CURRICULUM VITAE. Rashid S. Al-Maamari

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE Rashid S. Al-Maamari PERSONAL INFORMATION Rashid Salim Al-Maamari Professor, Petroleum Engineering Petroleum and Chemical Engineering Department (PCED) Tel: /1361; Fax: EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION EDUCATIONAL 2000 Petroleum Engineering; PhD New Mexico Tech, Petroleum Engineering; MSc Imperial College, Petroleum Engineering; B.Eng. Sultan Qaboos University, EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 2013-Present Head, Petroleum and Chemical Engineering Department, SQU Present Professor, Petroleum and Chemical Engineering Department, SQU Director, Oil and Gas Research Center, SQU Assistant Professor, Petroleum and Chemical Engineering Department, SQU Postgraduate Student (PhD), New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, U.S.A Lecturer, Petroleum and Mineral Resources Engineering Department, SQU Postgraduate Student (MSc), Imperial College, U.K Demonstrator, Petroleum and Mining Engineering Department, SQU. TEACHING PNGE4412 Reservoir Engineering PNGE 4612 Well Testing PNGE 5115 Project I & PNGE 5215 Project II (Field Development Plan Course) PNGE 3212 Rock & Fluid Properties

2 SERVICES UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION AND COMMITTEES Head, Petroleum and Chemical Engineering Department, September Present. Director of Oil and Gas Research Center, September August SQU focal point, PDO-SQU Liaison Committee, 2012-present. Member, Joint SQU-Ministry of Oil and Gas Committee, 2014-present. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Member of the Technical Committee and Session Chairperson; The Middle East Oilfield Produced Water Management Conference, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, April Session Chairperson and Member of the Scientific Committee; Symposium on Environmental Problems in the Arab World: Meeting the Environmental Challenges of Sustainable Management, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, February Chair and Organizer of the 3 rd SQU-JCCP Joint Symposium on Environmental Challenges and Mitigation Approaches for Sustainable Development in the Oil and Gas Industry, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, December Chair and Organizer of 2 nd Oman-Japan Joint Symposium on Preservation of Environmental and Water Resources amid Economic Developments, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, 6-8 February, HONORS/MEMBERSHIPS Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) SCHOLARLY ACHIEVEMENTS PUBLISHED REFEREED JOURNAL PAPERS (selected publications) 1. Mahvash Karimi, Rashid S. Al-Maamari, Shahab Ayatollahi and Nasir Mehranbod.: Mechanistic study of wettability alteration of oil-wet calcite: the effect of magnesium ions in the presence and absence of cationic surfactant, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 482: , Reham A. Al-Jabri, Rashid S. Al-Maamari and Ove Bjorn Wilson.: Klinkenberg-corrected gas permeability correlation for Shuaiba carbonate formation, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 131: , Moundher Hadji, Rashid S. Al-Maamari, Adil A Al-Rubkhi and Mohamed Aoudia.: Surfactant(insitu)-surfactant(synthetic) interactions in Na2CO3/surfactant/acidic oil systems for EOR: its importance on the dynamic interfacial tension behavior, Journal of Surfactants and Detergents, 18: Sabah Ahmed Abdul-Wahab, Yassine Charabi, Ghazi A. Al-Rawas, Rashid Al-Maamari, Adel Gastli and Keziah Chan.: Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the Sultanate of Oman, Greenhouse Gases Science and Technology, 5: , 2015.

3 5. Rashid S. Al-Maamari, Gholamreza Vakili-Nezhaad and Mostafa Vatani.: Experimental and modeling investigations on the viscosity of crude oil binary blends: New models based on genetic algorithm method, The Journal of Engineering Research, 12(1):80-90, Said Al-Faraji, Rashid S. Al-Maamari and Mohamed Aoudia.: Sodium alkyl ether sulfonates (SAES): dual anionic-nonionic behavior in synthetic brine having high salinity and hardness, Journal of Surfactants and Detergents, 18: , Rashid S. Al-Maamari, Mark Sueyoshi, Masaharu Tasaki, Keisuke Kojima and Kazuo Okamura.: Polymer flood produced water treatment trials, accepted for publication in Oil and Gas Facilities, , December A.R. Al Hashmi, R. S. Al-Maamari, I.S. Al Shabibi, A.M. Mansoor, A. Zaitoun and H.H. Al Sharji.: Mechanical stability of high-molecular-weight polyacrylamides and an (acrylamido tert-butyl sulfonic acid)-acrylamide copolymer used in enhanced oil recovery, Journal of Applied Polymer Science., DOI: /APP.40921, Said Al-Faraji, Rashid S. Al-Maamari and Mohamed Aoudia.: Sodium alkyl ether sulfonates (SAES): dual anionic-nonionic behavior in synthetic brine having high salinity and hardness, Journal of Surfactants and Detergents, DOI /s , Ahmed M. Mansour, Rashid S. Al-Maamari, Abdulaziz S. Al-Hashmi, Alan Zaitoun and Hamed Al- Sharji.: In-situ rheology and mechanical degradation of EOR polyacrylamide solutions under moderate shear rates, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 115, 57 65, Rashid S. Al-Maamari, Mark Sueyoshi, Masaharu Tasaki, Kazuo Okamura, Yasmeen Al-Lawati, Randa Nabulsi and Mundhir Al-Battashi.: Flotation, filtration, and adsorption pilot trials for oilfield produced water treatment, Oil and Gas Facilities, 3(2), 56-66, A.R. Al Hashmi, R.S. Al Maamari, I.S. Al Shabibi, A.M. Mansoor, A. Zaitoun and H.H. Al Sharji.: Rheology and mechanical degradation of high-molecular-weight partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide during flow through capillaries, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 105, , Iman R. Al-Bulushi, Rashid S. Al-Maamari and Ove B. Wilson.: Brine versus Klinkenberg corrected gas permeability correlation for Shuaiba carbonate formation, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 92 93, 24 29, CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS (selected publications) 1. R.S. Al-Maamari, A.R. Al-Hashmi, H.H. Al-Sharji, G. Dupuis, J. Bouillot, A. Templier and A. Zaitoun.: Development of Thermo-Gels for in Depth Conformance Control, SPE MS, SPE Enhanced Oil Recovery Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August Rashid S. Al-Maamari, Mark Sueyoshi, Masaharu Tasaki, Keisuke Kojima and Kazuo Okamura.: Polymer Flood Produced Water Treatment Trials, SPE , Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC), Abu Dhabi, UAE, November, G. Dupuis, R.S. Al-Maamari, A.R. Al-Hashmi, H.H. Al-Sharji and A. Zaitoun.: Mechanical and thermal stability of polyacrylamide-based microgel products for EOR, SPE , 2013 SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry, The Woodlands, TX, April, 2013.

4 4. R. S. Al-Maamari, M. Tasaki, K. Okamura, M. Sueyoshi, Y.M. Al-Lawati, R.Z. Nabulsi and M. Al- Battashi.: Flotation, filtration, and adsorption pilot trials for oilfield produced water treatment, SPE , 2012 Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC), Abu Dhabi, UAE, November, A. Al-Harrasi, R. S. Al-Maamari and S. K. Masalmeh.: Laboratory investigation of low salinity waterflooding for carbonate reservoirs, SPE , 2012 Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC), Abu Dhabi, UAE, November, G. Degre, M. Morvan, J. Beaumont, A. Colin, G. Dupuis, A. Zaitoun, R. S. Al-Maamari, A. R. Al- Hashmi and H. H. Al-Sharji.: Viscosifying surfactant technology for chemical EOR: a reservoir case, SPE , SPE EOR Conference at Oil and Gas West Asia, Muscat, Oman, April, Ibrahim S. Al Sinani, Rashid S. Al Maamari, Majid A. Al Wadhahi and Wan F. Paino.: A reservoir management tool for an Omani fractured carbonate reservoir, IPTC PP, International Petroleum Technology Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, 7-9 February, TECHNICAL REPORTS 1. Rashid S. AL-Maamari and Abdul Aziz Al-Hashmi.: Development and Evaluation of New Polymers for Chemical EOR for Oman Reservoir Conditions, Interim Report-1, March Rashid Al-Maamari, Randa Nabulsi and Masaharu Tasaki.: Pilot Trials of Treatment of Produced Water from Different Oilfields, Final Report, June Mohamed Aoudia and Rashid S. AL-Maamari.: Low Tension Polymer Water Flood (LTPWF) For EOR in Omani Oil Fields, Final Report, May Mohamed Aoudia and Rashid S. AL-Maamari.: Feasibility Study for Using Surfactants as EOR Option for Lekhweir Oil Field (Phase II), Final Report, December Rashid S. AL-Maamari, Abdul Aziz Al-Hashmi and Alain Zaitoun.: Polymer Technology for Improved Oil Recovery in Omani Fields, Final Report, March Rashid S. AL-Maamari, Mahmoud Abdel-Goad, Abdul Aziz Al-Hashmi and Alain Zaitoun.: Polymer Technology for Improved Oil Recovery in Omani Fields, Progress Report III, March Rashid S. AL-Maamari, Mahmoud Abdel-Goad, Abdul Aziz Al-Hashmi and Alain Zaitoun.: Polymer Technology for Improved Oil Recovery in Omani Fields, Progress Report II, March 2010.

5 CONFERENCE, FORUM, SHORT COURSE & WORKSHOP ATTENDANCE Advanced Leadership Skills for Supervisors and Team Leaders, Sultan Qaboos University, 07-09/06/2015 Park Inn Hotel Muscat SPE EOR conference, Oil and Gas West Asia (OGWA): Driving Integrated and Innovative EOR, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, 31 March-2 April EFQM Leaders for Excellence Training (Certificate Training), Center for Staff Development, Sultan Qaboos University, 12-13/02/2013. Smart Water Flooding in Carbonates and Sandstones: A New Chemical Understanding of the EOR-Potential, 2012 SPE EOR conference, Oil and Gas West Asia, 15 April, ABET Program Assessment Workshop. College of Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University, 14-15/02/2012. Training program on Job Description. Center for Staff Development, Sultan Qaboos University, 22-26/10/2011. Continuous Improvements with KAIZEN. Center for Staff Development, Sultan Qaboos University, 23-24/05/2010. The 4 th Joint KISR/JCCP Environment Symposium Water Resources in the GCC and Environmental Challenges, State of Kuwait, 2nd 4th February The 4 th Joint KFUPM/JCCP Environment Symposium GCC Environment and Sustainable Development, KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, January st Joint QP-JCCP Environment Symposium on Sustainable Development and Climate Change, Doha, Qatar, February 5-7, Oil and Gas WestAsia: 5th Oil, Gas, Refining and Petrochemicals Exhibition & Conference; Muscat Sultanate of Oman, April 9-11, FUNDING GRANT AND CONTRACT SUPPORT Grants 1. Rashid Al-Maamari, Kazuo Okamura and Mark Sueyoshi.: Study on Oily Waste Treatment in Oman Japan Cooperation Center, Petroleum (JCCP), Japan; , (2014 budget: US$ 492,000). 2. Rashid Al-Maamari, Masaharu Tasaki, Mark Sueyoshi, Keisuke Kojima and Kazuo Okamura.: Treatment and Utilization of Oman Oilfield Water, Phase II-Extension Japan Cooperation Center, Petroleum (JCCP), Japan; , (US$ 487,932). 3. Rashid Al-Maamari, Kazuo Okamura and Mark Sueyoshi.: Investigation of Oily Waste Treatment and Oil Recovery in Sultanate of Oman Japan Cooperation Center, Petroleum (JCCP), Japan; , (US$ 171,569). 4. Rashid Al-Maamari, Omar Houache, Hironori Hagio and Koichi Takenaka.: Experimental Investigation of a New Adsorbent for Mercury Removal from an Omani Natural Gas Field Japan Cooperation Center, Petroleum (JCCP), Japan; 2013 budget, (US$ 1,078,722).

6 5. Rashid Al-Maamari, Masaharu Tasaki, Kazuo Okamura and Mark Sueyoshi.: Treatment and Utilization of Oman Oilfield Water, Phase II Japan Cooperation Center, Petroleum (JCCP), Japan; , (US$ 1,644,098). 6. Rashid Al-Maamari, Masaharu Tasaki, Kazuo Okamura and Mark Sueyoshi: Treatment and Utilization of Oman Oilfield Water, Japan Cooperation Center, Petroleum (JCCP), Japan; , (US$ 2,529,906). Contracts & Support Services 1. Rashid Al-Maamari and Abdulaziz Al-Hashmi.: Polymer EOR in PDO, Petroleum Development Oman, (O.R.300,477= US$ 781,240); Rashid Al-Maamari and Abdulaziz Al-Hashmi.: Colloidal Dispersion Gel A new conformance control method for Omani Fields, Petroleum Development Oman, (O.R.79, 946= US$ 207,860); Mohamed Aoudia and Rashid Al-Maamari.: Alkaline-Surfactant-Polymer (ASP) Formulation Design for Nimr Reservoir Conditions, Petroleum Development Oman, (US$116,510); Majid Al-Wadhahi, Ali Al-Bemani and Rashid Al-Maamari.: Investigating Thermally Assisted Gas- Oil-Gravity Drainage Process in Heavy-Oil Fractured Carbonate Reservoirs Phase I, Petroleum Development Oman; (US$ 220,820); Mohamed Aoudia and Rashid Al-Maamari.: Low Tension Polymer Water Flood (LTPWF) For EOR in Omani Oil Fields, The Research Council, (US$228,540); Rashid Al-Maamari and Abdulaziz Al-Hashmi.: Chemical IOR Projects for Omani Fields, Petroleum Development Oman, (US$ 1,754,740); Mohamed Aoudia, Rashid Al-Maamari and Haider Al-Lawati.: Feasibility Study for Using Surfactants as an EOR Option for Lekhwair Field in Oman (Phase II), Petroleum Development Oman, (US$181,321); Rashid Al-Maamari, Mahmoud Abdel-Goad and Abdulaziz Al-Hashmi.: Polymer Technology for Improved Oil Recovery in Omani Fields, Petroleum Development Oman, (US$2,311,845);