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Date of Birth: 21 April 1954
Marital Status: Married with 3 children
Nationality: Iraqi, Highly Skilled Migrant (HSM) approved to work in UK
Languages Spoken: English and Arabic
EDUCATION
1982 – 1985 Ph.D in Petroleum Engineering, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh. United Kingdom
Thesis title: "The Development of Micromodelling Technique for Investigating Multiphase Flow Phenomena Under Reservoir Conditions"
1980 – 1981 MSc in Petroleum Engineering, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh. United Kingdom
Thesis title: "A Review of Flow Characteristics and Reservoir Behaviour Under Gas Injection and the Development of a Simple Model to Estimate the Injection Capacity of Gas Wells"
1979 – 1980 M.Eng course in Petroleum Engineering, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh. United Kingdom
1970 – 1975 B.Sc in Petroleum and Mineral Engineering (5-year course), Baghdad University, Iraq
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- Member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
- Certified Petroleum Engineer, Member of the Iraqi Engineers Union (IEU).
CAREER OVERVIEW
March 1999 – Present
National Oil Corporation (NOC), Tripoli. Libya
Production and Reservoir Engineering Department
Senior Reservoir Engineering Specialist
Main tasks:
Prepare analytical summaries of reservoir studies, assess production strategies and field development plans, monitor and manage field operations (drilling, logging, well testing, completion and work-over programmes), monitor production and reservoir behaviour, evaluate reserves, assess proposals for new fields development, participate in drafting long and medium term production plans, review of production programmes and budgets, prepare data acquisition programmes, evaluate: reservoir static and dynamic models ; reservoir rock and fluid characterisation studies ; field development plans and reservoir simulation studies, use and promote the use of computer support in reservoir and economic evaluations, contribute to build up and maintenance of petroleum data bank, provide training to junior staff engineers.
1998 – 1999
The Arab Institute for Studies and Encyclopaedia Researches (AISER), Amman. Jordan
Engineering Group Leader
Tasks:
Set scope of group work, name subgroups, set work plan, work follow up
, brief management on work progress.
Note: It was too short a period to realise major achievement.
1987 – 1998
Iraq National Oil Company (INOC), Baghdad. Iraq
Reservoir and Field Development Department
Consultant Reservoir Engineer (part time)
Main tasks:
Participate and advice the preparation of reservoir simulation studies ( black oil, depletion, water flood… etc), prepare reports on operational remedial actions ( work-over for, water production shut-off, stimulation, re-perforation, re-completion and sidetracking), advice on history match and anomalies analysis, assess improved recovery schemes (miscible gas injection and CO2 injection projects), initiate and co-ordinate laboratory studies, prepare seminars and presentations, participate in designing engineering career development programme.
1987 – 1998
Baghdad University, Baghdad. Iraq
Petroleum Engineering Department
Assistant Professor
Main tasks:
Teach undergraduate and postgraduate courses, maintain close cooperation with the petroleum research centre, petroleum training centre and the oil industry. Supervise postgraduate research work, produce and publishing scientific papers, participate in conferences and provide seminars to the oil companies, in addition to exercising an administrative role in the department (Industrial Training Supervisor, Head of Examination Committee, Reservoir Engineering Laboratory Supervisor)
1985 – 1987
Iraq National Oil Company (INOC), Baghdad. Iraq
Reservoir and Field Development Department
Senior Reservoir Engineer
Main tasks:
Reservoir behaviour prediction and reserves estimation analysis, recommend reservoir programmes for oil recovery enhancement (e.g. water or gas injection, acid fractures, additional perforation/well completion), define scope of work for consultants, participate in reservoir analysis (e.g. produced water problems, injection well performance, modelling of Kr curves for fractured reservoirs), design development and training programmes.
1977 – 1979 *
Iraq National Oil Company (INOC), Baghdad. Iraq
Reservoir and Field Development Department
Reservoir Engineer
Tasks:
Day-to-day follow up of field operations, co-ordinate data gathering, analysis and preparation for reservoir simulation studies, co-ordinate and control reservoir simulation studies carried out by consultants, interpret simulation findings in terms of recommended actions and decisions, co-ordinate laboratory studies requirements, participate in reserves reviews, participate in data base preparation.
1975 – 1977
Elf-Aquitaine, Iraq Branch, Baghdad
Reservoir and Field Operations Department
Reservoir Engineer
Tasks:
On site field operations supervision (well logging, well testing and well completion), well test interpretation, well performance calculation, oil in place and reserves estimations, service companies activities co-ordination, cooperate field development projects, provide inputs for FEED analysis (PVT analysis, pressure profiles, production forcast, completion designs, etc)
* 1979 - 1985
- In 1979 granted scholarship for an M.Sc in Reservoir Engineering.
- In 1981 granted scholarship for a Ph.D in Reservoir Engineering (on basis of honour M.Sc)
- During the period 1982 – 1985 assisted in teaching and supervising M.Eng students at Heriot Watt University.
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
1. "Rapid Method to Investigate Miscibility Condition By Slim – Tube Apparatus", The 7th MPC 2001, January 2002, Tripoli, Libya.
2. "Interaction Parameters, State of the Art", Engineering Journal, Baghdad University, Iraq, 1999.
3. "Hydrocarbon Minimum Miscibility Pressure Correlation for Jambour Cretaceous Reservoir" Engineering Journal, Baghdad University, Iraq, 1998.
4. "Investigation and Optimisation of Miscibility Conditions for Jambour Cretaceous Reservoir", Engineering Journal, Baghdad University, Iraq, 1998.
5. "Determination of Minimum Miscibility Pressure of an Iraqi Saturated Oil with Carbon Dioxide Gas", Al - Muhandis Journal, Iraq, 1997.
6. "A Phase Behaviour Compositional Model for Jambour Cretaceous Oil Reservoir", Engineering Journal, Baghdad University, Iraq, 1997.
7. "Capillary Pressure and Pore Size Distribution for an Iraqi Oil Field", Al-Muhandis Journal, Iraq, 1997.
8. "The Development of Interaction Coefficient for Jambour Cretaceous Reservoir", Engineering Journal, Baghdad University, Iraq, 1998.
9. "An Experimental Study of Oil Recovery for Iraqi Oils by Natural Gas Injection", Engineering & Technology Journal, University of Technology, Iraq, 1996.
10. "Gas Reservoir Engineering & Gas Well Testing", Continuous Education Unit, College of Engineering, Baghdad University, Iraq, 1993.
11. "Effect of the Drainage System Condition and Flow Capacity on the Reservoir Pressure ", Al-Muhandis Journal, No. 121 Baghdad University, Iraq, 1992.
12. "The Effect of Well Drainage System Conditions on Average Reservoir Pressure and Productivity Index", Petroleum Research Journal, Scientific Research Centre, Baghdad, Iraq, 1992.
13. Micromodelling Technique of CO2 and N2 Injection at High Pressure and Temperature", Oil & Gas Conference, London, April, 1986.
14. "Visual Investigation of Multi-Phase Flow and Phase Interactions Within Porous Media", 60th Technical Conference and Exhibition of SPE, Las Vegas, USA, September. 1985.
15. "Visual Studies in Reservoir Engineering: The Development of a Novel Technique for Preparation of Real Pore Space Structure Glass Micromodels and Their Application in Displacement Experiments Under Simulated Reservoir Conditions", 3rd European Conference on Improved Oil Recovery, Rome, Italy, April 1985.
INTERESTS
Reading, gardening and travelling.
References will be provided on request.
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