Business Develpment Manager

An industry oriented petroleum engineer, highly self-motivated and well rounded exposure to the upstream/downstream areas of the Kuwaiti oil sector.

UNITED OIL PROJECTS, September 2005 – Present
Evaluating business prospects within Kuwait’s Oil Industry
Active board member in United Precision Drilling Company

KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, April 2002 – September 2005
Research Associate, Petroleum Production Department
>Research and adopting new technologies related to Petroleum Engineering
>Project Leader for the Crude Quality Control Project in the Burgan Area
>Project Leader for Monitoring Hydrogen Sulphide and Carbon Dioxide Concentration and Variation for Gathering Centre 10 and nearby Marrat Wells.
>Project Leader for the Evaluation of a Suitable inhibitor for SOC
>Involved in several projects dealing with Routine and Special Core Analysis, Water Quality Monitoring with KOC and Water-Water Compatibility tests
>Involved in several projects with KOC-Research and Technology dealing with the development of a heavy oil reservoir
>Modelled the performance of Thermal recovery Techniques on a Heavy Oil Deposit in North Kuwait using a simulator package (ECLIPSE)
>Participated in the Evaluation of the Water Disposal Pits in the Burgan Area
>Participated in the effluent water injection evaluation project for the Wara reservoir in the Burgan Area
>Participated in the Water Quality Monitoring for the sea water injection project in North Kuwait
>Trained to operate a majority of lab equipment (e.g. formation damage testing system, gas and oil analysis, Scanning Electron Microscope and Pore Size Distribution measurements)
>Provided required training to a couple of students from the College of Technical Studies

SCHLUMBERGER LIMITED, May 2001 – Sep. 2001
Field Engineer, Wireline & Logging Division
>Attended regional courses relating to the basic operations and the tools/operational methods of the Wireline segment
>Assisted in field engineering assignments

KUWAIT PETROLEUM CORPORATION, July 1999 – May 2001
Sales Representative, Crude Oil Division
>Responsible for KPC’s crude oil sales in East Asia
>Developed vast knowledge of the oil industry
>Providing management reports and presentations concerning international oil markets
>Attended courses dealing with refinery economics, operating techniques and crude purchasing mechanisms which ensures optimal profitability
>Member of KPC’s e-commerce committee

KUWAIT UNIVERSITY, College of Engineering & Petroleum
 MSc in Petroleum Engineering (GPA 3.54), Graduated June 2005

KUWAIT UNIVERSITY, College of Engineering & Petroleum
 Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering (GPA 3.06), Graduated January 1999

 Estimating the Cost for Environmental Degradations, Kuwait, KISR – April 2006
 Finance for Non-Finance, KFAS – October 2005
 Water Handling/Compatibility, Oil Plus, United Kingdom (one month training) - August 2004
 Compositional Oil Simulator (ECLIPSE), Kuwait – Oct. 2003
 Special Core Analysis, HYCAL, Canada (one month training) - July 2003
 Waterflooding A-Z, Dubai – March 2003
 Introduction to Petroleum Refining Processing, Amsterdam – April 2002
 E-Commerce, Kuwait – Feb. 2002
 Petroleum Refining Financial Analysis, Business Process, Kuwait – Nov. 2001
 Refinery Orientation (in KNPC refineries) – Sep. 1999

SKILLS
 Analyzing, developing, improving and problem solving
 Instructing, mentoring and motivating
 Programming language such as visual basic, matlab, eclipse and others
 Managing time effectively and the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
 Fluent in English and Arabic

PERSONAL
 Kuwaiti Citizen
 Married with one daughter
 Date of Birth: September 12, 1976
 Interests include reading, squash, personal investing and soccer