DR. DHAFER A. AL-SHEHRI
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Dr. Dhafer Al-Shehri

King Fahd University Of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM)

Department Of Petroleum Engineering

P. O. Box 5703 Dhahran 31311,
Dhahran 31311,Saudi Arabia
H: (966)13-861-1424
M: (966)50-582-9620
E: alshehrida@kfupm.edu.sa
E: dr.dhafer.shehri@hotmail.com
W: http://faculty.kfupm.edu.sa/

ABOUT ME

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

King Fahd University (KFUPM)

Dhahran

1983-1996
  • January 2015- Current
    Assistant Professor with KFUPM (Petroleum Engineering Department).
  • September 1983- January 1987
    Graduate Assistant with KFUPM (Petroleum Engineering Department) - Obtained M.Sc. degree. Thesis title "CO2 Minimum Miscibility Pressure for Saudi Arabian Crudes".
  • January 1988- December 1994
    Lecturer with KFUPM (Petroleum Engineering Department) - Obtained Ph.D. degree from Texas A&M, TX, USA. Dissertation title "Assessment of dynamic Kill for the Control Of Middle-East Surface Blow-out".
  • December 1994- March 1996
    Assistant Professor with KFUPM (Petroleum Engineering Department) - Taught petroleum engineering courses and participated in research projects with the Research Institute.

Saudi Aramco

Dhahran

1996-2015
  • October 2011- December 2015
    Petroleum Engineering Consultant with Reservoir Management of Southern Area; Leader of the Recovery and Technology Excellence Center 'RTEC' responsible for assessing and enhancing ultimate hydrocarbon recovery throughout the life cycles of our reservoirs with in-depth recovery studies including future recovery methods and associated technology needs.
  • January 2009- October 2011
    Leader of Manifa Increment Subsurface Development- responsible for developing the largest Saudi offshore increment of 900,000 Bbls/D of heavy sour crude from two reservoirs. Team formulated and implemented reservoir management strategies, requirement and coordinated with surface activities to ensure field to be best in class for the on-stream date of April 2013.
  • December 2007-December 2009
    Worked for Southern Area Production Engineering in several technical managerial positions including responsible for meeting field's oil and gas production, and water injection target rates while ensuring reservoir management best practices to maximize recovery and optimize cost. Assumed the following roles;
    - General Supervisor of Abqaiq production Engineering division.
    - Superintendent of North Ghawar Well Services Division.
    - Supervisor Production Engineering for Ain Dar & Shedgum fields.
  • April 2007-December 2007
    Working for the Saudi Aramco EXPEC Advanced Research Center (ARC) as the Chief Technologist Drilling Technology team (DTT)
    - Managing and Revising DTT research plans and priorities to match current team capabilities and prioritized projects to expedite cost effective contribution to Saudi Aramco drilling program. For example, new innovative ideas such as Micro-Chip for Drill-in Fluid, Low density cement, Damage Free Drill-in fluid, Comprehensive near real time Measuring and Monitoring System for drilling fluid, and in-place flexible elastic expandable tubular system were given a priority.
    - Supported management with special reviews and reports on various topics including a road map for the DTT, reviews and overview of various drilling technologies and collaboration opportunities.
  • January 2001-April 2007
    Worked for Southern Area Production Engineering in several technical managerial positions including responsible for meeting field's oil and gas production, and injections target rate while ensuring reservoir management best practices to maximize recovery and optimize cost. Overseen introduction and application of several innovative technologies such retrievable down-hole gauges and remote wellhead monitoring and alarming system among other technologies. Assumed the following roles;
    - General Supervisor of Udhailiyah production Engineering division.
    - General supervisor of Water Injection Engineering.
    - General Supervisor of Gas production Engineering.
    - Supervisor of Khurais Field Production engineering.
    - Supervisor of SDGM/UTMN gas Production engineering.
    - Development assignment as a senior production engineer.
  • January 1999- December 2000
    Worked with Southern Area Reservoir Management assigned to help manage AinDar, Abqaiq and Hawtah fields with best practices to maintain production /injection levels and maximize hydrocarbon recovery.
  • March 1996- January 1999
    Worked for Drilling and Workover developing and executing drilling programs into southern area fields and also the Shaybah field development.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

    • PETE 407 Petroleum Economics.

EDUCATION

MBA

KFUPM

2014

KFUPM Executive MBA (EMBA), May (2014).

Ph.D.

Texas A&M University

1994

Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA (1994).

M.Sc.

KFUPM

1987

M.Sc. with Honors in Petroleum Engineering from KFUPM, Dhahran, (1987).

B.Sc.

KFUPM

1983

B.Sc. with Honors in Petroleum Engineering from KFUPM, Dhahran, (1983).

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AND PUBLICATIONS

Journal Publications


  • Oskay, M.M., Al-Shehri, D.A., Abu-Khamsin, S.A., and Al-Marhoun, M.A.:
    "Carbon Dioxide Minimum Miscibility Pressure for Saudi Arabian Crudes" Arabian Journal of Science & Engineering, 14:2, April 1989.
  • Al-Shehri, D.A and Vo, L. and R. Laus,;
    "The Wireless Remote Wellhead Monitoring and Alarming System Via GSM Communication Network Pilot Test in a Saudi Arabian Oil Field", SPE paper 84150 presented at 2003 SPE ATCE 2003 in Denver, Co, USA. Published in SA Journal of Technology, Summer 2004.
  • Al-Shehri, D.A and S. Zhou;
    "Bionic Wells: Science Imitates Nature Again", Published in SA Journal of Technology, Spring 2008.
  • Dhafer Al-Shehri, M. Kanfar; Y. Ansari, and S. Abu Faizal Baker Hughes:
    "Utilizing NMR and Formation Pressure Testing While Drilling to Place Water Injectors Optimally in a Field in Saudi Arabia", SPE paper141783 presented at the 2011 Middle East Show , Bahrain 25-28, 2011; published in SA Journal of technology, 13-17, Fall 2011.
  • Saleh Al-Mutairi, , M. Obied ; I. Yami, and A. Shebatalh and Dhafer Al-Shehri:
    "Wormhole propagation in Tar Matrix Acidizing of carbonate Formation", SPE paper 151560 presented at the 2011 SPE International Symposium and Exhibition on Formation damage control, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA 15-17 February 2012.; published in SA Journal of technology, 2-11, Spring 2012 2011.

Conferences Publications (Include Published in Journals)


  • Oskay, M.M., Al-Shehri, D.A., Abu-Khamsin, S.A., and Al-Marhoun, M.A.:
    "Carbon Dioxide Minimum Miscibility Pressure for Saudi Arabian Crudes", Arabian Journal of Science & Engineering, 14:2, April 1989.
  • Dhafer Al-Shehri,:
    "Assessment Of Application Of Dynamic Kill for the Control Of Middle-East Surface Blowouts"; SPE/IADC paper 39258 presented at 1997 Middle East Drilling Technology Conference, Bahrain, 23-25 November 1997.
  • A. Al-Qahtani and D. Al-Shehri,: "The Ec-Factor: A New Correlation For Optimizing Completion Efficiency"; SPE paper 81490 presented at 2003 Middle East Show , Bahrain 5-8, 2003.
  • Al-Shehri, D.A and Vo, L. and R. Laus,;
    "The Wireless Remote Wellhead Monitoring and Alarming System Via GSM Communication Network Pilot Test in a Saudi Arabian Oil Field", SPE paper 84150 presented at 2003 SPE ATCE 2003 in Denver, Co, USA. Published in SA Journal of Technology, Summer 2004.
  • Al-Shehri, D.A, A.S. Rabaa and J.J. Duenas;:
    "Commingled Production Experiences of Multilayered Gas-Carbonate Reservoir in Saudi Arabia" SPE 97073 Gas paper presented in ATCE 2005 in Dallas, TX, USA.
  • A.S. Yami, H.A. Nasr-El-Din, S. H. Saleh, A. Humaidi, M.K. Arfaj and Al-Shehri, D.A.':
    "An Innovative Approach for Long-Term Zonal Isolation in HT/HP gas wells" SPE paper # 109075 presented in the SPE 2007 Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference in Jakarta, Indonesia.
  • Al-Shehri, D.A and S. Zhou;
    "Bionic Wells: Science Imitates Nature Again", Published in SA Journal of Technology, Spring 2008.
  • S. A. Chatriwala, F. Subaie, D. A. Al-Shehri, A. Soremi and J. Reaux,:
    "First Saudi Aramco Use of Retrievable Downhole Pressure And Temperature Gauges Monitoring System: A Cost Effective Technology Solution To Manage Maturing Oil And Gas Fields" SPE paper # 126092 presented in SPE SAS, 09-11 May 2009, Khobar, Saudi Arabia.
  • L.M . Warlick , Abbas, H.H., Tahini, A.M, Shehri, D.A.F,:
    "Evaluation of Wellbore Stability during Drilling and Production of Open Hole Horizontal Wells in a Carbonate Field" SPE paper # 126157 presented in SPE SAS, 09-11 May 2009, Khobar, Saudi Arabia.
  • Dhafer Al-Shehri, M. Kanfar; Y. Ansari, and S. Abu Faizal Baker Hughes:
    "Utilizing NMR and Formation Pressure Testing While Drilling to Place Water Injectors Optimally in a Field in Saudi Arabia", SPE paper141783 presented at the 2011 Middle East Show , Bahrain 25-28, 2011; published in SA Journal of technology, 13-17, Fall 2011.
  • Saleh Al-Mutairi, , M. Obied ; I. Yami, and A. Shebatalh and Dhafer Al-Shehri:
    "Wormhole propagation in Tar Matrix Acidizing of carbonate Formation", SPE paper 151560 presented at the 2011 SPE International Symposium and Exhibition on Formation damage control, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA 15-17 February 2012.; published in SA Journal of technology, 2-11, Spring 2012 2011.

Groups, Associations & Membership


  • Society of Petroleum Engineering (SPE Membership # 1061456).
  • Saudi Council of Engineers (SCE Membership # 146498).
  • International/Saudi Association for Energy Economics (IAEE/SAEE Membership # 13828).
  • Arabian Society for Human Resource Management (ASHRM).

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