Research

Research Areas and Interests:

Well Testing.
Fluid visualization during dynamic fluid flow using linear X-ray scanner.
cEOR- Alkaline Surfactant Polymer flooding, Chelating Agents EOR Fluids
Smart Water Flooding

Current Research Activities :

Smart Waterflooding
EOR using Chelating Agents

Participation in Research Projects:

Funded Research Projects

"GCC Crude Pipeline Study," Final Report, KFUPM Research Institute (Div. I), Co-Investigator , (April 1985). The project was selected for the 1987 Award of Governor of Eastern Province for Applied Research.
"Surfactant/Polymer Flooding of Saudi Limestone Oil Reservoirs," KACST Project AR/6/161, Principal Investigator, 36 months project, Budget: SR 1,314,600.
"Rock Wettability and Restoration for Core Analysis and Effect on Oil Recovery", Research Institute Project # 21109 (Sept. 1992-August 1994) , sponsored by Saudi Aramco, Task Leader. This project was rated as the best research project among other projects conducted at the RI-KFUPM.
"Development of a program to construct cross-sectional model between two wells based on fractal theory." RI Project # 21129, sponsored by Saudi Aramco, Co-investigator, Sept. 1994 - Aug. 1997.
"Scaled physical model - Marjan horizontal well", RI Proj. # 21143, sponsored by Saudi Aramco, Task Leader, Sept. 1995 - Aug. 31, 1998.
Effect of Condensate Dropout on the Productivity of Hawiyah Gas Condensate Wells." RI Proj. No. 21159, sponsored by Saudi Aramco, Project Manager, May 1, 1997 – June 30,2004.
Field-Wide Transmissibility Mapping Using Interference/Pulse Testing in Haradh

Increment – 3. RI Project CPM2254, sponsored by Saudi Aramco. September 2005

(One –year project). Project Manager.

PhD Dissertation Supervised:

1. Al-Qahtani, Abdullah, Pressure Transient Testing of U-Shaped Multilateral Wells (Connected and non- Connected) in Multilayered Reservoirs. Advisor, PhD Dissertation, April 2014

2. Currently supervising 1 PhD Dissertation

PhD Dissertation Membership:

PhD. Dissertation Membership (Completed)

1. Abdulrauf Rasheed Adebayo, An Experimental Study of the Effect of Super Critical CO2 on Petrophysical and Electrical Properties of Carbonate Rocks During CO2 Sequestration, PhD Dissertation, Committee Member, Dec. 2014.

PhD. Dissertation Membership (In Progress)

1. Abdulaziz S. Al Guwaizani, Tight Gas Sandstone Reservoir Properties of the Lower Paleozoic Sarah Formation, Central and Eastern Saudi Arabia, PhD Dissertation, Committee Member, ES Department, In Progress

Master Thesis Supervised:

Al-Khalifah, A.J., "Two Phase Pulse Testing," January 1985, KFUPM.
Al-Mumen, A., "The Effect of Salinity on Oil Recovery," 1990, KFUPM.
Kissami, M., "The Effect of Multiple Fractures on the Performance of Gas Wells," 1990, KFUPM.
O. E. Vincent, "Design of an Alkaline/Surfactant/Polymer Enhanced Oil Recovery Scheme for a Saudi Arabian Limestone Reservoir.", 1994, KFUPM.
Olalekan K. Fawumi, "Effect of Condensate Drop-out on the Productivity of a Rich Gas Condensate Reservoir," Advisor, M.S. Thesis Committee, Pet. Eng. Dept., KFUPM,December 1999.
Syed Shariq Ali Hashmi, “Effect of Hydraulic Fracture on the Performance of a Layered Gas Condensate Reservoir,” Advisor, M.S. Thesis Committee. Pet. Eng. Dept., KFUPM, Feb. 2000.
Awotende, A.A, "Interference Testing Using Horizontal Wells of Unequal Lengths in Anisotropic Reservoirs," Advisor, M.S. Thesis Committee, Pet. Eng. Dept., KFUPM, June 2006.
Ayed Abu Faizal, "Interference Testing with Horizontal Wells in Layered Reservoir,"Advisor, M. S. Thesis Committee, Pet. Eng. Dept., KFUPM, Nov. 2006.
Rami Al-Abdul Mohsin, Effect of Natural Fractures on the Pressure Transient Behavior of Multilayer Reservoir. Advisor, M.S. Thesis Committee, Pet. Eng. Dept., KFUPM, Defended.
Mishal Al- Buraikn, Effect of Flow Rate History on Model Identifications and Parameter Estimation from Permenant Down- Hole Pressure and Rate Measurements. Advisor, M.S. Thesis Committee, Pet. Eng. Dept., KFUPM, Dec. 2011.
Muhammad Yousuf Jabbar, Brine Chemistry in Carbonate Reservoirs: Their role in oil Recovery. MSc. Thesis, Advisor, M.S. Thesis Committee, Pet. Eng. Dept., KFUPM, Sep. 2012.
Mashood, Kassim, Carbonate Rocks / Seawater Interactions : Role of Potential Determining ions Ca²⁺, Mg²⁺, and SO₄^2-. Advisor, M.S. Thesis Committee, Pet. Eng. Dept., KFUPM, Dec. 2012
Mohammed Attiia Elsayed, A New EOR Method for Sandstone Reservoirs Using High pH Chelating Agents. M.S. Thesis Committee, Co-Advisor, Pet. Eng. Dept., KFUPM, May, 2013.
Kasha, A. Impact of Injection Water Chemistry on Zeta Potential of Carbonate Rocks, MSc. Thesis, Advisor, M.S. Thesis Committee, Pet. Eng. Dept., KFUPM. May 2014.
15. Ahmed Abdulhamid Mahmoud. The Effect of Clay Concentration on Oil Recovery from Sandstone Rocks Using Chelating Agents. Advisor, MSc. Thesis, Petroleum Engineering Department, KFUPM, June 2015
Currently supervising 1 PhD dissertation and 3 MSc thesis.

Membership in M.S. Thesis Committees:

Abdul Aziz Al-Kaabi, "Simulation of the Effect of Natural Barriers on Oil Recovery," January 1985, KFUPM.
Ahmet Kose, "Effect of Surfactant Concentration on Oil-Water Relative Permeability of Saudi Arabian Limestones," June 1987, KFUPM.
Shakeel Ahmed, "Adsorption of Surfactants on Saudi Arabian Limestones," August 1987, KFUPM.
Rafiqul Awal, "A Simultaneous Fully Implicit Finite Difference Method to Simulate Surfactant - Polymer Flooding, " January 1988, KFUPM.
Ahmed A. Kandil, "Investigation of Production Performance of horizontal wells in fractured bottom water drive reservoirs", Member, PhD Thesis committee June, 1993, KFUPM.
Ashiq Hussain, "Recovery Performance and Relative Permeabilities of Composite Cores," 1995, KFUPM.
Ali Ahmed Al-Hajji, "Pressure Transient Behavior of a Well Intersected by Multiple Fractures," Dec. 1996, KFUPM.
Urfan, Sami, “Investigation of Horizontal Well Performance Using Hele-Shaw Model,” Member, M.S. Thesis Committee, Pet. Eng. Dept., KFUPM, December 1998.
Mohammad N. Khan, “Incorporating the Effects of Gas Slippage and Non-Darcy Flow In the Measurement of Permeability using Pressure Pulse-Decay Technique,” Member, M.S. Thesis Committee, Pet. Eng. Dept., KFUPM, June 2000.
Saad Al-Mutairi, Cyclic Production Scheme to Improve Reservoir Performance, M.Sc. Thesis Committee, Pet. Eng. Dept., KFUPM, June 2008.
Khalid Saeed Bajaalah, Determination of Matrix and Fracture Permeabilities in Whole Cores Using Pressure Pulse Decay,Member M.Sc. Thesis Committee, Pet. Eng. Dept., KFUPM June 2009.
Babar Kamal. The Effect of Well and Reservoir Parameters on the Performance of Horizontal and Vertical Wells in Volumetric Dry Gas Reservoirs. Member, M.Sc. Thesis Committee, Pet. Eng. Dept., KFUPM, September 2012
Khaled Zidan Abdulgawad Ibrahim, An Innovative Application of Chelating Agents for EOR in Carbonate Reservoirs. MSc. Thesis, Pet. Eng. Dept., KFUPM , Committee Member, May 2013.
Zaeem Hassan Khan. Models of Fractional Diffusion in Radial Composite Reservoirs, , MSc. Thesis, Pet. Eng. Dept., KFUPM , Committee Member, Dec. 2013.
Al-Namer, Ali Ahmed. Global Optimization Strategies for Well Test in Single and Dual Porosity Reservoirs, MSc. Thesis, M.S. Thesis Committee, Committee Member, Pet. Eng. Dept., KFUPM. May 2013.
Ismael, Menhal, A Multi- Objective Well Placement Approach With NPV and Regional Pressure Balance, MSc. Thesis, Pet. Eng. Dept., KFUPM , Committee Member, Oct. 2014.
Madhar Sahib Azad, Evaluation of Novel Viscoelastic system as Potential Chemical EOR Method in Carbonate Reservoirs., MSc. Thesis, Pet. Eng. Dept., KFUPM , Committee Member, Dec. 2014.
Rami Aloush, NUMERICAL MODELING OF TURBULENT GAS FLOW IN POROUS MEDIA: A FRACTIONAL DIFFUSION APPROACH. MSc. Thesis, Petroleum Engineering Department, KFUPM, Committee Member, May 2015.
ANEEQ NASIR JANJUA, Optimum Selection of VES Systems as EOR fluid for Wafra Ratawi Field. MSc. Thesis, Petroleum Engineering Department, KFUPM, Committee Member. In Progress

Research

Research Areas and Interests:

Well Testing.

Fluid visualization during dynamic fluid flow using linear X-ray scanner.

cEOR- Alkaline Surfactant Polymer flooding, Chelating Agents EOR Fluids

Participation in Research Projects:

Funded Research Projects

"GCC Crude Pipeline Study," Final Report, KFUPM Research Institute (Div. I), Co-Investigator , (April 1985). The project was selected for the 1987 Award of Governor of Eastern Province for Applied Research.

"Surfactant/Polymer Flooding of Saudi Limestone Oil Reservoirs," KACST Project AR/6/161, Principal Investigator, 36 months project, Budget: SR 1,314,600.

"Rock Wettability and Restoration for Core Analysis and Effect on Oil Recovery", Research Institute Project # 21109 (Sept. 1992-August 1994) , sponsored by Saudi Aramco, Task Leader. This project was rated as the best research project among other projects conducted at the RI-KFUPM.

"Development of a program to construct cross-sectional model between two wells based on fractal theory." RI Project # 21129, sponsored by Saudi Aramco, Co-investigator, Sept. 1994 - Aug. 1997.

"Scaled physical model - Marjan horizontal well", RI Proj. # 21143, sponsored by Saudi Aramco, Task Leader, Sept. 1995 - Aug. 31, 1998.

Effect of Condensate Dropout on the Productivity of Hawiyah Gas Condensate Wells." RI Proj. No. 21159, sponsored by Saudi Aramco, Project Manager, May 1, 1997 – June 30,2004.

PhD Dissertation Supervised:

Master Thesis Supervised:

Al-Khalifah, A.J., "Two Phase Pulse Testing," January 1985, KFUPM.

Al-Mumen, A., "The Effect of Salinity on Oil Recovery," 1990, KFUPM.

Kissami, M., "The Effect of Multiple Fractures on the Performance of Gas Wells," 1990, KFUPM.

O. E. Vincent, "Design of an Alkaline/Surfactant/Polymer Enhanced Oil Recovery Scheme for a Saudi Arabian Limestone Reservoir.", 1994, KFUPM.

Olalekan K. Fawumi, "Effect of Condensate Drop-out on the Productivity of a Rich Gas Condensate Reservoir," Advisor, M.S. Thesis Committee, Pet. Eng. Dept., KFUPM,December 1999.

Syed Shariq Ali Hashmi, “Effect of Hydraulic Fracture on the Performance of a Layered Gas Condensate Reservoir,” Advisor, M.S. Thesis Committee. Pet. Eng. Dept., KFUPM, Feb. 2000.

Awotende, A.A, "Interference Testing Using Horizontal Wells of Unequal Lengths in Anisotropic Reservoirs," Advisor, M.S. Thesis Committee, Pet. Eng. Dept., KFUPM, June 2006.

Ayed Abu Faizal, "Interference Testing with Horizontal Wells in Layered Reservoir,"Advisor, M. S. Thesis Committee, Pet. Eng. Dept., KFUPM, Nov. 2006.

Membership in M.S. Thesis Committees:

Abdul Aziz Al-Kaabi, "Simulation of the Effect of Natural Barriers on Oil Recovery," January 1985, KFUPM.

Ahmet Kose, "Effect of Surfactant Concentration on Oil-Water Relative Permeability of Saudi Arabian Limestones," June 1987, KFUPM.

Shakeel Ahmed, "Adsorption of Surfactants on Saudi Arabian Limestones," August 1987, KFUPM.

Rafiqul Awal, "A Simultaneous Fully Implicit Finite Difference Method to Simulate Surfactant - Polymer Flooding, " January 1988, KFUPM.

Ahmed A. Kandil, "Investigation of Production Performance of horizontal wells in fractured bottom water drive reservoirs", Member, PhD Thesis committee June, 1993, KFUPM.

Ashiq Hussain, "Recovery Performance and Relative Permeabilities of Composite Cores," 1995, KFUPM.

Ali Ahmed Al-Hajji, "Pressure Transient Behavior of a Well Intersected by Multiple Fractures," Dec. 1996, KFUPM.

Urfan, Sami, “Investigation of Horizontal Well Performance Using Hele-Shaw Model,” Member, M.S. Thesis Committee, Pet. Eng. Dept., KFUPM, December 1998.

Mohammad N. Khan, “Incorporating the Effects of Gas Slippage and Non-Darcy Flow In the Measurement of Permeability using Pressure Pulse-Decay Technique,” Member, M.S. Thesis Committee, Pet. Eng. Dept., KFUPM, June 2000.