Teaching

Teaching This term (101) 2010

PETE409: Artificial Lift (Undergraduate)

Equipment and techniques of modern production operations. Analysis of inflow performance, multiphase flow and well performance. Artificial lift methods and applications including gas-lift, electric submersible pumping, and sucker rod pumping. Overview of off-shore production operations.

PETE524: Advanced Well Logging (Graduate)

The course provides the students with the basic and advanced skills and techniques needed to interpret modern well logs. These skills and techniques are then used for identification and evaluation of potential hydrocarbon zones from a standard suite of logs. Clean and shaly formation interpretations are covered. Computer Applications are emphasized.

Courses taught:

• Petrophysics and Well-Logging
• Senior Design in Reservoir Simulation and Reservoir Description
• Artificial Recovery Techniques

Other related experiences-teaching, industrial etc.

• 15+ years of broad based international oil industry experience gained in reservoir simulation, production optimization, well-performance, field development planning, reservoir surveillance, reservoir management, wellsite operations and working in integrated multi-disciplinary study teams through employment with majors (Saudi Aramco, Arco, Oil India Limited) and service companies (Schlumberger).
• Taught 5 undergraduate senior-level course (both in current role and as Senior Lecturer at the Indian School of Mines in 1988), and 7 industry short courses
• Taught course on scripting & programming and their use in reservoir engineering.
• Mentored 10 Saudi engineers on basic reservoir engineering aspects and how to employ it in understanding simulation results. Designed training programs.
• An extensive “hands-on” production optimization & reservoir engineering.  Expert in single well models (PROSPER), and simulation model construction.
• Worked 1 summer for ARCO Exploration & Production Technology, Plano. Texas 

Born in 7th February 1963 Nationality: American

Office

King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM)

Building 3 Room 209

Phone # + 966 3 860 2524

Fax # + 966 3 860 4447

Mail Address

Department of Petroleum Engneering P. O. Box 2020, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261 Saudi Arabia