Research
Research Interests:
Reservoir Engineering and Drilling Engineering
KACST - Technical Innovation Center
Carbon Capture and Sequestration
Technical Innovation Center , KACST,.
2011, Thrust Leader CO2 Sequestration.
1.
Development of Nano-Based Oil Well Cement Slurry for High
Temperature and Pressure Oil Well Cementing, NSTIP, 2010,
Co-Investigator.
2. Prediction of Permeability and Rock Mechanical Properties, and Identification of Lithofacies Using Latest Artificial Intelligence Techniques, NSTIP, 2010, Co-Investigator.
3.
A decision support
system for improving directional steering,
KACST,
2010, Co-Investigator.
Research Projects:
Participation in Research
Institute (KFUPM) Projects:
Projects Membership and Supervision:
1.
PN-21173: Evaluation of
Wettability and its Effect on Dynamic Flow Properties.
2.
Effect of Condensate
Dropout on the Productivity of
Hawiyah, Jauf, Gas Condensate Wells
3.
CPM-2207: Reservoir
Characterization Consortium (Saudi Aramco).
4.
CPM-2209: Reservoir
Characterization Consortium (AGOC-AOC).
5.
CPM-2215: Petrophysical
Rock Typing of the Arab-C and D Reservoirs,
6.
CPM-2216: A Study of
Electrical Properties and Capillary Pressure Characteristics of the Safaniya
Field.
7.
CPM-2218: Field Development
and Implementation of Method for In-Situ Sand Consolidation by Low
Temperature Oxidation – Phase II.
8.
CPM-2225: Laboratory
Measurements of Acoustical and Geomechanical Properties in Khuff and Pre-Khuff
Gas Fields.
9.
CPM-2226: Reservoir
Characterization Consortium (
10.
CPM-2227: Wellbore
Instability – Khafji Reservoir, Zuluf Field – Phase II.
11.
CPM-2228: Development of
Artificial Neural Network Models for Predicting Rock Mechanical Properties.
12.
CPM-2229: Development of
Marginal Oil Reserves from Tight Reservoirs.
13.
CPM-2230: Development of
Pass-Through Electric Submersible Pump, Phase I: Evaluation of Technical
Feasibility.
14.
CPM-2231: On-Site Coreflood
Test for Uthmaniyah, Hawiyah and Haradh Areas.
15.
CPM-2232: Qatif/Arab-D
Streamline Simulation Study.
16.
CPM-2234: Petrophysical
Tock Typing of the Arab-D Reservoir in the Mezaleej Field.
17.
CPM-2236: Saturation
Estimation from Sonic and Saturation Logs.
18.
CPM-2238: Optimization of
Sand Face Drawdown in Haradh Areas.
19.
CPM-2239: Design of
Downhole Gravity Separation of Oil and Water Phase I – Simulation Study for
Technical Feasibility.
20.
CPM-2240: Electrical
Parameters and Capillary Pressure Measurements and Analyses.
21.
CPM-2241: ANDR/SDGM
Injection Targets Using Streamline Model.
22.
CPM-2242: Evaluating
Formation Damage and Remedial Actions in Horizontal Wells in Haradh.
23.
CPM-2243: Field Trials on
New In-Situ Sand Consolidation Methods by Low-Temperature Oxidation.
24.
FPM-2244: Further
Development on In-Situ Sand Consolidation by Low-Temperature Oxidation.
25.
CPM-2246: Development of
Perforation Optimization Software for Horizontal Wells.
26.
CPM-2248: Critical
Assessment of Key Analytical Methods for Sanding Prediction.
27.
CPM-2249: Development of
Marginal Oil Reserves – 2nd Phase.
28.
CPM-2250: Evaluation of
Anisotropic Petrophysical Properties Using Whole Core Samples.
29.
CPM-2251: Validation/Tuning
of Khuff Relative Permeability to Wells Test Data.
30.
CPM-2252: Developing Fuzzy
Logic Modeling Capability.
31.
CPM-2253: Development of
Pass-Through Electric Pump – Phase-II “Design of a Prototype”.
32.
CPM-2254: Field-Wide
Transmissibility Mapping Using Interference /Pulse Testing in Haradh
Increment-3.
33.
CPM-2255: Development of an
Artificial Neural Network Model for Reservoir Fluid Properties (PVT).
34.
CPM-2262: Core Drill
Cutting and Formation Fluids/Gas Analysis in the Area of Block “A” LUKSAR.
35.
CPM-2263: Pore Network
Petrological Characterization of Arab D/Ghawar and
36.
CPM-2265: Conventional Core
Analysis.
37.
CPM-2266: Analysis of Core,
Drill Cutting and Formation Fluid Samples from Wells in Block “B”,
38.
CPM-2267: Stream Line
Simulation Model for HWTH Trend Injection Optimization.
39.
CPM-2269: Direct
Permeability Measurements on Cuttings Using IFP DarcyLog Invention.
40.
CPM-2275: Developing Fuzzy
Logic Modeling Capability – Phase II.
41.
CPM-2276: Permeability
Modeling for HRDH/Khuff, using Fuzzy Logic Approach.
42.
CPM-2278: Contract for
Research Services – Emirates Link ResLab, LLC, UAE.
43.
CPM-2279: Steady State
Relative Permeability Estimation.
44.
CPM-2280: Reservoir
Characterization – Geostatistical Data Integration for Improved Reservoir
Modeling.
Projects Supervision
1.
CPM-2222: 3-D Digital
Mapping of Khuff Outcrops and Reservoir Using Satellite Images, Differential
GPS, and GIS
2.
CPM-2223: Horizon Velocity
Analysis (HVA) Enhancement Using
Spatial Deconvolution.
3.
CPM-2224: Study of Archie
Parameters and CT Visualization of Fluid Flow in Arab-D Cores.
4.
CPM-2233: Laboratory
Scaling Study: Compatibility of Disposal and Seawater –
5.
CPM-2235: Sedimentological
and Petrological Description of Qatif Cores, Phase II.
6.
CPM-2237: Wavelet Phase
Preserving Using Fourth-Order Cumulant for Deconvolution.
7.
CPM-2247: Predicting Log
Properties from Seismic Data Using Abductive Networks.
8.
CPM-2261: Multiscale
Analysis and Interpretation of Well Logs.
9.
CPM-2264: QuickBird
Satellite Image Acquisition Processing and Printing for the Royal Commission in
Jubail. (Royal Commission,
10.
CPM-2268: The Near-Surface
Seismic Investigation Consortium (NSSIC).
11.
CPM-2271: The Near-Surface
Seismic Investigation Consortium (NSSIC). –
12.
CPM-2272: The Near-Surface
Seismic Investigation Consortium (NSSIC). – Schlumberger.
13.
CPM-2273: The Near-Surface
Seismic Investigation Consortium (NSSIC) – South Rub Al-Khali Co. Ltd.,
Theses Supervision:
(1)
Al-Otaibi, S. "Factors Affecting Pseudo Relative
Permeability", KFUPM, June 1992.
(2) Muhammad, M. "Analytical Approach for the Factors Affecting the In-Situ Gelation Process", KFUPM, 1994.
(3) Al-Nashmi, M., "Effect of Retarder on the Gelation Times and Stability of Polyacrylamide/Chromium III Systems", KFUPM, June 1997.
(4)
Jilani, S.M., "Evaluation of Formation Damage ", KFUPM. 2001
(5)
Hasan, S.S.., "Effect of Formation Damage, Wellbore Friction and
Perforation Distribution on Horizontal Well Performance", KFUPM.2002
(6)
Abdullah Saleh Hussain Al-Yami, " Evaluation of
Manganese Tetroxide as a Weighting Material for Water Based Drill-in
Fluids" , KFUPM, 2007
(7) Khalifa Al-Amri " Novel Drilling Design for Smart MRC Wells" ( in progress)
(8) Hesham AbdulKhaliq Mohammad, " MONITORING & IMPROVING WATER FLOODING USING STREAMLINE SIMULATION" ,Department of Petroleum Engineering, June 2009.
M.S. Theses Committees Membership
(1) Akbar Ali, M.T.M., "Factors Affecting Capillary Pressure Measurements," KFUPM, December 1991.
(2)
Al-Gahtani, A.M., "Optimization of Horizontal Well Completions (Position,
Length and Perforation Scenarios)", KFUPM, December 1997.
(3)
Fawumi, O. K., "Effect of Liquid Drop-out on the Productivity of a Rich
Gas Condensate Reservoir", KFUPM 2000
(4)
Al-Muhareb, M., "Improving Sandstone Matrix Stimulation for Oil Wells by
Gas Preconditioning", KFUPM 2000
(5)
Mohamad, A. Ayoub, "Development and Testing of an Artificial Neural
Network Model for Predicting ottomhole Pressure in Vertical Multiphase Flow",
KFUPM 2004
(6)
Mohammed Ahmedullah Siddiqui, " Investigating the Effect of Heterogeneity
on the Resistivity of Rocks" KFUPM
2007
(7)
Mohammad Ali Khamis," PVT Data Quality Control" KFUPM , 2007
(8)
Abdelrigeeb Ali Gathe, " Analysis of Archie Parameters Determination
Techniques" KFUPM.
(9)
Khalid Bajaalah, KFUPM " Determination of Matrix and Fracture
Permeability in Whole Cores Using
Pressure Pulse Decay ".