Habib K. Menouar Research Engineer & Associate Professor Bob L. Herd Department of Petroleum Engineering Texas Tech University 1. Contact Information: Previous Address Present Address 6605 Back Bay Lane Austin, TX 78705 10610 Richmond Avenue Lubbock, TX 79424 Tel. +512 3940479 806 5435855 (Cell) +806 7421801 Ext 250 (W) Email: habib.menouar@ttu.edu Email: hmenouar@gmail.com 2. Education Ph.D. /Petroleum Engineering (1979). The University of Texas at Austin. MS/Petroleum Engineering (1968), IAP/IFP Paris France. B.S../Mathematics (1966). The University of Algiers Algeria. 3. Career Summary Main areas of interest include reservoir/production engineering, numerical simulation, Improved Oil Recovery, formation damage and natural gas engineering. Over thirty years of experience in teaching and research in petroleum engineering. Industrial experience includes handling projects, mainly in reservoir/production engineering and field performance using simulation and reservoir engineering techniques. 4. Research & Industrial Experience Texas Tech University Dec 2008 to present USA Research Engineer & Associate professor Graduate advisor Bob L. Herd Department of petroleum engineering at Texas Tech University Sept 1995 to December 2008 RI / SAUDI ARAMCO Saudi Arabia Research Engineer I Offered graduate courses on natural gas engineering and reservoir engineering. Supervised several Thesis/Dissertations. January 1993 to Sept. 1995 KFUPM Saudi Arabia Associate Professor Offered graduate courses on simulation, reservoir engineering and gas reservoir engineering. Offered short courses on gas reservoir engineering September 1981 to Aug 1991 KFUPM Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Associate Professor and Res. Engineer Developed several undergraduate and graduate petroleum engineering courses. 2 Offered various graduate and undergraduate courses in the Department of Petroleum Engineering. Developed the graduate program for the Department of Petroleum Engineering. Chairman of the graduate committee. Supervised several Thesis/Dissertations in reservoir engineering. January 1974 to May 1979 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS Austin, TX USA Graduate Study Performed graduate research on fractured reservoirs July 1968 to December 1971 IAP Algiers Algeria Assistant Professor in Petroleum Engineering In charge of the Center for Production and Reservoir Engineering at the Institut Algerien du Petrole Taught various petroleum engineering courses 5. Courses Taught 1. Courses taught Course # Course Title PETE 301 PETE 405 PETE 302 PETE 540 PETE 417 PETE 542 PETE 305 PETE 409 PETE 419 PETE 444 PETE 446 PETE 423 PETE 331 PETE 626 Fluid Flow in Porous Media with lab. Natural Gas Engineering Reservoir fluids Volumetric & Ph. Behavior with lab. Advanced Reservoir Engineering Reservoir Simulation Reservoir Simulation I (Graduate course) Rock Properties Lab. Oil Recovery Methods Production Engineering Water Flooding Reservoir Simulation Transient Test Analysis Completion & Work-over Gas Well Testing 3 PETE 445 PETE 341 PETE 541 PETE 544 Gas Reservoir Engineering Reservoir Fluid Properties Enhanced Oil Recovery I Advanced Natural Gas Engineering 2. Courses Developed PETE 405 PETE 417 PETE 540 PETE 542 PETE 544 Natural Gas Engineering Reservoir Simulation Advanced Reservoir Engineering Reservoir Simulation I (Graduate course) Advanced Natural Gas Engineering 6. MS & PhD Involvement (1) Abdulaziz Al-Kaabi, "Simulation of the Effect of Natural Barriers on Oil Recovery," January,1985, KFUPM. (2) Rafiqul Awal, "A Fully Implicit Simultaneous Solution Method for Numerical Simulation of Surfactant-Polymer Flooding," KFUPM, January, 1988. (3) Ali Abbas Hakim, "A Parametric Study of Water Cresting in Horizontal Wells," KFUPM November, 1994. (4) Abdullah Al-Qahtani, "Optimization of Horizontal Well Completion (Position, Length and Perforation)." December 1997 KFUPM. (5) Abdul-Jalil Al-Khalifah, "Two Phase Pulse Testing," January 1985, KFUPM. (6) A.B. Fuseni, "Phase Behavior and Micro-emulsion Studies on the Saudi Arabian Crude." KFUPM, May, 1987. (7) Ahmet Kose, "Effect of Surfactant Concentration on Oil Water Relative Permeability of Saudi Arabian Limestone," April 1986, KFUPM. (8) Fareed I. Siddiqi, "Development of Drainage Area Shape Factor Equations as a Function of Drainage Area Geometry and Well Location." KFUPM, November, 1986. (9) Zaki A. Al-Ali, "Improving Oil Recovery for Tarmat Reservoirs by Localized Communication," January 1988, KFUPM. (10) Abdul Rahman S. Al-Jarri, "Oil Compressibility Correlations," June 1990, KFUPM. 4 (11) Mohammed Najim Al-Khamis, "Evaluation of Empirical Correlations for Natural Gas Compressibility Factors," March 1995, KFUPM. (12) Abdul Raouf, "Analysis of the Factors Affecting In Situ Gelation Process," July 1994 KFUPM. (13) Muhammad Muhsen Dallag, "Reservoir Fluid Properties of Yemeni Crude Oils," June 1997, KFUPM. (14) Syed Sajid Hassan, "Effect of Formation Damage on Horizontal Well Performance." May 1999 KFUPM. (15) Olalekan Kayode Fawumi, "Effect of Liquid Drop-Out on the Productivity of a Rich Gas Condensate Reservoir." December 1999, KFUPM. (16) Syed Zeeshan Jilani, "Experimental Study of Formation Damage in Horizontal Wells," March 2000, KFUPM. (17) Aman Hassen Mohammed, "Effect of Drilling Fluids Particles Size on Formation Damage: Application to Horizontal Wells," November 2001, KFUPM. (18) Muhammed Riaz Uddin Chowdhury, "Monitoring Fluid Front Movement Using Permanent Resistivity Arrays," March 2003, KFUPM. (19) Abdullah Saleh Hussain Al-Yami, "Evaluation of MN3O4 as a Weighting Material for Water-Based Drill-In Fluids" July 2007, KFUPM. (20) Shehryar Mansour Student ID # 7064059 " Determination of Reservoir Permeability from Drill Cuttings. " (In progress ) Ph.D. Dissertation (1) Taha Mustafa Okashah, "An Experimental Study of Oil Recovery from Tarmat Reservoirs using Hot Water and Solvent Flooding," February 1995, KFUPM. (Supervision) (2) Muhammed Ali Bhuiyan, "Collocation on Irregular Domains with Adaptive Hermite Element Family for Transport Problems," June 1989, KFUPM. (Member of Committee) 7. Research & Industrial Experience 5 Sept 1995 to present KFUPM / SAUDI ARAMCO Saudi Arabia Research Engineer I Presently in charge of a research program on Improved Oil Recovery using Miscible Flooding Process in general and CO2 miscible flooding in particular in a major oil reservoir in Saudi Arabia. The previous phase covered field review of the concerned Saudi reservoir and generalities on CO2 miscible flooding in tight reservoirs. The present phase of this program is concentrating mostly on reservoir characterization and geological evaluation, phase behavior, Slim Tube studies and core flooding experiments. Performed reservoir engineering studies on various fields in Saudi Arabia. Participated in the development of a program to construct a cross sectional model between wells based on the Fractal Theory. Performed laboratory studies to optimize the productivity of horizontal wells and minimize the effect of water coning during a waterflooding project. Performed a numerical simulation study on compositional modeling of gas, gas condensate and light oil reservoirs for SAUDI ARAMCO. Performed laboratory studies to minimize formation damage during a waterflooding project. Performed well-test analysis and simulation to evaluate various causes of low sweep efficiency and low productivity of horizontal and multilateral wells. In this study, the combined effects of formation damage, anisotropy ratio and horizontal well completion was estimated. Studied the impact of natural fractures on the performance of water-flooding on a reservoir in Saudi Arabia. January 1993 to Sept. 1995 KFUPM Saudi Arabia Reservoir Engineer Completed projects for SAUDI ARAMCO and BANOCO. Other activities-See under Teaching section Sept. 1991 to January 1993 TEXACO E&P Technology D. Houston, TX Reservoir Engineer Senior Petroleum Engineer, Horizontal Drilling Technology Team, Exploration and Production Technology Department, TEXACO Inc., Houston, Texas, USA, Sept. 1991Sept.1992. The following studies have been completed: South Marsh Island 236 - Amber Prospect, Texas, USA. History match and 6 reservoir simulation. Horizontal wells performance forecast. West Cote Blanche, Texas, USA. Feasibility study of horizontal wells to alleviate coning problems. Performance of horizontal wells using numerical simulation. Hardy county gas storage project, West Virginia, USA. Conversion of a gas producing reservoir to a gas storage reservoir. Use of horizontal wells to improve the feasibility of the project. Study of the PNZ-Wafra field Ratawi Oolite reservoir, Saudi Arabia-Kuwait Neutral Zone. History match and reservoir simulation of different sections of this reservoir. Feasibility study of drilling new horizontal drain holes and converting old vertical wells to horizontal wells to increase the production. September 1981 to Aug 1991 KFUPM Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Associate Professor in Reservoir Engineer Worked on a large long term funded EOR project on surfactant polymer study on Saudi Arabian oil reservoirs. Worked on a large funded project to study a tarmat reservoir in Saudi Arabia. Other activities-See under Teaching section. September 1980 to August 1981 AGECO Benghazi Libya. Reservoir Engineer Senior Engineer and Advisor to the Director of Operations, Production and Exploration, AGECO National Oil Company, Libya, Jan. 1981-Sept. 1981. Studies completed: Reservoir engineering study of Sarir Field. Effect of tarmat on the performance of the reservoir. Reservoir engineering study of Mesla field.. Local effect of tarmat on the individual well performance. Performed uncertainty analysis to quantify the natural decrease of well productivity decrease in some Libyan fields. June 1979 to August 1980 SONATRACH Algiers, Algeria Reservoir Engineer Senior Engineer with SONATRACH. Studies completed: Evaluation study of the cycling project of gas condensate in the Hassi Rmel 7 reservoir. January 1974 to May 1979 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS Austin, TX USA Graduate Study Performed graduate research on fractured reservoirs January 1971 to December 1974 SONATRACH/CFP-TOTAL Messaoud, Algeria Petroleum Engineer Field petroleum engineer working in Hassi Messaoud in a field owned by SONATRACH and operated jointly by CFP-TOTAL and SONATRACH. Functions completed: Head of Measuring Service, District of Hassi Messaoud, Jan. 1971-Dec. 1972. This service was taking care mainly of performing well test operations, production monitoring and survey of the producing wells. Head of Production Division, District of Hassi Messaoud, Jan. 1973-Dec. 1974. This division comprises different services such as the Measurement, Completion, and Drilling and Workover Services. Hassi Messaoud district produced approximately 0.40 MM STB/D of oil at that time. The work force was approximately 25 engineers and up to 7 - 8 rigs working simultaneously. July 1967 to December 1968 ELF-CREPS Paris France Petroleum Engineer Worked as a reservoir engineer with the French oil Company ELF Rue Nelaton Paris XV France. Studies completed: Reservoir engineering study of Guelta oil field. Effect of edge water drive on the overall performance of the reservoir. Evaluation of the performances of the naturally fractured reservoir of Rhourd El Baguel. 8. Major Projects and Achievements 8 KFUPM – Graduate Coordinator KFUPM, Saudi Arabia o Developed and chaired the Graduate Program Committee during the first eight years. o Suggested changes and improvements to insure best results. o Involvement in numerous MS and PhD dissertations. SAUDI ARAMCO – Berri/Upper Fadhili Reservoir, Saudi Arabia – Improved Oil Recovery project using CO2 miscible flooding process. This project is a multiphase project to study the feasibility of increasing the recovery from this reservoir. The various phases include: o Review of past reservoir performances of Berri/ Upper Fadhili formation. o Geology and the reservoir characterization o Phase behavior and review of history of the PVT studies performed on live bottom hole hamples performed on Berri/Upper Fadhili reservoir. o Slim Tube study performed using live oil samples and recombined samples. o Minimum miscibility pressure study using correlation and comparison with experimental results. o Core flooding displacements o Preliminary evaluation for a pilot study. SAUDI ARAMCO – Haradh/Ghawar Arab-D Reservoir, Saudi Arabia – Evaluation of effect of formation damage in Haradh reservoir. Estimation of the production loss and remedial actions in horizontal wells in Haradh reservoir. o Review and history of drilling the horizontal wells in the Haradh area of Ghawar reservoir. o Review of the main parameters affecting the performance of horizontal wells in Haradh. o Wrote a computer program to perform a study and analysis of the significant parameters that affect horizontal well performance in Haradh reservoir. o Completed an experimental study of formation damage in Haradh using actual samples of drilling in Haradh reservoir. o Provide criteria for improving well performance and recommendations for minimizing formation damage in Ghawar field. SAUDI ARAMCO – Hanifa dual permeability Reservoir, Saudi Arabia – Reservoir characterization study of this reservoir using numerical simulation. This project consists of developing a program to construct a cross sectional model between wells based on the Fractal theory. o Performed history match of existing wells using production data, ell test data and production logs. o Completed a reservoir description study of Hanifa reservoir using Formation Micro Scanner and Formation micro imaging log (FMS/FMI). SAUDI ARAMCO – Khuff Gas field, Saudi Arabia – Completed a study on 9 compositional modeling of gas, gas condensate and light oil reservoirs. o Worked with a team of computer programmers to develop an interface to use a phase behavior software in an in-house compositional simulator developed in SAUDI ARAMCO o Updated the output results using laboratory phase behavior data. SAUDI ARAMCO – Safanyah Reservoir, Saudi Arabia – Completed a study to alleviate the effects of water conning in horizontal wells in Safanyah reservoir. The project was finished successfully. o Studied the history producing horizontal wells under water conning in Safanyah reservoir Saudi Arabia. o Built a petrophysical model to study experimentally horizontal wells behavior under the influence of water conning in Safanyah. o Provided guidelines on how to alleviate the effect of water coning during exploitation and establishment of critical rate to limit water cut. o Provided recommendation for future completion of horizontal wells in Safanyah. 9. Area of Expertise Reservoir Engineering: Well test analysis, nodal analysis, reserves estimation, economic analysis (PEEP), material balance, core analysis, relative permeability and capillary pressure, multiphase flow, PVT analysis, water flooding, tracer flow, water/gas coning, horizontal wells, EOR techniques, and fractured reservoirs. Reservoir Simulation: Full field simulations using black oil simulation, compositional simulation, tracer simulation, streamline simulation. Up-scaling techniques, well test analysis, coupled surface facility & reservoir modeling, and computer coding for reservoir simulation. Improved Oil Recovery: Miscible flooding, CO2 flooding, slim tube tests, core flooding to evaluate miscible process, phase behavior 10. Publications 1. Technical reports (1) (2) Al-Hashim, S., Celik, M.S., Menouar, H., Al-Yousef , H.Y. and Oskay, M.M., "Surfactant/Polymer Flooding of Saudi Limestone Oil Reservoirs," Final Report, KACST Research Project AR/6/161. Abu-Khamsine, S.A., Al-Marhoun, M.A., and Menouar, H., "Efficient Production Strategies for Oil Reservoirs with Tarmat - An Experimental and Theoretical Study," 10 (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) Final Report , KACST Project AR/7/152. Horizontal Wells performance in Reservoirs with gas cap and Bottom Waterdrive: Scaled physical Model study. Development of a Program to conduct a Cross sectional Model Between Two wells Based on the fractal theory. Compositional Modeling of Gas, Gas Condensate and Light Oil Reservoirs June 2000 Development of Marginal Reserves from Tight Reservoirs Final Report Phase I Evaluating Formation Damage and Remedial Action in Horizontal Wells in Haradh Ghawar Reservoir Development of Marginal Reserves from Tight Reservoirs Final Report Phase II 2. Refereed Journals , Conferences and Proceedings. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) Menouar, H. and Knapp, R., : "Numerical Study of the Imbibition Process in Fractured Reservoirs," Paper 9370, presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference, Dallas, Texas, Sept. 22-24, 1980. Al-Khalifah, A.J., Al-Hashim, H.S., Al-Marhoun, M.A., and Menouar, H.K., : "Revised Pulse-Testing Correlation Charts," Paper SPE 14253, Proceedings, 60th Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Las Vegas, (Sept. 22-25, 1985). Menouar, H., : "Matrix Blocks Imbibition in Fractured Reservoirs," Arabian Journal of Science & Engineering, Vol. 11, Number 1, Jan. 1986, p. 63-75. Celik, M.S., Fuseni, H.B., Al-Hashim, H.S. and Menouar, H., : "Existence of a Secondary Optimal Salinity in Microemulsion Systems," Proceedings, 62nd SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, (September 27-30, 1987). AL-Kaabi, U.A., Menouar, H., Al-Marhoun, M.A., and Al-Hashim, H.S., : "Bottom Water Drive in Tarmat Reservoirs," SPE Reservoir Engineering, Vol.3, No.2, May, 1988, 395-400. Al-Khalifah, A.J., Al-Hashim, H.S., Al-Marhoun, M.A., and Menouar, H.K., : "Discussion of Pulse-Testing Response for Unequal Pulse and Shut-in Periods," SPE Formation Evaluation, (Sept., 1989), 483-486. Abu-Khamsin, S.A., Ayub, M., Al-Marhoun, M.A. and Menouar, H., : "Waterflooding in a Reservoir Laboratory Model", Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Vol. 9, No.3, June 1993, 251-261. Menouar, H. and Huang, W.S., "Horizontal Well Design in Wafra Field Ratawi Oolite Reservoir, : " SPE paper # 25597, Proceedings SPE Middle East Oil Show & Exhibition, held in Bahrain, 1993. Kandil, A. and Menouar, H., "Pressure Transient Analysis: Case of a Highly Compressible Oil and Tight Reservoirs, : " SPE paper # 23837. H. Menouar, : " Numerical method for critical rate estimation", Third SIAM Conference on Mathematical and Computational Issues in the Geosciences, February 8-10, 1995, St. Anthony Hotel, San Antonio, Texas, USA. H. Menouar and A.A. Hakim, : “Water Coning and Critical rates in Vertical and Horizontal Wells. SPE paper # 29877, Proceedings SPE Middle East Oil Show & Exhibition, held in Bahrain, 11-14 March 1995. A. Al Qahtani, H. Menouar and A. Al Majed, : “ Effect of Length and Distribution of 11 (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) perforated Interval on Horizontal Wells rates” SPE paper # 37112, SPE International conference on horizontal Well technology, Calgary CANADA, 18-22 Nov. 1996. A. Al Qahtani and H. Menouar, : “New Correlations for Optimizing Horizontal Wells Completions” SPE paper # 37768, Proceedings SPE Middle East Oil Show & Exhibition, held in Bahrain, 15-18 March 1997. A. Al Qahtani and H. Menouar, : “New Correlations for Optimizing Horizontal Wells Completions” SPE paper # 37768, Proceedings SPE Middle East Oil Show & Exhibition, held in Bahrain, 15-18 March 1997. H. Menouar, : “ Use of Horizontal Wells in Gas Condensate Reservoirs” Workshop on Development on Gas Condensate Reservoirs Dhahran March 9-10, 1998 Taha Okasha, Menouar, H., and Abu-Khamsin, S.A., : " Oil Recovery from Tarmat Reservoirs Using Hot Water Injection and Solvent” The Journal of Canadian petroleum Technology April 1998 Volume 37 Issue#4 H. Menouar, Abdulaziz Al-Majed and Syed Sajid Hassan, " Effect of Formation Damage, Length and Reservoir Thickness on the Inflow Performance of Horizontal Wells." SPE Paper # 59357 Proceedings of the 12th Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, Tulsa Oklahoma, USA 2-5 April. 2000. H. Menouar, S.Z. Jilani, Abdulaziz Al-Majed and M.A. Khan, : " Effect of Overbalance Pressure on Formation Damage " Journal of Petroleum Science & Engineering. 36 (2002) 97-109 Oct. 2002 M.A Khan, S. Z Jilani, H. Menouar and A.A. Al-Majed. : “ A non-Destructive Method for Mapping Formation Damage.” Ultrasonics ElSevier 39 (2001) 321-328 M.A Khan, S. Z Jilani, H. Menouar and A.A. Al-Majed. : ." Ultrasonic Characterization of Formation Damage: Effect of particle Sizes" Measurement Sciences and Technology 13 (2002) 1-6 A.A Al-Majed, H. Menouar, S.Z. Jilani, and M.A. Khan, : "Mechanisms of Formation Damage in Horizontal Wells" Asia Regional Meeting and International Petroleum and Petrochemical Exhibition for The WPC Sept. 17-20, 2001 Shanghai, China H. Menouar, M.H. Aman, Al-Majed, M.A. Khan and S.Z. Jilani, : " Use of a non Destructive Method to Estimate Drilling Fluid Invasion Depth in Cores. Application to Formation Damage " 2002 International Symposium of the Society of Core Analysts, September, 22-25 Monterey California USA. Sahin, A. Z. Ali, S. Saner and H. Menouar : ."Pattern of Variation of permeability Anisotropy in Carbonate Reservoirs" Published in the 13th SPE Middle East Oil Show March 2003 Manama Bahrain. (24) H. Menouar: "Numerical Simulation in Reservoir Engineering: An Overview" Industrial Mathematics Workshop Dhahran Feb.29-March 02,2004. (25) H. Menouar:"Use of CO2 Flooding in Tight Reservoirs" Enhanced Oil Recovery What's Next Forum" 25-30 June 2006 Broomfield, Colorado, USA (26) A. Sahin, A. Z. Ali, S. Saner and H. Menouar : " Permeability Anisotropy Distributions in an Upper Jurassic Carbonate Reservoir, Eastern Saudi Arabia." Journal of Petroleum Geology, Vol. 30(2), April 2007, pp147-158. (27) H. Menouar and A. Al Majed: " Experimental Investigation of CO2 Miscible 12 Flooding in an oil Reservoir in Saudi Arabia" The Saudi Meeting on Oil and Natural Gas Exploration and Production Technologies. Riyadh, January 6-8, 2008. (28) H. Menouar and A. Al Majed: " CO2 Miscible Flooding in Tight Reservoirs: Experimental Procedure and Application" Paper # 117258-GEO 2008 8th Middle East Geosciences Conference and Exhibition Bahrain 3-5 March 2008. (29) Aziz Arshad, KFUPM, Abdulaziz A. Al-Majed, KFUPM, Habib Menouar, Abdulrahim Muhammadain, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals and Bechir Mtawaa, PI , SPE 127616 Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Miscible Flooding in Tight Oil Reservoirs .Presented at the 2009 Kuwait International Petroleum Conference and Exhibition held in Kuwait City, Kuwait, 14–16 December 2009. Saifur Rahman, Abdulaziz A. Al-Majed, Habib Menouar, Aziz Arshad , King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals SPE- 128467-PP, “Phase Behavior Aspects of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Miscible Flooding in Tight Cores: A Case Study”, has been selected for technical presentation in Session 20, 17 February, at 2010 NATC. (30) (31) Habib Menouar, H. Al-Yousef, KFUPM, Abdulaziz A. Al-Majed, KFUPM, Abdulrahim Muhammadain, M.K. Naik, A. Sanounah and A. Loerman Saudi Aramco, “Accuracy of Porosity and Permeability Determination from Drill Cuttings” the Journal of Petroleum Science & Engineering. (2010) 13