RESEARCH PROJECTS
1. Geostatistical Evaluation of Cayeli-Madenkoy Cu-Zn Deposit, Eastern Black Sea Region, Turkey (completed at MTA between January 1980 and January 1981, Project Manager)
2. Geostatistical and Geophysical Evaluation of Sulfide Deposits in Saudi Arabia, KACST Project AR-6-163 (completed at KFUPM between January 1985 and January 1987, Co-investigator responsible for geostatistical evaluation)
3. Geostatistical Study of Spatial Distributions of Permeability in Hanifa Formation outcrops, Jabal Al-Abakkayn Area, Central Saudi Arabia, funded by Saudi Aramco (completed at the KFUPM Research Institute between February 1993 and August 1994, Project Manager)
4. Geostatistical Modeling and Evaluation of Petroleum Reservoir Characteristics, funded by Saudi Aramco (completed at the KFUPM Research Institute between September 1992 and September 1995, Project Manager)
5. Modeling of Hanifa Fractured Reservoir in Abqaiq Field, funded by Saudi Aramco (completed at the KFUPM Research Institute between September 1994 and September 1997, Task Leader)
6. Technical Consulting to the Arabian Oil Company in Reservoir Characterization (completed at the KFUPM Research Institute between 16 November-16 December 1999, Consultant)
7. Reservoir Characterization Consortium Program (June 2000-June 2007, Project Manager)
8. Development of Marginal Oil Reserves from Tight Reservoirs, funded by Saudi Aramco (completed at the KFUPM Research Institute between January 2003 and March 2004, Member)
9.  Analysis of Core, Drill Cuttings and Formation Fluid Samples from Wells in Block-B, Rub' Al-Khali, Saudı Arabia, funded by Sino Saudi Gas Limited (April 2006-Present, Project Manager)
10.  Core, Drill-cuttings and Formation Fluid/Gas Samples Analysis from Wells in Area-A, Rub' Al-Khali, Saudi Arabia, funded by Lukoil Saudi Arabia  (February 2006-Present, Member & Task Leader)
11. Gamma Ray Scanning, Imaging, and Analysis of Cores from Rub' Al-Khali, funded by South Rub' Al-Khali Company Limited (March 2006-Present, Member)
12.  Permeability Modeling for Khuff-C Reservoir (Haradh Field, Saudi Arabia) using Fuzzy Logic Techniques, funded by Saudi Aramco (April 2007-February 2008, Consultant)
13.  Development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Model to Determine Permeability and Hydraulic Units for Carbonate Reservoirs in Saudi Arabia (March 2010-March 2011, Member)
14. Prediction of Permeability Profiles Using 3D Seismic Data and Open-hole Log (February 2010-February 2011, Consultant)

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