Funded Projects

• "A study of  Tar Properties and Methods of Improving Injectivity in Tar Mats," Research Institute Project # 21061 conducted for Saudi Aramco, Project Manager (2 years, completed).
• "Rock Wettability and Restoration for Core Analysis and Effect on Oil Recovery", Research Institute Project # 21109 conducted for Saudi Aramco,  Task Leader (2 years, completed).  
•  "Rock Compressibility and Formation Strength Indices in Sandstone Reservoirs," Research Institute Project # .21111 conducted for Saudi Aramco, Project Manager (3 years, completed).
• "Effect of Condensate Dropout on the Productivity of Hawiyah Gas Condensate Wells."  Research Institute Project # 21159, conducted for Saudi Aramco, Task Leader (3 years, completed).
• "Consulting Services in Petroleum Engineering" Research Institute Project # CPM4901 conducted for Several Companies in and outside Saudi Arabia, Project Manager (open ended):

                "Porous Plate Capillary Pressure from a Middle Eastern Oil Reservoir" (completed).

                 "Special Core Analyses from Two Middle Eastern Oil Reservoirs" (completed).

                "Injectivity Problems in one Middle Eastern Oil Reservoir" (completed).

                "Alkaline-Surfactant-Polymer Feasibility Study in a Middle Eastern Oil Reservoir" (completed).

• "Compositional Modeling of Gas, Gas Condensate and Light Oil reservoirs" Research Institute Project # CPM2208 conducted for Saudi Aramco, Co-Investigator (15 months, completed).
• "Petrophysical Rock Typing of Arab C & D Reservoirs, Qatif Field" Research Institute Project # CPM2215 conducted for Saudi Aramco, Co-Investigator (1 year, completed).
• "On-site Core flood Tests for Uthmaniyah, Hawiyah and Haradh Areas," Saudi ARAMCO, Dhahran, Research Institute Project # CPM2231 conducted for Saudi Aramco, Project Coordinator (8 months, completed).
• "Qatif / Arab-D Streamline Simulation Study"  Research Institute Project # CPM2232 conducted for Saudi Aramco, Co-Investigator (4 months, completed).
• "Optimization of Sand Face Drawdown in Haradh Area" Research Institute Project # CPM2238 conducted for Saudi Aramco, Project Manager (1 year, ongoing).

M.S./  Ph. D. Theses Committee Membership

1. Syed S. Hashmi: “Effect of a Hydraulic Fracture on the Performance of a Layered Gas Condensate Reservoir,” KFUPM, Dhahran, (M.S.) February 2000.
2. Taha M. Okasha, "An Experimental Study of Oil Recovery from Tarmat Reservoirs using Hot Water and Solvent Flooding," KFUPM, (Ph.D.) March 1995,