Fluid–Solid Interactions in Upstream Oil and Gas Applications

Dr. Hussein is a Research Professor at the Gas Processing Center, Qatar University. He was a former Professor of Chemical Engineering and a former Assistant Director of the Center of Research Excellence in Petroleum Refining and Petrochemicals at KFUPM, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Hussein obtained his PhD from the Chemical and Materials Engineering Department at University of Alberta, Canada in 1999. His PhD Thesis won the Canadian Society of Rheology Graduate Student Award for the year 1999. His specialization is in the areas of Polymers and Rheology. Dr. Hussein is actively involved in research in the area of polymers with about 25 granted US patents and more than 200 refereed journal articles and conference publications. He is a member of the Executive Board of the Polymer Processing Society. Dr. Mohamed Mahmoud is currently working as a professor in the Department of Petroleum Engineering at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals. Dr. Mahmoud’s research areas include carbonate and sandstone stimulation, formation damage, and rock Petrophysics and Geomechanics. He authored/co-authored several journal and conference papers in addition to more than 80 US patents. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Petroleum Engineering from Suez Canal University, Egypt, and a Ph.D. degree from Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.

I. Introduction to Reservoir Fluids & Rock Properties (IH/QU/Qatar, MM/KFUPM/KSA)
II. Rheology of solids and fluids in upstream applications (IH/QU/Qatar; Japan/UoA/Canada)
III. Interactions of drilling and completion fluids during drilling and completion operations (MM/KFUPM/KSA)
IV. Interactions of fluids during carbonate acidizing operations (Sultan/KFUPM/KSA)
V. Interactions of fluids during sandstone acidizing operations (MM/KFUPM/KSA)
VI. Interactions of fluids during hydraulic and acid fracturing operations (Sangwai/IIT/India; University of Oklahoma/University of Houston/USA)
VII. Types of fluid/rock interactions in tight and unconventional formations (Liu/China Univ of Petroleum/China)
VIII. Interactions during various EOR Operations (Mysara, UTP/Malaysia)
IX. Interactions of Nanoparticles in Upstream Operations (Mohamed Arif, KU/UAE)
X. Molecular Simulations in Fluid-Solid Interactions (IH/QU/Qatar; Santiago/BU/Spain)
XI. Environmental issues in upstream operations (Aramco/KSA)