Hisham Khaled Ben Mahmud

Dr. Hisham Khaled Ben Mahmud

Ph.D., MSc, G. Diploma, BSc., CPEng, NER, Fellow FHEA, Graduate Member with BEM
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical and Energy Engineering
Faculty of Engineering and Science, Curtin University, Malaysia

Contact Details:

Tel: +60 85 630100 Ext: 2510
Fax: +60 85 630254
Location: Skylark 3.L2.336

Email: hisham@curtin.edu.my

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Academic History

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Chemical Engineering, Curtin University, Australia
  • Graduate Diploma of Oil & Gas, University of Western Australia, Australia
  • Master of Engineering Studies, Chemical Engineering, University of Sydney, Australia
  • Bachelor of Chemical Engineering, Tripoli University, Libya

Research Interest

  1. Multiphase flow in subsea systems & flow assurance
  2. Hydrogen storage in subsurface
  3. Reservoir modeling and production management
  4. EOR and production optimization
  5. CO2 sequestration and hydraulic fracturing

Appointments

  • Head of Energy and Environment research cluster, FOES, August 2020 – Present.
  • Chair of Industry advisory board of Petroleum Engineering Department, July 2017 – Present.
  • Head of Petroleum Engineering Department and Associate Professor, Curtin University Malaysia, July 2017 – July 2019.
  • Programme Coordinator of Petroleum Engineering Department and Associate Professor, Curtin University Malaysia, 2014 – July 2017.

Research Grants

  • FRGS 2022 Grant “Fundamental Experimental Investigation of Hydrogen Influence on Well Completion Cement Integrity” Principal Investigator. Value: RM 112,800.00
  • Curtin Malaysia Higher Degree Research (CMHDR) Grant 2022 “Hybrid Soft Computing Model Based on Deep Learning and Fuzzy Logic to Predict Fracture Porosity and Fracture Permeability of an Unconventional naturally Fractured Shale Reservoir” Co-Investigator. Value: RM 214,968.00
  • CMHDR Grant 2022 “Reservoir-scale Analysis of Long-term Carbon Sequestration and Integrated Geochemistry with Heterogeneity Effects in Shale Gas Reservoirs” Co-Investigator. Value: RM 214,968.00
  • CMHDR Grant 2021 “Optimization of Horizontal Well Fracturing in Tight Gas Reservoirs Based on Stimulated Reservoir Volume” Principal Investigator. Value: RM 214,968.00
  • CMHDR Grant 2019 “Investigate the sustainability of Green Geopolymer with CO2-rich environment” Principal Investigator. Value: RM 214,968.00
  • CMHDR Grant 2019 “Investigation on The Effect of Supercritical CO2 Exposure on Shale/CO2/Brine Wettability: Implications for CO2 Sequestration in Shale” Principal Investigator. Value: RM 214,968.00
  • CMHDR Grant 2018 “Application of stimuli-responsive smart materials in foam stabilization” Co-Investigator. Value: RM 214,968.00
  • Curtin Malaysia Collaborative Research Grant Scheme 2017 “A New Emulsified Acid as Effective Matrix Stimulation Fluid for Sandstone Formation” Principle Investigator. Value: RM 50,000
  • University Research Internal Fund (URIF, 2015) “CFD simulation study on flow patterns of gas-water two-phase flow in bend pipes”. Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Seri Iskandar, Malaysia. (URIF Allocation, Cost centre: 0153AA-B73). Co-Investigator. Value: RM 30,000
  • Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) 2014 Research Grant.” Develop a new Enhanced Oil Recovery Method and Model for High-Temperature Well Stimulation using Acid Combinations” Principle Investigator. Value: RM 87,000
  • Curtin Sarawak Research Fund (CSRF) (2014). “Evaluate the reaction mechanism of non-HF acid at elevated temperatures during sandstone acidizing” Principle Investigator. Value: RM 10,000

Publications

A. Book Chapters

  1. Hisham Ben Mahmud, Shattia Arumugam and Walid Mahmud “Potential of Low-Salinity Waterflooding Technology to Improve Oil Recovery” is published in the book title of “Enhanced Oil Recovery Processes – New Technologies.” 2019.
  2. Hisham Ben Mahmud, Mansur Ermila, Ziad Bennour and Walid Mohamed Mahmud “A Review of Fracturing Technologies Utilized in Shale Gas Resources” is published in the book title of “Shale Gas Production – Lessons Learned” 2020.
  3. Hisham Ben Mahmud, Walid Mahmud, Umer Shafiq, Mansur Ermila, Ziad Bennour, Saber Elmabrouk, Application of Nanotechnology in Enhanced Oil Recovery, Springer Nature 2022
  4. Hisham Ben Mahmud, Tushar Sharma, Krishna Chaturvedi, CO2 EOR and injection process: Role of nanomaterials. Nanotechnology for CO2 Utilization in Oilfield Applications, ELSEVIER 2022

B. Journal Publications

2023

  1. Adrian Chiong Yuh Tiong, Inn Shi Tan, Henry Chee Yew Foo, Man Kee Lam, Hisham Ben Mahmud, Keat Teong Lee, Pau Loke Show, Study on the synergism of cellulose nanocrystals and janus graphene oxide for enhanced oil recovery, Geoenergy Science and Engineering, Volume 221, 2023, 111242, ISSN 2949-8910.
  2. Hisham Ben Mahmud, Mohamed Khalifa, Mian Shafiq, Ausama Giwelli, Experimental investigation of the influence of carbonated water on sandstone and carbonate rock properties, Petroleum Research (2023).

2022

  1. Mian Umer Shafiq, Hisham Ben Mahmud, Lei Wang, Momna Khan, Ning Qi, Khizar Abid, Sophia Nawaz Gishkori, Mineral analysis of sandstone formation using chelating agents during sandstone matrix acidizing, Petroleum Research, 2022, ISSN 2096-2495.
  2. A. Fatah, H. Ben Mahmud, Z. Bennour, R. Gholami, M. Hossain (2022). Geochemical and physical alteration of clay-rich shales under supercritical CO2 conditions. Applied Geochemistry.
  3. Shafiq, M.U., Ben Mahmud, H.K., Wang, L., Abid, K., Gishkori, S.N. (2022). Comparative elemental, mineral and microscopic investigation of sandstone matrix acidizing at HPHT conditions, Petroleum Research (2022).
  4. A. Fatah, H. Ben Mahmud, Z. Bennour, R. Gholami, M. Hossain (2022). Geochemical Modeling of CO2/Brine/Shale Interaction: Kinetics of Mineral Dissolution and Precipitation at Geological Time Scales. Chemical Geology Journal (2022).
  5. Fatah, A., Ben Mahmud, H., Bennour, Z., Gholami, R., Hossain, M.M. The Impact of Supercritical CO2 On the Pore Structure and Storage Capacity of Shales. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, Volume 98, February 2022, 104394.

2021

  1. Adrian Tiong, Inn Shi Tan, Henry Foo, Man Kee Lam, Hisham Ben Mahmud, Keat Teong Lee. Facile asymmetric modification of graphene nanosheets using κ-carrageenan as a green template, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2021.
  2. Ahmed Fatah, Ziad Bennour, Hisham Ben Mahmud, Raoof Gholami, Mofazzal Hossain. Surface wettability alteration of shales exposed to CO2: Implication for long-term integrity of geological storage sites, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, Volume 110, 2021.
  3. Ahmed Fatah, Hisham Ben Mahmud, Ziad Bennour, Mofazzal Hossain, Raoof Gholami, (2021). Effect of supercritical CO2 treatment on physical properties and functional groups of shales, Fuel, Volume 303, 2021.
  4. Hisham Ben Mahmud et al. (2021). Numerical Analysis of SiO2-SDS Surfactant Effect on Oil Recovery in Sandstone Reservoirs. Energy Geoscience.
  5. Abdiaziz Abdullahi Maalim, Hisham Ben Mahmud, Mojtaba Seyyedi. Assessing roles of geochemical reactions on CO2 plume, injectivity and residual trapping, Energy Geoscience (2021).
  6. Al-Rubaye, A., Al-Yaseri, A., Ali, M. and Ben Mahmud, H. Characterization and analysis of naturally fractured gas reservoirs based on stimulated reservoir volume and petro-physical parameters. J Petrol Explor Prod Technol (2021).
  7. Ben Mahmud, H., Mahmud, W.M., Al-Rubaye, A., Modeling Interaction Between CO2, Brine and Chalk Reservoir Rock Including Temperature Effect on Petrophysical Properties, Energy Geoscience (2021)

2020

  1. Al-Rubaie, A., Ben Mahmud, H.K. A numerical investigation on the performance of hydraulic fracturing in naturally fractured gas reservoirs based on stimulated rock volume. J Petrol Explor Prod Technol (2020).
  2. Ben Mahmud, H., Mahmud, W.M., Arumugam, S. Numerical investigation of optimum lons concentration in low salinity waterflooding. Advances in Geo-Energy Research, 2020, 4(3): 271-285. 
  3. Adrian Tiong, Inn Shi Tan, Henry Foo, Man Lam, Hisham Ben Mahmud, Keat Lee. Macroalgae-derived regenerated cellulose in the stabilization of oil-in-water Pickering emulsions, Carbohydrate Polymers, Volume 249, 2020, 116875.
  4. Fatah, A.; Bennour, Z.; Ben Mahmud, H.; Gholami, R.; Hossain, M.M. A Review on the Influence of CO2/Shale Interaction on Shale Properties: Implications of CCS in Shales. Energies 2020, 13, 3200.
  5. Shafiq, M.U., Mahmud, H.B., Gishkori, S.N. et al. Acidizing of conventional and tight sandstone formation using chelating agents: mineralogical prospect. J Petrol Explor Prod Technol (2020).
  6. Hisham Ben Mahmud, Walid Mohamed Mahmud, Rugen Ayanarappan, and Saber Elmabrouk, Effect of Sodium Carbonate and Bicarbonate Contamination on the Rheological Properties of Water Based Mud. International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology. ISSN 0974-3154, Volume 13, Number 5 (2020), pp. 1019-1029.
  7. Hisham Ben Mahmud, Muhammad Hilmi Bin Muhammad Hisham, Walid Mohamed Mahmud, Van Hong Leong, Mian Umer Shafiq, Petrophysical interpretations of subsurface stratigraphic correlations, Baram Delta, Sarawak, Malaysia. Energy Geoscience, Volume 1, Issues 3–4, October 2020, Pages 100-114.
  8. Seyyedi, M., Mahmud, H.K.B., Verrall, M. et al. Pore Structure Changes Occur During CO2 Injection into Carbonate Reservoirs. Sci Rep 10, 3624 (2020).

2019

  1. M. Kh. Khalifa, K. J. Mills, H. Kh. Ben Mahmud (2019) Facies analysis, depositional environment interpretation and lithostratigraphic architecture to predict reservoir potential of the Devonian Ravendale Interval in the Bancannia Trough, western Darling Basin, SE Australia. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 2019.
  2. H. Ben Mahmud, L. Van Hong, Y. Lestariono (2019), Sand production: A smart control framework for risk mitigation, Petroleum.
  3. Mian Umer Shafiq, Hisham Khaled Ben Mahmud, Muhammad Khurram Zahoor, Arshad S. A. Shahid, Reza Rezaee, Muhammad Arif (2019), Investigation of change in different properties of sandstone and dolomite samples during matrix acidizing using chelating agents, Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology.
  4. Shattia Arumugam, Hisham Ben Mahmud, Tommy Tan, Ausama Giwelli, Abel Tan (2019), A Numerical Investigation of Low-Salinity Waterflooding Capability to Enhanced Oil Recovery, IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering 495 (2019).
  5. Adeline Norlee, Tan Inn Shi, Hisham Khaled Ben Mahmud, Henry Foo Chee Yew, Mian Umer Shafiq (2019), Investigating the Effectiveness of Emulsified Acid on Sandstone Formation under High Temperature Conditions, IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering 495 (2019).
  6. T. Sabila, H.K. Ben Mahmud, W.M. Mahmud, M.I.J. Van Dijke (2019), Two-Phase Oil-Water Empirical Correlation Models for SCAL and Petrophysical Properties in Intermediate Wet Sandstone Reservoirs, IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering 495 (2019).
  7. Ndubi Mathews Kevin and Hisham Ben Mahmud (2019), Optimization of nano-silica in enhancing the properties of synthetic based drilling fluids for tight gas reservoir conditions, IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering 495 (2019).
  8. V H Leong, H B Mahmud, M C Law, C Y H Foo and I S Tan (2019), An optimization framework for sandstone acidizing using design of experiment (DOE) and mathematical modelling, IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering 495 (2019).
  9. Shafiq, M.U., Ben Mahmud, H.K., Arif, M. (2018), Mineralogy and pore topology analysis during matrix acidizing of tight sandstone and dolomite formations using chelating agents, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, (Thomson Reuters)

2018

  1. Van Hong Leong and Hisham Ben Mahmud (2018), A Preliminary Screening and Characterization of Suitable Acids for Sandstone Matrix Acidizing Technique: A Comprehensive Review, Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology, 9:753–778, (SCOPUS).
  2. Van Hong Leong, Hisham Ben Mahmud, Ming Chiat Law, Henry Chee Yew Foo, Inn Shi Tan (2018) A Comparison and Assessment of the Modelling and Simulation of the Sandstone Matrix Acidizing Process: A Critical Methodology Study, Journal of Natural Gas Science & Engineering, 57, 52–67. (Thomson Reuters)
  3. Shafiq, M.U., Ben Mahmud, H.K., Ghasemi, M. (2018) Integrated mineral analysis of sandstone and dolomite formations using different chelating agents during matrix acidizing, Petroleum. (SCOPUS)
  4. Leong, V.H., Ben Mahmud, H., Law, M.C., Foo, C.Y.H., Tan, I.S. (2018) A numerical modelling and simulation of core-scale sandstone acidizing process: a study on the effect of temperature, Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology. (SCOPUS)
  5. Shafiq, M.U., Chong, Y.J., Mahmud, H.K.B., Hossain, M.M., Rezaee, R., Testamanti, N. (2018) Application of emulsified acids on sandstone formation at elevated temperature conditions: an experimental study, Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology. (SCOPUS)

2017

  1. Ben Mahmud, H., Abdullah, A. (2017) Investigate a Gas Well Performance Using Nodal Analysis, IOP Conferences Series: Materials Science and Engineering Journal 217.
  2. Shafiq, M.U., Ben Mahmud, H., Rezaee, R., Testamanti, N. (2017) Investigation of changing pore topology and porosity during matrix acidizing using different chelating agents, IOP Conferences Series: Materials Science and Engineering Journal 217.
  3. Hong, L.V., Ben Mahmud, H. (2017) A comparative study of different acids used for sandstone acid stimulation: A literature review, IOP Conferences Series: Materials Science and Engineering Journal 217. (Thomson Reuters)
  4. Shuard, A.M., Mahmud, H.B., King, A.J., An optimization approach to reduce the risk of hydrate plugging during gas-dominated restart operations, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering (2017).
  5. U. Shafiq and H. Ben Mahmud, (2017) Sandstone Matrix Acidizing Knowledge and Future Development: A Review”, Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology.

Conference Publications

  1. Symon Sagaiaraja, Hisham Ben Mahmud, Mohamed Khalifa, Assessing Petrophysical Properties to Improve Reservoir Characterization Eromanga Basin, Australia. 1st International Conference on Earth Sciences and Energy Transition (ICESET, 2023).
  2. Beyosta Acharya, Hisham Ben Mahmud, Mohamed Khalifa Evaluation of Reservoir Characteristics and logging of the Naccowlah Block of the Cooper-Eromanga Basin, Australia. 1st International Conference on Earth Sciences and Energy Transition (ICESET, 2023).
  3. Kushan Sandunil, Ziad Bennour, Hisham Ben Mahmud, Ausama Giwelli, Effects of Hyperparameters’ Tuning in Random Forest Regression on Reservoir’s Porosity Prediction. (Case Study: Volve Oil Field, North Sea), ARMA Atlanta 2023.
  4. Kushan Sandunil, Ziad Bennour, Hisham Ben Mahmud, Ausama Giwelli, Effects of Tuning Decision Trees in Random Forest Regression in Predicting Porosity of a Reservoir: A Case Study of Volve Oil Field, North Sea, 1st International Conference on Earth Sciences and Energy Transition (ICESET, 2023).
  5. Ahmed Fatah, Hisham Ben Mahmud, Ziad Bennour, Raoof Gholami, and Mofazzal Hossain, Effect of Supercritical CO2 Treatment Pressures on Clay-Rich Shales Properties for CO2 Storage Application. International Conference on Oil & Gas Engineering and Technology 2020 (ICOGET2020).
  6. Van Hong Leong, Hisham Ben Mahmud, Ming Chiat law, Chee Yew Henry Foo, Inn Shi Tan, A study on the effect of acid concentration at various temperatures on sandstone acidizing: a numerical simulation, Proceedings of One Curtin International Postgraduate Conference (OCPC) 2018, Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia, November 26-28, 2018.
  7. Shattia Arumugam, Hisham Ben Mahmud, Tommy Tan, Ausama Giwelli, Abel Tan, A Numerical Investigation of Low-Salinity Waterflooding Capability to Enhanced Oil Recovery, Proceedings of One Curtin International Postgraduate Conference (OCPC) 2018, Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia, November 26-28, 2018.
  8. Adeline Norlee, Tan Inn Shi, Hisham Khaled Ben Mahmud, Henry Foo Chee Yew, Mian Umer Shafiq, Investigating the Effectiveness of Emulsified Acid on Sandstone Formation under High Temperature Conditions, Proceedings of One Curtin International Postgraduate Conference (OCPC) 2018, Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia, November 26-28, 2018.
  9. Sabila, H.K. Ben Mahmud, W.M. Mahmud, M.I.J. Van Dijke, Two-Phase Oil-Water Empirical Correlation Models for SCAL and Petrophysical Properties in Intermediate Wet Sandstone Reservoirs, 11th CUTSE Conference, Curtin University, Malaysia, 26–28 November 2018.
  10. Ndubi Mathews Kevin and Hisham Ben Mahmud, Optimization of nano-silica in enhancing the properties of synthetic based drilling fluids for tight gas reserrvoir conditions, 11th CUTSE Conference, Curtin University, Malaysia, 26–28 November 2018.
  11. Leong Van Hong, Hisham Ben Mahmud, Tan Inn Shi, Henry Foo Chee Yew, Law Ming Chiat, The Effect of Acid Concentration at Various Temperatures on Sandstone Acidizing: A Numerical Simulation, 11th CUTSE Conference, Curtin University, Malaysia, 26–28 November 2018.
  12. Leong Van Hong, Hisham Ben Mahmud, A Critical Review of Current Sandstone Matrix Acidizing Techniques and Future Work Recommendation, International Conference on Materials Technology and Energy, Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia, April 20 – 21, 2017
  13. Mian Umer Shafiq, Hisham Ben Mahmud, Reza Rezaee and Nadia Testamanti, Investigation of Changing Pore Topology and Porosity During Matrix Acidizing using different Chelating Agents, International Conference on Materials Technology and Energy, Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia, April 20 – 21, 2017
  14. Hisham Ben Mahmud and Aman Abdullah, Investigate a gas well performance using nodal analysis, International Conference on Materials Technology and Energy, Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia, April 20 – 21, 2017
  15. Mian Umer Shafiq, Hisham Ben Mahmud, Reza Rezaee, New Acid Combination for a Successful Sandstone Acidizing, 29th Symposium of Malaysian Chemical Engineers (SOMChE) Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia, December 1st – 3rd, 2016.
  16. Umer Shafiq and H. Ben Mahmud, “A Novel Acid Combination for Sandstone Acidizing to Remove Production and Completion Damage”, Offshore Technology Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 22nd – 25th May 2016.
  17. Shuard, H. Ben Mahmud, and A. King, Comparison of Two-Phase Pipe Flow in OpenFOAM with a Mechanistic Model, 10th CUTSE Conference, Curtin University, Sarawak, Malaysia, 6th – 7th November 2015.
  18. Umer Shafiq and H. Ben Mahmud, An Improved Acid Combination for Enhanced Properties and Corrosion Control of Acidizing Sandstone Formation, 10th CUTSE Conference, Curtin University, Sarawak, Malaysia, 6th – 7th November 2015.
  19. Umer Shafiq, H. Ben Mahmud, and M. Hamid “Comparison of Buffer Effect of Different Acids During Sandstone Acidizing” 9th CUTSE Conference, Curtin University, Sarawak, Malaysia, 3rd– 4th December 2014.
  20. A. Hamid and H. Kh. Ben Mahmud “The effects of Concentration and Salinity on Polymer Adsorption Isotherm at Sandstone Rock Surface” 9th CUTSE Conference, Curtin University, Sarawak, Malaysia, 3rd – 4th December 2014.
  21. Ben Mahmud, H. Kh., R. Utikar, M. O. Tadé and V. K. Pareek; CFD modeling of pressure drop and liquid holdup of gas-liquid two-phase flow in horizontal pipes, paper presented at 4th International Conference on Modeling, Simulation, and Applied Optimization, April 19th – 21st, 2011, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  22. Ben Mahmud, H. Kh., R. Utikar, M. O. Tadé and V. K. Pareek; CFD simulation of gas –water in horizontal pipes, paper presented at 5th International Symposium on Design, Operation and Control of Chemical Processes, July 25th – 28th, 2010, Singapore, Singapore.

HDR Supervision

On-going

  1. 2020-Current: Tsani Sabila, Thesis title “Field Reservoir-scale Evaluation of Long-Term Carbon Sequestration and Integrated Geochemistry with Heterogeneity Effects in Shale Gas Reservoirs”. Principal Supervisor
  2. 2021-Current: Ali Falah Hasan, Thesis title “Optimization of Horizontal Well Fracturing in Tight Gas Reservoirs Based on Stimulated Reservoir Volume”. Principal Supervisor
  3. 2022-Current: Kushan Oshadi, Thesis title “Developing Ensemble Machine Learning Models to Predict Petrophysical Properties of Unconventional Reservoirs”. Co-Supervisor
  4. 2022-Current: Martin Mo, Thesis title “Reservoir-scale Analysis of Long-term Carbon Sequestration and Integrated Geochemistry with Heterogeneity Effects in Shale Gas Reservoirs” Co-Supervisor

Completed

  1. Adrian Mark, Thesis title “An Optimisation Framework to Reduce Risk of Hydrate Blockages in Flowlines”, Graduated in 2017. Principal Supervisor
  2. Umer Shafiq, Thesis title “Experimental study on different acid reaction mechanisms during sandstone acidizing”, Graduated in 2018. Co-Supervisor
  3. Leong Von Hong, Thesis title “Develop a new EOR method and model for high-temperature well stimulation using acid combinations” Graduated in 2018. Principal Supervisor
  4. Ahmed Fatah, Thesis title “Investigation on the Effect of Supercritical CO2 Treatment on Shale Properties: Implications for CO2 Sequestration”. Graduated in 2022. Principal Supervisor
  5. Adrian Tiong Chiong, Thesis title “Application of stimuli-responsive smart materials in foam stabilization”. Graduated in 2023. Co-supervisor

Professional Activities

  • Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Petroleum and Petrochemical Engineering
  • Reviewer (Technical) – Regular reviewer of many high quality international peer reviewed journals such as Journal of Advanced Research in Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences, Journal of Engineering and Technological Sciences, Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology, Journal of Energy Reports, Journal of Fuel, and Hydrogeology Journal.
  • Editor-in-chief Conference, CUTSE2014 & CUTSE2015 International Conference, and SOMChE2016 International Conference.
  • Editor-in-chief Conference, CUTSE2014 & CUTSE2015 International Conference, and SOMChE2016 International Conference.

Professional Affiliation

  • Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) – Member
  • Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) – Member
  • Professional & Chartered Member of Engineers Australia Institution (MIEAust & CPEng)
  • Fellow (FHEA) in recognition of the UK Professional Standards Framework