CURRICULUM VITAE
Yahya Mansoor Al-Wahaibi
Personal Information
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Date of Birth
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Department of Petroleum and Chemical Engineering, College of
Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O.Box 33 AlKhodh,
Muscat, P.C.123, Tel: (968) 24141318, Fax: (968) 24141354,
email: ymn@squ.edu.om
26th of August 1974
Omani
Married
Education, Employment Information and Career Development
Employment History
Sept 1998 – Sept 2000
Demonstrator
Petroleum and Chemical Engineering
Department, Sultan Qaboos University
Oct 2000 – Nov 2005
Lecturer
Petroleum and Chemical Engineering
Department, Sultan Qaboos University
Dec 2005 – May 2012
Assistant Professor
Petroleum and Chemical Engineering
Department, Sultan Qaboos University
May 2012 – Present
Associate Professor
Petroleum and Chemical Engineering
Department, Sultan Qaboos University
Sept 2010 – Aug 2013
Head of Department
Petroleum and Chemical Engineering
Department, Sultan Qaboos University
Sept 2013 – Present
Director
Oil and Gas Research Centre, Sultan
Qaboos University
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Education Background
1. Institution
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Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
BEng
Petroleum Engineering
1998
2. Institution
• Degree
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Heriot-Watt University, UK
MEng
Petroleum Engineering
2000
3. Institution
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Imperial College London, UK
PhD
Petroleum Engineering
2005
Research Interests
• Enhanced oil recovery with emphasis on
a. Miscible and immiscible gas and Water-Alternating-Gas (WAG) injection
b. Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR)
c. Chemical injection such as surfactant and polymer injection
d. Vapor Extraction of heavy oil (VAPEX)
• Ionic liquids applications as green solvents for oil recovery enhancement and
chemical processes
• Experimental studies of physics of flow and diffusion in porous media and
comparison with analytical/numerical models
• Multiphase flow and mixing in pipelines with emphasis on
a. Flow visualization, measurements and modeling of flow patterns
transition, pressure drop, hold-up and drop size distribution
b. Influence of additives on multiphase system
Membership of Professional Bodies & International Collaboration
• American Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
• European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE)
• American Chemical Society (ACS)
• International Collaboration with Scientists ato University of Oklahoma, USA, Prof. Michael McInerney, on Microbial
Enhanced Oil Recovery
o Mississippi State University, USA, Prof. Lewis Brown, on Microbial Enhanced
Oil Recovery
o University of Calgary, Canada, Dr. Alexander Grigoryan, on reservoir souring
and Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery
o Imperial College London, UK, Dr. Ann Muggeridge, on miscible gas injection
and Vapor Extraction
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o Imperial College London, UK, Dr. Branko Bijeljic, on longitudinal and
transverse dispersion in stable displacements
o Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria, Dr. A.S. Olwale and Dr. I.A. MohammedDabo, on multiphase flow in pipeline
o Kyushu University, Japan, Prof. Kyuro Sasaki and Dr. Yuichi Sugai, on
Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery and PVT measurements and predictions
o University of Malaya, Malaysia, Prof. Mohammed Ali Hashim, on ionic liquid
applications for chemical processes
o Sharif University, Iran, Prof. Shahab Ayatoalahi and Dr. Mohsin Masihi, on
transport in porous media and enhanced oil recovery
o Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India, Prof. P. K. Das, on drag
reducing polymer in oil-water flow
Career Development
• Participated in the following international conferences
o SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium, Texas, 31 January - 2 February 2005
o Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 22-26 April 2006
o The 14th Europec Biennial Conference, Madrid, 13-16 June 2006
o SPE/EAGE Reservoir Characterization and Simulation Conference held at Abu
Dhabi, UAE, 29-31 October 2007
o The 5th International Symposium on Earth Science and Technology, Fukuoka,
Japan, December 2007
o SPE 16th Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 20-23 April
2008
o American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008
o International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, 20-23 October
2008, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
o International Petroleum Technology Conference, 3-5 December 2008, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia
o SPE EOR Conference at Oil & Gas West Asia, 11-13 April 2010, Muscat,
Oman
o The International Conference on Multiphase Flow, May 30-June 4, 2010,
Florida, USA
o The 1st Annual World Congress of Petroleum Microbiology (WCP), July 2010,
Dalian, China
o The 3rd International Symposium on Applied Microbiology and Molecular
Biology in Oil Systems, June 13-15, 2011, Calgary, Alberta Canada
o The 1st International Symposium on Colloids and Materials, 8-11 May 2011,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
o The 15th International Conference on Multiphase Production Technology, 15 –
17 June 2011, Cannes, France
o The 1st Oman-Iran Symposium, 20th-21st May 2014, Muscat, Oman
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Participated in the following workshops
o Applied Technology Workshop on Chemical Methods of reducing Water
Production, San Antonio, Texas, USA, 4th – 6th March 2007.
o Shell Workshop on CO 2 injection and storage, May 29th-30th, 2007, Abu Dhabi,
UAE.
o GloriOil-Shell Workshop on Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery, 27th-28th
August 2008, The Hague, Netherlands.
o Shell Workshop on Sour Gas production and processing from Carbonates, Oct
29th-30th, 2008, Qatar Shell Research & Technology Centre - Science Park.
o Becoming an Effective Supervisor Workshop, SQU, 24th-25th January 2009.
o College of Engineering Strategic Plan 2009-2013, SQU, 6th May 2009.
o Sustainable Program Assessment Workshop, SQU, 31st March-1st April 2010.
o Quality Assurance /Quality Control of PVT Measurements and Analysis, PDO,
Oman, 30th June 2010.
o Reservoir Characterization and Modeling-Sharing PARTEX Experience and
Knowledge Workshop, 24th November 2010, Muscat, Oman
o Asset Integrity Workshop organized jointly by SQU & PARTEX, 19-20
November 2011, Muscat, Oman
o Workshop on ABET Program Assessment organized by Sultan Qaboos
University, Muscat, Oman, 14-15 Feb. 2012.
o PARTEX Services Portugal/SQU workshop on Microbial Enhanced Oil
Recovery, 16th April 2012,Muscat, Oman.
o World Congress on Engineering Education, Doha, Qatar, 7-9 January 2013.
o Career Development for Engineering Leaders, Doha, Qatar, 7-9 January 2013.
o Internet-Enabled Remote Experimentation, Doha, Qatar, 7-9 January 2013.
o Opportunity Framing workshop on the Petroleum Geoscience Shell Chair at
SQU, Muscat, Oman, 11th Feb 2013.
o The Research Council workshop on Faculty Mentored Undergraduate Research
Award Program, SQU, Oman, 18th March 2013.
o Shell Global Solutions Gas Processing and Gasification Technology Workshop,
Muscat, Oman, 20th of May 2013.
o Workshop on In-Country-Value (ICV), PDO, Oman, 14th January 2014.
o Joint SNF/Veolia/PDO/SQU workshop on back produced water treatment
containing polymer, SQU, Oman, 2nd of April 2014.
o Joint Ibtikar/Oman Oil Company/SQU workshop on algal biofuel production,
SQU, Oman, 28th April 2014.
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Attended the following international conferences (other than the ones participated
in with poster or paper)
o 70th EAGE Conference & Exhibition, Rome, Italy, 9 - 12 June 2008
o SPE Production and Operations Symposium, Oklahoma, USA, 4th-8th April
2009
o SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana,
USA, 4th-7th October 2009
o SPE 17th Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, 24-28
April 2010
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Awards and Recognition
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Best Oral Presentation Award (for one of the externally funded projects where I am
a co-investigator) in the 2013 International Conference on Environmental Science
and Development (ICESD 2013), Dubai, UAE.
MSc project (for which I am the main supervisor) won 3rd place in the SPE
Worldwide Paper Contest held on the 8th of October 2012 in Texas, USA
MSc project (for which I am the main supervisor) won 1st place in the SPE SubRegional Paper Contest - Postgraduate Division, held in the Petroleum Institute,
September 2011, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Best Researcher Award, 2010, Sultan Qaboos University
PhD project (for which I am the main supervisor) won 1st place in the graduate
division of the paper contest held during the 2nd Saudi Meeting on Oil & Natural
Gas Exploration (OGEP 2010), Dahran, Saudi Arabia, 18th December 2010
PhD project (for which I am the main supervisor) won 3rd place among Middle East
Universities in SPE Regional Paper Contest (PhD level), Muscat, 10th April 2010
Recognized as the main supervisor of the first Omani PhD student to graduate from
Sultan Qaboos University
Recognized by His Excellency Dr. Ali Al-Bemani, SQU Vice Chancellor, for my
efforts and contributions extended in the College of Engineering that led to the
ABET accreditation of its programs.
Sultan Qaboos University PhD Degree Scholarship recipient, 2002-2005
Sultan Qaboos University Master Degree Scholarship recipient, 1999-2000
Dean List, Sultan Qaboos University, 1997
Teaching
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Courses Taught at Sultan Qaboos University
o PNGE 5212 Water Flooding and Enhanced Oil Recovery (5th year students)
o PNGE 5146 Field Processing of Natural Gas (5th year students)
o PNGE 5112 Production Engineering (5th year students)
o PNGE 3212 Rock and Fluid Properties (3rd year students)
o PNGE4212 Drilling Engineering (4th year students)
o ENGR1500 Introduction to Engineering (2nd year students)
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Courses Taught at Imperial College London
o Multiphase Flow through Porous Media Lab (MSc Students)
o Rock/Fluid Properties Measurement (MSc Students)
o Laboratory Determination of Archie’s Parameters (MSc Students)
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Teaching Activities Outside the Classroom
o Coordinating and conducting students visits to local industries and
research/service related laboratories.
o Involving students as research assistants in funded research projects.
o Supervising projects from the Society of Petroleum Engineers.
o Supervising IASTE students (2012, 2013, 2014)
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Courses Developed (modifying courses contents and developing courses materials)
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PNGE 5212 Water Flooding and Enhanced Oil Recovery
PNGE 5146 Field Processing of Natural Gas
PNGE 5112 Production Engineering
PNGE 3212 Rock and Fluid Properties
ENGR1500 Introduction to Engineering
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Industrial Training Supervision
o Supervised for two years the ENGR 3006 Industrial Training-I
o Supervised for four years the ENGR 4006 Industrial Training-II
o Participated in modifying the lab manual for the ENGR 3006 Industrial
Training-I
o Participated in preparing new detailed guidelines for the ENGR 4006 Industrial
Training-II
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Integrated Curriculums
Participated in developing integrated curriculums for the Chemical and Process
Engineering BEng Degree program and Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
BEng Degree program.
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Students Advising and Mentoring
o Since joining the University, I have been actively involved in advising students
at different levels. The policy in the Department of Petroleum and Chemical
Engineering is that each of the faculty members advise one cohort from the time
they start majoring the program until graduation. The number of students for
each advisor ranged from 30 to 50 students.
o Interaction with the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) students of SQU by
supervising some of their projects.
o Active interaction with the Petroleum and Chemical Engineering industrial
training students when I served as in-house training supervisor for two years and
industrial training supervisor for four years.
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MSc Students Supervision (19 students)
o Thesis Title: ‘Experimental and Numerical Studies of First Contact Miscible
Water Alternating Gas Injection within Shaley Porous Media’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-supervisor: Dr. Hamed Al-Shuraiqi (PDO)
Student Name: Faisal Al-Maamari
Status: Completed (2007)
o Thesis Title: ‘Microbial Enhancement Oil Recovery of Bacillus spp isolates
from oil contaminated soil’
Main Supervisor: Prof. Saif Al-Bahry
Co-supervisors: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Prof. Abdulkadir Elshafie, Dr. Ali AlBemani
Student Name: Aida Al-Lawati
Status: Completed (2009)
o Thesis Title: ‘Screening and characterization of microbial enhancement oil
recovery indigenous microflora from Wafra oil field.’
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Main Supervisor: Prof. Abdulkadir Elshafiae
Co-supervisors: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Prof. Saif Al-Bahry, Dr. Ali AlBemani
Student Name: Ratiba Al-Muaini
Status: Completed (2010)
o Thesis Title: ‘Three Dimensional Modeling for Predicting Sand Production’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Adel Al-Ajmi
Co-supervisor: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Student Name: Shaimaa Al-Shuaibi
Status: Completed (2011)
o Thesis Title: ‘Influence of Permeability Anisotropy and Reservoir Heterogeneity
on Optimization of Infill Drilling in Steam Flooding Patterns’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-supervisor: Dr. Mike O’Dell (Occidental)
Student Name: Amer Al-Bulushi
Status: Completed (2011)
o Thesis Title: ‘Potential use of Bacillus consortia in heavy oil recovery
enhancement’
Main Supervisor: Prof. Saif Al-Bahry
Co-supervisors: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Prof. Abdulkadir Elshafiae, Dr. Ali
Al-Bemani
Student Name: Balqis Al-Hinai
Status: Completed (2012)
o Thesis Title: ‘Microbial Permeability Profile Modification’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-supervisors: Prof. Saif Al-Bahry, Prof. Abdulkadir Elshafiae, Dr. Ali AlBemani
Student Name: Raya Al-Hattali
Status: Completed (2012)
o Thesis Title: ‘Prediction of Undersaturated Omani Crude Oil Viscosity’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Farouq Mjalli
Co-supervisors: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Talal Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Abdul-Aziz
Al-Hashmi
Student Name: Majda Al-Balushi
Status: Completed (2013)
o Thesis Title: ‘Probabilistic Approach of Wellbore Stability’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Adel Al-Ajmi
Co-supervisors: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Prof. Atsu Dorvlo
Student Name: Mahmoud Al-Khiary
Status: Completed (2013)
o Thesis Title: ‘Molecular Screening and Characterization of Lichenysin and
Surfactin Genes from Enhancing Oil Recovery Bacillus Species’
Main Supervisor: Prof. Saif Al-Bahry
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Co-supervisors: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahiabi, Prof. Abdulkadir Elshafiae, Dr. Ali AlBemani
Student Name: Asma Al-Bahri
Status: Completed (2013)
o Thesis Title: ‘Prediction of Saturated Omani Crude Oil Viscosity’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Talal Al-Wahaibi
Co-supervisors: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Farouq Mjalli, Dr. Abdul-Aziz AlHashmi
Student Name: Mashael Al Rahbi
Status: Completed (2013)
o Thesis Title: ‘Unified Model for Predicting Flow Patterns and Pressure Gradient
in Horizontal Oil-Water’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Talal Al-Wahaibi
Co-supervisor: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Student Name: Bader Al-Busaidi
Status: Completed (2014)
o Thesis Title: ‘Transportation of Omani Heavy Oil Using Stabilized Oil-in-Water
Emulsions’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Abdul-Aziz Al-Hashmi
Co-Supervisors: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Talal Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Farouq
Mjalli
Student Name: Rabha Al Omairi
Status: Completed (2014)
o Thesis Title: ‘Optimization of Low Concentration Bacillus subtilis Strain
Biosurfactant towards Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-supervisors: Prof. Saif Al-Bahry, Prof. Abdulkadir Elshafiae, Dr. Ali AlBemani
Student Name: Maissa Souayah
Status: Completed (2014)
o Thesis Title: ‘Enhancing Heavy Oil Recovery via the Injection of Malonic Acid
based Deep Eutectic Solvents’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Rashid Al-Hajri
Co-supervisors: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Baba Jibril
Student Name: Iman Al-Weheebi
Status: Completed (2014)
o Thesis Title: ‘Response Surface Models Development for History Matching of
Omani Heavy Oil Field under Steam Injection’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahiabi
Co-supervisor: Dr. Eugene Williams (Occidental)
Student Name: Ghalib AL-Habsi
Status: Completed (2014)
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o Thesis Title: ‘Laboratory Investigation of Enhancing Heavy Oil Recovery in
Omani Carbonate Oil Field via Deep Eutectic Solvents’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahiabi
Co-supervisors: Dr. Baba Jibril, Dr. Rashid Al-Hajri
Student Name: Wiam Al-Touqi
Status: In Progress
o Thesis Title: ‘Simulation of the Injection of Malonic Acid based Deep Eutectic
Solvents Core Flooding Process for the EOR Application’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Peyman Pourafshary
Co-supervisors: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahiabi, Dr. Rashid Al-Hajri, Dr. Baba Jibril
Student Name: Aumnia Al-Rjeebi
Status: In Progress
o Thesis Title: ‘Simulation of Nanofluid Injection for Oil Recovery Enhancement
in the Core Scale’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Peyman Pourafshary
Co-supervisor: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahiabi
Student Name: Manal Al-Matrooshi
Status: In Progress
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PhD Students Supervision (15 students)
o Thesis Title: ‘Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Oil Recovery by
Vapor Extraction (VAPEX)’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Ann Muggeridge (Imperial College, London)
Co-supervisor: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Student Name: Abdullah Al-Kindi
Status: Completed (2009)
Note: All experimental and modeling work and most of the thesis write-up were
done at SQU
o Thesis Title: ‘Effect of Drag Reducing Polymers in Horizontal Oil-Water Flow’
Main Supervisor: Dr. A.S. Olawale (Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria)
Co-supervisors: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Talal Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Adel AlAjmi, Dr. I.A. Mohammad-Dabo
Student Name: Nurudeen Yusuf
Status: Completed (2011)
Note: All work and most of the thesis write-up was done at SQU
o Thesis Title: ‘Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery and its Potential in Some
Omani Oil Fields’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-supervisors: Prof. Saif Al-Bahry, Prof. Abdulkadir Elshafie, Dr. Ali AlBemani
Student Name: Hanaa Al-Sulimani
Status: Completed (2012)
o Thesis Title: ‘The Kinetic Study of the Biogas Production using Energy Crops
and Animal Waste Slurry’
Main Supervisor: Nenet C. Graza
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Co-supervisors: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Baba Jibril
Student Name: Sherwin T. Sepe
Status: Completed (2013)
o Thesis Title: ‘Biostimulation of Oil Polluted Ecosystems in Oman’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Raid Abed
Co-supervisors: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Prof. Saif Al-Bahry
Student Name: Summaya Al-Kindi
Status: Thesis Write-up
o Thesis Title: In Situ Catalytic Upgrading of Omani Heavy Crude Oil
Main Supervisor: Dr. Baba Jibril
Co-supervisors: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahiabi, Dr. Rashid Al-Hajri
Student Name: Suleiman Shuwa
Status: Thesis Write-up
o Thesis Title: Experimental Study on the Effect of Drag Reducing Polymrs
on Oil-Water Flow in Horizontal and Inclined Pipes
Main Supervisor: Dr. Talal Al-Wahaibi
Co-supervisors: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Abdul-Aziz Al-Hashmi, Dr. Adel
Al-Ajmi
Student Name: AbdelKareem Abubakar
Status: In Progress
o Thesis Title: Biodegrading and Enhancing Heavy Oil Recovery in Qarn Alam
Oilfield
Main Supervisor: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-supervisors: Prof. Saif Al-Bahry, Prof. Abdulkadir Elshafie, Dr. Ali AlBemani
Student Name: Abdullah Al-Sayegh
Status: In Progress
o Thesis Title: The Novel Use of Deep Eutectic Solvents for Enhancing Heavy
Oil Recovery
Main Supervisor: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-supervisors: Dr. Rashid Al-Hajri, Dr. Baba Jibril
Student Name: Adel Mohsenzadih
Status: In Progress
o Thesis Title: Green Solvents for Desulfurization of Diesel and Fuel Oils
Main Supervisor: Dr. Farouk S. Mjalli
Co-supervisors: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahiabi, Dr. Talal Al-Wahiabi
Student Name: Zaharaddeen Gano
Status: In Progress
o Thesis Title: Mechanistic Study of Drag Reducing Polymers in Oil-Water Flow
Main Supervisor: Dr. Abdul-Aziz Al Hashmi
Co-supervisors: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr Talal Al Wahaibi, Dr. Adel AlAjmi
Student Name: Mohammed Mahdi Eshrati
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Status: In Progress
o Thesis Title: Upgrading of Omani Heavy Oil and Enhancing its Recovery by
Catalytic Aquathermolysis using Oleophilic Catalyst
Main Supervisor: Dr. Baba Jibril
Co-supervisors: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahiabi, Dr. Rashid Al-Hajri
Student Name: Abdullahi Yosuf
Status: In Progress
o Thesis Title: Isolation, Identification and Charecterization of Potential Spore
Forming Bacteria for Enhanced Heavy Oil Recovery
Main Supervisor: Prof. Saif Al-Bahry
Co-supervisors: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Prof. Abdulkadir Elshafie, Dr. Ali AlBemani
Student Name: Biji Shibulal
Status: In Progress
o Thesis Title: Ionic Liquids-based Deep Oxidative Desulfurization of Diesel
Main Supervisor: Dr. Farouk S. Mjalli
Co-supervisors: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahiabi, Dr. Talal Al-Wahaibi
Student Name: Omar Ahmad Umar
Status: In Progress
o Thesis Title: ‘Experimental Study of Enhancing Oil Recovery via AlkalineBiosurfactant-Biopolymer Injection Technique in Omani Oilfield ’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-supervisors: Prof. Saif Al-Bahry, Prof. Abdulkadir Elshafie, Dr. Ali AlBemani
Student Name: Maissa Souayeh
Status: In Progress
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Post Doctorate Fellow
o Project Title: ‘Applications of Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery Technique in
Omani Oil Fields’
Principal Investigator: Prof. Saif Al-Bahry
Co-Investigators: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Prof. Elshafie Abdulkadir, Dr. Ali
Al-Bemani
PostDoc: Dr. Sanket Joshi
Period: 2009-present
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Served as Member in Examination Committees of the following Theses
o Thesis Title: ‘Development of Anthropometric Data for Omani Male Population
of Age Group 18-60’
Student Name: Dawood Sulaiman Al-Farsi
Exam Date: 10th of April 2006
o Thesis Title: ‘Using NMR to Detect Oil-Desaturation in Miscible Gas Floods’
Student Name: Badar Al-Shaibani
Exam Date: 19th of September 2010
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o Thesis Title: ‘Klinkinberg Corrected Gas Permeability Correlation for Shuaiba
Formation’
Student Name: Ryham Al-Jabri
Exam Date: 22nd December 2010
o Thesis Title: ‘Characterization of Omani Light Oils using Multiple PVT
analysis’
Student Name: Aayda Masoud Al-Khuseibi
Exam Date: 28th February 2011
o Thesis Title: ‘Anionic Surfactant (AES 7-58) for Enhanced Oil Recovery in
Lekhwair Field’
Student Name: Azza Abdullah Al-Kalbani
Exam Date: 14th May 2011
Services
University Administration and Committees
Departmental Activities
• Acting Head, Department of Petroleum and Chemical Engineering, July 2010 –
September 2010
• Head, Department of Petroleum and Chemical Engineering, September 2010August 2013
• Chairman, Curriculum and Accreditation Committee
• Chairman, Appointment Committee
• Chairman, Strategic Planning and Development Committee
• Chairman, Departmental Academic Promotion Committee
• Chairman, Departmental Technicians Appointment & Promotion Committee
• Departmental Board Secretary
• Member, Postgraduate Studies and Research Committee
• Member, Appointment Committee
• Prepared and coordinated the 2008-2011 Department Work Plan
• Participated in the Substantial ABET Accreditation of the Petroleum and Natural
Gas Engineering Program in 2006
• Took part in the Full ABET Accreditation of the Process and Chemical Engineering
Program in 2006
• Led the team in the department towards the ABET full accreditation in 2013 for
both the Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Program and the Process and
Chemical Engineering Program.
• Developed rubrics as assessment tools for different courses in the Petroleum
and Natural Gas Engineering Program.
• Participated in developing rubrics as assessment tools for Project I and II.
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College Activities
• Member, College Board
• Member, College Executive Committee
• Member, College Accommodation Committee
• Member, College Accreditation Committee
• Member, College Publication/Web Committee
• Represented the PCE Department in the College of Engineering/College of Science
Open Day which was held on 3rd April, 2010
• Participated in the College of Engineering Retreat Day “Towards A Successful
Road Map For Postgraduate Programs & Research” held on March 25, 2010
• Took part in the College of Engineering Retreat Day held on 20th November 2008 to
discuss and approve the 2008-2011 College implementation plan
• Participated in organizing the first edition of the “College Open Day for the Private
Sector” held in 2013 in order to boost the ties with the private sector.
• Participated in the three retreats conducted by the different departments in the
college in 2012/2013 regarding “College's Roadmap to the Accreditation of the
Academic Programs”.
• Participated in the retreat conducted by the Petroleum and Chemical Engineering
Department for the Engineering College members on “Lessons Learnt from the
2013 ABET Accreditation Process”, 10th May 2014, Muscat, Oman.
University/Community Activities
• Member of the joint SQU-Ministry of Oil and Gas Committee which aims to
strengthen the scientific research in oil and gas research area in Oman.
• Member of the Petroleum Development Oman-SQU Liaison Committee.
• Member of the Petroleum Development Oman-SQU In-Country-Value Steering
Committee.
• Director, Oil and Gas research Centre, September 2013-Presnt.
• Conducted a Short Course on “Routine and Special Core Analysis” for Occidental
Oman Company, May 2010. The course was well received. It is now recommended
to be offered yearly.
• Technically reviewed for Ministry of National Economy the report titled “Potential
for enhanced in situ and ex situ carbonation of peridotite in the Semail ophiolite of
Oman for CO 2 capture and storage”, June 2010.
• Participated in the four University Open Days held during the SQU Silver Jubilee
for the senior members of the different governmental bodies.
• Organized jointly with Shell Development Oman on the 11th of February 2014 the
workshop on “What might the World Look Like in 2100”.
• Associate Editor of “The Journal of Engineering Research (TJER)” which is
envisaged as a refereed international publication of Sultan Qaboos University. The
TJER is indexed in Scopus.
• Peer reviewer to the Research Council of Oman.
Invited Lectures and Seminars (other than international conferences participation)
• December 2006. EOR Processes (in-situ combustion, steam flooding, first and
multi-contact miscible gas processes & WAG injection) Applications in Omani
Fields. Presentation given to Kyushu University Petroleum Engineering Department
Faculty, Kyushu, Japan
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December 2005. Experimental Investigation and Numerical Modeling of Gas
Injection Processes within Heterogeneous Porous Media. Presentation given to
Petroleum Development Oman EOR Team, Muscat, Oman
January 2007. Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery. Presentation given to Petroleum
Development Oman New Technology (UCT) and EOR Teams, Muscat, Oman
May 2008. PVT Measurements and Analysis. Presentation given to Ministry of Oil
and Gas representatives, and Petroleum Development Oman UCT and EOR Teams,
Muscat, Oman
May 2008. pH-Sensitive Polymers for Improving Reservoir Sweep and
Conformance Control Applications. Presentation given to Ministry of Oil and Gas
representatives, and Petroleum Development Oman UCT and EOR Teams, Muscat,
Oman
May 2008. Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Immiscible First- and
Multi-Contact Miscible Displacements within Heterogeneous Porous Media.
Presentation given to Ministry of Oil and Gas representatives, and Petroleum
Development Oman UCT and EOR Teams, Muscat, Oman
November 2009. PVT Measurements and Analysis. Presentation given to Ministry
of Oil and Gas representatives, and Petroleum Development Oman UCT and EOR
Teams, Muscat, Oman
April 2010. Research and service facilities housed at Petroleum and Chemical
Engineering Department. Presentation given to College of Engineering and College
of Science faculty members.
Feb 2011. PVT Measurements and Analysis. Presentation given to Petroleum
Development Oman UCT and EOR Teams, Muscat, Oman
Jan 2012. Residual Oil Reduction via Injection of Biosurfactant, Chemical
Surfactant and Mixtures of both. Presentation given to Kuwait Institute for
Scientific Research (KISR), Kuwait.
March 2013. Biodegrading and Enhancing Heavy Oil Recovery. Presentation given
to Centre Wallon de Biologie Industrielle, University de Liege, Liège, Belgium.
Sept 2014. Microbial Permeability Profile Modification. Presentation given to the
Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Microbiology, Moscow, Russia.
Service to the Profession
• Member of the executive committee and the technical program committee of the 1st
joint Iran/Oman symposium on EOR and chair of different sessions of the
conference, 20th-21st May 2014, Muscat, Oman
• Member of the technical program committee of the 2014 SPE EOR conference and
chair of different sessions of the conference, 31st March - 2nd April 2014, Muscat,
Oman
• Member of the technical program committee of the 7th International Petroleum
Technology Conference (IPTC), 20-22 January 2014, Doha, Qatar
• Member of the technical program committee of the 2012 SPE EOR conference and
chair of different sessions of the conference, 16–18 April 2012, Muscat, Oman
• Member of the Sixth Jordan International Chemical Engineering Conference
Advisory Board, March 12-14, 2012, Amman, Jordan
• Organized jointly with PARTEX the following 3 workshops
o Reservoir Characterization and Modeling, 24th November 2010, Muscat, Oman
o Asset Integrity, 19-20 November 2011, Muscat, Oman
o Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery, 16th April 2012, Muscat, Oman
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Reviewer for SPE Journal
Reviewer for SPE Reservoir Engineering Journal
Reviewer for Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
Reviewer for Journal of Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces
Reviewer for Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology
Reviewer for Journal of Energy Sources-Part A
Reviewer for Chemical Engineering Communications Journal
Reviewer for Energy Exploration & Exploitation Journal
Reviewer for Chemical Engineering & Technology Journal
Reviewer for Journal of Petroleum & Environmental Biotechnology
Scholarly Achievements
Total External & Internal Funds Obtained = US $ 8.4 million
Research Contracts (Total Budget Obtained: US $ 5.4 million)
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Research Title: “Experimental and Numerical Investigations into the Effect of
Heterogeneity on Oil Recovery from Immiscible, First- and Multi-Contact Miscible
Gas Injection (Phase-I)”
Code: CR/ENG/PCED/06/01
Principal Investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Budget: US $ 50,000
Sponsor: PDO
Status: Completed (2006)
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Research Title: “Commercially Available EOR and Stimulation Tools”
Code: CR/ENG/PCED/06/02
Principal Investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-investigators: Dr. Talal Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Hamoud Al-Hadrami
Budget: US $ 189,000
Sponsor: PDO
Status: Completed (2007)
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Research Title: “Microbial Enhanced Oil recovery (Phase-I)”
Code: CR/SCI/BIOL/07/01
Principal Investigator: Prof. Saif Al-Bahry
Co-investigators: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Ali Al-Bemani
Budget: US $ 130,000
Sponsor: PDO
Status: Completed (2007)
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Research Title: “Experimental and Numerical Investigations into the Effect of
Heterogeneity on Oil Recovery from Immiscible, First- and Multi-Contact Miscible
Gas Injection (Phase-II)”
Code: CR/ENG/PCED/06/04
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Principal Investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Budget: US $ 219,000
Sponsor: PDO
Status: Completed (2008)
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Research Title: “pH-Sensitive Polymers for Novel Improving Reservoir Sweep and
Conformance Control Applications”
Code: CR/ENG/PCED/06/03
Principal Investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-investigator: Dr. Talal Al-Wahaibi
Budget: US $ 335,000
Sponsor: PDO
Status: Completed (2009)
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Research Title: “Microbial Enhanced Oil recovery (Phase-II)”
Code: CR/SCI/BIOL/07/02
Principal Investigator: Prof. Saif Al-Bahry
Co-investigators: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Ali Al-Bemani
Budget: US $ 993,500
Sponsor: PDO
Status: Completed (2010)
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Research Title: “PVT Measurements and Analysis”
Code: CR/ENG/PCED/08/04
Principal Investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-investigators: Dr. Ali Al-Bemani, Dr. Talal Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Adel Al-Ajmi
Budget: US $ 1,007,578
Sponsor: PDO
Status: Completed (2011)
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Research Title: “Reservoir Souring Mitigation and Sulfur Reducing Bacteria”
Principal Investigator: Prof. Saif Al-Bahry
Co-investigators: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Prof. Abdulkadir Elshafie, Dr. Ali AlBemani
Budget: US $ 1.1 million
Sponsor: PDO
Status: In Progress
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Research Title: “Microbial Enhanced Oil recovery (Phase-III)”
Code: CR/DVC/OGRC/13/01
Principal Investigator: Prof. Saif Al-Bahry
Co-investigators: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Prof. Abdulkadir Elshafie, Dr. Ali AlBemani
Budget: US $ 996,500
Sponsor: PDO
Status: In Progress
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Research Title: “Multiphase Flow Improvement and Demulsification of Oilfield
Emulsions”
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Code: CR/DVC/OGRC/13/02
Principal Investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-investigators: Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Hashmi, Dr. Talal Al-Wahaibi
Budget: US $ 168,000
Sponsor: SNF
Status: In Progress
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Research Title: “Low Salinity Water Flooding towards Improving Oil Recovery”
Principal Investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-investigators: Dr. Peyman Pourafshary, Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Hashmi
Budget: US $ 84,800
Sponsor: Daleel Ptroleum
Status: The technical and commercial proposals have been approved. The work will
start soon after finalizing the paperwork and signing the contract by SQU and
Daleel Petroleum.
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Research Title: “Enhancing Oil Recovery in Daleel’s Carbonate Oil Field via
Greenzyme injection”
Principal Investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-investigators: Dr. Peyman Pourafshary
Budget: US $ 85,200
Sponsor: Daleel Ptroleum
Status: The technical and commercial proposals have been approved. The work will
start soon after finalizing the paperwork and signing the contract by SQU and
Daleel Petroleum.
Consultancy (Total Budget Obtained: US $ 53,000)
• Research Title: “Understanding of Three-Phase Flow During Water Alternating Gas
Injection and other EOR Techniques”
Code: CR/DVC/OGRC/07/01
Principal Investigator: Dr. Ali Al-Bemani
Consultant: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Budget: US $ 53,000
Sponsor: Shell Technology Oman (STO)
Status: Completed (2008)
External and Internal Grants (Total Budget: US $ 2.3 million)
• His Majesty Grant: “Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery”
Code: SR/BIOL/01/08
Principal Investigator: Prof. Abdulkadir Elshafie
Co-investigators: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Ali Al-Bemani, Prof. Saif Al-Barhy
Budget: US $ 234,000
Sponsor: SQU (His Majesty Grant)
Status: Completed (2011)
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The Research Council Grant: “Bioremediation of Oil-Polluted Ecosystems in the
Sultanate of Oman”
Code: ORG/EBR/10/001
Principal Investigator: Dr. Raeid Abed
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Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-investigators: Prof. Saif Al-Barhy, Dr. Sergey Dobretsov, Dr. Barry JUPP
Budget: US $ 346,000
Sponsor: The Research Council
Status: In Progress
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The Research Council Grant: “In-situ Catalytic Upgrading of Omani Heavy Crude
Oil during Steam Injection”
Code: ORG/EI/10/006
Principal Investigator: Dr. Baba Jibril
Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-investigator: Dr. Rashid Al-Hajri
Budget: US $ 315,000
Sponsor: The Research Council
Status: Final report was submitted on April 2014 and one year extension was
requested and granted
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The Research Council Grant: “A novel use of drag reducing polymers as flow
pattern modifiers in Oil/Water Flow”
Code: ORG/EI/11/007
Principal Investigator: Dr. Talal Al-Wahaibi
Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-investigators: Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Hashmi, Dr. Adel Al-Ajmi
Expected Budget: US $ 338,000
Sponsor: The Research Council
Status: Final report will be submitted on October 2014
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The Research Council Grant: “Green Solvents for Desulfurization of diesel and Fuel
Oils”
Code: RC/ENG/PCED/12/002
Principal Investigator: Dr. Farouq Mjalli
Co-investigators: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Talal Al-Wahaibi
Budget: US $ 469,300
Sponsor: The Research Council
Status: In Progress
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The Research Council Grant: “CO 2 -Oil Minimum Miscibility Pressure Estimation
for the Omani Oils”
Code: RC/ENG/PCED/13/001
Principal Investigator: Dr. Gholamreza Vakili
Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-investigator: Dr. Ali Al-Bemani
Budget: US $ 530,000
Sponsor: The Research Council
Status: In Progress
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The Research Council Grant: “Experimental and Numerical Investigations of
various Gas Injection Scenarios in enhancing oil recovery in Omani Oilfield”
Principal Investigator: Dr. Peyman Pourafshary
Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
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Budget: US $ 405,600
Sponsor: The Research Council
Status: Submitted (2014)
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Internal Grant: “Drag Reducing Polymers for Two-Phase Oil/Water Flow”
Code: IG/ENG/PCE/07/01
Principal Investigator: Dr. Talal Al-Wahaibi
Co-investigators: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Adel Al-Ajmi, Dr. Mahmood
Abdelgoad, Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Hasmi
Budget: US $ 10,400
Sponsor: SQU
Status: Completed (2009)
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Internal Grant: “Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Pressure Drop and
Hold-up during Dual Continuous Oil-Water Flows”
Code: IG/ENG/PCED/11/02
Principal Investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-investigators: Dr. Talal Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Adel Al-Ajmi
Budget: US $ 10,270
Sponsor: SQU
Status: Completed (2013)
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Internal Grant: “Predictive Model to Predict Oil-Water Flow Characteristics with
Polymers”
Code: IG/ENG/PCED/11/03
Principal Investigator: Dr. Talal Al-Wahaibi
Co-investigators: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Adel Al-Ajmi
Budget: US $ 10,000
Sponsor: SQU
Status: Completed (2013)
Service Contracts (Total Budget: US $ 660,000)
• Project Title: “Technical Evaluation of Production Chemicals”
Code: CR/ENG/PCED/07/01
Principal Investigator: Dr. Talal Al-Wahaibi
Co-investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Budget: US $ 60,000
Sponsor: PDO
Status: Completed (2009)
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Project Title: “Glass Temperature Measurements”
Principal Investigator: Dr. Talal Al-Wahaibi
Co-investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Budget: US $ 170 (per sample per hour)
Sponsor: PDO
Status: Completed (2010)
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Research Title: “Vapor Fraction Measurement at Line Condition for Mabrouk
Field”
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Code: AS/ENG/PCED/10/01
Principal Investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-investigators: Dr. Ali Al-Bemani, Dr. Talal Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Adel Al-Ajmi
Budget: US $ 23,296
Sponsor: MODAL
Status: Completed (2010)
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Project Title: “Formation Damage Services”
Code: CR/ENG/PCED/11/01
Principal Investigator: Dr. Hamoud Al-Hadrami
Co-investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Ali Al-Bemani
Budget: US $ 180,212
Sponsor: PDO
Status: In Progress
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Project Title: “KCl Formation Damage Study”
Code: CR/ENG/PCED/11/02
Principal Investigator: Dr. Hamoud Al-Hadrami
Co-investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Ali Al-Bemani
Budget: US $ 80,000
Sponsor: Oman Oil Exploration and Production L.L.C.
Status: Completed (2011)
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Project Title: “Wellbore Damage (Skin) Measurements for Occidental Mukhaizna
Plugs”
Code: CR/ENG/PCED/11/05
Principal Investigator: Dr. Hamoud Al-Hadrami
Co-investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Ali Al-Bemani
Budget: US $ 45,630
Sponsor: Occidental Oman
Status: Completed (2012)
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Project Title: “Acid stimulation study on Safa oil field of Occidental Oman”
Code: CR/ENG/PCED/11/06
Principal Investigator: Dr. Hamoud Al-Hadrami
Co-investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Ali Al-Bemani
Budget: US $ 24,960
Sponsor: Occidental Oman
Status: Completed (2012)
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Project Title: “Formation Damage Control and Mitigation Services”
Code: CR/ENG/PCED/11/03
Principal Investigator: Dr. Hamoud Al-Hadrami
Co-investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Ali Al-Bemani
Budget: US $ 132,600
Sponsor: MEDCO L.L.C.
Status: Completed (2013)
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Project Title: “Potential of using chemical surfactant and/or biosurfactant to
enhance oil recovery in Occidental heavy oil field”
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Code: CR/ENG/PCED/12/01
Principal Investigator: Dr. Hamoud Al-Hadrami
Co-investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Ali Al-Bemani
Budget: US $ 58,500
Sponsor: Occidental Oman
Status: Completed (2013)
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Project Title: “Stimulation Study using Well Flow Chemicals”
Code: CR/ENG/PCED/12/03
Principal Investigator: Dr. Hamoud Al-Hadrami
Co-investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Ali Al-Bemani
Budget: US $ 27,000
Sponsor: Well Flow International
Status: Completed (2013)
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Project Title: “Tibr-1 Core flood Analysis-Water flooding Damage Study”
Code: CR/ENG/PCED/12/02
Principal Investigator: Dr. Hamoud Al-Hadrami
Co-investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Ali Al-Bemani
Budget: US $ 27,040
Sponsor: PDO
Status: Completed (2013)
Laboratory and Research Facilities Establishment & Development
• Led a team to establish PVT related services laboratory at Sultan Qaboos University
using external funds from oil industry.
• Currently leading a team to establish together with SNF and Veolia a laboratory at
Sultan Qaboos University which will handle studies concerning the characterization
and chemical/mechanical demulsification of oilfield emulsions caused by the
injection of EOR chemicals.
• I together with other colleagues established using external funds from the oil
industry the following laboratories/research facilities at SQU:
o State-of-the-art microbial enhanced oil recovery laboratory
o Multiphase flow loop laboratory
o Formation damage related services laboratory (upgrading)
o State-of-the-art reservoir souring evaluation and mitigation laboratory
o Chemical EOR injection research facility particularly for AlkalineSurfactant-Polymer injection and green solvents (deep eutectic solvents)
injection
o In-situ catalytic heavy oil upgrading of Omani crude laboratory
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PUBLISHED REFEREED JOURNAL PAPERS
1. Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Hashmi, A. Mjalli, F., Al-Hatmi, S. 2014.
“Experimental investigation on the effects of various parameters on viscosity reduction
of heavy crude by oil-water emulsion”. Accepted for publication in Petroleum Science.
2. S.M. Shuwa, B.Y. Jibril, Y.M. Al-Wahaibi, R.S. Al-Hajri. 2014. Heavy-Oil-Recovery
Enhancement With Choline Chloride/Ethylene Glycol-Based Deep Eutectic Solvent.
Accepted for publication in SPE Journal.
3. Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Ajmi, A., Al-Hajri, R., Yusuf, N., Olawale, A.,
Mohammed, A. 2014. Experimental Investigation on Flow Patterns and Pressure
Gradient Through Two Pipe Diameters in Horizontal Oil-Water Flows. Accepted for
publication in Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, DOI:
10.1016/j.petrol.2014.07.019
4. Abubakar, A., Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Hashmi, A., Al-Ajmi, A., 2014.
Roles of Drag Reducing Polymers in Single- and Multi-phase Flows. Chemical
Engineering Research and Design, in press. DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2014.02.031
5. Souayeh, Maissa; Al-Waheibi, Yahya; Al-Bahry, Saif; Elshafie, Abdulkadir; AlBemani, Ali; Joshi, Sanket; Al-Hashmi, Abdul-Aziz; Al-Mandhari, Musallam. 2014.
Optimization of low concentration Bacillus subtilis strain biosurfactant towards
microbial enhanced oil recovery. Energy & Fuels. (In press)
6. Abubakar, A., Al-Hashmi, A., Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Ajmi, A., Eshrati,
2014. Parameters of Drag Reducing Polymers and Drag Reduction Performance in
Single-Phase Water Flow. Volume 2014, Article ID 202073, 8 pages,
doi:10.1155/2014/202073.
7. Habibi, A., Heidari, M., Al-Hadrami, H., Al-Ajmi,A., Al-Wahaibi, Y. and Ayatollahi,
S, 2014. Effect of Nano fluid Treatment on Water Sensitive Formation to Investigate
Water Shock Phenomenon, An Experimental Study. Journal of Dispersion Science and
Technology, Volume 35, Issue 7, pp. 889-897.
8. Al-Wahaibi, Y., Joshi, S., Al-Bahry, S., Elshafie, A., Al-Bemani, A., Shibulal, B. 2014.
Biosurfactant production by Bacillus subtilis B30 and its application in enhancing oil
recovery. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 114, 324-333.
9. Hayyan, A., Mjalli, F., Ali Hashim, M., Hayyan, M., AlNashef, I., Al-Wahaibi, T., AlWahaibi, Y., 2014. A Solid Organic Acid Catalyst for the Pre-treatment of Low Grade
Crude Palm Oil and Biodiesel Production. International Journal of Green Energy, 11
(2), 129-140.
10. Shibulal, B., Al-Bahry, S., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Elshafie, A., Al-Bemani, A., Joshi, S. 2014.
Microbial enhanced heavy oil recovery by the aid of inhabitant spore-forming bacteria:
an insight review. The Scientific World Journal. 2014, 1-12.
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11. Al-Balushi, M., Mjalli, F.S., Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Hashmi, A.A., 2014.
Parametric study to develop an empirical correlation for undersaturated crude oil
viscosity based on the minimum measured input parameters. Fuel, 119, 111-119.
12. Farouq, S. Mjalli, Omar U. Ahmed, Talal, Al-Wahaibi, Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Inas M.
AlNashef, 2014. Deep Oxidative Desulfurization of Liquid Fuels, Reviews in Chemical
Engineering, 30 (4), 337-378.
13. Gano, Z.S., Mjalli, F.S., Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Alnashef, I.M., 2014.
Solubility of thiophene and dibenzothiophene in anhydrous FeCl3- and ZnCl2-based
deep eutectic solvents. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 53 (16), 68156823.
14. Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Ajmi, A., Yusuf, N., Al-Hashmi, A.R., Olawale,
A.S., Mohammed, I.A, 2013. Experimental investigation on the performance of drag
reducing polymers through two pipe diameters in horizontal oil-water flows. Exp.
Therm. Fluid Sci., 50, 139-146.
15. Al-Shaaibi, S., Al-Ajmi, A., Al-Wahaibi, Y. 2013. Three Dimensional Modeling for
Predicting Sand Production. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Vol. 109,
pp. 348-363.
16. Jibril, B.Y., Atta, A.Y., Al-Waheibi, Y.M., Al-Waheibi, T.K., 2013. Effect of copper
loadings on product selectivities in microwave-enhanced degradation of phenol on
alumina-supported copper oxides. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 19
(6), 1800-1804.
17. A. Hayyan, Farouq S. Mjalli, I. M. AlNashef, Y. M. Al-Wahaibi, T. Al-Wahaibi, and
M. A. Hashim, “Glucose-based Deep Eutectic Solvent: Physical Properties”, Journal of
Molecular Liquids, vol.178, pp.137–141, 2013.
18. Al-Bahry, S.N., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Elshafie, A.K., Al-Bemani, A.S., Joshi S. J., AlMakhmari, H., Al- Sulaimani, H. 2013. Biosurfactant production by Bacillus subtilis
B20 using date molasses and its application in enhanced oil recovery. International
Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, 81, 141-146.
19. S. N. Al-Bahry, A. E. Elshafie, Y. M. Al-Wahaibi, A. S. Al-Bemani, S. J. Joshi, R. A.
Al-Maaini, W. J. Al-Alawi, Y. Sugai, M. Al- Mandhari. 2013. Microbial Consortia in
Oman Oil Fields: A Possible Use in Enhanced Oil Recovery. J. Microbiol. Biotechnol.
23(1): 106-117.
20. Al-Bahry, S.N., Elshafie, A., Al-Wahaibi,Y., Al-Bemani, A., Joshi, S., Al-Lawati, A.
2013. Isolation and characterization of biosurfactant/ biopolymer producing spore
forming bacteria from oil contaminated sites and oil field of Oman. Procedia APCBEES
Journal, 5, 242-246.
21. Elshafie, A., Al-Bahry, S.N., Al-Wahaibi,Y., Al-Bemani, A., Joshi, S., Al-Maini, R.,
Al-Alawi, W., Al-Mandhari, M. 2013. Bacterial diversity of Omani oil wells using
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culture dependant and independent techniques. Procedia APCBEES Journal, 5, 247–
252.
22. Al-Hattali, R., Al-Sulaimani, H., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Bahry, S., Elshafie A., AlBemani A., Joshi, S.J. 2013. Fractured carbonate reservoirs sweep efficiency
improvement using microbial biomass. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering,
112, 178-184.
23. Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Abdel-Goad, M., 2012. Geochemical characterization
of omani sandstone cores-analysis of change in ph and rock mineral constituents
concentrations. Petroleum and Coal Journal, 54 (3), 260-270.
24. Al-Wahaibi, T., Yusuf, N., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Ajmi, A., 2012. Experimental Study on
the Transition between Stratified and Non-stratified Horizontal Oil-Water flow. Int J
Multiphase flow, 38, 126-135.
25. Yusuf, N., Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Ajmi, A., Al-Hashmi, A., Olawale, A.,
Mohammed, A., 2012. Experimental Study on the Effect of Drag Reducing Polymer on
Flow Patterns and Drag Reduction in a Horizontal Oil-Water Flow. International
Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 37:74-80.
26. Habibi, A., Ahmadi, M., Pourafshary, P., Ayatoallahi, S. Al-Wahaibi, Y. 2012.
Reduction of Fines Migration by Nanofluids Injection: An Experimental Study. SPE
Journal, Vol. 18, Issue 2, pp. 309 - 318
27. Masihi, M., Sobhani, M., Al-Ajmi, A., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Wahaibi, T. 2012. A
physically-based three dimensional fracture network modeling technique. Journal of
Scientia Iranica, 19(3):594–604
28. Habibi, A., Heidari, M., Al-Hadrami, H., Al-Ajmi, A., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Ayatoallahi, S.
2012. Effect of Nanofluid Injection on Fines Mitigation to Remediate Formation
Damage: A Microscopic View. Journal of Advanced Microscopy Research, 7:1–5
29. Abdel-Goad, M., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Shurji, H., 2012. Use of a Novel
pH-Triggered Polymer-Gel System for Optimal Mobility Control Applications. Epolymers Journal, Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages 428–440
30. Al-Sulaimani, H., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Bahry, S.N., Elshafie, A., Al-Bemani, A., Joshi,
S. and Ayatollahi, S. 2012. Residual oil recovery via injection of biosurfactant,
chemical surfactant and mixtures of both under reservoir condition: Induced Wettability
and Interfacial Tension Effects. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering. 15:210-217.
31. Yusuf, N., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Ajmi, A., Olawale, A., Mohammed, I,
2012. Effect of Oil Viscosity on the Flow Structure and Pressure Gradient in Horizontal
Oil-Water Flow. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 90(8):1019-1030.
32. A.Y. Atta, B.Y. Jibril, T.K. Al-Wahaibi, Y.M. Al-Wahaibi. 2012. “Microwaveenhanced catalytic degradation of 2-nitrophenol on alumina-supported copper oxides”,
Catalysis Communications Journal, 26, 112–116.
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33. Adeeb Hayyan, Farouq Mjalli, Inas AlNashef, Talal Al-Wahaibi, Yahya Al-Wahaibi,
Mohd Ali Hashim. 2012. “Fruit Sugar-based Deep Eutectic Solvents and their Physical
Properties”, Thermochimica Acta Journal, 541, 70– 75.
34. Karimi, M., Mahmoodi, M., Niazib, A., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Ayatollahi, S. 2012.
‘Investigating wettability alteration during MEOR process, A micro/macro scale
analysis’, Journal of Colloid and Surface Science-B, Volume 95, Pages 129–136.
35. Ghosh, B., Al-Bemani, A., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Hadrami, H., Boukadi, F. 2012.
‘Development of a novel chemical water shut-off method for fractured reservoirs: PartI: Laboratory development and verification through core-flow experiments’, Journal of
Petroleum Science and Engineering, Volumes 96–97, Pages 176–184.
36. Ahmadzadeh, P., Masihi, M., Al-Ajmi, A., Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Wahaibi, Y.
‘Experimental study of the effects of IFT and hysteresis on resistivity and capillary
pressure of Carbonate rocks’, Manuscript ID: UESO-2011-0064, Accepted for
publication in Journal of Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and
Environmental Effects, 25-Feb-2011.
37. Al-Sulaimani, H., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Bahry, S., Elshafie, A., Al-Bemani, A., Joshi, S.,
and Zargari, S. 2011. ‘Optimization and Partial Characterization of Biosurfactants
Produced by Bacillus Species and Their Potential for Ex-Situ Enhanced Oil Recovery’,
SPE Journal, 16 (3), 672-682.
38. Al-Sulaimani, H., Joshi, S., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Bahry, S., Elshafie, A., Al-Bemani, A.
2011. ‘Microbial biotechnology for enhancing oil recovery: Current developments and
future prospects’, Biotechnology, Bioinformatics and Bioengineering Journal, 1(2):
147-158
39. Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Hadrami, A. 2011. ‘The influence of high permeability lenses on
immiscible, first- and multi-contact miscible gas injection’, Journal of Petroleum
Science and Engineering, Volume 77, Issues 3-4, Pages 313-325.
40. Alkindi, A., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Muggeridge, A. 2011. ‘Experimental and Numerical
Investigations into Oil-Drainage Rates during Vapor Extraction of Heavy Oils’, SPE
Journal, 16 (2): 343-357.
41. Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Wahaibi, T., Abdel-Goad, M. 2011. ‘Characterization of pHsensitive Polymer Microgel Transport in Porous Media for Improving Oil Recovery’,
Journal of Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects,
Volume 33, Issue 11, pp 1048-1057.
42. Al-Kindi, A., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Branko B., Muggeridge, A. 2011. ‘Investigation of
Longitudinal and Transverse Dispersion in Stable Displacements with a High Viscosity
and Density Contrast between the Fluids’, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, V: 120121, pp 170-183.
43. Al-Wahaibi, Y. 2010. ‘First- and Multi-Contact Miscible Gas Injection within
Channeling Heterogeneity System’, Energy Fuels Journal, 24 (3), pp 1813–1821.
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44. Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Shuraiqi, H., Al-Maamari, F. 2010. ‘Slug Water Alternating Gas
Flow Processes Behavior in the Vicinity of Discontinuous Shales’, Journal of Petroleum
Science and Technology, 28:5, 515-524.
45. Al-Maamari, F., Al-Shuraiqi, H., Al-Wahaibi, Y. 2010. ‘Experimental and Numerical
Studies of Discontinuous Shale Effects on First-contact Miscible Water Alternating Gas
Injection’, Journal of Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental
Effects, 32: 6, 567-575.
46. Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Bemani, A., Al-Bahry, S., Al-Sulaimani, H., Al-Mandhari, M.,
Ghosh, B. 2009. ‘Microbial Technology Applications in Wellbore Stimulation and Oil
Recovery Enhancement: A Review’, International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal
Technology, 2:4, 315-330.
47. Al-Wahaibi, Y., Muggeridge, A., Grattoni, C. 2009. ‘Gas-Oil Non-Equilibrium in
Multicontact Miscible Displacements within Homogeneous Porous Media’, Journal of
Petroleum Science and Engineering, Vol: 68, Pages: 71 - 80, ISSN: 0920-4105.
48. Al-Wahaibi, Y., Muggeridge, A., Grattoni, C. 2009. ‘A Numerical Study on the Effect
of Cross-Bedding Heterogeneity Geometry on Oil Recovery via Condensing and
Vaporizing Gas Drive Processes’, Journal of Petroleum Science and Technology, Vol:
27:14, ISSN: 1091-6466, Pages: 1604 - 1620.
49. Alkindi, A., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Muggeridge, A. 2008. ‘Physical Properties (Density,
Excess Molar Volume, Viscosity, Surface Tension, and Refractive Index) of Ethanol
plus Glycerol’, Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, Vol: 53, ISSN: 0021-9568,
Pages: 2793 - 2796.
50. Al-Wahaibi, Y., Muggeridge, A., Grattoni, C. 2007. ‘Experimental and Numerical
Studies of Gas/Oil Multicontact Miscible Displacements in Homogeneous and
Crossbedded Porous Media’, SPE Journal, Vol: 12, ISSN: 1086-055X, Pages: 62 - 76.
51. Al-Wahaibi, Y., Grattoni, C., Muggeridge, A. 2007. ‘Physical Properties (Density,
Viscosity, Surface Tension, Interfacial Tension, and Contact Angle) of the System
Isopropyl Alcohol plus Cyclohexene plus Water’, Journal of Chemical and Engineering
Data, Vol: 52, ISSN: 0021-9568, Pages: 548 - 552.
52. Al-Wahaibi, Y., Grattoni, C., Muggeridge, A. 2006. ‘Drainage and Imbibition Relative
Permeabilities at Near Miscible Conditions’, Journal of Petroleum Science and
Engineering, Vol: 53, ISSN: 0920-4105, Pages: 239 - 253.
53. Boukadi, F., Al-Bemani, A., Al-Wahaibi, Y. 2000. ‘Horizontal Well Length
Optimization for a South Oman Field’, Journal of Petroleum Science and Technology,
Vol: 18, pp. 121-140.
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CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
1. Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Ajmi, A., Al-Hashmi, A. ‘Effect of Polymer
Molecular Weight on the Performance of Drag Reducing Polymer on Oil-Water Flow in
Pipelines’, Presented at the 2nd International Renewable Energy and Environment
Conference (IREEC-2013), Malaysia, July 04-07, 2013.
2. B. Al-Busaidi, T. Al-Wahaibi, Y. Al-Wahaibi, Farouq S. Mjalli, An evaluation of the
performance of existing oil-water flow models for predicting pressure gradient in
horizontal pipeline , International Conference on Mechanics and Fluid Engineering
(ICMFE- 2013), Bangkok, Thailand, June 29-30, 2013.
3. Y. Al-Wahaibi, M. Al-Balushi, T. Al-Wahaibi, A. Al-Hashmi, Farouq S. Mjalli,
Undersaturated Oil Viscosity Correlation for Omani Crude Oils viscosity prediction,
IREEC 2013, 4-6 July, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2013.
4. Al-Bahry, S.N., Elshafie, A., Al-Wahaibi,Y., Al-Bemani, A., Joshi, S., Al-Lawati, A.
Isolation and characterization of biosurfactant/ biopolymer producing spore forming
bacteria from oil contaminated sites and oil field of Oman. ICESD 2013: January 19-20,
Dubai, UAE.
5. Elshafie, A., Al-Bahry, S.N., Al-Wahaibi,Y., Al-Bemani, A., Joshi, S., Al-Maini, R.,
Al-Alawi, W., Al-Mandhari, M. Bacterial diversity of Omani oil wells using culture
dependant and independent techniques. ICESD 2013: January 19-20, Dubai, UAE.
6. Mohsenzadeh, A., Escrochi, M., Afraz, M., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Ayatollahi, S. 2012.
Experimental Investigation of Heavy Oil Recovery from Fractured Reservoirs by
Secondary Steam-Gas Assisted Gravity Drainage. SPE 157202, SPE Heavy Oil
Conference, Canada, Calgary, 12-14 June 2012.
7. Habibi, A., Al-Hadrami, H., Al-ajmi, A., Al-wahaibi, Y., Ayatollahi, S. Effect of MgO
Nanofluid Injection into Water Sensitive Formation to Prevent the Water Shock
Permeability Impairment. SPE 157106, SPE International Oilfield Nanotechnology
Conference, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 12-14 June 2012
8. Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Ajmi, A. ‘Pressure Gradient in Horizontal OilWater Flow’, Presented at the 3rd International Conference on Production, Energy and
Reliability , Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia, June 11-14, 2012.
9. N. Yusuf, T. Al-Wahaibi, Al-Wahaibi, Y., A. Al-Ajmi, A. Al-Hashmi, A.S. Olawale, I.
A. Mohammed. ‘Comparison on the Efficicency of Two Drag Reducing Polymers in
Horizontal Oil-Water Flow’, Presented at International Symposium on Multiphase flow
and Transport Phenomena, Agadir, Morocco, April 22-25, 2012.
10. Al-Hattali, R., Al-Sulaimani, H., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Bahry, S., Elshafie, A., AlBemani, A., Joshi, S. ‘Improving Sweep Efficiency in Fractured Carbonate Reservoirs
by Microbial Biomass’, Presented at the SPE EOR Conference at Oil and Gas West
Asia, Muscat, Oman, 16–18 April 2012.
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11. Al-Bahry, S.N.; Elashafie, A. E.; Al-Wahaibi, Y. M., Al-Bemani, A. S.; Joshi, S. J. AlLawati, A. 2012. Isolation and characterization of biosurfactant/biopolymer producing
spore forming bacteria from oil contaminated sites and oil field of Oman. APCBEES
Procedia, UAE, Dubai, 21-23 Jan 2012.
12. Elshafie; A.E.; Al-Bahry, S.N.; Al-Wahaibi, Y.M.; Al-Bemani, A.S.; Joshi, S.J.; AlMaini, R.; Al-Alawi, W.; Al-Mandhari, M. 2012. Bacterial diversity study of Omani oil
wells using culture dependent and independent methods. APCBEES Procedia, UAE,
Dubai, 21-23 Jan 2012.
13. A. Hayyan, Farouq S. Mjalli, N. M. AlNashef, T. Al-Wahaibi, Y. M. Al-Wahaibi, M.
A. Hashim, Physical Properties of Fructose-based Deep Eutectic Solvents, International
Conference on Innovation, Management and Technology Research, 21-22 May 2012
Malaca, Malaysia.
14. A. Hayyan, Farouq S. Mjalli, M. E.S. Mirghani, M. A. Hashim, Y. M. Al-Wahaibi, T.
Al-Wahaibi, M. Hayyan, Methanesulfonic Acid as a Catalyst for Treatment of Crude
Palm with High Free Fatty Acid. 2nd International Conference on Process Engineering
and Advanced Materials (ICPEAM2012). 12-14 June 2012 KL, Malaysia.
15. A. Hayyan, Farouq S. Mjalli, M. E.S. Mirghani, M. A. Hashim, Y. M. Al-Wahaibi, T.
Al-Wahaibi, M. Hayyan, Pre-treatment of Acidic Crude Palm Oil Using Strong and
Weak Acids, 103rd American oil Chemist’s Society (AOCS) Annual Meeting & Expo
April 29 - May 2, 2012. Long beach California.
16. A. Hayyan, Farouq S. Mjalli, M. A. Hashim, M. Hayyan, T. Al-Wahaibi, Y. M. AlWahaibi, N. M. AlNashef, Esterification of Acidic Crude Palm Oil Using
Ethanesulfonic Acid. Internationnal Conference on Global Sustainability and Chemical
Engineering, CAC-07 (2012).
17. Nurdeen, Y., Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Ajmi, A., Al-Hashmi, A., Olawale,
A., Mohammed, I. ‘Effect of Pipe Diameter on the Efficiency of Drag Reducing
Polymer in Horizontal Oil-Water Flows’, Presented at the 15th International Conference
on Multiphase Production Technology, Cannes, France, 15 – 17 June, 2011.
18. Nurdeen, Y., Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Ajmi, A. ‘Flow structures and
transition between stratified and non-stratified horizontal oil-water flow’, Presented at
the International Conference on Multiphase Flow 2010 (ICMF-2010), Tampa, Florida,
USA, May 30 - June 4, 2010.
19. Yousuf, N., Al-Wahaibi., Y., Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Ajmi, A., Olawale, A.S., Mohammed,
I. A. ‘Investigation into Flow between Oil and Water in Horizontal Pipe’, Presented at
the 1st International Conference on Chemical and Environmental Engineering, 2010,
Malaysia.
20. Al‑Sulaimani, H., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al‑Bahry, S., Elshafie, A., Al-Bemani, A., Joshi,
S., Zargari, S. ‘Experimental Investigation of Biosurfactants Produced by Bacillus
Species and their Potential for MEOR in Omani Oil Field’, SPE 129228, Presented at
the SPE EOR Conference at Oil & Gas West Asia, 11-13 April 2010, Muscat, Oman.
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21. Al-Kindi, A., Muggeridge, A., Al-Wahaibi, Y. ‘Experimental Investigation into the
Influence of Convective Dispersion and Model Height on Oil Drainage Rates during
VAPEX’, SPE 129169, Presented at the SPE EOR Conference at Oil & Gas West Asia,
11-13 April 2010, Muscat, Oman.
22. Al-Kindi, A., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Muggeridge, A. ‘An Experimental Investigation into the
Influence of Diffusion and Dispersion on Heavy Oil Recovery by VAPEX’, IPTC
12710, Presented at the SPE International Petroleum Technology Conference, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, 3-5 December 2008.
23. Al-Kindi, A., Muggeridge, A., Al-Wahaibi, Y. ‘The Influence of Diffusion and
Dispersion on Heavy Oil Recovery by VAPEX’, SPE 117555, Presented at the SPE
International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta,
Canada, 20-23 October 2008.
24. Al-Wahaibi, Y., and Al-Hadrami, A. ‘Mechanisms of Oil Recovery via Multi-Contact
Miscible Gas Injection Process within Lensed Systems’, SPE 110163, Presented at the
IOR conference, 19-23 April 2008, Tulsa, USA.
25. Al-Wahaibi, Y., and Al-Hadrami, A. ‘Channeling Heterogeneity Effects on Oil
Recovery from Immiscible, First- and Multi-Contact Miscible Gas Injection’, Presented
at the 5th International Symposium on Earth Science and Technology, Fukuoka, Japan,
Dec 2007.
26. Al-Mamari, F, Al-Shuraiqi, H, Al-Wahaibi, Y. ‘Numerical Simulation and
Experimental Studies of Oil Recovery via First-Contact Miscible Water Alternating Gas
Injection within Shaley Porous Media’, SPE 111105, Presented at the SPE/EAGE
Reservoir Characterization and Simulation Conference held at Abu Dhabi, UAE, 29-31
October 2007.
27. Al-Wahaibi, Y., Muggeridge, A., Grattoni, C. ‘The Effect of Cross-Bedding
Laminations on The Efficiency of Gas-Oil Multicontact Miscible Displacements’, SPE
94135, presented at the 14th Europec Biennial Conference, Madrid, Spain, 13-16 June
2006.
28. Al-Wahaibi, Y., Muggeridge, A., Grattoni, C. ‘Gas/Oil Nonquilibrium in Multicontact
Miscible Displacements within Homogeneous Porous Media’, SPE 99727, presented at
the IOR Symposium, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, 22-26 April 2006.
29. Al-Wahaibi, Y., Muggeridge, A., Grattoni, C. ‘Experimental and Numerical Studies of
Gas/Oil Multicontact Miscible Displacements in Homogeneous Porous Media’, SPE
92887, Presented at the SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium, Texas, USA, 31
January - 2 February 2005.
International Conference Presentations (Abstract & Oral/Poster Presentations)
1. Al‑Sulaimani, H., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al‑Bahry, S., Elshafie, A., Al-Bemani, A., Joshi, S.
‘Biosurfactants for Enhancing Oil Recovery- Investigation of Wettability Alteration and
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Mixing with Synthetic Surfactants’, The 2nd International Congress of Oil Field
Chemicals (OFC-2011), Dalian, China, October 19-21, 2011.
2. Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Bahry, S., Al-Bemani, A., Elshafie, A., Al-Sulimani, H., Joshi, S.
‘Effects of Bacillus subtilis Biosurfactant on Surface Properties, Wettability Alteration
and Surfactant Adsorption on Sandstone Rocks’, The 3rd International Symposium on
Applied Microbiology and Molecular Biology in Oil Systems, June 13-15, 2011,
Calgary, Alberta Canada.
3. Al-Bahry, S., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Bemani, A., Elshafie, A., Al-Sulimani, H., Joshi, S.
‘Experimental Investigation of Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery Effectiveness in
Omani Oil Field’, The 3rd International Symposium on Applied Microbiology and
Molecular Biology in Oil Systems, June 13-15, 2011, Calgary, Alberta Canada.
4. Al‑Sulaimani, H., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al‑Bahry, S., Elshafie, A., Al-Bemani, A., Joshi, S.
‘Studies of Wettability Alteration and Adsorption on Surfaces and Sandstone Rocks by
Biosurfactant Produced by Bacillus subtilis’, Presented at the 1st International
Symposium on Colloids and Materials, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 8-11 May, 2011.
5. Al-Bahry, S., Al-Bemani, A., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Elshafie, A., Al-Sulimani, H., AlMuaini, R., Al-Alawi, W., and Joshi, S. ‘Bacillus Licheniformis and B. Subtilis Isolates
for Meor Application in Oman’, The 1st Annual World Congress of Petroleum
Microbiology (WCP) 2010, Dalian, China, 25-27 July, 2010.
6. Elshafie, A., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Bemani, A, Al-Bahry, S, Sugai, Y, Al-Sulaimani, H.
Al-Maani, R, Al-Alawi, W, and Joshi, S. ‘Microbial consortia isolated from Oman Oil
fields’, The 1st Annual World Congress of Petroleum Microbiology (WCP) 2010,
Dalian, China, 25-27 July, 2010.
7. Al-Kindi, A., Branko B., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Muggeridge, A. ‘Experimental
Measurements of Longitudinal and Transverse Dispersion in Miscible Fluids with a
High Viscosity and Density Contrast’, Presented at the American Geophysical Union
2008 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA - 15-19 December 2008.
8. Abdelgoad, M., Al-Wahaibi, Y.M., Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Shargi, H. ‘pH-sesnitive
polymers for conformance control applications’, Presented at the SPE EOR Conference
at Oil & Gas West Asia, Muscat, Oman, 21-23 April 2008.
9. Al-Bahry, S., Al-Wahaibi, Y.M., El-Shafie, A., Al-Bemani, A. ‘Sampling and Isolation
of MEOR Microorganisms from an Oilfield’, Presented at the SPE EOR Conference at
Oil & Gas West Asia, Muscat, Oman, 21-23 April 2008.
Granted Patent
1. Ghosh, B., Al-Bemani, A., Al-Wahaibi, Y. ‘A Method of Treating Subterranean
Formation of an Oil Reservoir to Control Unwanted Water Production and Enhance Oil
Production, through a Sequence of Chemical Treatment’, Patent No. 240395, Patent
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application number: 128/MUM/2008, Date of Publication of Granted Patent:
14/05/2010, Journal No. 20/2010. http://ipindia.nic.in/ipirs1/patentsearch.htm
Patent Published for Examination
1. Ghosh, B., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Bemani, A. ‘Methods and compositions for selectively
sealing high temperature, fractured carbonate subterranean formation by rig-less
operation’, Application number: 157/MUM/2008, Publication date: 20-02-2009, Journal
number: 08/2009. http://ipindia.nic.in/ipirs1/patentsearch.htm
Book Chapters
1.
Al-Maaini, R.A., Al-Bahry, S.N. Elshafie, A.E., Al-Wahaibi, Y.M. Al-Bimani, A.S.
Joshi, S.J. Al-Alawi, W.J. (2014). Indigenous bacterial consortia from oil wells and
their role in in-situ microbial enhanced oil recovery. In: Biotechnology and
Conservation of Species from Arid Regions. Nova Science Publisher, Inc. New
York, USA. Vol. 2. Pages 455-470.
2.
Al-Hinai, B.S., Al-Bahry, S.N., Elshafie, A.E., Al-Wahaibi, Y.M., Al-Bimani, A.S.
Joshi, S.J. (2014). Potential of microbial biotechnology in heavy oil enhanced
recovery. In: Biotechnology and Conservation of Species from Arid Regions. Nova
Science Publisher, Inc. New York, USA. Vol. 2. Pages 495-505.
3.
Al-Wahaibi, Y.M., Al-Bahry, S.N., Elshafie, A.E., Al- Bemani, A.S. Joshi, S.J.
(2014). Biosurfactant mediated microbial enhanced oil recovery and potential for
application in some Omani oil fields. In: Biotechnology and Conservation of
Species from Arid Regions. Nova Science Publisher, Inc. New York, USA. Vol. 2.
Pages 527-540.
4.
Al-Bahri, A.K., Al-Bahry S.N., Elshafie, A.E., Al-Wahaibi, Y.M., Al-Bemani, A.S.
Joshi, S.J. (2014). Application of molecular biology methods in identifying
biosurfactant producers from oil contaminated sites. Nova Science Publisher, Inc.
New York, USA. Vol. 2. Pages 527-540.
5.
Al-Wahaibi, Y. ‘Oil and Gas Industry in Oman’, In Press, Chapter in the Omani
Encylopedia. Accepted for publication, 2009
Technical Reports
1. Al-Bahry Saif, Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali: “Microbial Enhanced Oil
Recovery”, Petroleum Development Oman Approved Phase-I Report, January 2007.
2. Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Wahaibi Talal, Al-Hadrami Hamoud: “Commercially
Avaliable EOR and Well Stimulation Tools”, Petroleum Development Oman Approved
Final Report, March 2007.
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3. Al-Wahaibi, Yahya: “Experimental and Numerical Investigations into the Effect of
Heterogeneity on Oil Recovery from Immiscible, First- and Multi-Contact Miscible Gas
Injection”, Petroleum Development Oman Approved 1st Report, Oct 2007.
4. Al-Bahry Saif, Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali: “Microbial Enhanced Oil
Recovery”, Petroleum Development Oman Approved Phase-II 1st Report, December
2007.
5. Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali: “Understanding of Three-Phase Flow during
Water Alternating Gas Injection and other EOR Techniques’’ Approved 1st Report,
Shell Technology Oman, Muscat, Oman, January 2008.
6. Al-Wahaibi, Yahya: “Experimental and Numerical Investigations into the Effect of
Heterogeneity on Oil Recovery from Immiscible, First- and Multi-Contact Miscible Gas
Injection”, Petroleum Development Oman Approved 2nd Report, Feb 2008.
7. Al-Bahry Saif, Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali: “Microbial Enhanced Oil
Recovery”, Petroleum Development Oman Approved Phase-II 2nd Report, June 2008.
8. Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali: “Understanding of Three-Phase Flow during
Water Alternating Gas Injection and other EOR Techniques’’ Approved 2nd Report,
Shell Technology Oman, Muscat, Oman, August 2008.
9. Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali, Al-Ajmi Adel, Al-Wahaibi Talal, “PVT
Measurements and Analysis”, Approved 1st Report, Petroleum Development Oman,
August 2008.
10. Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Wahaibi Talal: “pH-Sensitive Polymers for Novel Improving
Reservoir Sweep and Conformance Control Applications’’, Approved Report,
Petroleum Development Oman, Muscat, Oman, November 2008.
11. Al-Bahry Saif, Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali: “Microbial Enhanced Oil
Recovery”, Petroleum Development Oman Approved Phase-II 3rd Report, December
2008.
12. Al-Wahaibi Talal, Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Ajmi Adel, AbdelGoad Mahmood, AlHashmi Abdulaziz, “Effect of Drag Reducing Polymer in Horizontal Oil-Water Flow”,
Approved 1st Report, Sultan Qaboos University Internal Grant, January 2009.
13. Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali, Al-Ajmi Adel, Al-Wahaibi Talal, “Gas
Condensate Oil PVT Study on Bottomhole Samples Haban-5”, Approved Report,
Petroleum Development Oman, January 2009.
14. Elshafie Abdulkadir, Al-Bahry Saif, Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali: “Microbial
Enhanced Oil Recovery”, Sultan Qaboos University Approved HM Grant Report, April
2009.
15. Al-Bahry Saif, Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali: “Microbial Enhanced Oil
Recovery”, Petroleum Development Oman Approved Phase-II 4th Report, June 2009.
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16. Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali, Al-Ajmi Adel, Al-Wahaibi Talal, “Amal Heavy
Oil Field Phase Behavior Study ”, Approved Report, Petroleum Development Oman,
July 2009.
17. Al-Bahry Saif, Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali: “Microbial Enhanced Oil
Recovery”, Petroleum Development Oman Approved Phase-II 5th Report, December
2009.
18. Al-Wahaibi Talal, Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Ajmi Adel, AbdelGoad Mahmood, AlHashmi Abdulaziz, “Effect of Drag Reducing Polymer in Horizontal Oil-Water Flow”,
Approved Final Report, Sultan Qaboos University Internal Grant, January 2010.
19. Elshafie Abdulkadir, Al-Bahry Saif, Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali: “Microbial
Enhanced Oil Recovery”, Sultan Qaboos University Approved HM Grant Report, April
2010.
20. Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali, Al-Ajmi Adel, Al-Wahaibi Talal, “Khaleel _05
Crude Oil Phase Behavior Study & Complete PVT Testing Report”, Approved Report,
Petroleum Development Oman, April 2010.
21. Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali, Al-Ajmi Adel, Al-Wahaibi Talal, Mabrouk Field
Oil & Gas Chromatograph Analyses, Approved Report, MODAL, April 2010.
22. Al-Bahry Saif, Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali: “Microbial Enhanced Oil
Recovery”, Petroleum Development Oman Approved Phase-II 6th Report, June 2010.
23. Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali, Al-Ajmi Adel, Al-Wahaibi Talal, PVT
Measurements and Analysis, Approved 2nd Report, Petroleum Development Oman,
August 2010.
24. Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali, Al-Ajmi Adel, Al-Wahaibi Talal, Mabrouk
Field_26 Crude Oil Phase Behavior Study, Approved Report, Petroleum Development
Oman, October 2010.
25. Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali, Al-Ajmi Adel, Al-Wahaibi Talal, Saih NihaydaSE Black Oil Phase Behavior Study, Approved Report, Petroleum Development Oman,
January 2011.
26. Elshafie Abdulkadir, Al-Bahry Saif, Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali: “Microbial
Enhanced Oil Recovery”, Sultan Qaboos University Approved HM Grant Report, April
2011.
27. Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali, Al-Ajmi Adel, Al-Wahaibi Talal, Nimr Field
Black Oil Phase Behavior Study Validation Report for Well: Nimr -791 Bottom Hole
Sample, Approved Report, Petroleum Development Oman, April 2011.
28. Al-Bahry Saif, Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali: “Microbial Enhanced Oil
Recovery”, Petroleum Development Oman Approved Phase-II Final Report, June
2011.
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