CPG

Dr. Mustafa Al-Ramadan

Tel: +966 (013) 860-4970

Location: Bldg. 76, Rm. 1252

Dr. Mustafa Al-Ramadan

Assistant Professor, Department of Petroleum Engineering

Dr. Al Ramadan joined the Department of Petroleum Engineering at KFUPM as a graduate assistant in 2011, and he is currently an Assistant Professor. He has more than 9 years of experience in academia and research.

Educational Qualification

  • Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA, 2020
  • M.Sc. in Petroleum Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, USA, 2014
  • B.SC. in Petroleum Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, KSA, 2011

Research Interests

  • Cementing
  • Gas Migration
  • Well Integrity
  • Conformance Control

Selected Publications

  • Al Ramadan, M., Salehi, S., Kwatia, G., Ezeakacha, C., & Teodoriu, C. (2019). Experimental investigation of well integrity: Annular gas migration in cement column. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 179, 126-135
  • Al Ramadan, M., Salehi, S., Ezeakacha, C., & Teodoriu, C. (2019). Analytical and Experimental Investigation of the Critical Length in Casing–Liner Overlap. Sustainability, 11(23), 6861
  • Al Ramadan, M., Salehi, S., & Teodoriu, C. (2019). Robust Leakage Modeling for Plug and Abandonment Applications. In ASME 2019 38th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. American Society of Mechanical Engineers Digital Collection
  • Kwatia, G., Al Ramadan, M., Salehi, S., & Teodoriu, C. (2019). Enhanced cement composition for preventing annular gas migration. In ASME 2019 38th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. American Society of Mechanical Engineers Digital Collection
  • Phi, T., Elgaddafi, R., Al Ramadan, M., Ahmed, R., & Teodoriu, C. (2019, November). Well Integrity Issues: Extreme High-Pressure High-Temperature Wells and Geothermal Wells a Review. In SPE Thermal Well Integrity and Design Symposium. Society of Petroleum Engineers.
  • Imqam, A., Bai, B., Al Ramadan, M., Wei, M., Delshad, M., and Sepehrnoori, K. (2015). Preformed-Particle-Gel Extrusion Through Open Conduits During Conformance-Control Treatments, SPE Journal, 20:5, 1083-1093

Awards & Honors

  • Imperial Barrel Award (IBA), AAPG, 2012
Tel: + 966 (013) 860-1934

Location: Bldg. 76, Rm. 1253

Dr. Hasan J. Khan

Assistant Professor, Department of Petroleum Engineering

Dr. Hasan J Khan joined KFUPM as an Assistant Professor at the Petroleum Engineering department in 2022. He received a BE (2012) in Petroleum Engineering from NED University, Pakistan, and a MS & PhD in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 2016 and 2019 respectively. His research focused on understanding particle deposition patterns in vuggy carbonaceous media for which he extensively utilized CT scanning and image analysis techniques. He then worked for 2 years as a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where his work focused on characterizing fracture evolution in shales during acidized core floods. His research interests include digital rock petrophysics, reusing produced water for hydraulic fracturing, formation damage in carbonaceous media, and reactive transport in unconventional rocks.

Educational Qualification

  • Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, USA (2019)
  • M.S., Petroleum Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, USA (2016)
  • B.Engg., Petroleum Engineering, NED University of Engineering & Technology, Pakistan (2012)

Research Interests

  • Particulate transport in carbonaceous porous media
  • Reactive imbibition
  • Produced water rehabilitation
  • Reactive transport in unconventional rocks
  • Digital rock petrophysics

Selected Publications

  • Khan, Hasan Javed, Eleanor Spielman-Sun, Adam D. Jew, John Bargar, Anthony Kovscek, and Jennifer L. Druhan. “A critical review of the physicochemical impacts of water chemistry on shale in hydraulic fracturing systems.” Environmental science & technology 55, no. 3 (2021): 1377-1394. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c04901
  • Khan, Hasan Javed, David DiCarlo, and Maša Prodanović. “The effect of vug distribution on particle straining in permeable media.” Journal of Hydrology 580 (2020): 124306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.124306
  • Khan, Hasan J., Maša Prodanovic, and David A. DiCarlo. “The effect of vuggy porosity on straining in porous media.” SPE Journal 24, no. 03 (2019): 1164-1178. https://doi.org/10.2118/194201-PA
  • Khan, Hasan J., Maryam S. Mirabolghasemi, Hongtao Yang, Maša Prodanović, David A. DiCarlo, and Matthew T. Balhoff. “Study of formation damage caused by retention of bi-dispersed particles using combined pore-scale simulations and particle flooding experiments.” Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 158 (2017): 293-308. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2017.08.061

Awards & Honors

  • Petroleum Engineering Department Fellowship – Pioneer Natural Resources (2014)
  • Curator – Digital Rocks Portal
Tel: + 966 (013) 860-7983
Fax: + 966 (013) 860-4447

Location: Bldg. 76, Rm. 1250

Dr. Shabeeb N. Alajmi

Assistant Professor, Department of Petroleum Engineering

Educational Qualification

  • Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, CO, USA, 2022.
  • M.S., Engineering and Technology Management, Colorado School of Mines, CO, USA, 2022.
  • M.S., Natural Gas Engineering and Management, University of Oklahoma, OK, USA, 2017.
  • B.S., Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, West Virginia University, WV, USA, 2012.

Research Interests

  • Proppant Transport
  • Hydraulic Fracturing
  • Stimulation
  • Geomechanics
  • Unconventional Reservoirs
  • Natural Gas Engineering

Selected Publications

  • Alajmei, S. and Miskimins, J. L. Effects of Altering Perforation Configurations on Proppant Transport and Distribution in Freshwater Fluid. SPE Prod & Oper (2022): 1-16. https://doi.org/10.2118/210573-PA.
  • Alajmei, S. and Miskimins, J. L. 2021. Limited Entry Perforation Configurations Effect on Proppant Transport and Distribution in Fresh Water. Paper presented at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition, Virtual, 4–6 May. SPE-204163-MS. 10.2118/204163-MS.
  • Alajmei, S. and Miskimins, J. 2020. Effects of Variable Perforation Configurations on Proppant Trasport and  Distribution in Slickwater Fluids. Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Virtual, 26–29 October. SPE-201605-MS. 10.2118/201605-MS.
Tel: +966 (013) 860-7062

Location: Bldg. 76, Rm. 2157

Dr. Ahmed Farid Ibrahim

Assistant Professor, Department of Petroleum Engineering

Dr. Ibrahim is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Petroleum Engineering, KFUPM. He worked as a Teaching Assistant at the Department of Petroleum Engineering, Cairo University for three years and as a Geo-mechanical Engineer at Advantek International Co. for three years. He worked as a senior reservoir Engineer at Apache’s North America Unconventional Resources Region. He earned his Ph.D. in December 2017 from Texas A&M University.

Educational Qualification

  • Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University, USA, 2017.
  • M.S., Petroleum Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt, 2011.
  • B.S., Petroleum Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt, 2009.

Research Interests

  • Reservoir modeling and simulation for conventional and unconventional reservoirs.
  • Production and well performance analysis
  • Reservoir Simulation, History Matching, and Parameter Estimation.
  • CO2 sequestration, Foam Injection, Waterflooding, EOR, Coalbed methane.

Selected Publications

  • Ibrahim, A. F., Assem, A., & Ibrahim, M. (2020). A Novel Workflow for Water Flowback RTA Analysis to Rank the Shale Quality and Estimate Fracture Geometry. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 103387. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2020.103387.
  • Ibrahim, A. F., and Nasr-El-Din, H. A. 2019. Effect of well shut-in after fracturing operations on near-wellbore permeability. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 106213.
  • Ibrahim, A. F., Ibrahim, M, Pieprzica, C. 2019. Effect of Soaking Process on Gas Well Performance in shale formations: Actual Cases and Correlations Development. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering.
  • Ibrahim, A. F., & Nasr-El-Din, H. A. 2019. Stability Improvement of Carbon Dioxide Foam Using Nanoparticles and Viscoelastic Surfactants for Enhanced-Oil-Recovery Applications. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering.
  • Ibrahim, A.F. and Nasr-El-Din, H.A. 2017. Effects of Formation Water Salinity, Formation Pressure, Gas Composition, and Gas Flow Rate on CO2 Sequestration in Coal. Accepted for publication in SPEJ.
  • Ibrahim, A. F., and Nasr-El-Din, H.A. 2016. Effect of Water Salinity on Coal Wettability During CO2 Sequestration in Coal Seams. Energy & Fuel. DOI: 10.1021/acs.energy fuels.6b01205

Awards & Honors

  • OGAPS Grant, Texas A&M University, 2015
  • SPE student paper Contest, Ranked First place in the subregional Middle East Level.
  • Schlumberger Distinguished Student Award,2007 and 2008.
Tel: + 966 (013) 860-2749

Location: Bldg. 76, Rm. 1249

Dr. Yuzhu Wang

Assistant Professor, Department of Petroleum Engineering

Dr. Wang is an Assistant professor in the Petroleum Engineering Department at KFUPM. His research interest focuses on multiscale reservoir characterization using machine learning.  His academic experience covers geology, geophysics, and petroleum engineering. Besides, Dr. Wang has four years’ work experience as an engineer in the SINOPEC, China.

Educational Qualification

  • Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 2018
  • M.S., Geophysics, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China, 2010
  • B.S., Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China, 2007

Research Interests

  • Digital Core Analysis
  • Multiscale Reservoir Modelling
  • Geostatistics

Selected Publications

  • Yuzhu Wang, Shuyu Sun, A rock fabric classification method based on the grey level co-occurrence matrix and the Gaussian mixture model, Jounal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 2022.
  • Yuzhu Wang, Abdulaziz Alzaben, Christoph H.Arns, Shuyu Sun. Image-based rock typing using local homogeneity filter and Chan-Vese model, Computers & Geosciences, 2021.
  • Yuzhu Wang, Shuyu Sun, Image-based rock typing using grain geometry features, Computers & Geosciences, 2021.
  • Yuzhu Wang, Shuyu Sun, Multiscale pore structure characterization based on SEM images, Fuel, 2021.
  • Yuzhu Wang, Christoph H Arns, Sheik S Rahman, Ji-Youn Arns. Porous Structure Reconstruction Using Convolutional Neural Networks, Mathematical geosciences, 2018.
  • Yuzhu Wang, Ji-Youn Arns, Sheikh S. Rahman, and Christoph H. Arns. Three-dimensional porous structure reconstruction based on structural local similarity via sparse representation on micro-computed-tomography images, Physical Review E, 2018.
  • Yuzhu Wang, Sheik S Rahman, Christoph H Arns. Super resolution reconstruction of -CT image of rock sample using neighbour embedding algorithm. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2018

Awards & Honors

  • Best paper Award 2018, Computers and Geosciences
Tel: +966 (013) 860-8946
Fax: +966 (013) 860-4447

Location: Bldg. 76, Rm. 2113-1

Dr. Ahmed Abdulhamid Ahmed Mahmoud

Assistant Professor, Department of Petroleum Engineering

Dr. Mahmoud is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Petroleum Engineering at KFUPM since September 2023. He was a Post-Doctoral researcher in the Department since September 2021, has an impressive academic and professional background. He previously worked as a Researcher in the Petroleum Engineering department from 2016 to 2020, during which he completed his Ph.D. Dr. Mahmoud has been an integral part of the Drilling Fluid and Oil-Well Cementing Research Team at the Department of Petroleum Engineering since 2016.

Before joining KFUPM, he contributed to the academic community by serving as a faculty member in the Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Department at the University of Khartoum from 2012 to 2015. In addition, Dr. Mahmoud shared his expertise as a part-time instructor at Estidama Training Centre, Sudan, from 2011 to 2013. Furthermore, in 2015, he served as a part-time instructor for the Petroleum Training Centre (PTC) in Sudan. During this period, he played a significant role in a team dedicated to the preparation, training of trainers, and conducting an in-depth qualitative evaluation of a 10-day advanced oil production optimization course.

Dr. Mahmoud’s contributions to the field are evident through his numerous publications in refereed journals and conferences. Furthermore, he currently serves as a peer-reviewer for several Q1 journals, underscoring his commitment to advancing the field of petroleum engineering. He has also recently achieved recognition as one of the top 2% scientists worldwide.

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=q6kdJV0AAAAJ&hl=en
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ahmed-Abdulhamid-Mahmoud

Educational Qualification

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

Research Interests

  • Oil-Well Cementing
  • Application of Artificial Intelligence in Petroleum engineering
  • Wellbore Clean-up

Selected Publications

  • Mahmoud, A.A., Gamal, H. & Elkatatny, S. 2023. Evaluation of the wellbore drillability while horizontally drilling sandstone formations using combined regression analysis and machine learning models. Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13202-023-01635-0.
  • Ali, A., Mahmoud, A.A., Al Ramadan, M., Elkatatny, S., 2023. The Effect of Olive Waste on the Rheological Properties, Thickening Time, Permeability, and Strength of Oil Well Cement. ACS Omega 8, 33, 30139–30144. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.3c02621.
  • Al-Malki, M., Mahmoud, A.A.*, Elkatatny, S. 2023. Performance of the Hole Cleaning Factor in Predicting the Hole Cleaning Conditions in Vertical and Deviated Wells: Real Case Studies. Arab Journal of Science and Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-023-08042-x.
  • Al-AbdulJabbar, A., Mahmoud, A.A., Elkatatny, S., and Abughaban, M., 2022. Artificial neural networks-based correlation for evaluating the rate of penetration in a vertical carbonate formation for an entire oil field. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 208, Part D; 109693. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2021.109693.
  • Mahmoud, A.A., and Elkatatny, S., Al-Majed, A., and Al Ramadan, M., 2022. The Use of Graphite to Improve the Stability of Saudi Class G Oil-Well Cement against the Carbonation Process. ACS Omega 7 (7), 5764-5773. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.1c05686.
  • Mahmoud, A.A., Elkatatny, S., Al-Abduljabbar, A., 2021. 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 203, 108574. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2021.108574.
  • Mahmoud, A.A., and Elkatatny, S., 2020. Improved durability of Saudi Class G oil-well cement sheath in CO2 rich environments using olive waste. Construction and Building Materials 262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.120623.
  • Mahmoud, A.A., and Elkatatny, S., 2020. 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2020.103184.

Extended Publications (+)

  • Mahmoud, A.A., Elzenary, M., and Elkatatny, S., 2020. New Hybrid Hole Cleaning Model for Vertical and Deviated Wells. Journal of Energy Resources Technology 142(3), 034501. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4045169.
  • Mahmoud, A.A., Elkatatny, S., and Al-Shehri, D., 2020. Application of Machine Learning in Evaluation of the Static Young’s Modulus for Sandstone Formations. Sustainability 12(5). https://doi.org/10.3390/su12051880.
  • Siddig, O., Mahmoud, A.A., and Elkatatny, S., 2020. A review of different approaches for water-based drilling fluid filter cake removal. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 192, 107346. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2020.107346.
  • Mahmoud, A.A., and Elkatatny, S., 2019. Mitigating CO2 Reaction with Hydrated Oil Well Cement under Geologic Carbon Sequestration Using Nanoclay Particles. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering 68, 102902. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2019.102902.
  • Mahmoud, A.A., Al-Hashim, H., 2019. Evaluating the integrity of clayey sandstone rocks flooded with high pH EDTA chelating agent solutions. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 177, 614-623. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2019.02.074.
  • Mahmoud, A.A., and Elkatatny, S., Chen, W., and Abdulraheem, A., 2019. Estimation of Oil Recovery Factor for Water Drive Sandy Reservoirs through Applications of Artificial Intelligence.  Energies 12(19), 3671. https://doi.org/10.3390/en12193671.
  • Mahmoud, A.A., Al-Hashim, H., 2018. Insight into the mechanism for oil recovery using EDTA chelating agent solutions from clayey sandstone rocks. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 161, 625-635. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2017.11.046.
  • Mahmoud, A.A., Elkatatny, S., Mahmoud, M., Abouelresh, M., Abdulraheem, A., Ali, A., 2017. Determination of the total organic carbon (TOC) based on conventional well logs using artificial neural network. International Journal of Coal Geology 179, 72–80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2017.05.012. 

Awards & Honors

  • Second Place, Middle East and North Africa & South Asia and the Pacific SPE Regional Students Paper Contest, PhD Division, Online, 2021.
  • Best Student’s Project, Endogenous 2020, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 2020.
  • First Place, College of Petroleum and Geosciences Club Hackathon, Khobar, Saudi Arabia, November 2019.
  • First Place, Middle East and North Africa SPE Regional Students Paper Contest, PhD Division, Manama, Bahrain, 2019.
  • Third Place, SPWLA International Paper Contest, PhD Division, Texas, USA, 2019.
  • First Place, SPWLA Regional Paper Contest, PhD Division, Khobar, Saudi Arabia, 2019.
  • Schlumberger prize for the outstanding academic performance in the fifth year at petroleum engineering department, University of Khartoum, Sudan, 2011.
Tel: +966 (013) 860-8597

Location: Bldg. 76, Rm. 2113-1

Dr. Arshad Raza

Assistant Professor, Department of Petroleum Engineering

Dr. Arshad Raza joined as a faculty member at the College of Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences (CPG) of KFUPM in September 2023. Prior to this role, he worked for 2 years as a postdoctoral researcher at CPG, KFUPM, where his work focused on carbon mineralization, adsorption, and underground storage of gases. During his Ph.D. studies, he introduced an innovative modified Laplace Model for the estimation of residual CO2 saturation in depleted reservoirs using static reservoir data. With over a decade of experience in the field of Petroleum Engineering, he is skilled in both teaching and research. His specific research areas include carbon capture and storage, underground hydrogen production and storage, as well as reactive flow dynamics.

Google Scholar: ‪Arshad Raza – ‪Google Scholar

Educational Qualification

  • Ph.D., in Petroleum Engineering, Curtin University, Australia, 2017
  • M.S., in Petroleum Engineering, UET. Pakistan, 2012
  • B.S., in Petroleum Engineering, UET. Pakistan, 2009

Research Interests

  • Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS)
  • Fluid-Rock Interactions
  • Underground Hydrogen Storage (UHS)
  • Rock Fracturing

Selected Publications

  • Raza, A., Mahmoud, M., Arif, M., Alafnan, S. (2023). Underground hydrogen storage prospects in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Fuel, 2023
  • Raza, A., Mahmoud, M., Arif, M., Alafnan, S. (2023). Predictive power of theoretical adsorption models for gases (H2, CO2 and CH4) in overmature kerogen. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering
  • Raza, A., Mahmoud, M., Murtaza, M., Arif, M., Hassan, A., Glatz, G., … & Al-Karnos, A. (2023). Experimental Investigation of Mafic Rocks for Carbon Mineralization Prospect. Energy & Fuels, 37(8), 5976-5985.
  • Raza, A., Glatz, G., Alafnan, S., Mahmoud, M., & Gholami, R. (2023). Depleted shale gas formations as naturally-occurring storage compartments for hydrogen: A molecular-level assessment. Fuel, 334, 126695.
  • Raza, A., Arif, M., Glatz, G., Mahmoud, M., Al Kobaisi, M., Alafnan, S., & Iglauer, S. (2022). A holistic overview of underground hydrogen storage: Influencing factors, current understanding, and outlook. Fuel, 330, 125636.
  • Raza, A., Alafnan, S., Glatz, G., Arif, M., Mahmoud, M., & Rezk, M. G. (2022). Hydrogen Diffusion in Organic-Rich Porous Media: Implications for Hydrogen Geo-storage. Energy & Fuels, 36(24), 15013-15022.
  • Glatz, G., Alafnan, S., Gholami, R., Raza, A., Mahmoud, M., Al-Azani, K., & Awotunde, A. (2022). Effect of kerogen maturity on the adsorption capacity of CO2 and CH4: A molecular investigation. Fuel, 327, 125188.
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Extended Publications (+)

  • Raoof Gholami, Arshad Raza, Aadnøy, B., Rabiei, M., & Rasouli, V. 2021. Time-Dependent compaction of deep-water reservoirs: a study on the viscous behavior of unconsolidated sandstone. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 103952, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2021.103952. Q1
  • Raoof Gholami., Arshad Raza, Pål Andersen, Alejandro Escalona, Nestor Cardozo, Dora Marín, Mohammad Sarmadivaleh, 2021, Long-Term Integrity of Shaly Seals in CO2 Geo-Sequestration Sites: An Experimental Study, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, Elsevier. 109, 103370, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2021.103370. Q2
  • Gholami, R., Raza, A., Andersen, P., Escalona, A., Cardozo, N., Marín, D., & Sarmadivaleh, M. (2021). Long-term integrity of shaly seals in CO2 geo-sequestration sites: An experimental study. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 109, 103370.
  • Gholami, R., A. Raza and S. Iglauer (2021). “Leakage risk assessment of a CO2 storage site: A review.” Earth-Science Reviews: 103849. IF 12.413
  • Ismail, A., H. M. A. Rashid, R. Gholami and A. Raza (2021). “Characterization based machine learning modeling for the prediction of the rheological properties of water-based drilling mud: an experimental study on grass as an environmental friendly additive.” Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology: 1-19. IF 2.077
  • Gholami, R. and A. Raza (2022). “CO2 sequestration in sandstone reservoirs: How does reactive flow alter trapping mechanisms?” Fuel 324: 124781. IF 6.609
  • Bakhshian, S., A. Shariat and A. Raza (2022). “Assessment of CO2 storage potential in reservoirs with residual gas using deep learning.” Interpretation 10(3): SF37-SF46. 124781. IF 1.201
  • Glatz, G., Alafnan, S., Raza, A., & Mahmoud, M. (2022). Multicomponent gas adsorption behavior of kerogen: A molecular investigation. Energy & Fuels, 36(13), 6695-6710.
  • Saffou, E., Raza, A., Gholami, R., Aci, C., Donker, J. V. B., Salem, S., … & Manzi, M. S. (2022). Full‐scale simulation of a nearly depleted gas field in South Africa for carbon utilisation and storage. Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, 12(4), 486-507. IF 2.518 (2022).
  • Arif, M., Wülling, W., Adila, A. S., Raza, A., Mahmoud, M., & Iglauer, S. (2022). Shale Wettability and Influencing Factors: A Statistical Investigation. Energy & Fuels, 36(20), 12651-12662. IF 4.654 (2021)
  • Raza, A., & Kirmani, F. U. D. (2023). Numerical simulation of the reservoir and operational parameters to optimise steam flooding performance. International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology, 32(1), 24-47. IF, 0.82
  • Yu, T.; Gholami, R.; Raza, A.; Vorland, K. A. N.; Mahmoud, M. CO2 storage in chalks: What are we afraid of? International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 2023, 123, 103832 IF 4.4 (2022)

Awards & Honors

  • Best poster presentation award in 3rd Faculty of Engineering Postgraduate Research Colloquium, UNIMAS, Kuching, Malaysia, 2015.
  • Presented Top Paper nominated by AAPG for 13th International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC) 23-25 March 2021 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • CSRI fully funded PhD Scholarship 2014-2018
Tel: + 966 (013) 860-8692

Location: Bldg. 76, Rm. 2213

Dr. Madhar Sahib Azad

Assistant Professor, Department of Petroleum Engineering

Dr. Madhar Sahib Azad joined CPG as a visiting assistant professor in Jan 2021. Prior to that, he worked as a post-doctoral research fellow in the petroleum engineering department at the University of Alberta for a period of around 2 years. During his Ph.D., he introduced a new capillary number and an injectivity model for polymer flooding applications. Between July 2009 to June 2011, he also worked in India for a UAE based drilling company. He has been serving as a technical editor for petroleum engineering journals such as SPE journal, journal of petroleum science and engineering, energy and fuel, ACS omega, etc.

Educational Qualification

  • Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, Jan 2019.
  • M.S. in Petroleum Engineering from the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Dec 2014.
  • B. Tech in Petroleum Engineering from the RGCE, Chennai, Tamil Nadu India, May 2009 (First class with distinction)

Research Interests

  • Fundamental and applied aspects of EOR
  • Applied rheology for reservoir engineering applications
  • Unconventional oil recovery
  • Reservoir simulation
  • Pressure transient testing

Selected Publications

  • Azad, M.S and Trivedi, J.J. 2020. “Quantification of Sor reduction during viscoelastic polymer flooding using extensional capillary number” SPE Journal, 1-30, SPE 204212-PA.
  • Azad,M.S and Trivedi,J.J.2020.“Extensional effects during viscoelastic polymer flooding: Understanding the unresolved challenges” SPE Journal, 25(04): 1827-1841, SPE 201112-PA.
  • Azad,M.S and Trivedi,J.J.2020.“Does polymer’s viscoelasticity influence the heavy oil sweep efficiency and injectivity at 1ft/day?” SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering Journal, 23 (02): 446-462, SPE 193771-PA.
  • Azad,M.S and Trivedi,J.J.2019.“Quantification of viscoelastic effects during polymer flooding: A critical review” SPE Journal, 24 (06): 2731-2757, SPE 195687-P
  • Azad, M.S and Trivedi, J.J.2019.“A novel viscoelastic model for predicting the synthetic polymer’s viscoelastic behavior in porous media using direct extensional rheological measurements” Fuel, 235: 218-226
Tel: + 966 (013) 860-5174

Location: Bldg. 78, Rm. 2020

Dr. Rabeah Al Zaidy

Assistant Professor, CIPR

Educational Qualification

  • Ph.D., Computer Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, US.
  • M.S., Information Systems Security, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada
  • B.S., (1st Honors) Computer Science, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia

Professional Profile:

  • 2021-2023, PI, Intelligent Reservoir Mapping, Aramco-CIPR, KFUPM
  • 2021-2022, AI Research Consultant, SDAIA
  • 2018 – 2019, Post​​doctoral Fellow, CEMSE, KAUST
  • 2017 – 2018, Post​​doctoral Scholar, Pennsylvania State University

Research Interests

  • Machine Learning
  • Large Scale Information Retrieval
  • AI for Energy and Environment Applications
  • Deep Learning Reservoir Modeling
  • Natural Language Processing

Selected Publications

  • A. Z. Yamani, K. Katterbaeur, A. A. Alshehri and R. A. Al-Zaidy, “SAMA: Spatially-Aware Model-Agnostic Machine Learning Framework for Geophysical Data,” in IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 7436-7449, 2023, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3236802.
  • Katterbauer, Klemens, Qasim, Abdulaziz, Al Shehri, Abdallah, and Rabeah Al Zaidy. “A Deep Learning Formation Image Log Classification Framework for Fracture Identification – A Study on Carbon Dioxide Injection Performance for the New Zealand Pohokura Field.” Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, Texas, USA, October 2022.
  • Katterbauer, K., Al Qasim, A., Al Shehri, A., & Al Zaidy, R. (2022). Smart detection of fractures in formation image logs for enhanced CO2 storage. Science and Technology for Energy Transition, 77, 21
  • A. Z. Yamani, K. Katterbauer, A. A. AlShehri, A. F. Marsala and R. A. Al-Zaidy, “Denoising Electromagnatic Surveys Using LSTMs,” 2022 7th International Conference on Data Science and Machine Learning Applications (CDMA), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2022, pp. 79-84, doi: 10.1109/CDMA54072.2022.00018.
  • K. Katterbauer, A. Marsala, R. Alyami, R. Al-Zaidy. “An overview of natural language processing driven approaches toward assisted formation evaluation interpretation”. OG4IR/ICSNC conference. (2020)
  • Rabah A. Al Zaidy, Marcelo G. Armentano, Antonela Tommasel, Ludovico Boratto, and C. Lee Giles. “Second International Workshop on Knowledge Discovery and User Modeling for Smart Cities (UMCit 2019)” . European Conference on Machine Learning. 2019.
  • Rabah Alzaidy, Cornelia Caragea, and C. Lee Giles. 2019. Bi-LSTM-CRF Sequence Labeling for Keyphrase Extraction from Scholarly Documents. In The World Wide Web Conference (WWW ’19). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 2551–2557.
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Dr. Manal Thawab Al-Otaibi

Assistant Professor, CIPR

Educational Qualification

  • Ph.D., Mathematics, Numerical Analysis, Texas A& M University, Texas, USA – 2016
  • M.S., Mathematics, Numerical Analysis, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia – 2016
  • B.S., Mathematics, Umm Alqura University, Taif, Saudi Arabia – 2001

Research Interests

  • Applied mathematics
  • Numerical methods
  • Computational mathematics
  • Multiscale methods for fluid flow in porous media

Selected Publications

  • M. Alotaibi and D. Mashat. A Fast algorithm to solve Bitsadze equation in the unit disc, Applied Mathematics, 2011, 2, 118-122
  • M. Alotaibi, Y. Efendiev, V. Calo, J. Galvis, and M. Ghommem. Global–local nonlinear model reduction for flows in heterogeneous porous media. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 292:122–137, 2015.
  • M. Alotaibi and E. Chung. Global–local model reduction for heterogeneous Forchheimer flow. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, 321, pp.160-184.,2017
  • M. Alotaibi, S. Sun and H. Chen. Generalized multiscale finite element methods for the reduced model of Darcy flow in fractured porous media. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics
  • M. Alotaibi, and R. Weijermars, “Asymptotic Solutions for Multi-Hole Problems: Plane Strain Versus Plane Stress Boundary Conditions in Borehole Applications”, in Drilling Engineering and Technology – Recent Advances, New Perspectives and Applications. London, United Kingdom: IntechOpen, 2022 [Online]. https://www.intechopen.com/online-first/82649 doi: 10.5772/intechopen.105048
  • M. Alotaibi, S. Alotaibi and R. Weijermars, Flow Simulations in Porous Media with Pressure-Controlled Well-Systems using the Closed-Form Gaussian Pressure Transient Method, Fluids, 2023
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