Dr. Ahmed Abou-Sayed
Founder, President and CEO

• Experience Summary

Extensive Petroleum Industry experience in the areas of production geomechanics, fracturing/stimulation, well integrity and stability, sand control, produced water management and waterflooding. Specialized know-how for deepwater reservoir exploitation. Strong knowledge of techno-legal issues related to environmental permitting of subsurface waste disposal and injection. Effective lateral thinker and problem solver with track record of successfully contributing to increased production and reduced cost through innovative solutions. Initiated, developed and implemented the FRACPACK technology in Alaska (1986), and Large scale solids injection, Holder of 5 US - patents. Recipient of two Chairman Outstanding Achievement Awards in both BPX and ARCO.

• Education

Ph.D., Engineering Mechanics, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island; 1975

M.Sc., Applied Mechanics, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island; 1972

Advanced Diploma in Information Sciences, Institute du Recherches D’Informatique et D’Automatique, France; 1970

B.Sc. (Highest Honors), Mechanical Engineering, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt ; 1967

• Awards and Honors

BP Exploration Chairman Outstanding Achievement Award in Health, Safety and Environment 1993 - Secured BP Chemicals Lima Deep well Disposal Suitability & EPA Approval. Prevented a revenue loss of $175,000,000 that would have been caused by a 90-day plant shut down and saved a spending of $50,000,000 on an alternative waste treatment technology.

Atlantic Richfield Chairman Outstanding Technical Achievement Award 1987 - Improved Production Through Advanced Fracturing - added $70,000,000 to ARCO’s bottom line from increased production and cost savings of stimulation treatments.

SPE Distinguished Lecturer on “Advances in Hydraulic fracturing Applications” - 1992-1993

U.S.-Japan NSF Exchange Protocol, Member of the Panel on Geothermal Energy - 1982-1984

United Nations Advisor, Technical Assistance Program (Mexico, Venezuela, Egypt) - 1979-1983

SPE/ARMA/ISRM Rock Mechanics Excellence Award - For contribution to the advancement of rock mechanics in the Oil Industry – 2002

SPE Distinguished Member Award - 2000

Pi Epsilon Tau National Petroleum Engineering Honor Society Award - For outstanding contributions to the Petroleum Industry – 1988

• Patents and Inventions

U.S. Patent 5383737 (1995) - Slurry Injection into Dis-aggregated Formations.

U.S. Patent 5404010 (1994) - Method of Well Logging in Fractured Subterranean Formation.

U.S. Patent 4726219 (1988) - Method and System for Determining Fluid Pressures in Wellbores and Tubular Conduits.

U.S. Patent (1987) - Method for fluid rheology measurement, loop and technique for estimating tubular friction drop.

U.S. Patent 4152941 (1979) - Process for Measuring the Fracture Toughness of Rock.

• Publications

Author and co-author of 60 publications, over 90 conference papers, and 150 technical reports on Reservoir Engineering, Hydraulic Fracturing, Well Completions, Rock Mechanics, Log Interpretation, Wellbore Stability, Viscous Oil Recovery, Produced Water Management, Waste Disposal and Environmental Evaluation and Permitting. view publications

• Special and Professional Activities

SPE Forum Series Implementation Committee - Eastern Hemisphere, - 1997-1999

SPE Middle East Forum Series Steering Committee, - 1993-1996

Associate Editor, Int’l J. of Petroleum Science and Engineering, - 1989-1995

SPE Hydraulic fracture Reprint Series Committee and Text Book Committee, - 1986-1996

Technical Editor, SPE, J. of Petroleum Technology, - 1983-1985

Member and Chairman, SPE Well Completion Committee, - 1980-1984

Executive Advisor, Junior Achievement, Dallas, Company of the Year Award, - 1985-1986

Member, Graduate Student Council, Brown University, - 1973-1974

• Personal

U.S. Citizen. Foreign Languages Spoken: Arabic (Fluent), French & German (Fair), and Spanish (Beginner)

• Professional Experience

ADVANTEK International Corporation, Houston, Texas, 3/1999 - Present
President and Founder

The company provides consulting services through innovative and strategic solutions to oil and gas companies, strongly coupled to their business objectives using advanced technologies. Initiated and formulated successful start-up efforts to evaluate and implement field development strategies. Assist in external technology transfer and deliver technical resources to E&P companies. The staff has extensive Industry networking abilities and joint venture projects management and execution in the following areas:

Deep water exploitation geomechanics and reservoir/well developments
Soft Sediments (week sands) reservoir and production rock mechanics
Compaction, subsidence, wellbore stability, sand production and hardware integrity
Well completion, stimulation and productivity enhancement
Horizontal well performance and completions
Knowledge Management in Produced Water and Waterflood strategies
Technical Assistance for Subsurface Environmental mechanics
Design, supervise and monitor drilling and production waste injection projects

The current company clients consist of major international oil companies and service organization including:

BP Amoco, USA and UK (environmental and waste disposal)
AGIP KCO, The Netherlands (DCI permitting)
AGIP and ENI, Italy (Produced Water Management Strategy)
ChevronTexaco (DCI)
MI Drilling (Schlumberger and Smith Energy JV) – Offshore and onshore Drilling Waste Management
Mobil Oil, USA, Equatorial Guinee (Cuttings Injection)
Murphy Oil, USA
Gas Research Institute (GRI)
BHP, USA (Deepwater Reservoir Exploitation) Drill Cuttings Injection Joint Industry projects: participants are:
ARCO, BP Amoco, Chevron, DOE, ExxonMobil, Sandia, Halliburton, Schlumberger, Baker Hughes
Produced Water Injection Joint Industry projects: participants are:
BPAmoco, ChevronTexaco, ConocoPhillips, TotalFinaElf, Marathon Oil, ExxonMobil, Pan Canadian, Shell, Statoil)

The company has present alliance agreements with a group of service organization to deliver services in:

Laboratory rock mechanics and special core analysis
Reservoir simulation and field development studies
Drilling waste transportation and injection
Hydraulic fracturing field monitoring and assessment

BP EXPLORATION INC. , Houston, Texas, 1988 - 1999
Reservoir Technology Provision (RDT, HTPU, SPR)

Reservoir Geomechanics Practice Area Leader, 1997-1999

Formulated and managed BPX reservoir geomechanics technology efforts and established in-house technical authority and team credibility internally and externally. Provided technical deliverables for development scenarios, fracturing and waterflood strategy, thermal recovery schemes, infill drilling, facilities SOR, well productivity requirements and field optimization. Evaluated the sand control failures in Gulf of Mexico (GOM) and formulated engineering tools and future direction for improving horizontal well and sand control integrity throughout BPX fields. Guided the company efforts to drill safely through over-pressured shallow aquifers and set up policy and guidelines for safe batch set drilling. Saved BPX the cost of drilling two sub-sea wells in URSA ($36,000,000) by correctly evaluating wellbore stability and generating mud weight programs and well spacing in batch set drilling operations. Delivered reservoir development/management strategies for BPX fields including GoM’s soft rock reservoirs Mars, URSA, Diana, Europa, Pompano and Amberjack; and Alaska’s Schrader Bluff, Ugnu, Pt. McIntyre, and Brassie. Helped the Deepwater Division defray cost of pre-mature implementation of waterflooding in offshore fields ($45,000,000/field). Member of the GRI Gas Supply Project advisory group that helps GRI Management in prioritizing and directing $45 million in R&D funding to the service and consulting industry. Chairman of the Industrial Advisory Board for University of Oklahoma Rock Mechanics Institute to direct and manage a $1.6 million/year R&D budget.

Manager, Reservoir Geomechanics, 1995-1997

Worked closely and successfully with BPX partners in the GoM, North Sea and Alaska to \influence joint development plans for several technical and business issues including waterflood requirements, fracturing depleted reservoirs, sand control, horizontal well integrity. Initiated, secured funding from BPX and 6 outside partners and successfully executed and managed 4-year Joint Industry R&D Project in Produced Water Re-injection (PWRI). Led the team’s efforts to evaluate injectors, fractured well performance, fracturing in deviated wellbores and their influence on injectivity. Current phase is well subscribed by international operators. Set-up, coordinated and led a BPX workshop on “Radical Thinking for Produced Water Management” attended by BPX staff and technologists from other operators and external institutions. The workshop initiated cooperative programs between the parties.Organized and chaired several BPX and SPE technical conferences and workshops on Produced Water Management, Horizontal Well Performance, Stimulation, Well Testing, Wellbore Stability. Initiated, and directed several DOE sponsored Crada projects between BPX and external technology providers on wellbore geomechanics, hydraulic fracturing, viscous oil recovery, and on-site permeability determination.

Senior Consultant, Production Technology, 1991-1994

Lead the company’s effort in drill cutting disposal by injection in BPX fields worldwide and represented BP Group to international forums and regulatory agencies (United Nations, EEC /OSPAR, DTI and EPA). Directed and provided project management and technical leadership for a major multi-disciplinary team of BPX staff and outside contractors to evaluate the feasibility/legality of underground disposal and containment of hazardous waste injection with application to the BP Chemical lima Plant. The team successfully negotiated with USEPA and obtained approval for continued operation of the disposal facility beyond the Land Ban Act. (The effort won the team the BPX HSE Chairman award for outstanding technical achievements.) Chaired a joint KOC/BPX task force in Kuwait (September 92-February 93) to evaluate, review and recommend a waterflood strategy for North Kuwait fields. Timely delivered to the KOC Chairman and Production Management the study results, including a $30,000,000 plans for a pilot project in North Kuwait. Manager of a team (1990-91) that defined BPX global water quality requirements during waterflood operations and recommended critical operational and engineering changes, issued a water quality guidelines and set technology needs and future R&D directions for produced water management and re-injection. Member of a Management Team in 91 to identify the resources, future needs, staffing strategy for the way forward for BP Research in the areas of reservoir and production technology.

ARCO OIL& GAS CO. Plano, Texas; 1984 - 1988
Plano Research Center - Drilling, Completion and Operations Division
Well Completion and Stimulation Technology Team Leader/Technical Coordinator

Led and coordinated the efforts of a 7-man team to address hydraulic fracturing and stimulation efforts for ARCO Oil and Gas Technology Center. Delivered, with the team, engineering design models, on-site job performance monitoring and post job analysis. Field benefiting were Prudhoe Bay, Kuparuk, West Sak as well a multitude of US on shore and overseas fields. The ARCO simulation team has won the Atlantic Richfield Technical Achievement Award in 1987 for enhancing production through advanced fracturing. Co-Developed the “Frac-Pack” technique for use in well stimulation/sand control in unconsolidated sand reservoirs. Implemented the technique in well West Sak WSP-20 as part of the final stage of a viscous oil recovery pilot test in Alaska. Well delivery exceeded previous treatments by more than 2.5 times. More recently, the technique was widely applied in the GoM with tremendous success. Developed and executed stimulation technology for horizontal well (Fracturing and acidizing) in the US and Indonesia. Designed and conducted the first horizontal well multi-fracturing treatment (July, 1986). Co-invented with D/S a “chelated acid system” for use to stimulate horizontal wells in limestone reservoirs (1987).

Sr. Principal Consultant, Well Completion and Operations, 1984-1985

Consultant in the areas of Rock Mechanics, Stimulation (Fracturing and Acidizing), hole Stability, and Sand Production, supporting the operating districts (Alaska, Texas, Midland, offshore Gulf of Mexico, north Sea, and Indonesia). Develop and conduct in-house training sessions to introduce the new fracturing technologies to staff. Led the R&D efforts in fracturing modeling, optimization and rock mechanics. Responsible for supporting the operating districts in the areas of stimulation (Fracturing and Acidizing), Hole Stability, Sand Production and Rock Mechanics. Upgraded the fracture design capabilities and implemented 3-D fracturing design models and field simulators for use by district engineers. Successfully Interacted and negotiated with the EPA and state authorities for evaluating and permitting industrial waste disposal. Investigated and prepared permit documents for injection in Alaska and Texas. Developer of SPEARS (Sand Production Estimate And Reservoir Stress) Log for determining the in-situ stresses and formation critical draw-down pressure from sonic wave forms analysis. Co-developed a Production Forecast model for fractured wells.

TERRA TEK INC. Salt Lake City, Utah, 1975-1984
Last position as Vice-President, International Division, 1978-1984

Responsible for international business development and marketing of products and services. Build a $3,500,000 division in 2 years with clients in Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Co-established, marketed and managed TerraTek’s Canadian subsidiary (Geotech) for the first 2 years then transferred management to local team. Company later sold to Computalog Inc. Developed the 3-D hydraulic fracturing geometry simulator TERRAFRAC utilizing advanced fracture mechanics concepts and the quasi-3-D fracture design and optimization model FRACTEC. Codes purchased by major companies. Total revenues from products reached $7,000,000. Initiated and managed several contract research and consulting programs on stimulation of tight gas reservoirs, well and formation stability, reservoir compaction, viscous oil recovery and fracturing during waterflooding of oil reservoirs. Experience with reservoirs in onshore US, Gulf of Mexico, Alaska, North Sea, Alberta’s Great Basin, Orinoco heavy oil belt in Venezuela and the Middle East. Advisor to the Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas (CFE), Mexico. Helped establish and implement a $5,000,000 laboratory facilities and research programs for Geothermal reservoirs.

Head, Applied Mechanics Section, 1975-1978

Principal Investigator and Team leader responsible for developing fracturing technology applicable to the eastern Devonian Shale and the western Tight sand reservoirs based on rock and fracture mechanics. Manager of research programs to develop efficient fracturing technology for tight gas reservoirs and methane drainage from coal seams. Project was funded by the Gas Research Institute. Principle investigator of a DNA project for evaluating ground response to nuclear explosions and assessing containment of underground nuclear testing.