum Engineering, KFUPM, 1998-1999.

Email: salneaim@kfupm.edu.sa

Location: Bldg. 76, Rm. 2143

Dr. Sami Alnuaim

Adjunct Faculty, Department of Petroleum Engineering

Dr. Sami Al Nuaim is the 2019 SPE President. He has been with Saudi Aramco for 35 years, where he has worked in reservoir engineering, production engineering, research and development, and at the upstream computer center, leading information technology support for all upstream operations, including drilling, production, reservoir engineering, and facility design. He has a long history of service to SPE and has won several local, regional, and international awards. Dr. Al Nuaim obtained BS and MS degrees from King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals, and a PhD degree from the University of Texas at Austin, all in petroleum engineering. He completed the Wharton Advanced Management Program at the University of Pennsylvania and the Advanced Asian Business and Culture Program at Pennsylvania State University. Dr Alnuaim has been teaching at KFUPM since 2007. His current research focus areas are Well Productivity/Performance, Intelligent Field and Smart Wells and Energy Sustainability including the Economic, Social and Environmental challenges.

Educational Qualification

Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering – The University of Texas at Austin – 1995

Tel: +966 (013) 860-2524

Fax: +966 (013) 860-4447

Email: mmahmoud@kfupm.edu.sa

Location: Bldg. 76, Rm. 2135

Dr. Mohamed Mahmoud

Professor, Department of Petroleum Engineering

Dr. Mahmoud is a Professor at The Department of Petroleum Engineering. He joined KFUPM as an Assistant Professor in September 2011. Prior that he was working as an application scientist at AkzoNobel, Chicago, USA. From 2004-08 he worked as a Petroleum Engineer at Belayim Petroleum Co. in Egypt. During the period from 2001-04, he was a drilling engineer at Magawish Petroleum Co., Egypt. His Research interests are varied and covering subjects including Well simulation, enhanced oil recovery and multiphase flow in vertical and horizontal wells.

He is a Ph.D. Graduate in Petroleum Engineering from the Texas A&M University 2011. Prior to that, Mohamed undertook his M.Sc. Degree in Petroleum Engineering in Egypt in 2005.

Educational Qualification

Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University, USA, 2011.
M.S., Petroleum Engineering, Egypt, 2005.
B.S., Petroleum Engineering, Egypt, 2001.

Research Interests

Well stimulation, formation damage, enhanced oil recovery, drilling fluids, modeling of hole cleaning during drilling deviated and horizontal wells, and multiphase flow in vertical and horizontal wells.

Selected Publications

Tariq, Z., Mahmoud, M.*, Abdulraheem, A., Al-Nakhli, A., and BaTaweel, M. 2020. An Experimental Study to Reduce the Breakdown Pressure of the Unconventional Carbonate Rock by Cyclic Injection of Thermochemicals Fluids. Accepted, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. IF. 3.1, Q1.
Tariq, Z., Mahmoud, M., Abdulraheem, A. 2020. An Intelligent data-driven Model for Dean-Stark Water Saturation Prediction in Carbonate Rocks. Accepted, NCAA-D-19-01467, in Neural Computing and Applications. IF 4.66, Q1 Journal.
Elsayed, M., Mahmoud, M.*, El-Husseiny, A., Kamal, M.S., Al-Garadi, K. 2020. A New Method to Evaluate Reaction Kinetics of Acids with Carbonate Rocks Using NMR Diffusion Measurements. Accepted, Energy and Fuels. IF 3.02, Q1 journal.
Lawal, L., Olayiwola, T., Abdel-Azeim, S., Mahmoud, M.*, Onawole, A., Kamal, M. 2020. Molecular Simulation of Kerogen-Water Interaction: Theoretical Insights into Maturity. Accepted, Journal of Molecular Liquids, IF 4.561, Q1.
Alade, A.S., Hamdy, M., Mahmoud, M.*, Al Shehri, D., Mokheimer, E., Patil1, S., Al-Nakhli, A. 2020. A Preliminary Assessment of Thermochemical Fluid for Heavy Oil Recovery. Accepted, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. IF. 3.1, Q1.
Mahmoud, M.*, Alade, O.S., Hamdy, M., Patil, S., Mokheimer, E.M. 2019. In Situ Steam and Nitrogen Gas Generation by Thermochemical Fluid Injection: A New Approach for heavy Oil Recovery. Accepted, Energy Conversion and Management. IF 7.18 Q1 Journal.

Awards & Honors

First Winner in SPE Paper Contest Award, Egyptian Section, 2001.
Best Paper Award for SPE Young Professional at the ATCE 2009, New Orleans Louisiana, USA. 2009.
Best Paper Award for SPE Young Professional at the ATCE 2011, Colorado, Denver, USA, 2011.
Distinguished Teaching Award, KFUPM, KSA, 2016.

Tel: +966 (013) 860-8489

Fax: +966 (013) 860-4447

Email: elkatatny@kfupm.edu.sa

Location: Bldg. 76, Rm. 2149

Dr. Salaheldin M. Elkatatny

Professor, Department of Petroleum Engineering

Dr. Elkatatny is a Professor at the Department of Petroleum Engineering, KFUPM. He joined KFUPM as an Assistant Professor in January 2015. He worked as a Senior Geo-mechanical Engineer at Advantek International Co. for four years. He was employed by Suco Oil Co. as a Drilling Engineer for one year. He received his Ph.D. in the Petroleum Engineering Department at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from the Petroleum Engineering Department at Cairo University, Egypt. His research group focuses on drilling fluid optimization, filter cake removal, oil-well cementing, application of artificial intelligence and machine learning in petroleum engineering, and geomechanics. Dr. Elkatatny established state of the art labs such as Drilling Fluid Research Lab, Cementing Research Lab, Well Control Simulator and Two Advanced Drilling Simulators. Dr. Elkatatny published many journal papers (more than 160), conference papers (more than 170) and more than 37 U.S. patents. Dr. Elkatatny is working as Associate Editor for Journal of Energy Resources Technology and also for Arabian Journal for Geosciences. He is working as a technical editor for more than 20 journals.

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Educational Qualification

Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University, USA, 2013.
M.S., Petroleum Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt, 2009.
B.S., Petroleum Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt, 2005.

Research Interests

Drilling Fluid Optimization
Wellbore Clean-up
Oil-Well Cementing
Application of Artificial Intelligence in Petroleum engineering
Geomechanics

Selected Publications

Gowida, A., Elkatatny, S.M., Gamal, H., “Unconfined Compressive Strength (UCS) Prediction in Real-Time While Drilling Using Artificial Intelligence Tools”, Neural Computing and Applications, 2021. (Q1), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-020-05546-7
Siddig, O., Mahmoud, A., Elkatatny, S.M., Soupios, P., “Utilization of Artificial Neural Network in Predicting the Total Organic Carbon in Devonian Shale Using the Conventional Well Logs and the Spectral Gamma-Ray”, Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience, 2021. (Q1), https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/2486046
Muhammed, N., Olayiwola, T., and Elkatatny, S.M., “A review on clay chemistry, characterization and shale inhibitors for water-based drilling fluids”, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2021. (Q1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2021.109043
Muhammed, N., Olayiwola, T., Elkatatny, S.M., Haq, B., Patil, S., “Insights into the Application of Surfactants and Nanomaterials as Shale Inhibitors for Water-based Drilling Fluid: A Review”, Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 2021. (Q1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2021.103987
Adjei, S., Elkatatny, S.M., Sarmah, P., Abdelfattah, A., “Evaluation of calcined Saudi calcium bentonite as cement replacement in low-density oil-well cement system”, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2021. (Q1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2021.108901
Bageri, B., Ahmed, A., Aljaberi, J., Elkatatny, S.M., Patil, S., “Effect of Perlite Particles on the Properties of Oil-Well Class G Cement”, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2021. Q1, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2021.108344

Research Profile:

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Publications & Patents:

Granted Patents

Mahmoud, M., and Elkatatny, S.M., “Composition and method for removing oil-based filter cake”, US 10844278 B2, 2020.
Fadhel, R. and Elkatatny, S.M., “System, apparatus, and method for determining characteristics of rock samples”, US 10845293 B2. 2020.
Elkatatny, S.M., Shawabkeh, R., and Mahmoud, M. 2019. Method for drilling a wellbore with a weighted hydrogen sulfide scavenger fluid. US 10501676 B2.
Elkatatny, S.M., Shawabkeh, R., and Mahmoud, M. 2019. Method for drilling a hydrogen sulfide-containing formation. US 10,479,919.
Mahmoud, M., Elkatatny, S.M., and Mohammad, M. 2019. Organic acid fracturing fluid composition. US10,479,930.
Mahmoud, M., Elkatatny, S.M., and Ali, A. 2019. Method for making a drilling fluid composition and fracturing a subterranean formation. US 10,457,855
Mahmoud, M., Elkatatny, S.M., and Mohammad, M. 2019. Fracturing fluid composition containing an acrylamido-tert-butylsulfonate polymer. US 10435621.
Mahmoud, M., Elkatatny, S.M., and Ali, A. 2019. Method of forming a mixture of barite particles, chelating agent and bentonite for fracturing. US 10,358,593.
Elkatatny, S.M., Shawabkeh, R., and Mahmoud, M. 2019. Method of drilling a subterranean geological formation with a drilling fluid composition comprising copper nitrate. US 10,301,524.
Mahmoud, M., Elkatatny, S.M., and Ali, A. 2019. Method of fracturing a subterranean formation using micronized barite particles. US 10,179,874.
Mahmoud, M., Elkatatny, S. M., and Mohammad, M. 2018. Saltwater-based fracturing fluid. US 10,125,308.
Mahmoud, M., Elkatatny, S.M., and Mohammad, M. 2018. Glutamic diacetic acid-containing aqueous fluid composition. US 10, 119, 066 B1.
Mahmoud, M., Elkatatny, S.M., and Mohammad, M. 2018. Fracturing Fluid Composition and a Method of Fracturing a Subterranean Formation Using the Same. US 10047278 B1.
Elkatatny, S.M., and Mahmoud, M. 2017. Method for evaluating the effectiveness of matrix acidizing in a subterranean formation. US 9810063 B2.

Published Patent

Elkatatny, S.M., Mahmoud, M., Sultan, A., “Method of removing calcium-containing water-based filter cake using a biodegradable acid solution”, US Patent US 2021/0207020, 2021
Elkatatny, S.M., Mahmoud, M., Gamal, H., Sultan, A., “Method of removing iron-containing scale from a wellbore, pipe, or surface using a biodegradable descaler solution”, US Patent 20210207019A1, 2021
Elkatatny, S.M., Mohamed, A., Basfer”., S., “Method of removing calcium carbonate-containing oil-based filter cake using a biodegradable acid solution”, US Patent 20210222050 A1,
Elkatatny, S.M., “Weighted Drilling Fluid Containing Organophilic Phyllosilicate”, US 20210054255 A1, 2021.
Elkatatny, S.M., Mahmoud, A., Ahmed, A., “Cement compositions containing phyllosilicate and methods of use,” US 20210017083 A1,
Bageri, B., Mahmoud, M., Elkatatny, S.M., Patil, S., “Iron control composition, make, and use in carbonate stimulation”, US 20200332178 A1,
Mohamed A., Elkatatny, S.M., Mahmoud, M., “Water-based drilling, completion, and workover fluid composition with reduced barite sagging”, US 20200317981 A1,
Mahmoud, M., and Elkatatny, S.M., “Method of Removing Oil-Based Barite Filter Cake,” US 20200131432 A1, 2020.
Mohamed A., Mahmoud, M., Elkatatny, S.M., and Sultan, A., “Method of Producing Sodium Bentonite,” US 20200102226 A1, 2020
Mahmoud, M., and Elkatatny, S.M., “ Method for Removing Iron Sulfide and Calcium Carbonate Scale,” US 20200087568 A1, 2020
Elkatatny, S.M. Fadhel, R., and Mehibish, Y. 2019. Automated March Funnel for Oil and Gas Field Operations. US2019 /0323935 A1,
Elkatatny, S.M., and Mahmoud, M. 2019. Method of drilling a subterranean geological formation. US20190270925A1
Elkatatny, S.M., Shawabkeh, R., and Mahmoud, M. 2019. Method for Drilling A Wellbore with A Weighted Hydrogen Sulfide Scavenger Fluid. US 2019 /0218442A1.
Elkatatny, S.M., Shawabkeh, R., and Mahmoud, M. 2019. Method for drilling a hydrogen Sulfide-containing formation. US 2019 /0218441A1.
Fadhel, R. and Elkatatny, S.M. 2019. System, apparatus, and method for determing characteristics of rock samples. US 162644A1.
Mahmoud, M., and Elkatatny, S. M., and Ali, A. 2019. Method of Forming a Mixture of Barite Particles, Chelating Agent and Bentonite for Fracturing. US 2019/0119562A1.
Mahmoud, M., and Elkatatny, S. M., and Ali, A. 2019. Method for Making a Drilling Fluid Composition and Fracturing a Subterranean Formation. US 2019/0119561A1.
Elkatatny, S.M., Shawabkeh, R., and Mahmoud, M. 2019. Method of drilling a subterranean geological formation with a drilling fluid composition comprising copper nitrate. US 2019 /0100684A1.
Mahmoud, M., Elkatatny, S. M., and Mohammad, M. 2019. Fracturing fluid composition containing an acrylamido-tert-butylsulfonate polymer. US 2019 / 0055463A1.
Mahmoud, M., and Elkatatny, S. M., and Ali, A. 2019. Method of Producing Micronized Barite Particles. US 2019 /0023976A1.
Mahmoud, M., Elkatatny, S. M., and Mohammad, M. 2019. Organic acid Fracturing Fluid Composition. US20190016945A1.
Mahmoud, M., and Elkatatny, S. M. 2019. Composition and Method for Removing Oil – Based Filter Cake. US 2019/0016947A1.
Elkatatny, S. M., and Mahmoud, M. 2017. Method for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Matrix Acidizing in a Subterranean Formation. US2017/0138190A1
Mahmoud, M., and Elkatatny, S. M., and Ali, A. 2017. Method of Fracturing a Subterranean Formation Using Micronized Barite Particles. US 2017/0190955A1.
Al-Moajil, A., Elkatatny, S. M., and Nasr-El-Din, H. 2014. New Environmentally Friendly Fluid to Remove Mn₃O₄ Filter Cake. WO 2014/062992 Al.
Nasr-El-Din, H., De Wolf, C., and Elkatatny, S. M. 2013. One Step Process to Remove Filter Cake and Treat a Subterranean Formation with a Chelating Agent. WO 2013/160334 Al.

Publication:

2021

Ahmed, A., Basfar, S., Sollin, T., and Elkatatny, S.M., Prevention of Hematite Settling in Water-Based Mud at High-Pressure and High-Temperature”, ACS Omega. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.1c03818
Adjei, S., Elkatatny, S.M., Sarmah, P., Chinea, C., “Investigation of Dehydroxylated Sodium Bentonite as a Pozzolanic Extender in Oil-Well Cement”, SPE Drilling & Completion, 2021. https://doi.org/10.2118/205487-PA
Alsaihati, A., Elkatatny, S.M., “Real-Time Prediction of Acoustic Velocities while Drilling Vertical Complex Lithology Using AI Technique”, Petrophysicists, 2021. https://doi.org/10.30632/PJV62N3-2021a2
Ibrahim, A., Al Dhaif, R., Elkatatny, S.M., and Al Shehri, D., “Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Predict Oil Rate for High Gas Oil Ratio and Water Cut Wells”, ACS Omega. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.1c01676
Ahmed, A., Basfar, S., Elkatatny, S.M., “Sagging Prevention for Hematite-Based Invert Emulsion Mud”, Journal of Energy Resources Technology, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4052181
Adjei, S., Elkatatny, S.M., “Overview of the lightweight oil-well cement mechanical properties for shallow wells”, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2020.108201
Elkatatny, S.M., “Improved Carbonation Resistance and Durability of Saudi Class G Oil Well Cement Sheath in CO2 Rich Environments Using Laponite”, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 196:107812 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2020.107812
Gowida, A., Elkatatny, S.M., Gamal, H., “Unconfined Compressive Strength (UCS) Prediction in Real-Time While Drilling Using Artificial Intelligence Tools”, Neural Computing and Applications, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-020-05546-7
Mahmoud, A., AlAbduljabar, A., Elkatatny, S.M., “Artificial neural network model for real-time prediction of the rate of penetration while horizontally drilling natural gas-bearing sandstone formations”, Arabian Journal of Geosciences. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-021-06457-0
Ahmed, A., Elkatatny, S.M., Zaki, A., “Fracture Pressure Prediction Using Surface Drilling Parameters by Artificial Intelligence Techniques” Journal of Energy Resources Technology, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4049125
Alsaihati, A., Elkatatny, S.M., Mahmoud, A., Abdulraheem, A., “Use of machine learning and data analytics to detect downhole abnormalities while drilling horizontal wells, with real case study,” Journal of Energy Resources Technology, 143(4): 043201, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4048070
Alsaihati, A., Elkatatny, S.M., Abdulraheem, A., “Real-Time Prediction of Equivalent Circulation Density for Horizontal Wells Using Intelligent Machines”, ACS Omega. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.0c05570
Gamal, H., Elkatatny, S.M., Alafnan, S., Bahgat, M., “Development of A Unique Organic Acid Solution for Removing Composite Field Scales”, ACS Omega. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.0c04335
Gamal, H., Suleymanov, V., Elkatatny, S.M., Adebayo, A., Bageri, B., “The Impact of Weighting Materials on Carbonate Pore System and Rock Characteristics”, Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.24092
Bageri, B., Ahmed, A., Aljaberi, J., Elkatatny, S.M., Patil, S., “Effect of Perlite Particles on the Properties of Oil-Well Class G Cement”, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2021.108344
Gamal, H., Bageri, B., Elkatatny, S.M., Shirish, P., “Investigating the Alteration of Sandstone Pore System and Rock Features by Role of Weighting Materials”, ACS Omega. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.0c06256
Adjei, S., Bageri, B., Elkatatny, S.M., Adebayo, A., “Effect of Perlite Particles on Barite Cement Properties”, ACS Omega. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.0c05699
Elkatatny, S.M., “Real-time prediction of rate of penetration while drilling complex lithologies using artificial intelligence techniques”. Ain Shams Engineering Journal. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asej.2020.05.014
Alsabaa, A., Gamal, H., Elkatatny, S.M., Abdulraheem, A., “New Correlations for Better Monitoring the All-Oil Mud Rheology by Employing Artificial Neural Networks”, Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flowmeasinst.2021.101914
Elkatatny, S.M., “Real-Time Prediction of the Dynamic Young’s Modulus from the Drilling Parameters Using the Artificial Neural Networks”, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-021-05465-2
Mahmoud, A., Alabduljabbar, A., Elkatatny, S.M., “Application of Machine Learning Models for Real-Time Prediction of the Formation Lithology and Tops from the Drilling Parameters”, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2021.108574
Gamal, H., Elkatatny, S.M., Adebayo, A., “Influence of Mud Filtrate on the Pore System of Different Sandstone Rocks”, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2021.108595
Ahmed, A., Elkatatny, S.M., Gamal, H., Abdulraheem, A., “Artificial Intelligence Models for Real-Time Bulk Density Prediction of Vertical Complex Lithology Using the Drilling Parameters”, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-021-05537-3
Ahmed, A., Elkatatny, S.M., Alafnan, S., “Applications of Biodiesel in Drilling Fluids”, Geofluids, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/5565897
Ahmed, A., Elkatatny, S.M., Abdulraheem, A., “Real-Time Static Poisson’s Ratio Prediction of Vertical Complex Lithology from Drilling Parameters Using Artificial Intelligence Models”, Arabian Journal of Geosciences. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-021-06833-w
Mohamed, A., Basfar, S., Elkatatny, S.M., Al-Majed, A., “Enhancement of Static and Dynamic Sag Performance of Water-Based Mud Using a Synthetic Clay”, ACS Omega. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.0c06186
Gamal, H., Al-Afnan, S., Elkatatny, S.M., Bahgat, M., “Barium Sulfate Scale Removal at Low-Temperature”, Geofluids, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/5527818
Gomaa, I., Gowida, A., Elkatatny, S.M., “The Prediction of Wellhead Pressure for Multiphase Flow of Vertical Wells Using Artificial Neural Networks”, Arabian Journal of Geosciences. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-021-07099-y
Adjei, S., Elkatatny, S.M., Sarmah, P., Abdelfattah, A., “Evaluation of calcined Saudi calcium bentonite as cement replacement in low-density oil-well cement system”, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2021.108901
Ahmed, A., Elkatatny, S.M., Alsaihati, A., “Applications of Artificial Intelligence for Static Poisson’s Ratio Prediction While Drilling”, Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/9956128
Muhammed, N., Olayiwola, T., Elkatatny, S.M., Haq, B., Patil, S., “Insights into the Application of Surfactants and Nanomaterials as Shale Inhibitors for Water-based Drilling Fluid: A Review”, Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2021.103987
Abdelaal, A., Elkatatny, S.M., Abdulraheem, A., “Data-Driven Modeling Approach for Pore Pressure Gradient Prediction while Drilling from Drilling Parameters”, ACS Omega. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.1c01340
Bageri, B., Gamal, H., Elkatatny, S.M., Patil, S., “Effect of Different Weighting Agents on Drilling Fluid and Filter Cake Properties in Sandstone Formations”, ACS Omega. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.1c02129
Alsabaa, A., and Elkatatny, S.M., “Improved Tracking of the Rheological Properties of Max-Bridge Oil-Based Mud Using Artificial Neural Networks”, ACS Omega. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.1c01230
Adjei, S., Elkatatny, S.M., Al Majid, A., “Effect of Bentonite Prehydration Time on the Stability of Lightweight Oil-Well Cement System”, Geofluids, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/9957159
Gamal, H., Alsaihati, A., Elkatatny, S.M., Abdulraheem, A., “Intelligent Prediction for Rock Porosity While Drilling Complex Lithology in Real-Time”, Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/9960478
Siddig, O., Gamal, H., Elkatatny, S.M., Abdulraheem, A., “Real-time Prediction of Poisson’s Ratio from Drilling Parameters Using Machine Learning Tools”, Scientific Report, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-92082-6
Ibrahim, A., and Elkatatny, S.M., “Real-Time GR logs Estimation While Drilling Using Surface Drilling Data; AI Application”, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-021-05854-7
Gamal, H., and Elkatatny, S.M., “Prediction Model Based on an Artificial Neural Network for Rock Porosity”, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-021-05912-0
Gamal, H., Alsaihati, A., Elkatatny, S.M., Haidary, S., Abdulraheem, A., “Rock Strength Prediction in Real-Time while Drilling Employing Random Forest and Functional Network Techniques”, Journal of Energy Resources Technology, 2021. (IF = 2.759, Q3), https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4050843
Muhammed, N., Olayiwola, T., and Elkatatny, S.M., “A review on clay chemistry, characterization and shale inhibitors for water-based drilling fluids”, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2021.109043
Osman, H., Ali, A., Mahmoud, A., Elkatatny, S.M., “Estimation of the Rate of Penetration while Horizontally Drilling Carbonate Formation Using Random Forest”, Journal of Energy Resources Technology, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4050778
Mahmoud, A., Elkatatny, S.M., ” Novel Empirical Correlation for Estimation of the Total Organic Carbon in Devonian Shale from the Spectral Gamma-Ray and Based on the Artificial Neural Networks “, Journal of Energy Resources Technology, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4050777
Siddig, O., Mahmoud, A., Elkatatny, S.M., Soupios, P., “Utilization of Artificial Neural Network in Predicting the Total Organic Carbon in Devonian Shale Using the Conventional Well Logs and the Spectral Gamma-Ray”, Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/2486046

2020

Elkatatny, S.M. Gajbhiye, R., Ahmed, A. Mahmoud, A.A., “Enhancing the Cement Quality Using Polypropylene Fibers,” Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology. 10, pages1097–1107. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13202-019-00804-4
Elkatatny, S.M., Ahmed, A., Abughaban, M., Patil, S., “Deep Illustration for Loss of Circulation while Drilling; Review Paper,” Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering. 45, pages483–499. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-019-04315-6 4
Gowida, A., Elkatatny, S.M., Al-Afnan, S., and Abdulraheem, A., “New Computational Artificial Intelligence Models for Generating Synthetic Formation Bulk Density Logs While Drilling,” Sustainability. 12(2), 686. 2020. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12020686
Mahmoud, A.A., and Elkatatny, S.M., “Improving Class G Cement Carbonation Resistance for Applications of Geologic Carbon Sequestration Using Synthetic Polypropylene Fiber,” Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering. 76: 103184. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2020.103184
Mohamed, A., Elkatatny, S.M., Al-Majed, A., “Removal of Calcium Carbonate Water-Based Filter Cake Using a Green Biodegradable Acid,” Sustainability. 12(3), 994. 2020. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12030994
Al-AbdulJabbar, A., Mahmoud, A., Elkatatny, S.M., Moussa, T., Al-Shehri, D., Abughaban, M., Al-Yami, A., “Prediction of the Rate Penetration while Drilling Horizontal Carbonate Reservoirs Using a Self-Adaptive Artificial Neural Network Technique,” Sustainability. 12(4), 1376. 2020. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12041376
Gomaa, I., Elkatatny, S.M., and Abdulraheem, A., “Real-Time Determination of Rheological Properties of High Over-Balanced Drilling Fluid Used for Drilling Ultra-Deep Gas Wells Using Artificial Neural Network,” Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering. 77, 103224. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2020.103224
Mahmoud, A., Elkatatny, S.M., Elzenary, M., “New Hybrid Hole Cleaning Model for Vertical and Deviated Wells,” Journal of Energy Resources Technology. 142(3): 034501. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4045169
Mahmoud, A., Elkatatny, S.M., Al Shehri, D., “Application of machine Learning for Evaluation of the Static Young’s Modulus for Sandstone Reservoirs,” Sustainability. 12(5), 1880. 2020. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12051880
Bageri, B. Benaafi. M., Mahmoud, M., Shirish, P. Mohamed, A., Elkatatny, S.M., “Effect of Formation Cutting’s Mechanical Properties on Drilling Fluid Properties during Drilling Operations,” Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-020-04424-7
Elkatatny, S.M., “Artificial Neural Network Models for Real-Time Prediction of the Rheological Properties of NaCl Mud. Arabian Journal of Geosciences. 13, 257. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-020-5268-1
Alsabaa, A., Gamal, G., Elkatatny, S.M., and Abdulraheem, A., “Real-Time Prediction of Rheological Properties of Invert Emulsion Mud Using Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System,” Sensors. 20(6), 1669. 2020. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20061669
Gamal, G., Elkatatny, S.M., Al Shehri, D. and Bahgat, M., “A Novel Non Corrosive Dissolver for Sulfate and Sulfide Mixture Composite Scale at Low-Temperature Conditions,” Sustainability. 12(6), 2455. 2020. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12062455
Mohamed, A., Al-Afnan, S., Elkatatny, S.M., Hussein, I., “Prevention of Barite Sag in Water-Based Drilling Fluids by A Urea-Based Additive for Drilling Deep Formations,” Sustainability, 12(7), 2719, 2020. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12072719
Elkatatny, S.M., AL-Abduljabbar, A., Abdelgawad, K., “A New Model for Predicting Rate of Penetration Using an Artificial Neural Network,” Sensors. 20(7), 2058; 2020. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20072058 (IF =, Q1).
Mohamed. A., Elkatatny, S.M., Shawabkeh, R., and Al-Majed, A., “Evaluating the Effect of Using Micronised Barite on the Properties of Water-Based Drilling Fluids,” International Journal of Oil Gas and Coal Technology. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJOGCT.2019.10023631
Siddig, O., Al-Afnan, S., Elkatatny, S.M., and Bahgat, M., “Novel Cake Washer for Removing Oil-Based Calcium Carbonate Filter Cake in Horizontal Wells,” Sustainability, 12(8), 3427, 2020. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12083427
Basfar, S., Mohamed, A., Elkatatny, S.M., “Barite-Micromax Mixture, an Enhanced Weighting Agent for the Elimination of Barite Sag in Invert Emulsion Drilling Fluids,” Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology, 10, 2427–2435, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13202-020-00892-7
Siddig, O., Mahmoud, A., Elkatatny, S.M., “A Review of Different Approaches for Water-Based Drilling Fluid Filter Cake Removal,” Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 192, 107346, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2020.107346
Gowida, A., Elkatatny, SM., Abdelgawad, A., Gajbhiye, R., “Newly Developed Correlations to Predict the Rheological Parameters of High-Bentonite Drilling Fluid Using Neural Networks,” Sensors, 20(10), 2787; https://doi.org/10.3390/s20102787
Gamal, H., Elkatatny, S.M., Abdulraheem, A., Al-Majed, A., “Exposure Time Impact on the Geomechanical Characteristics of Sandstone Formation During Horizontal Drilling. Molecules, 25(11), 2480, 2020. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25112480
AL-Abduljabbar, A., Alazani, K., and Elkatatny, S.M., “Estimation of Reservoir Porosity from Drilling Parameters Using Artificial Neural Networks,” Petrophysics. 61(3):318-330, 2020. https://doi.org/10.30632/PJV61N3-2020a5
Basfar, S., Elkatatny, S.M., “Prevention of Hematite Settling Using Synthetic Layered Silicate while Drilling High-Pressure Wells,” Arabian Journal of Geosciences. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-020-05516-2
Elkatatny, S.M., “Real-Time Prediction of Rate of Penetration in S-Shape Well Profile Using Artificial Intelligence Models”, Sensors, 20(12), 3506. 2020. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20123506
Gowida, A., and Elkatatny, S.M., “Prediction of Sonic Waves Transit-Time from Drilling Parameters while Horizontal Drilling in Carbonate Rocks Using Neural Network,” Petrophysics, 61, 5: 482 – 494, 2020. https://doi.org/10.30632/PJV61N5-2020a6
Al-AbdulJabbar, A., Gamal, H., Elkatatny, S.M., “Application of Artificial Neural Network to Predict the Rate of Penetration for S-shape Well Profile”, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 13, 784 2020. (IF = 1.141, Q4). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-020-05821-w
Hassan, A., Elkatany, S.M., and Al-Majed, A, “Coupling Rate of Penetration and Mechanical Specific Energy to Improve the Efficiency of Drilling Gas Wells”, Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 38:103558, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2020.103558
Ahmed, A., Elkatatny, S.M., Zaki, A., Abughaban, M., and Abdulraheem, A., “Application of Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Predicting the Lost Circulation Zones Using Drilling Sensors”, Journal of Sensors, 8851065, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/8851065
Ahmed, A., Mahmoud, A., Elkatatny, S.M., Gajbhiye, R., “Improving Saudi Class G Oil-Well Cement Properties Using Tire Waste Material”, ACS Omega. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.0c04270
Ahmed, A., Elkatatny, S.M., Adjei, S., Al-Majed, A. “Influence of Weighting Materials on the Properties of Oil-Well Cement”, ACS Omega. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.0c04186
Ahmed, A., Alsaihati, A., Elkatatny, S.M., “An Overview of the Common Water-Based Formulations Used for Drilling Onshore Gas Wells in The Middle East”, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-020-05107-z
Ahmed, A., Basfar, S., Elkatatny, S.M., “Stability Enhancing of Water-Based Drilling Fluid at High Pressure High Temperature”, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-020-05126-w
Adjei, S., Elkatatny, S.M., Abdelfattah, A., “New lightweight cement formulation for shallow oil and gas wells”, ACS Omega. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.0c05174
Mohamed, A., Basfar, S., Elkatatny, S.M., Bageri, B., “Impact of Perlite on the Properties and Stability of Water-Based Mud in Elevated-Temperature Applications”, ACS Omega. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.0c04853
Ahmed, A., Mahmoud, A., Elkatatny, S.M., “The Use of Granite Waste Material as an Alternative for Silica Flour in Oil-Well Cementing”, ACS Omega. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.0c04261
Ahmed, A., Basfar, S., Elkatatny, S.M., Gajbhiye, R., “Enhancing Hematite-Based Invert Emulsion Mud Stability at High-Pressure High-Temperature Wells”, ACS Omega. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.0c05068
Adjei, S., and Elkatatny, S.M., “A highlight on the application of industrial and agro wastes in cement-based materials”, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 195, 107911, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2020.107911
Mahmoud, A., Elkatatny, S.M., “Improved durability of Saudi Class G oil-well cement sheath in CO2 rich environments using olive waste”, Construction and Building Materials, 262, 120623, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.120623
Gamal, H., Elkatatny, S.M., Adebayo, A., Bageri, B., “Effect of Exposure Time on the Compressive Strength and Formation Damage of Sandstone while Drilling Horizontal Wells”, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 195, 107590, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2020.107590
Gamal, H., Elkatatny, S.M., Abdulraheem, A., “Effect of Filtrate Fluid of Water-based Mud on Sandstone Rock Strength and Elastic Moduli”, ACS Omega. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.0c05067

Conference Papers

Gamal, H., Elkatatny, S.M., and Alsabaa, A., “Generation of a Complete Profile for Porosity Log while Drilling Complex Lithology by Employing the Artificial Intelligence”, Paper will be presented at the SPE Symposium: Artificial Intelligence – Towards a Resilient and Efficient Energy Industry, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia, 18 – 19 October 2021.
Mahmoud, A.A., Elkatatny, S.M., Ali, A., Abdulraheem, A., Abouelresh, M., “New Robust Models To Evaluate The Total Organic Carbon Using Fuzzy Logic”, Paper accepted for the 14th Middle East Geosciences Conference and Exhibition, Bahrain, October, 4 – 7, 2021.
Mahmoud, A.A., Al-AbdulJabbar, A., Elkatatny, S.M., “Application of Machine Learning Models for Real-Time Prediction of the Formations Lithology and Top from the Drilling Parameters”, Paper accepted for the international conference on Oil & Gas Engineering and Technology, Kuching, Malaysia, July 13 -15, 2021.
Abelaal, A., and Elkatatny, S.M., Abdulraheem, A., “Real-Time Formation Pressure Prediction While Drilling from Mechanical and Hydraulic Drilling Parameters Using Artificial Intelligence”, Paper ARAMA 21-1987 will be presented at the ARMA 55th US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium to be held in Houston, Texas on 20-23 June 2021.
Ahmed, A., Bageri, B., Aljaberi, J., and Elkatatny, S.M., Patil, S. “Improvement of Well Cementing Properties Using Perlite Particles”, Paper ARAMA 21-1666 will be presented at the ARMA 55th US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium to be held in Houston, Texas on 20-23 June 2021.
Ahmed, A., Mahmoud, A., and Elkatatny, S.M., Al-Majed, A., “Evaluation of Granite Waste and Silica Flour in Oil Well Cementing”, Paper ARAMA 21-1663 will be presented at the ARMA 55th US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium to be held in Houston, Texas on 20-23 June 2021.
Siddig, O., Gamal, H., and Elkatatny, S.M., Abdulraheem, A., “Novel Prediction of Poisson`s Ratio on Real-time from Drilling Parameters Using Artificial Intelligence”, Paper ARAMA 21-1664 will be presented at the ARMA 55th US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium to be held in Houston, Texas on 20-23 June 2021.
Ahmed, A., and Elkatatny, S.M., Gamal, H., Abdulraheem, A., “Bulk Density Prediction While Drilling Complex Lithology Using Functional Networks Model”, Paper ARMA 21-1668 will be presented at the ARMA 55th US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium to be held in Houston, Texas on 20-23 June 2021.
Gamal, H., Abdelaal, Al., Alsaihati, A., and Elkatatny, S.M., Abdulraheem, A., “Artificial Neural Network Model for Predicting the Equivalent Circulating Density from Drilling Parameters”, Paper ARMA 21-1916 will be presented at the ARMA 55th US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium to be held in Houston, Texas on 20-23 June 2021.
Gamal, H., Gowida, A., and Elkatatny, S.M., Abdulraheem, A., Haidary, S., “Generating the Rock Strength Profile While Drilling Complex Lithologies in real-time by Employing Artificial Neural Networks”, Paper ARMA 21-1914 will be presented at the ARMA 55th US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium to be held in Houston, Texas on 20-23 June 2021.
Gamal, H., and Elkatatny, S.M., Bageri, B., Adebayo, A., Babu, R., Hussaini, S., “Extended Exposure Time Control on Sandstone Pore System and Rock Strength While Drilling Horizontal Wells”, Paper ARMA 21-1918 will be present at the ARMA 55th US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium to be held in Houston, Texas on 20-23 June 2021.
Mahmoud, A., Gamal, H., Mutrif, O., and Elkatatny, S.M., “Real-Time Prediction of the Dynamic Young’s Modulus from the Drilling Parameters Using the Artificial Neural Networks”, Paper ARMA 21-1907 will be present at the ARMA 55th US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium to be held in Houston, Texas on 20-23 June 2021.
Mahmoud, A., Elzenary, M, El-Malki, M., and Elkatatny, S.M., Abughaban, M., “New Hybrid Hole Cleaning Model for Vertical and Deviated Wells”, Paper ARMA 21-1904 will present at the ARMA 55th US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium to be held in Houston, Texas on 20-23 June 2021.
Mahmoud, A., Elkatatny, S.M., Al Shehri, D., “Estimation of the Static Young’s Modulus for Sandstone Reservoirs Using Different Artificial Intelligence Techniques and Based on Well Logs”, Paper ARMA 21-1901 will present at the ARMA 55th US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium to be held in Houston, Texas on 20-23 June 2021.
Gamal, H., Elkatatny, S.M., Al Shehri, D., and Bahgat, M., “Dissolution of Sulfates and Sulfides Field Scales by Developed Scale Dissolver”, Paper SPE-205038-MS will be presented at the SPE International Oilfield Corrosion Conference and Exhibition, in Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom, 16-17 June 2021.
Gamal, H., Elkatatny, S.M., Al-Afnan, S., and Bahgat, M., “Toward Developing Non-Corrosive Acid System for Complex Scales Removal”, Paper IPTC-21400-MS will be presented at the International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC), 23 March-1 April 2021. Virtual.
Gamal, H., Elkatatny, S.M., Al-Afnan, S., and Bahgat, M., “Increasing ESP Lifetime by Employing Novel Non-Corrosive Acid System for Scales Removal”, Paper SPE-204405-MS will be presented at the SPE/ICoTA Well Intervention Conference & Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, USA. 23-24 March 2021.
Ahmed, A., Gowida, A., Elkatatny, S.M., Al Shehri, D., Abdulraheem, A., “Prediction of Lost Circulation Zones Using Artificial Neural Network and Functional Network”, Paper SPE-200047-MS, will be presented at Oman Petroleum & Energy Show, Muscat, Oman, 9-11 March 2021.
Mahmoud, A.A., Elkatatny, S.M., Ali, A. and Moussa, T., “A Self-adaptive Artificial Neural Network Technique to Estimate Static Young’s Modulus Based on Well Logs”, Paper SPE-200139-MS will be presented at Oman Petroleum & Energy Show, Muscat, Oman, 9-11 March 2021.https://doi.org/10.2118/203268-MS
Ahmed, A., Elkatatny, S.M., Abdulraheem, A., “Prediction of Lost Circulation Zones Using Artificial Neural Network and Functional Network”, Paper SPE-203268-MS presented at Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference, November 2020. https://doi.org/10.2118/203268-MS
Gamal, H., Elkatatny, S.M., Abdulraheem, A., “Rock Drillability Intelligent Prediction for a Complex Lithology Using Artificial Neural Network”, Paper SPE-203268-MS presented at Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference, November 2020.
Al Gharbi, S., Al-Majed, A., Abdulraheem, A., Patil, S., Elkatatny, S.M., “Using Data-Mining CRISP-DM Methodology to Predict Drilling Troubles in Real-Time”, Paper SPE-202326-MS presented at SPE Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition, November 2020. https://doi.org/10.2118/202326-MS
Basfar, S.A., Elkatatny, S.M., and Mohamed, A., “Preventing Barite Sagging Using New Synthetic Layered Silicate in HP/HT Water-Based Mud”, Paper ARMA-2020-1702 presented at the 54th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, 28 June – 1 July, 2020.
Alsabaa, A., Gamal, H.A., Elkatatny, S.M., and Abdulraheem, A., “Real-Time Prediction of Rheological Properties of All-Oil Mud Using Artificial Intelligence”, Paper ARMA-2020-1645 presented at the 54th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, 28 June – 1 July, 2020.
Mahmoud, A.A., Elkatatny, S.M., Al-AbdulJabbar, A., Moussa, T., Gamal, H., and Shehri, D.A., “Artificial Neural Networks Model for Prediction of the Rate of Penetration While Horizontally Drilling Carbonate Formations”, Paper ARMA-2020-1694 presented at the 54th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, 28 June – 1 July, 2020.
Mahmoud, A.A., Elkatatny, S.M., Alsabaa, A., and Shehri, D.A., “Functional Neural Networks-Based Model for Prediction of the Static Young’s Modulus for Sandstone Formations”, Paper ARMA-2020-1689 presented at the 54th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, 28 June – 1 July, 2020.
Gamal, H., Abdelgawad, K., Elkatatny, S.M. 2020. New Environmentally Friendly Solution for Iron Scale Removal. Paper IPTC-19800-MS presented at International Petroleum Technology Conference, Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 13-15 January.
Gowida, A., Elkatatny, S.M., Abdulraheem, A., and Shehri, D. 2020. Synthetic Well-Log Generation: New Approach to Predict Formation Bulk Density While Drilling Using Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic. Paper IPTC-19787-MS presented at International Petroleum Technology Conference, Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 13-15 January.
Ahmed, A., Elkatatny, S.M., Abdulraheem, A., Aboughaban, M. 2020. Prediction of Lost Circulation Zones using Support Vector Machine and Radial Basis Function. Paper IPTC-19628-MS presented at International Petroleum Technology Conference, Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 13-15 January.
Mahmoud, A., Elkatatny, S.M., Ali, A., Abdulraheem, A. Abouelresh, M. 2020. Estimation of the Total Organic Carbon Using Functional Neural Networks and Support Vector Machine. Paper IPTC-19659-MS presented at International Petroleum Technology Conference, Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 13-15 January.
Gowida, A., Elkatatny, S.M., Moussa, T. 2020. Comparative Analysis Between Different Artificial Based Models for Predicting Static Poisson’s Ratio of Sandstone Formations. Paper IPTC-20208-MS presented at International Petroleum Technology Conference, Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 13-15 January.
Basfar, S., Elkatatny, S.M., Al-Majed, A., and Shehri, D. 2020. Prevention of Barite Sagging for Invert Emulsion Drilling Fluid While Drilling High-Pressure High-Temperature Wells. Paper IPTC-20095-MS presented at International Petroleum Technology Conference, Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 13-15 January.

Awards & Honors

Certified Instructor for RigPass from the International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC), (2021).
Certified Instructor for Well Control from the International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC), (2020).
University Excellence in Teaching Award for the College of Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (2020).
University Excellence in Advising Award for the College of Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (2019).
Third Position in the First Stage of the Paper Contest Competition, Texas A&M (2012).
Awarded a Graduate Research Assistantship, Texas A&M University, USA, (2010).
Schlumberger Scholarship Award, (2005).
Schlumberger Distinguished Student Award, (2003).

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Email: aazeez@kfupm.edu.sa

Location: Bldg. 76, Rm. 2129

Dr. Abdulazeez Abdulraheem

Professor, Department of Petroleum Engineering

Dr. Abdulazeez Abdulraheem is an Associate Professor focusing mainly on geomechanics and the applications of artificial intelligence in different areas of petroleum engineering. Before joining the department, he has worked as a Research Engineer in the Research Institute at KFUPM for almost 18 years addressing field challenges in areas such as wellbore instability, sand production, and experimental rock mechanics.

Educational Qualification

Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering, GPA 4.0/4.0, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA. – 1994.
M.E., in Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. – 1985.
B.E., in Civil Engineering, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India. – 1983.

Research Interests

Geomechanics in Petroleum Engineering
Artificial Intelligence applications in Petroleum Engineering

Selected Publications

Abdulraheem, A., M. Zaman, and J.-C. Roegiers (1993). A Finite Element Model for Ekofisk Field Subsidence, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Vol. 19, pp. 299-310.
Zaman, M., J.-C. Roegiers, A. Abdulraheem, and M. Azeemuddin (1994). Pore collapse in Weakly cemented and porous Rocks, ASME Journal of Energy Resources Technology, June, Vol. 116, pp. 97-103.
Hassan, H.M., Korvin, G., and A. Abdulraheem (2001). Fractal and Genetic Aspects of Khuff Reservoir Stylolites, Eastern Saudi Arabia. Arabian Journal of Science and Engineering Journal. 27(2001): 29-56.
Korvin, G., Mohiuddin, M.A., A. Abdulraheem (2001). Experimental Investigation of the Fractal Dimension of the Pore Surface of Sedimentary Rocks under Pressure. Geophysical Transactions, 44 (2001): 3-19.
Mohiuddin, M.A., K. Khan, A. Abdulraheem, A. Al-Majed, and M.R. Awal (2007). Analysis of wellbore instability in vertical, directional, and horizontal wells using field data. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. 55 (2007). pp. 83-92.
M.A. Al-Marhoun, S. Nizamuddin, A.A. Abdul Raheem, S. Shujath Ali, A.A. Muhammadain. (2012). Prediction of crude oil viscosity curve using artificial intelligence techniques. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 86-87 (2012) 111–117.
Anifowose F., J. Labadin, A. Abdulraheem, Ensemble Learning Model for Petroleum Reservoir Characterization: A Case of Feed-Forward Back-Propagation Neural Networks, In: Trends and Applications in Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, Lecture Notes in Computer Science Volume 7867, 2013, pp 71-82.
G. Korvin, Oleschko, K., and A. Abdulraheem (2013). A simple geometric model of sedimentary rock to connect transfer and acoustic properties. Arabian Journal of Geosciences. February 2013.
Ali, S.S., S. Nizamuddin, A. Abdulraheem, M. R. Hassan, M. E. Hossain. (2013). Hydraulic unit prediction using support vector machine. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. 110 (2013) pp 243–252.
F. Anifowose, J. Labadin, and A. Abdulazeez. (2013). “A Least Square-driven Functional Networks Type-2 Fuzzy Logic Hybrid Model for Efficient Petroleum Reservoir Properties Prediction”, Neural Computing and Applications, DOI 10.1007/s00521-012-1298-2, 2013.
Ali, S.S., S. Nizamuddin, A. Abdulraheem, M. R. Hassan, M. E. Hossain. (2013). Hydraulic unit prediction using support vector machine, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering Volume 110, Pages 243-252.
Al-Marhoun, M. A., S. S. Ali, A. Abdulraheem, S. Nizamuddin, A. Muhammadain (2014) Prediction of bubble point pressure from composition of black oils using artificial neural network, Petroleum Science and Technology, 32:14, 1720-1728.
F. Anifowose, S. Adeniye and A. Abdulraheem (2014), “Recent advances in the application of computational intelligence techniques in oil and gas reservoir characterization: a comparative study”, Journal of Experimental & Theoretical Artificial Intelligence, 2014. doi = 10.1080/0952813X.2014.924577.
Anifowose, F., J. Labadin, A. Abdulraheem (2015). Ensemble Model of Non-linear Feature Selection-Based Extreme Learning Machine for Improved Natural Gas Reservoir Characterization. Journal of Natural Gas Science & Engineering. doi:10.1016/j.jngse.2015.02.012.
Abdlmutalib, A, O. Abdullatif, G. Korvin, and Abdulraheem. (2015). The relationship between lithological and geomechanical properties of tight carbonate rocks from Upper Jubaila and Arab-D Member outcrop analog, Central Saudi Arabia. Arabian Journal of Geosciences. May 2015. DOI 10.1007/s12517-015-1957-6.
Adebayo, A. R., A. Abdulraheem, S.O. Olatunji. (2015). Artificial Intelligence Based.
A. Al-Ameri, A. Abdulraheem, M. Mahmoud. Long-Term Effects of CO2 Sequestration on Rock Mechanical Properties. Journal of Energy Resources Technology. J. Energy Resour. Technol 138(1), 012201 (Dec 01, 2015). Paper No: JERT-15-1186; doi: 10.1115/1.4032011.
Anifowose, F.A., J. Labadin, A. Abdulraheem (2016). Hybrid intelligent systems in petroleum reservoir characterization and modeling: the journey so far and the challenges ahead. Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology. doi:10.1007/s13202-016-0257-3. Jun. 2016.
Anifowose, F. S. Adeniye, A. Abdulraheem, A. Al-Shuhail (2016). Integrating seismic and log data for improved petroleum reservoir properties estimation using non-linear feature-selection based hybrid computational intelligence models. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 145. Sep. 2016. pp 230–237.
Elkatatny, S., M. Mahmoud, I. Mohamed, A. Abdulraheem (2017). Development of a new correlation to determine the static Young’s modulus. Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology. doi:10.1007/s13202-017-0316-4.
Elkatatny, S., Mahmoud, M., Z. Tariq, A. Abdulraheem.(2017) New insights into the prediction of heterogeneous carbonate reservoir permeability from well logs using artificial intelligence network. Neural Computing & Applications (2017). doi:10.1007/s00521-017-2850-x.
Elkatatny, S.M., Mahmoud, M.A., Mohamed, I., and Abdulraheem, A. 2017. Development of A New Correlation to Determine the Static Young’s Modulus”, Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology, In Press.

Awards & Honors

2003 – Project Manager of the team awarded for Best Research Team Award of the Research Institute, KFUPM for the project, “Wellbore Instability – Khafji Reservoir (Phase II)”.
2002 – Best Research Project Manager Award of the Research Institute, KFUPM for the project, “Wellbore Instability – Khafji Reservoir (Phase I)”.
1999 – Project Manager of the team awarded for Best Research Team Award of the Research Institute, KFUPM for the project, “Rock Mechanics Study of Ghawar Khuff Reservoirs” (PN 21148).
1999 – Member of the team for Best Short Course Award by KFUPM.
1993 – Best paper award by “Indian Geotechnical Journal”.

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Email: awotunde@kfupm.edu.sa

Location: Bldg. 76, Rm. 2125

Dr. Abeeb Awotunde

Professor, Department of Petroleum Engineering

Dr. Awotunde is a Professor in the Petroleum Engineering Department at KFUPM. Since joining KFUPM in 2010, he has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in Reservoir Simulation, Flow in Porous Media, Reservoir Description, and Well Test Analysis. He has also taught the graduate course in Mathematical Methods in Petroleum Engineering.

http://faculty.kfupm.edu.sa/PET/awotunde/home.html

Educational Qualification

Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, Stanford University, USA, 2010.
M.S., Petroleum Engineering, KFUPM, KSA, 2006.
B.Sc., Petroleum Engineering, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 2002

Research Interests

Reservoir Simulation, Parameter Estimation, and Uncertainty Analysis
Field Development Optimization
Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport
Well Test Analysis

Selected Publications

Awotunde, A. A. 2017. GLOCAL: A Global-Local Optimization Template for Multiple History-Matched Reservoir Parameters, JPSE, 154: 1-18.
Khan, R. A., and Awotunde, A. A. 2016. Optimal Parameters Selection for SAGD and VAPEX Processes, J. of Petrol Explor Prod Tech., 1-22.
Rammay, M. H., and Awotunde, A. A. 2016. Stochastic Optimization of Hydraulic Fracture and Horizontal Well Parameters in Shale Gas Reservoirs, J. of Nat. Gas Sci. and Engr., 13(3): 71-78.
Zhang, X. and Awotunde, A. A. 2016. Improvement of Levenberg-Marquardt Algorithm during History Fitting for Reservoir Simulation, Petroleum Exploration, and Development, 43(5): 876-885.
Mehmood, S. and Awotunde, A. A. 2016. Sensitivity-based Upscaling for History Matching of Reservoir Models, Petroleum Science, 13(3): 517-531.
Zaza, A., Awotunde, A. A., Fairag, F. A. and Al-Mouhamed, M. A. 2016. A CUDA based Parallel Reservoir Simulator, Computer Physics Communications, 206(2016): 2-16.
Awotunde, A. A., Ghanam, R. A., Al-Homidan S. and Tatar, N. M. 2016. Numerical Schemes for Anomalous Diffusion of Single-Phase Fluids in Porous Media, CNSNS, 39: 381-395.
Awotunde, A. A. 2016. Generalized Field-Development Optimization with Well-Control Zonation, Comput Geosci, 20: 213-230.
Awotunde, A. A., Ghanam, R. A. and Tatar, N. M. 2015. Artificial boundary condition for a modified fractional diffusion problem, Boundary Value Prob, 2015:20.
Awotunde, A. A. 2015. Estimation of Well Test Parameters Using Global Optimization Techniques, JPSE, 125: 269-277.
Sibaweihi, N., Awotunde, A. A., Sultan, A. S. and Al-Yousef, H. Y. 2015. Sensitivity Studies and Stochastic Optimization of CO2-Foam Flooding, Comput Geosci, 19(1): 31-47.

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Email: ruud.weijermars@kfupm.edu.sa

Location: Bldg. 76, Rm. 2155

Dr. Ruud Weijermars

Professor, Program Leader – Geomechanics, CIPR, Department of Petroleum Engineering

Weijermars conducts original research in petroleum engineering to develop new tools and methods related to the quantification and visualization of (1) fluid flow in porous media, and (2) fracture propagation. He has developed new production forecasting tools and reserves estimation methods to support industry, with a heavy focus on unconventional resource development. Prior to joining KFUPM in 2021, Weijermars worked at Texas A&M University and the Bureau of Economic Geology, UT Texas at Austin — he was a postdoc at ETH Zurich in the late 1980s.

Educational Qualification

Habilitation, Uppsala University
Ph.D. in Geodynamics, Uppsala University
MS in Geosciences, University of Amsterdam
BS in Geosciences, University of Amsterdam

Research Interests

Flow in Fractured Porous Media
Hydraulic Fracture Propagation
Wellbore Stability under Anisotropy
Production Forecasting and Reserves Estimation

Selected Publications

• Weijermars, R., 2020. Improving Well Productivity – Ways to Reduce the Lag between the Diffusive and Convective Time of Flight in Shale Wells. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. doi: 10.1016/j.petrol.2020.107344
• Weijermars, R., Pham, T., and Ettehad, M., 2020. Linear Superposition Method (LSM) for Solving Stress Tensor Fields and Displacement Vector Fields: Application to Multiple Pressure-Loaded Circular Holes in an Elastic Plate with Far-Field Stress. Applied Mathematics and Computation, Volume 381, 125234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amc.2020.125234
• Weijermars, R., Nandlal, K., Tugan, M.F., Dusterhoft, R., and Stegent, N., 2020. Hydraulic Fracture Test Site Drained Rock Volume and Recovery Factors Visualized by Scaled Complex Analysis Models: Emulating Multiple Data Sources (production rates, Water Cuts, Pressure Gauges, Flow Regime Changes, and b-sigmoids). Unconventional Resources Technology Conference held in Austin, Texas, USA, 20-22 July 2020, URTeC 2020-2434. A
• Weijermars, R., Wang, J., and Pham, T., 2020. Borehole failure mechanisms in naturally and hydraulically fractured formations investigated with a fast time-stepped linear superposition method (TLSM). ARMA 20-1999.
• Pham, T., and Weijermars, R., 2020. Solving Stress Tensor Fields around Multiple Pressure-Loaded Fractures using a Linear Superposition Method (LSM). Applied Mathematical Modeling, Volume 88, December 2020, Pages 418-436. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2020.06.041
• Weijermars, R., Wang, J., and Nelson, R., 2020. Elastic Anisotropy in shale formations and its effect on near-borehole stress fields and failure modes. Earth-Science Reviews, Volume 200, article id. 102957. doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.102957.
• Weijermars, R., and Ettehad, M., 2019. Displacement field potentials for deformation in elastic media: Theory and Application to Pressure-Loaded Boreholes. Applied Mathematics and Computation, vol. 340, p. 276–295.
• Khanal, A., and Weijermars, R. 2019. Pressure Depletion and Drained Rock Volume (DRV) near Hydraulically Fractured Parent and Child Wells (Eagle Ford Formation). Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, vol. 172, p. 607-626.
• Harmelen, A. and Weijermars, R. 2018. Complex analytical solutions for flow in hydraulically fractured hydrocarbon reservoirs with and without natural fractures. Applied Mathematical Modelling, vol. 56, p. 137-157.

Awards & Honors

SPE Distinguished Membership Award, Texas A&M University, USA
Distinguished Researcher Award, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia.
King Oscar Prize for Research/Teaching, University of Uppsala, Sweden.

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Email: sultanas@kfupm.edu.sa

Location: Bldg. 76, Rm. 2161

Dr. Abdullah Sultan

Associate Professor, Department of Petroleum Engineering

Dr. Sultan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Petroleum Engineering. His research group focuses on complex and reactive fluids to address problems in the oil and gas industry with a focus on enhanced oil/gas recovery, drilling fluids, well stimulation, gel, emulsions, and flow assurance. He established the Complex and Reactive Fluids (CRF) Lab at KFUPM. Dr. Sultan has numerous publications in refereed journals and conferences. He served as Director for the Center of Petroleum & Minerals, Research Institute at KFUPM (2010 – 2015), and Chairman for the Department of Petroleum Engineering (2012 – 2017).

Educational Qualification

Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University, USA, 2009.
M.S., Chemical Engineering, KFUPM, KSA. 2004.
B.S., Chemical Engineering, KFUPM, KSA, 2002.

Research Interests

Complex and Reactive Fluids for oil and gas applications.

Selected Publications

Abdulmajeeb T. Onawole, Ibnelwaleed Hussein, Abdullah S. Sultan, Safwat Abdel-Azeim, Mohamed Mahmoud, Mohammed A. Saad. (2019). Molecular and Electronic Structure Elucidation of Fe²⁺/Fe³⁺ complexed Chelators used in iron sulfides Scale removal in oil and gas wells. Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol. 9999. DOI: 1002/cjce.23463
Mohammad H. Alqam, Sidqi A. Abu-Khamsin, Abdullah S. Sultan, Taha M. Okasha, and Hasan O. Yildiz. (2019). Effect of Rock Mineralogy and Oil Composition on Wettability Alteration and Interfacial Tension by Brine and Carbonated Water. Energy Fuels, 2019, 33 (3), pp 1983–1989. DOI: 1021/acs.energyfuels.8b04143.
Abdullah Sultan. (2018). Stability of PAM/PEI emulsified gels under HTHS conditions for water shut-off treatment. Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production (accepted). DOI: 1007/s13202-018-0597-2.
Lionel T. Fogang, Abdullah S. Sultan and Muhammad S. Kamal. (2018). Understanding viscosity reduction of a long-tail sulfobetaine viscoelastic surfactant by organic compounds. RSC Advances, Vol 8, pp 4455-4463. DOI: 1039/C7RA12538K.
Abdelhalim I. A. Mohamed, Ibnelwaleed A. Hussein, Abdullah S. Sultan^*, and Ghaithan A. Al-Muntasheri. (2018). Gelation of Emulsified Polyacrylamide/Polyethylenimine under High-Temperature, High-Salinity Conditions: Rheological Investigation. Eng. Chem. Res., 2018, 57(36), pp 12278–12287. DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.8b02571.
Abdelhalim I.A. Mohamed, Ibnelwaleed A. Hussein, Abdullah S. Sultan, Ghaithan A. Al-Muntasheri. (2018). Use of organoclay as a stabilizer for water-in-oil emulsions under high-temperature high-salinity conditions. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Vol: 160 pp: 302-312. DOI: 1016/j.petrol.2017.10.077.
Muhammad Shahzad Kamal, Ibnelwaleed Hussein, Mohamed Mahmoud^, Abdullah S. Sultan, and Mohammed A.S. Saad. (2018). Oilfield scale formation and chemical removal: A review. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Vol: 171 pp: 127-139. DOI:1016/j.petrol.2018.07.037. ISI/Scopus:
A. Adewunmi, S. Ismail, and A. S. Sultan. (2018). Crosslinked Polyacrylamide Composite Hydrogels Impregnated with Fly Ash: Synthesis, Characterization and Their Application as Fractures Sealant for High Water Producing Zones in Oil and Gas Wells. Journal of Polymers and Environment, Vol 26(8), pp 3294-3306. DOI: 10.1007/s10924-018-1204-9. ISI/Scopus: Impact Factor: 1.971.
Mohammed Eliebid, Mohamed Mahmoud, Ibnelwaleed Hussein, Salaheldin Elkatatny, Reyad Shawabkeh, Abdullah Sultan, and Mohammed J. Al-Marri. (2018). Impact of Surfactant on the Retention of CO₂and Methane in Carbonate Reservoirs. Energy Fuels, Vol 32 (4), pp 5355-5363. DOI: 1021/acs.energyfuels.8b00213.
Ahmad A. Adewunmi, Suzylawati Ismail, Taoreed O. Owolabi, Abdullah S. Sultan, Sunday O. Olatunji, Zulkifli Ahmad. (2018). Hybrid Intelligent Modelling of the Viscoelastic Moduli of Coal Fly Ash Based Polymer Gel System for Water Shutoff Treatment in Oil and Gas Wells. Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering (published online). DOI:/10.1002/cjce.23436.
Jun Li and Abdullah S. Sultan. (2017). Klinkenberg slippage effect in the permeability computations of shale gas by the pore-scale simulations. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, Vol 48, pp 197-202. DOI: 1016/j.jngse.2016.07.041.
Abdelhalim I. A. Mohamed, Abdullah S. Sultan^*, Ibnelwaleed A. Hussein, and Ghaithan A. Al-Muntasheri. (2017). Influence of Surfactant Structure on the Stability of Water-in-Oil Emulsions under High-Temperature High-Salinity Conditions. Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 2017, Article ID 5471376, 11 pages. DOI: 1155/2017/5471376.
Mohamed E. Kandil, Nayef M. Al-Saifi, Abdullah S. Sultan. (2016). Simulation and measurements of volumetric and phase behavior of carbon dioxide + higher alkanes at high pressure: CO₂+ n-decane at temperatures (313–410) K and pressures up to 76 MPa. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control. 53, pp 198–206. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2016.07.045.

Awards & Honors

University Advising Award for the College of Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (2018).
SPE Regional Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty (2018).

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Chairman / Associate Professor, Department of Petroleum Engineering

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Dr. Abdullah Sultan

Associate Professor, Department of Petroleum Engineering

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