EOR & Heavy Oil World MENA - list of speakers 

Ali has been working for PDO since completion of his PhD degree from Imperial College, the University of London in 1993. He has worked on several technical and leadership position including; well site petroleum engineer, reservoir engineering and asset leader. Ali was cross-posted to SPDC Nigeria where he worked for four and a half years. The...

Ali Rashid Al-Jarwan is the Chief Executive Officer of Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company, ADMA-OPCO, since June 2006. ADMA-OPCO is a major producer of Crude Oil and Gas from the offshore areas of Abu Dhabi and operates two major fields Umm Shaif and Zakum which are considered among the world’s giant fields. Mr. Al-Jarwan (petroleum Engineer)...

Isam A.H. Al Zubaidy earned MSc in Chemical and Petroleum Process Engineering from Herriot - Watt University, Scotland-UK, 1981, in the field of hydrodesulphurization of gas oil. I worked at the Institute of Technology and University of Baghdad for more than 10 years. Work as part time researcher at the Petroleum Research center in Baghdad. I...

Alaa al-Asadi, oil engineer graduated from the Higher Institute for Energy of Spain ISE in 2009 as Master in the exploration and production of oil and gas and is currently working at the Pipeline Department - North Oil Company in Kirkuk - Iraq, also he is now the director of the eternal fire center for oil development and buildup EFCODB in...

Jeroen Boom is 44 years old and holds a degree in chemical engineering from Twente University in The Netherlands. After his study he continued with research works resulting in a PhD degree in membrane technology. After a one year post-doc position in Athens, Greece and managing a consultancy firm for two years he joined a water treatment...

Arnaud BREUILLAC, 53, is graduated from Ecole Centrale de Lyon in 1981. He Joined TOTAL in 1981 and occupied various positions in the Exploration Production Division in France, Abu Dhabi, United Kingdom, Indonesia and Angola as well as in the Refining Division in France From 2004 to 2006, he was Vice President Middle East Iran. In December...

As the Manager IOR/EOR, Val Brock leads Shell’s global research and innovation organization for enhanced and improved recovery methods. He joined Shell in 1983 from the University of Texas (BSME and MBA), and following reservoir engineering assignments in Permian CO2 EOR has held various line and leadership positions including corporate...

Tamsin Carlisle has written about the oil and gas industry for more than 20 years from bases in the Middle East and Canada. She joined the Dubai office of Platts as a senior editor in June, 2011, following a three-year stint in Abu Dhabi heading energy coverage for The National, an English-language daily newspaper launched in the UAE capital in...

Yasser Dib is Vice President of International Development, Enhanced Oil Recovery at BrightSource Energy. Yasser brings more than two decades of project finance and international development experience to BrightSource Energy, where he is responsible for developing industrial and enhanced oil recovery markets. Prior to joining BrightSource...

Rod is a global chief executive officer and serial entrepreneur with twenty years of experience operating companies in China, Europe and the USA. Leading venture capitalists and corporate investors including AT&T, Intel, DaimlerChrysler and Volkswagen have shared his vision and invested over $100M in his companies. His first company, Insignia...

Keith Mackie was born on September 2, 1966 in Aberdeen, Scotland and is married to Carole. The couple have two children, Scott and Craig. Keith has worked for a number of oil and gas operator and service companies including Chevron, Amerada Hess, Aker Oil and Gas and Acergy and has performed a variety of roles including Archivist, Document...

Ashanendu Mandal is a post-graduate in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. He has done his B. Sc (Chemistry) & B. Tech (Chemical Engineering) from University of Calcutta. He has also acquired an MBA degree in Finance from Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi. Mr. Mandal started his career as a...

Mr. Héctor Manosalva was born in Bogotá, Colombia, graduated as a petroleum engineer at the Universidad America in 1985, with post-graduate studies in Finance at the Universidad EAFIT in 1995 and Senior Management and Administration at the Universidad de Los Andes in 2006. He joined to Ecopetrol in 1986, since that time he has held various...

Mr. Seyed Mousa Mousavi is Research officer and PHD candidate in EOR center of University Teknologi PETRONAS. He has beein working for about 7 years(2002-2009) as a Senior Engineer in Research and Technology (R&T) department of National Iranian Oil Company based in Tehran. His area of expertise is EOR and Heavy oil. He is working on WAG(Water...

Majid Nasehi is currently the Director of research and project management for IPAC-CO2 Research Institute. For the past two years he has been involved with the development of the North America’s first set of standards for the geologic storage of CO2, which has been a collaborative effort between IPAC-CO2 and the Canadian Standards Association...

Dr. Dandina N. Rao is Emmett Wells Distinguished Professor in Department of Petroleum Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA. He previously worked as Principal Petroleum Engineer with TRW/BDM Petroleum Technologies (Formerly NIPER) in Bartlesville, Oklahoma; as Staff Engineer with HydroFlame Engineering Consultants in Calgary;...

Prof. M. R. Riazi is currently a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Kuwait University. He was previously an Assistant Professor at Pennsylvania State University (USA), where he also received his MS and PhD. He was also a visiting professor at various universities in U.S., Canada, Europe and Middle East. He has been consultant and invited speaker ...

David Robinson specializes in the formulation of sustainable public policy and corporate strategy in the energy sector. He has advised clients globally on energy sector restructuring over the past 25 years. The focus of his current work is on de-carbonization of the electricity sector. He is Senior Research Fellow of the Oxford Institute for...

• Graduate of Petroleum Engineer on December 1980, Universidad del Zulia, Venezuela. • Master of Science in Petroleum Engineering on December 1988, Universidad del Zulia, Venezuela. • Trained in INTEVEP(1) during one year as researcher. • Employee PDVSA(2) since February 1981 until 1999, and since July 2004 until September 2006. • Experience in: ...

Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Masdar Institute since April 2010, Doctor Sassi obtained his BS (1985) from The University of Rochester, New York and his MS (1987) and PhD (1990) from The University of California, Berkeley all in mechanical engineering with specialization in combustion and thermal sciences. He has a long record of academic...

Bob Tippee is Editor of Oil & Gas Journal, a weekly trade magazine, and its web site, Oil & Gas Journal Online. Since joining the Journal in 1977, he has written on all aspects of the international petroleum industry, with special interest in economics, energy policy, geophysics, and the Middle East. His work for the magazine has won awards from...

Alex Turta is a reservoir engineer. He is a research engineer at the Alberta Research Council (ARC), now Alberta Innovates – Technology Futures. Alex has a Ph.D. in Thermal Methods of Oil Recovery, with an in-depth specialization in in-situ combustion applications. At ARC, since 1988, Alex has conducted extensive research on EOR of...

Involved in Heavy Oil and Oil Sands Reservoir Engineering, R&D, Project Development in Canada since 1977. Has given heavy oil recovery methods & SAGD courses and lectures worldwide. President of Canadian Heavy Oil Association 2005/2006. Chairman of the Petroleum Society of CIM 2007. Chairman of the Computer Modelling Group Foundation...

As the Manager of the Project Development Department in Masdar Carbon, Othman is responsible for the development and execution of projects, investments, and technology development in the field of Clean Fossil Fuels. Prior to joining Masdar, Othman has had a very successful career in the Oil & Gas project development and execution in some of the...

Zubair Kalam completed his BSc Hons and PhD from Manchester University and has 25 years experience with the petroleum industry. After post-doctoral research at Oxford University, he joined BP Research Center at UK as a Reservoir Engineer. At BP, he was involved in novel core analysis research involving NMR and MRI as well as single and multi-phase ...