Ongoing Projects

1· PI:proposal accepted, 4th cycle NSTIP, 2010 – An Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Fluid Flow Models during Thermal Flooding in Porous Media, (Dr. Sidqi A Abu-Khamsin, Dr Zaid Saghir, Dr. Kamviz Vafai, Co-investigator and consultant).

2· First author: 2011, Book writing grants, IN101017 – Fundamentals of sustainable drilling engineering, (Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Majed, Co-author), ongoing project.

3· PI: 2011, SABIC, SB101015 – Development of an Appropriate Protocol for Sustainable Management of Drilling Wastes Using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), SABIC/Fast Track research, (Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Majed, Dr. Abu-Nasser Khondaker, and Dr. Sayed Masiur Rahman. Co-investigator), ongoing project.

4· PI: pre-proposal accepted on Dec 03, 2011, 6th cycle, 2011 – An Experimental Investigation of the Potential Use of Non-edible Vegetable Oil and Date Seeds as part of a Sustainable Drilling Mud System Compositions, NSTIP, submitted final proposal for a fund of SR.1,999,600

5· PI: 2012, Internal Grant, IN111020 – Investigation of Canola Oil as an Environment Friendly Drilling Fluid, Internal Grant, (Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Majed, Co-investigator), ongoing project. Budget: SR. 118,910.

6· Co-I: proposal accepted, 5th cycle NSTIP, 2011 – Prediction of permeability in carbonates based on 3D seismic and openhole log data using a triple-porosity model, Artificial Intelligence tools and Geostatistics, (Dr. Abdulazeez Abdulraheem, PI; Dr. Abdulaziz A. Al-Majed, Dr. Ali Sahin, Dr. Gabor Korvin, Dr. Abdullatif Al-Shuhail, and Dr. Rafiul