The Industry Advisory Board

The industry advisory board members of the Department of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering at King Saud University are professional volunteers from the oil and gas industry, research institutes, governmental agencies and private consultants. 

The industry advisory board assembles at least once a year at the department to convey current challenges facing the oil and natural gas industry into the department future plan.  

Additionally, the industry advisory board members are heavily involved in the assessment and improvement of the PGED academic programs and research orientation.  

In summary, the industry advisory board members are steering the department attitude for future success.  Current advisory board members are:

Engineer Yahya J. Shinawi,

Director General Eastern Province Branch, Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (MOPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

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Dr. Mohammed S. Al-Blehed,

Private Petroleum Consultant and Former Faculty Member in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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Dr. Abdul-Jaleel A. Al-Khalifa,

SPE President 2007 and Chief Executive Officer of Dragon Oil Company, UAE, Former Head of Petroleum Engineering Section, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia.

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Dr. Sami A. Al-Neaim,

Senior Petroleum Engineering Consultant, Saudi Aramco, and Part-Time Faculty Member of Petroleum Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

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Dr. Mohammed Badri,

Director of Schlumberger Dhahran Carbonate Research Center, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

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Engineer Abdul-Rahman A. Al-Rashed,

Chief Geoscientist, Exploration and Reserves Replacement - Exploration and Development Department, Al-Khafji Joint Operations, Saudi Aramco Gulf Operations Company, Al-Khafji, Saudi Arabia.

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Dr. Abdul-Rahman A. Al-Quraishi,

Director of Oil and Gas Center, King AbdulAziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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Engineer Musaed Al-Mubarak,

Petroleum Consultant at the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (MOPM), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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Dr. Mansour S. Al-Malik,

Private Petroleum Consultant and Former Faculty Member in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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Dr. Musaed N. J. Al-Awad,

Chairman of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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