Following are some selected papers that have been published in technical journals and conference proceedings:

 

I.       Papers Published/Accepted in Conference Proceedings

(1)     Al-Majed, A.A., and Dougherty, E.L.  "A Variable Cell Model for Simulating Gas Condensate Reservoir Performance", SPE Middle East Oil Technical Conference and Exhibition, Bahrain, March 2-5, 1991.(pdf)

(2)     Al-Majed, A.A., "Productivity Decline in Gas Condensate Reservoirs," Symposium on Production and Processing of Natural Gas", King Saud University, Riyadh, February 29 - March 2, 1992.  

 (3)    Harouaka, A.S., Mtawaa, B., Al-Majed, A. A.  and Abdulraheem, A.,  "Multistage Triaxial Testing of Actual Cores under Simulated Reservoir Conditions", 1995 International Symposium of the Society of Core Analysts, San Francisco, USA.

(4)     Al-Fossail, K.A., Al-Majed, A.A. and Al-Adani, N.I., "Capillary Pressure Data Measurement", Fourth Saudi Engineering Conference",  King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 5-8, 1995.

(5)     Al-Gahtani, A. M.,  Menouar, H. and Al-Majed, A. A., "Effect of Length & Distribution of Perforated Intervals on Horizontal Wells", SPE International Conference on Horizontal Well Technology, Calgary, Canada, 18-22 Nov.1996.

(6)     Menouar, H., A. Al-Majed and H. Syed Sajid, "Effect of non-uniform Formation Damage on the Inflow Performance of Horizontal Wells", SPE Middle East Oil Show & Conference, Bahrain, 20-23 February, 1998.(pdf)

(7)     H. Menouar, A.A. Al-Majed, and H. Syed. Sajid, “Effect of Formation Damage, Length, and Reservoir Thickness on the Inflow Performance of Horizontal Wells”, SPE/DOE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Tulsa, April 2000.

(8)     H. Menouar, A.A. Al-Majed, S.Z. Jilani, and M.A. Khan, “Mechanism of  Formation Damage in Horizontal Wells”, World Petroleum Congress, Sept. 17-20, 2001, Shanghai, China.

(9)     A. Khan, A.H. Mohammed, S.Z. Jilani, H. Menouar and A.A. Al-Majed, “Ultrasonic Characterization of Formation Damage: Effect of Particle Sizes”, Ultrasonics International Conference 2001, 2-5 July 2001, Technical University of Delft, the Netherlands.(pdf)

(10)   Khan, M.A., S.Z. Jilani, A.H. Mohammed, H. Menouar, and A.A. Al-Majed (2003). “Characterization of Formation Damage Using Ultrasonic Techniques”, Second Middle-East Non-Destructive Conference and Exhibition, Jubail, Saudi Arabia.  (pdf)

(11)   H. Menouar, H.M. Aman, A.A. Al-Majed, M.A. Khan, and S.Z. Jilani, “Use Of A Non-Destructive Method To Estimate Drilling Fluid Invasion Depth in Cores, Application to Formation Damage”. Paper # SCA2002-19. (pdf)

(12)   M.A. Mohiuddin, K. Khan, A. Abdulraheem, A. Al-Majed, and V. Aurifullah, “Field Based Criteria For The Design of Safe Mud Weight Window”, SPE Technical Symposium, Saudi Arabia, held in May, 2005.(pdf)

(13)   Mohammad R. Awal, Habib D. Zughbi, ShaikhRazzak, Abdulaziz A. Al-Majed, and Hasan Y. Al-Yousef, “Liquids Phase Holdup and Separation Characteristics as a Function of Well Inclination and Flowrate”. Paper presented at the 2005 SPE Technical Symposium of Saudi Arabia Section, held in Saudi Arabia, 14-16 May 2005.(pdf)

(14)   A.S. Al-Yami, H.A. Nasr-El-Din, A.A. Al-Majed, H. Menouar, “An Innovative Manganese Tetra-Oxide/KCl Water-Based Drill-in Fluid for HT/HP Wells”, 2007 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held in Anaheim, California, U.S.A., 11-14 November 2007.

(15)   E. El-Sebakhy, A. Abdulraheem, M. Ahmed, A. Al-Majed, P. Raharja, F. Azzedin, and T. Sheltani . "Functional Network as a Novel Approach for Prediction of Permeability in a Carbonate Reservoir". Presented at 10th International Conference on Engineering Applications of Neural Networks. Thessaloniki, Hellas, 29-31 August 2007.

(16)   A.S. Al-Yami, H.A. Nasr-El-Din, M.A. Bataweel, A.A. Al-Majed, H. Menouar, “Formation Damage Induced by various Water-Based Fluids Used to Drill HP/HT Wells”, 2008 SPE International Symposium and Exhibition on Formation Damage Control, 13-15 February 2008, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA

(17)   A.S. Harouaka, A. Arshad, S.J. Ahmed, A.A. Al-Majed, “Oil-Rock Interaction: Impact on Optimum Drawdown”, 2008 SPE International Symposium and Exhibition on Formation Damage Control, 13-15 February 2008, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA

(18)   E. El-Sebakhy, A. Abdulraheem, A. Al-Majed, T. Sheltani, M. Ahmed, I. Raharja, and Y. Khaeruzzaman (2008). "Data Mining for Predicting Permeability in Carbonate formation based on Support Vector Machines". Presented at the Saudi Meeting on Oil and Natural Gas Exploration and Production Technologies, Riyadh, January 6-8, 2008.

(19)   Aziz Arshad, KFUPM, Abdulaziz A. Al-Majed, KFUPM, Habib Maneouar, Abdulrahim Muhammadain, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals and Bechir Mtawaa, PI , SPE 127616 Carbon Dioxide (CO2) "Miscible Flooding in Tight Oil Reservoirs" .Presented at the 2009 Kuwait International Petroleum Conference and Exhibition held in Kuwait City, Kuwait, 14–16 December 2009.

(20)   Saifur Rahman, Abdulaziz A. Al-Majed, Habib Maneouar,  Aziz Arshad , King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals SPE- 128467-PP, “Phase Behavior Aspects of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Miscible Flooding in Tight Cores: A Case Study”, has been selected for technical presentation in Session 20,  17 February, at 2010 NATC.

(21)     El-Sebakhy Emad*, Asparouhov O.*, Abdulraheem A. +, Al-Majed A. +, Wu Donghui*, and Latinski K.* " Data Mining in Identifying Carbonate Litho-facies from Well Logs Based On Extreme Learning and Support vector Machines", ( Accepted in GEO 2010)MEDai Inc, an Elsevier Company, Millenia Park One, 4901 Vineland Road, Suite 450, Orlando FL 32811, USA 6, +Center of Petroleum and Minerals, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia

(22)    El-Sebakhy Emad*, Asparouhov O.*, Abdulraheem A. +, Al-Majed A. +, Wu Donghui*, and Latinski K.* " "On Utilizing Functional Networks Computational Intelligence in Forecasting Rock Mechanical Parameters for Hydrocarbon Reservoirs: Methodology and Comparative Studies", (Accepted in GEO 2010). * MEDai Inc, an Elsevier Company, Millenia Park One, 4901 Vineland Road, Suite 450, Orlando FL 32811, USA 6, +Center of Petroleum and Minerals, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia

(23)     K. M. Al-Amri, Saudi Aramco, Abdulaziz A. Al-Majed, M. A. Doklah, M. A. Al-Marhoun, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, "EVALUATION OF DRILLING DESIGNS FOR SMART MRC WELLS APPLIED IN SAUDI ARAMCO", This paper was prepared for presentation at the 2nd Saudi Meeting on Oil and Natural Gas Exploration and Production Technologies (OGEP 2010) held at the King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM) Campus in Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, December 18-20, 2010.

(24)  G.M. Hamada, The British University in Egypt, Egypt, , Abdulaziz A. Al-Majed, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia, T.M. Okasha, Aramco Co., Saudi Arabia and A.A. AlGathe, Hadhrmout University, Yemen, "Uncertainly Analysis of Archie's Parameters Determination Techniques in Carbonate Reservoirs"This paper was prepared for presentation at the 2nd Saudi Meeting on Oil and Natural Gas Exploration and Production Technologies (OGEP 2010) held at the King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM) Campus in Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, December 18-20, 201. .(pdf)

(25)  M.K. Rahman1, J.J. Kim, A.A. Al-Majed and M.M. Reda Taha, "Effect of Nanosilica on Cement Hydration under High Temperature and Pressure", 4th International Symposium on Nanotechnology in Construction, 2012.(pdf)

(26)  M.A. Mahmoud and A.A. Al-Majed. " New Model to Predict Formation Damage due to Sulfur Deposition in Sour Gas Wells ",  SPE 149535, 2012. (pdf)

(27)  Adeleye Sanmi Apaleke,A.A. Al-Majed, and M. Enamul Hossain,"State of The Art and Future Trend" , SPE 149555 , 2012. (pdf)

 

 

II.     Papers Published/Accepted for Publication in Journals 

(1)         Al-Fossail, K.A., Akbar Ali, M. T. H. and Al-Majed, A.A., "Experimental Factors Affecting Mercury Capillary Pressure Curves", Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Vol. 175, 515-517 (1995).

(2)         Al-Majed, A.A.,  Al-Fossail, K.A. and Al-Adani, N.I., "An Experimental Study of the Influence of Temperature and Overburden Pressure on Capillary Pressure Measurements", Journal of Engineering, Vol. 7, 3 (1997) 159-169.

(3)         Al-Otaibi, S.S. and Al-Majed, A.A., "Identification of factors affecting pseudo-relative permeability curves", Journal of Petroleum Science & Engineering 21 (1998) 249-261.(pdf)

(4)         Al-Majed, A. A., Al-Nashmi, M.,  Ali, S. A., Al-Fossail, K. A. "Control of gelation time of polyacrylamide chromium(III) system for water shut off treatments",  The International Journal of Sciences & Engineering, April 1999

(5)         Al-Majed, A.A., “A Curvilinear Grid System Generator for Pattern Numerical Simulator,” Journal of Engineering, Vol.9, 2, (1999) 31-39.(pdf)

(6)         Al-Majed, A.A., “Effect of Formation Damage on the Performance of Horizontal Wells,” Journal of Engineering, November 1999 .(pdf)

(7)         M.A. Khan, S.Z. Jilani, H. Menouar, and A.A. Al-Majed, “A Non-Destructive Method for Mapping Formation Damage,” Ultrasonics, Vol. 39, Issue 5, pp. 321-328, August 2001.(pdf)

(8)         M.A. Aggour, M.A. Al-Muhareb, S.A. Abu-Khamsin, and A.A. Al-Majed, “Improving Sandstone Matrix Acidizing for Oil Wells by Gas Preconditioning,” Petroleum Science and Technology Fol. 20, Nos. 3 & 4, pp. 425-434, 2002.(pdf)

(9)         S.Z. Jilani, H. Menouar, A.A. Al-Majed, M.A. Khan, “Effect of Overbalance Pressure on Formation Damage,” Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 36(2002) 97-109. (pdf)

(10)     Awal, M.R., Razzak, S.A., Zughbi, H.D., Al-Majed, A.A., and Al-Yousef, H.Y., (2006): Liquid-Liquid Phase Holdup: A Numerical Study to Investigate Downhole and Surface Inline Separation of Oil and Water," Accepted kin J. Petroleum Science and Engineering (Elsevier).(pdf)

(11)     El-Sebakhy Emad*, Asparouhov O., Abdulraheem A. , Al-Majed A. , Wu Donghui*, Latinski K., and Spires W. " Permeability Prediction in a Carbonate Reservoir Based on Functional Network as a Novel Computational Intelligence Paradigm " Journal of Computers and Geosciences ( Accepted)*MEDai Inc, an Elsevier Company, Millenia Park One, 4901 Vineland Road, Suite 450, Orlando FL 32811, USA 6, +Center of Petroleum and Minerals, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia

(12)      AMAR KHOUKHI, MUNIRUDEEN OLOSO, MOSTAFA ELSHAFEI,ABDULAZEEZ ABDULRAHEEM, and ABDULAZIZ AL-MAJED "SUPPORT VECTOR REGRESSION AND FUNCTIONAL NETWORKS FOR VISCOSITY AND GAS/OIL RATIO CURVES ESTIMATION" International Journal of Computational Intelligence and Applications Vol. 10, No. 3 (2011) 269–293 Imperial College Press (JCP). (pdf)