Petroleum Engineering

Name	Area	Email	Supervisor Registration
AP Dr. Wee Siaw Khur	Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Hydrodynamics of multiphase flow Gas-solid fluidized bed Gasification of Biomass Renewable energy applications Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) Microwave heating Enzymatic hydrogen production	wee.siaw.khur@curtin.edu.my	1
AP Dr. Hisham Khaled Ben Mahmud	Multiphase flow in subsea systems Modelling Industrial flow assurance issues CO2 injection into depleted wells Well stimulation (acidizing) Sand production problems and controls Reservoir modelling and enhanced oil recovery (EOR) Production optimization	hisham@curtin.edu.my	1
Dr. Ziad Bennour	Reservoir Geo-mechanics. Testing of geo-materials (tri-axial). Hydraulic Fracturing. Acoustic Emissions monitoring. Rock and fluid mechanics. Anisotropy, porosity and permeability of intact and fractured rocks. Liquid and super critical carbon dioxide injection. Microscopy of fractures in rocks. Sustainability and Management.	z.bennour@curtin.edu.my	2
Ir. Dr. Edwin N T Jong	Corrosion engineering Welding technology	edwinjong@curtin.edu.my	–
Dr. Mahmood Bataee	Drilling Engineering Well Design and Completion Production Engineering Enhanced Oil Recovery Reservoir Simulation Geomechanics Numerical Modelling Artificial Neural Networks	Mahmood.bathaee@curtin.edu.my	–
Mr. Henry Elochukwu Okafor	Flow Assurrance: Asphaltene, Paraffin wax, Emulsion, Scales Well intervention and stimulation Drilling Fluid/Cement CO2 Sequestration Enhanced Oil Recovery	henry.e@curtin.edu.my	2

**Level 1: can supervise both PhD and MPhil students; Level 2: can be Co-Supervisor for PhD and Main Supervisor for MPhi