Curriculum Vitae
Name: Ghaithan Ahmad Al-Muntasheri
Delft University of Technology
Stevinweg 1
2628 CN
Delft
E-mail: g.a.al-muntasheri@tudelft.nl
Tel:
0031-15-278-81365 (office)
0031-62-01-53864 (mobile)
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
1996-2001: BSc degree in Chemical Engineering with Honors, The Department of
Chemical Engineering; King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
(KFUPM); Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
2002-2004: MSc degree in Chemical Engineering with Honors, The Department of
Chemical Engineering; King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
(KFUPM); Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
2004-present: PhD Student; Petroleum Engineering Section; Department of
Geotechnology; Delft University of Technology; Delft, The Netherlands
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
June 2001 to August 2004
Research Engineer
Research and Development Center
Saudi Aramco
Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
AWARDS
Recipient of self-development achievement award from the manager of Research &
Development Center, Saudi Aramco in 2004 for part time MSc degree at KFUPM.
Recipient of milestone achievement award from the manager of Gas Production
Department in Saudi Aramco in 2003 for valuable contribution to safe and successful
achievement of fracturing 100 gas wells in Saudi Aramco's gas fields.
Recipient of King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals second honors award for
achievements during BS degree in 2001.
PROFFESIONAL MEMBERSHIP and ACTIVITIES
Member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
Member of Netherlands SPE Young Professionals Section
Reviewer for the SPE Journal (SPEJ)
AREAS OF RESEARCH
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (NMR)
Worked on using 13C NMR spectroscopy for the structure elucidation of
polyacrylamide-based (PAM-based) copolymers and polymers. These polymers are
used for water control in conformance improvement treatments (CITs). The use of 13C
NMR has lead to new cost-effective polymers.
Rheology of Polymer Gels
Developed skills on the use of steady shear viscometery as well as structurepreserving oscillatory tests for polymer gels. Steady shear is used for the
determination of gelation time for polymer gels. It is used to investigate the effect of
various parameters on gelation time. These parameters have a strong impact on field
design of CITs.
Visualization of Flow Through Porous Media
Computed Tomography (CT) is used for visualization of flow of polymer gels in porous
media. Insights and information on the displacement of gels in porous media can be
obtained using CT. After treating cores with polymer gels, the modification of the
porous media is examined using the CT technique. Moreover, the yield strength of
these gels in porous media is examined with the aid of the CT technique.
Inorganic Oilfield Scale in Water Supply Wells
Worked on iron sulfide scaling mitigation project in water supply wells. Contribution
included field water sampling from water supply wells, prepared a set up of
experimental apparatus for lab dynamic adsorption testing, collected and evaluated
lab and field data.
Sandstone Acidizing of Oil Producing Wells
Worked on sandstone acidizing project. Contribution included lab testing, coreflood
experiments and interpretation of lab data.
Field Application of Drag Reducing Agents
Worked on field evaluation of a drag reducing agent applied in water disposal wells.
Contribution included, logistics preparation for test, collection of data for two weeks
during test, monitoring the field trial on site and analysis of field data.
Tubing Pickling of Gas Wells
Worked on performance evaluation of wellbore cleaning chemicals. Contributions
included attending field treatments, collection of field data, collection of field samples
and analysis of field data as well as field samples data.
Acid Fracturing of Gas Wells
Worked on gas wells fracturing campaign. Contributions included, attending fracturing
treatments at the field, collection of field data, field samples and interpretation of field
samples analysis data. That included the collection and interpretation of more than 45
gas wells flow back data representing more than 1000 samples.
Corrosion Control During Acidizing Treatments
Worked on the effect of acid flow back on the corrosion rate of well tubulars.
Contribution included data collection and analysis of acid samples and flow back
samples after fracturing treatments.
Giving Training
Gave a session on "Petroleum Well Stimulation" on 23rd September 2003. That was a
one-day session as part of the Saudi Aramco’s COE 201 Course titled, “Chemical
Cleaning for Upstream and Downstream Operations” Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi
Arabia.
PUBLICATIONS
PAPERS PUBLISHED IN REFEREED JOURNALS
Published:
1. Al-Muntasheri, G.A., Hussein, I.A, Nasr-El-Din, H.A. and Amin, M.B.: “Viscoelastic
Properties of a High Temperature Cross-Linked Water Shut-Off Polymeric Gel”,
Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 55(1-2), pp. 56-66, 2007.
2. Al-Muntasheri, G.A., Nasr-El-Din, H.A., Peters, J.A. and Zitha, P.L.J.:
“Investigation of a High Temperature Organic Water Shutoff Gel: Reaction
Mechanisms”, Society of Petroleum Engineers’ Journal, 11(4), pp. 497-504, 2006.
3. Nasr-El-Din, H.A., Al-Driweesh, S.M. and Al-Muntasheri, G.A.: “Field Application of
HCl-Formic Acid System to Acid Fracture Deep Gas Wells Completed with Super Cr13 Tubing in Saudi Arabia,” Journal of Petroleum Technology, March, 2004.
Accepted:
1. Al-Muntasheri, G.A., Nasr-El-Din, H.A. and Hussein, I.A.: “A Rheokinetic Study of
an Organically Cross-Linked Polymeric Gel Used for Water Shut-Off”, Journal of
Petroleum Science and Engineering, accepted for publication, 2007.
2. Al-Muntasheri, G.A., Nasr-El-Din, H.A., P.L.J. Zitha, P.L.J: “Gelation Kinetics of an
Organically Cross-linked Gel at High Temperature and Pressure”, Society of
Petroleum Engineers’ Journal, submitted, 2007.
Submitted:
1. Al-Muntasheri, G.A., Nasr-El-Din, H.A., P.L.J. Zitha, P.L.J.: “Thermal
Decomposition and Hydrolysis of Polyacrylamide Co-tert-butyl Acrylate”, European
Polymer Journal, submitted, 2007.
APPLIED TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOP
1. Al-Muntasheri, G.A., Nasr-El-Din, H.A. and Zitha, P.L.J.: "Insights and
Development in Water Shutoff Gels for High Temperature Applications,” presented
at the SPE Applied Technology Workshop of Chemical Methods of Reducing Water
Production, San Antonio, Texas, 4-6 March, 2007.
CONTRIBUTED PAPERS PUBLISHED IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
1. Al-Muntasheri, G.A., Zitha, P.L.J. and Nasr-El-Din, H.A “Evaluation of a New CostEffective Organic Gel System for High Temperature Water Control,” paper IPTC
11080 presented at the International Petroleum Technology Conference held in
Dubai, UAE, 4-6 December, 2007.
2. Al-Muntasheri, G.A. Nasr-El-Din, H.A., Al-Noaimi, K.R. and Zitha, P.L.J.: “A Study
of Polyacrylamide-Based Gels Crosslinked with Polyethyleneimine,” paper SPE
105925 presented at the 2007 SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry
held in Houston, Texas, USA, 28 February-2 March 2007.
3. Al-Muntasheri, G.A., Nasr-El-Din, H.A., Zitha, P.L.J.: “Gelation Kinetics of an
Organically Cross-linked Gel at High Temperature and Pressure,” paper SPE 104071
presented at the First International Oil Conference and Exhibition in Mexico held in
Cancun, Mexico, 31 August-2 September 2006.
4. Al-Muntasheri, G.A., Nasr-El-Din, H.A., Peters, J.A. and Zitha, P.L.J.:
“Investigation of a High Temperature Organic Water Shutoff Gel: Reaction
Mechanisms,” paper SPE 97530 presented at the SPE International Improved Oil
Recovery Conference in Asia Pacific held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 5–6 December
2005.
5. Al-Muntasheri, G.A., Hussein, I.A, Nasr-El-Din, H.A. and Amin, M.B.: “Viscoelastic
Properties of a High Temperature Cross-Linked Water Shut-Off Polymeric Gel,”
presented at Kuwait Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait, 7-9 March,
2005.
6. Al-Mutairi, S.H., Nasr-El-Din, H.A., Al-Muntasheri, G.A. and Al-Driweesh, S.M.:
“Corrosion Control during Acid Fracturing of Deep Gas Wells: Lab Studies and Field
Cases,” paper SPE 94639 presented at the SPE International Symposium on Oilfield
Corrosion held in Aberdeen, United Kingdom, 13 May 2005.
7. Nasr-El-Din, H.A., Al-Muntasheri G.A., S. Al-Mutairi, S.H. and Al-Driweesh, S.:
“Corrosion Control During Acid Fracturing Deep Gas Wells: Lab Studies and Field
Cases,” paper SPE 87564 presented at the 1st SPE Corrosion Conference held in
Aberdeen, Scotland, 28 May 2004.
8. Nasr-El-Din, H.A., Al-Driweesh, S.M. and Al-Muntasheri, G.A.: “Field Application
of HCl-Formic Acid System to Acid Fracture Deep Gas Wells Completed with Super
Cr-13 Tubing in Saudi Arabia,” paper SPE 84925 presented at the SPE International
Improved Oil Recovery Conference in Asia Pacific held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,
20-21 October, 2003.
9. Bartko, K., Nasr-El-Din, H.A., Rahim, Z., Al-Muntasheri, G.A.: “Acid Fracturing of a
Gas Carbonate Reservoir: The Impact of Acid Type and Lithology on Fracture Half
Length and Width,” paper SPE 84130 presented at the SPE Annual Technical
Conference and Exhibition, Denver, Colorado, 5-8 October, 2003.
10. Nasr-El-Din, H.A., Al-Driweesh, S.M, Al-Muntasheri, G.A., Marcinew, R.P., Daniel, J
and Samuel, M.: “Acid Fracturing HT/HP Gas Wells Using a Novel Surfactant Based
System, ” paper SPE 84516 presented at the SPE annual Technical Conference and
Exhibition, Denver, Colorado, 5-8 October, 2003.
11. Nasr-El-Din, H.A., Lynn, J.D., Al-Muntasheri, G.A. and Mohamed, S.K.: “ A Scale
Squeeze Treatment to Mitigate Iron Sulfide Scale: Lab and Field Studies,” paper SPE
74660 presented at the SPE Symposium on Oilfield Scale held in Aberdeen,
Scotland, 30-31 January, 2002.