Aramco Reservoir Engineering

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ADNAN A. BOUDI, Ph.D.; P.E.; AVS

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Background

A Petroleum Engineering Specialist with 27 years practice with diversified experience in Upstream & Downstream Business including Artificial Lift, Production Engineering & Technology, Reservoir Management, Oil & Gas Processing Facilities Process Optimizations, Upstream Fields Facilities Development/FEED, Multiphase Flows Boosting

& Separation, Pipelines & Pump Stations, Natural Gas/NGL Plants Operations & Maintenance, Water Injection & Sand Management, Inspection & Corrosion Technology. Current Job Title

Petroleum Engineering Specialist: Artificial Lift & Production Technologist. Licensure Registration

Registered Licensed Consultant in Petroleum Engineering (P.E.) Board of Professional Engineers, Saudi Council of Engineers. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Registered Licensed Professional Engineer in Mechanical Engineering (P.E.) Board of Professional Engineers, Queensland Government, Australia. Professional Certification

Registered Certified Associate Value Specialist. Society of American Value Engineers International (SAVE Int.), USA. Education

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering

Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland.

“Investigation into the corrosion performance, mechanical properties, and welded- coated surfaces of Thermally Sprayed Metallic Coatings”. October 2007

M.S., Mechanical Engineering

Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida. USA.

“Design Optimization of Prototype Vertical Axis Wind Turbine: Aerodynamics Testing”. August 1995.

B.S., Mechanical Engineering

Tri State University, Angola, Indiana. USA.

May 1993.

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Professional Affiliation

Saudi Council of Engineers (SCE).

Society of Petroleum Engineers International (SPE). Academic Honors

Full Scholarship from the Saudi Arabia Ministry of High Education for Bachelor and Master Programs in Mechanical Engineering.

Full Scholarship from Saudi Aramco Oil Company for the PhD Program in Mechanical Engineering.

Industrial Experience

March 1996 to Present: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Saudi Aramco. A Petroleum Engineering Specialist: Artificial Lift Technologist: Artificial Lift Unit, Artificial Lift Division, Production & Facilities Development Department. Reservoir Management, Artificial Lift Systems Design & Well Management

Designed and commissioned artificial lift, salt-water disposal systems, water injection wells, and oil production equipment.

Performed Reservoir Economics Simulations for high water cut reservoirs.

Implemented modern Petroleum Engineering software for simulation studies of company’s operated assets such as nodal analysis software applications.

Implemented Reservoir Development, Enhanced Oil Recovery, and Water Conformance technology used for minimizing the high water cut production.

Seek innovative Production Technologies to drive the integration of reservoir, wells and production system design and management to optimize hydrocarbon production and processing.

Reserves and forecasting for property evaluations and development planning.

Analyze the viability of the reservoirs & production profiles of the immature structures. Facility schemes definition for development scenarios based on reservoir simulation models.

Predict performance of gas and gas condensate wells using outflow and material balance. Evaluate gas reservoirs to propose various development scenarios including setting production targets.

Determine the plateau life, number, type and timing of wells required.

Relate condensate recovery to gas recovery from constant volume depletion (CVD).

Interpretation the behavior of various reservoir fluid systems, using phase diagrams and other techniques. Study of the behaviors of ideal and real gases and calculate their properties as a function of pressure, temperature, volume, and composition.

Interpretation of the PVT reports with hand-on experience using PVT software. Saudi Aramco: Non-Business Use

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Develop Water Injection strategies in improving oil recovery.

Conduct diagnostics on problematic injector wells and optimize injection.

Determination of monthly well requirements using material balance equation.

Carrying out reservoir simulation studies to optimize recoveries.

Predicting reserves and performance for well proposals.

Predicting and evaluating water-flood and enhanced recovery performance.

Developing and applying reservoir optimization techniques.

Developing cost-effective reservoir monitoring and surveillance programs.

Analyzing the economics and risk assessments of major development programs.

Identify, monitor, and assess new technologies relevant to artificial lifting to reduce production cost, improve well performance, and increase safety.

Analyze trial results and make recommendations for design improvement and field deployment. Prepare technical reports. Analyzing pressure transients.

Perform Reservoir Engineering studies (Decline curve analysis, Preparation and comparison of periodic isobars, Volumetric and material balance studies).

Advise on reservoir engineering evaluations for Fields Development opportunities.

Evaluate a master development plan (MDP) of a development hydrocarbon field.

Integrate communicate results, including uncertainties and ranges, to facility engineers into a fit-for-purpose evaluation.

Identify risks in proposed field development concepts and effectively resolve them.

Undertake reservoir-engineering studies across the life cycle of developments, from exploration & appraisal to development and field life extension to abandonment.

Perform Reserves evaluations, well test design & analysis, Field development planning and production enhancement. Prospect evaluations. Upstream Surface Facilities Engineer: Front End Engineering Design (FEED)

Develop conceptual design package assessing feasibility and cost of early development of upstream facility. Coordinating engineering feasibility studies.

Developing and updating facilities and system master plans.

Preparing Design Basis Scoping Papers, which are the basis for project proposals.

Evaluating feedstock supply opportunities for proposed petrochemical facilities, and Technical support for crude classification & primary methodology.

Providing technical coordination during the pre-construction phase of the facilities.

Reviewing project specifications with Project management to insure economic design and conformation with recognized engineering and safety standards.

Conduct studies to confirm the scoping requirements and justification for major additions/upgrade to existing oil field crude processing, water injection, and stabilization plants.

Perform evaluations of oil field facility configurations required for new field developments.

Determine facility requirements for alternative methods of artificial lift.

Perform economic evaluations of alternative oil processing and water injection facility configurations

Prepare scoping papers to define capital projects covering new oil processing and water injection facilities.

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Interface with operating organizations, engineering Consultants, project management and corporate planning.

Conduct Techno-economic studies to rank the development schemes of the undeveloped reservoirs.

Perform oil & gas production flow-lines sizing, design, installation and commissioning from producing wells to processing facility and water injection wells.

Prepare field development planning integrated reports.

Conduct economical and feasibility studies for new facilities upgrade.

Perform feasibility studies and design to re-rate and optimize surface processing facilities accommodating increased oil & gas production rates.

Review and evaluate technical studies and cost estimates for oil and gas development projects for Onshore/Offshore Surface Development Projects.

Develop OPEX, CAPEX, NPV & Rate of Return for new surface Oil & Gas facilities.

Review the design works and studies performed by Engineering Consultants and ensure that they are in accordance with the technical requirements.

Review and approve drawings (P&IDs, PFDs, ISOs), specifications and technical documents for all mechanical design related work.

Participate in technical audits on Consultant/ Contractor/ Vendor offices, during pre- qualification and to monitor their performance during a project.

Carry out technical bid clarifications, assessments and evaluations on tendered equipment, engineering services and projects/ studies.

Design and install flexible Wireless Communication Systems suitable for all field operations, well monitoring, artificial lift systems, well test equipment, flow measuring systems, down-hole monitoring system interfaces & pipelines.

Manage well performance proposing remedial production enhancement solutions.

Identification of production optimization opportunities including well interventions and justifying data acquisition.

Production Engineering: Upstream Oil & Gas Production Fields

Provided hands on support to Production Engineering team on all technical issues such as planning, designing, installation, commissioning, performance monitoring, troubleshooting and production optimization. Optimize completion design.

Assess Multiphase Flow regimes & conditions relevance to production optimization.

Optimize the entire production system to obtain the most efficient production rate.

Perform production optimization analysis using PROSPER software applications.

Provide support of oil/gas production and water injection requirements.

Perform day-to-day monitoring and analysis of reservoir parameters, well performance, fluid composition, and the mechanical condition of wells.

Well test design, analysis and optimization of production systems.

Maintain high levels of production from maturing oil fields, to increase production capacity of the partially developed fields, and to initiate production from new & undeveloped fields.

Conduct production portfolio analyses to prepare future field development strategy. Saudi Aramco: Non-Business Use

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Carry out well inflow performance and its impact on processing facilities, equipment selection and sizing.

Diagnose causes of sand production, advise on sand control methods, evaluate sand control performance, minimize production losses using new technologies.

Evaluation of pilot water injection performance prior to commitment to permanent facilities. Water flood management and optimization, well implementation.

Production forecasting and reserves appointments.

Production allocation and input for facility optimization/debottlenecking.

Select processes and equipment used to meet sales or disposal specifications.

Provide technical and operational support on all production engineering, completion and drilling matters to maximize the economic recovery of company oil and gas reserves from both mature and new oilfields.

Monitor and evaluate well, reservoir, facilities and field performance.

Initiate and participate in the design and construction of wells.

Establish production plans and strategies from early phase to production.

Schedule well work to ensure the wellhead and down-hole integrities.

Recommend and implement ways to improve the well productivities.

Review remedial actions to safe upkeep of wells and producing facilities.

Improve production through optimization and stimulation of wells in gas, light oil and heavy oil; implement reservoir surveillance to improve performance of fluid injection projects.

Develop production forecasts for wells that are required for prospects in the exploration and appraisal stage using analytical and numerical methods.

Proficient in mature, high water-cut water-flood operations (injection and producer well-work, ESP design and optimization, variable speed drive selection).

Use of water-flood surveillance tools and field performance monitoring.

Identify recovery impact due to water injection, artificial lift & well management.

Manage a waterflood and specify injection targets.

Perform review & evaluate alternative recovery methods and technologies.

Work closely with teams to develop understanding of reservoirs risks.

Able to evaluate development plan for hydrocarbon field.

Design, installation and performance monitoring of ESPs and Gas lifting systems.

Calculate gas and gas condensate properties using various PVT correlations. Flow Assurance, Multiphase Modeling, Oil & Gas Facilities Optimization

Lead modeling engineers’ team to conduct surface facilities optimization, Process Equipment Sizing & Selection, Process Simulation & Modeling Package, pipelines multiphase flows simulation, multiphase separation and boosting equipment sizing.

Well modeling, analyzing well performance using PVTSIM, GAP, MBAL & PROSPER including inflow-outflow calculations for generating well rates, tubing size and lift tables. Estimate reservoir fluid properties using correlations.

Perform phase equilibrium calculations for liquid-gas systems. Saudi Aramco: Non-Business Use

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Well and field performance evaluation, problem diagnosis from reservoir to storage facilities and production system optimization by well productivity models and integrated production modeling using Nodal Analysis (Prosper/GAP/MBAL/PVTSIM).

Surveillance analysis, nodal analysis, well test & production network analysis.

Perform well analysis, support production and optimize artificial lift wells.

Propose and study various alternatives to develop new fields and/or optimize current production/injection strategies.

Perform multiphase pipeline simulation predicting hydrate formation and recommend prevention measures.

Perform modeling of multiphase flow from the reservoir to the wellhead.

Perform flow-lines analysis and surface facility performance to generate comprehensive production system analysis.

Utilize Software packages such as Nodal Analysis, PIPESIM, GAP, MBAL, PVTSIM and Prosper for sizing & designing Artificial Lift Systems.

Oil and Gas product pipeline hydraulics. Liquid pipeline systems surge analysis.

Bids and proposal preparation. Concept and feasibility studies. Prepare progress reports on regular basis and final documentation upon completion of a study.

Propose and study various alternatives to develop new fields, optimize current production/injection strategies, analyze problems and recommend solutions.

Steady State Multiphase Simulation, multiphase well performance, predict tubing and pipeline hydraulics and temperatures, optimize well performance, to allow building of reliable and consistent well models, calculate fluid characterization, flow- line and tubing pressure loss and IPR (reservoir inflow).

Model the well in different scenarios and to make forward predictions of reservoir pressure based on surface production data, multiphase flow correlations and IPR to match measured field data.

Multiphase modeling of surface gathering network of field production systems containing oil, gas and condensate, in addition to gas or water injection systems. To perform non-linear optimization engine allocates gas for gas lifted wells or sets wellhead chokes for naturally flowing wells. Multi-well optimization for artificially lifted and naturally flowing production networks.

Model Multiple Flow-lines, Multiple Separators, wells, reservoir, Field optimization studies with mixed systems (ESP, GL, Naturally Flowing, PCP, Jet and Rod Pumps) and Optimize production forecasting.

Perform non-steady multiphase flow, to forecast different effects related to non- stability of the flow in the pipeline. Perform Pipeline systems modeling including gathering manifolds and main pipelines.

Model systems of surface equipment, separators, compressors, pumps, heat exchangers and gate valves.

Petroleum & Production Technology Engineer: Surface Processing Facilities

Pilot testing and implementation of new production technologies and solutions enhancing and promoting hydrocarbon production and processing. Saudi Aramco: Non-Business Use

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Identify and quantify opportunities for appraisal, development, production optimization and utilization of new technologies and tools.

Support and contribute to the Hydrocarbon resource volume and production forecasting administration, and annual Business Plan processes.

Apply physical & thermodynamic properties including compositions & phase behavior of oil, gas & water to design, evaluate & select production & processing facilities.

Perform equipment sizing calculations for major production facility separation equipment including Stage separation process, internal design of two-phase, three- phase separators; oil dehydrators, de-salters, sizing of Pumps & Heat exchangers, pipeline sizing, sizing of pressure safety, relief valve & sand treatment equipments.

Treatment of Emulsion, Dehydration, Demuslifier electrostatic systems design, Dehydration equipment: vertical and horizontal treaters, electrostatic coalescers.

Select and test technologies for produced water treatment & re-injection.

Sweetening process design, hydrates formation, inhibition, mitigation & prevention.

Perform Process Optimization for upstream facilities such as Gas-Oil Separation Plants, Gas Processing Plants, Pipelines /Pump Stations for enhanced production.

Perform Life Cycle Cost Analysis for deployment of Upstream Technologies.

Sizing & Operating Gas handling processes and equipment.

Initiate technical studies for improving oil field producing and reservoir behavior.

Responsible for designing/sizing equipment and processes to achieve the maximum recovery of oil and gas using various enhanced recovery methods.

Process design and project execution for small capital projects.

Phase separation of gas, oil, and water, Oil treating. Fluid hydraulics.

Field desalting, crude stabilization and sweetening.

Crude oil storage and vapor recovery, Measurement of crude oil, Pipelines Transportation of crude oil, Relief and Flare Systems design.

Multiphase Separation Systems sizing and design.

Selection and evaluation processes used to dehydrate natural gas, meet hydrocarbon dew point specifications and extract NGLs.

Design of surface gathering network of field production systems containing oil, gas and condensate, in addition to gas or water injection systems.

Allocation of gas for gas lifted wells, sets wellhead chokes for naturally flowing wells.

Multi-well optimization for artificially lifted & naturally flowing production networks.

Design of Multiple Flow-lines & Separators for new reservoir field development.

Perform Field optimization studies with mixed systems (ESP, Gas Lift, Naturally Flowing, PCP, Jet and Rod Pumps) and Optimize production forecasting.

Designed, managed, and engineered the production systems and well installations of submersible pump technology.

Intelligent Fields Development (Digital Facilities Engineer): I-Fields

Use of subsurface and surface sensors, which transmit well and field production data in real time to data centers and asset teams.

Support field development of Smart Wells/I-Fields to improve the management of hydrocarbon resources through an integrated process of real-time measurement, optimization and control.

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Development of smart wells by installation of remotely operated chokes, emergency shut-down systems, permanent down-hole monitoring systems, compact multiphase flow meters and where applicable in some wells, variable speed drives pumps and smart well completions.

Perform well completion using PDHMS sensors and Smart Well completion technology. Flow Measurement Systems, Flow Meters, Implementing intelligent technologies in new and existing fields to maximize long-term oil recovery by successfully deploying intelligent techniques. Test Separators and Pipeline Stations.

Deploy Wireless Field Data Acquisition System for delivering real-time wellhead field data to the user's desktop utilizing wireless technology and visualization tools.

Deploy wireless field data acquisition systems for all onshore/offshore applications including wellheads (Oil & Gas wells) & water injection wells, Surface Pumps. Electrical Submersible Pumps (ESPs) & PCPs. Down-hole Gauges, Control Valves. Petroleum Economic Evaluation and Decline Analysis:

Perform economic analysis & forecasting of upstream oil and gas projects, ROR & NPV using Merak Peep, Petroleum economic evaluation & decline analysis software.

Calculate NPV & ROR using facilities simulator (Process Equipments Sizing Program).

Reserves Assessment, Evaluation & Field Development Planning: Perform reserves evaluations & production methods economics and costs to develop basis for sales, financial statements & rate of return and to decide the project feasibility.

Make investment decisions via using fiscal regimes, price files, and inflation, exchange, and discount rates using Merak Peep, economic analysis software.

Generate what-if scenarios for economic analysis of investment options and acquisition and divestiture opportunities.

Make investment decisions, via performing in-depth sensitivity analysis.

Conduct economic evaluations on new Oil & Gas Fields increments.

Undertake long term development studies to maximize the economic and strategic value of Saudi Aramco’s reserves base.

Provide Petroleum & Reservoir Engineering expertise evaluating company operated

& non-operated properties & new venture projects in such a way to maintain & increase company profits.

Perform Oil & Gas reserves and production economics using Merak Peep software application, the economic standard and directs, approve, and perform economics for the annual budget and five-year plan.

Perform technical audits with reservoir & production engineers to assure maximum profit and recoverable reserves.

Liaise and coordinate with other Saudi Aramco departments such as Corporate Planning, New Ventures, and Finance.

Perform economic analysis & forecasting of upstream oil and gas trial test new technology projects deducing ROR & NPV using Merak Peep, to justify technology installation and its impact on company revenue.

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Selected Achievements & Contribution:

Offshore Upstream Facilities Gas Fields Development: Provided consulting work during the design proposals for development of off-shore gas fields’ projects. Surface facilities conceptual design, sizing and selection for all aspects of handling the wet gas above well head, from the production stage to the process stage. Explore Gas dehydration techniques on the wellhead platform eliminating gas pipelines internal corrosion. The conceptual design considers the optimal design, applications and maintenance of separators, compressors, process equipments and other surface units. Define Phase work (FEED) for the full field development. Scope includes system design, flow-lines, export pipeline system, manifolds, trees, controls and umbilical’s design including procurement support. Work on subsea development concept definition, Pre-FEED and FEED projects as well as tenders. This will include subsea architecture field layout design & costing, feasibility & technology assessments facilitated with the flow assurance team.

Gas Production Optimization Program: lead team members from reservoir management, production facilities, gas production, Gas Processing Plants & Oil operations conducting oil & gas facilities upgrade and process optimization FEED studies & evaluation to unlock gas producing wells for increased flow via backpressure reduction. This task to increase company available natural gas supply.

Gas Field depletion using Surface Compression: Conducted reserves verification for gas field depletion utilizing surface multiphase compressor. Reviewed production data and used decline analysis to verify reserves. Carried out reserves verification on a portfolio of gas condensate and non-associated gas properties. Carried out performance evaluations on a number of wells; used decline analysis to confirm estimates of recoverable hydrocarbons.

Field Development Study to Debottleneck Water Handling Facility: Carried out a debottleneck water handling facility field study to install cost effective Inline Water Separation System eliminating bulky systems installation throughout Saudi Aramco Gas Oil separation Plants. Developed economical sensitivity analysis comparisons for central installation compared to remote headers multiple installations. Developed a Type III cost estimate for remote water inline separation system. This technology un-restricts oil production by remotely separating the increasing water cut. Developed cost estimating & economic assessment.

Field Development to increase non-associated Sour Gas Production: Developed a deterministic production assessment and field development plan for a large gas condensate field. The assessment included developing surface facilities & utilizing low pressure operating gas pipelines for tie-ins to scattered gas wells for production increases. Made an evaluation of appraisal, development and operating expenditures for economic assessment.

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Assessment of Hydrate Formation for Ain Dar Inline Separator: flow assurance simulation study to predict Hydrate formation risk upon activation of the Inline Separator HIPPS system.

Pressurization of Crude Piping Downstream of Gas Header: flow assurance dynamic simulation study to investigate the time required to pressurize the piping transporting liquid downstream inline separator to the Oil-manifold due to sudden closure of the isolation valve causing the pressure to rise in the crude piping activating the HIPPS System for immediate shutdown. HIPPS Set point Selection.

Inline Multiphase Separation: Design, size, install, test, monitor performance and qualify Multiphase Inline Cyclonic Separation (De-Liquidizer) for Wet Gas Wells. This technology increases Gas Plant processing capacity by remotely separating 95% of the produced water and condensate from the wet gas stream and allow full production from ANDR Remote Manifold wells.

Multiphase Bornemann Pump: Design, size, develop specs, install, test, monitor performance and qualify a Twin Screw Multiphase Pump. This technology accelerates crude oil extraction from wells under depletion, boost flow-rate due to increased pipeline system network backpressure and lowering wellhead pressure on declining oil wells with high water cut all resulted in incremental production, reviving non-flowing wells returned to production.

Multiphase Framo Pump: Design, size, develop specs, install, test, monitor performance and qualify a Helicoaxial Multiphase Pump. This technology reduces backpressure on wells and regains their production, accelerates crude oil extraction from wells under depletion, boost flow-rate due to increased pipeline system network backpressure and lowering wellhead pressure on declining oil wells with high water cut all resulted in incremental production, reviving non-flowing wells nd returned to production.

Multiphase Twister Supersonic Separator Technology: Design, size, develop specs, and qualify a low temperature separation process “Twister Supersonic Separator” for gas conditioning system. This process condenses and separates water & heavy hydrocarbons from natural gas. Current applications include any combination of water dew pointing (dehydration), hydrocarbon dew pointing, natural gas liquids (NGL/LPG) extraction and heating value reduction.

Wet Gas Compressor: Design, size, select and qualify Wet Gas Compressor. This technology accelerates wet gas extraction from depleting/declining wet gas wells loaded with liquid condensate & water due to increased pipeline system network backpressure.

Pro-Pure-Pro-Mixer: Design, install and performance monitoring of a Pro-Pure Pro-Mix Mixer upstream the dehydrator vessel in oil-gas separation facility to Saudi Aramco: Non-Business Use

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optimize de-mulsifier consumption, improving mixing of crude with de-mulsifier, improved emulsion treatment with enhanced oil-water separation.

Pro-Pure-Pro-Salt Mixer: Design, install and performance monitoring of a salt mixer (a combination of mixing and injection system) installed in oil-gas separation plant upstream the Desalting Vessel. The Pro-Salt Mixer improves the mixing efficiency of oil and wash water as part of the desalting process.

VIEC System at Gas-Oil Separation Facility: Select, install and performance monitoring of VIEC System (Vessel Internal Electrostatic Coalescer). The VIEC is a bulk dewatering coalescer intended for use in the 3-phase High Pressure Production Separation vessel. This system is used to optimize the oil water separation systems at Gas Oil Separations Plants in order to enhance water oil separation & reduce the demulsifier consumption used to treat emulsion.

Multiphase Metering Systems (MPFM): Select, install and performance monitoring of MPFM to read real time production data of multiphase flow streams

(Oil, Gas and Water) produced from oil fields through trunk-lines.

Wet Gas Metering Systems (WGFM): Select, install and performance monitoring of WGFM to read real time production data of wet gas flow streams (Oil, Gas and Water) produced from wet gas fields through trunk-lines.

LAKOS Cyclonic Design De-Sander (Water-Solids Separator): Design, install and assess performance of the De-Sander technology. This technology used to remove solids from water supply used for water injection to maintain reservoir pressure &

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