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CURRICULLUM VITAE
Yahya M. Al-Wahaibi
C1. Personal Information
Address Deanship of Research, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O.Box 33
AlKhodh, Muscat, P.C.123, Tel: (968) 24145923, Mobile: (968)
99358758, email: [email protected]
Date of Birth 26th
of August 1974
Nationality Omani
Marital Status Married
C2. Education and Employment Information Employment History
Sept 1998 – Sept 2000 Demonstrator Petroleum and Chemical Engineering
Department, Sultan Qaboos University
Oct 2000 – Nov 2005 Lecturer Petroleum and Chemical Engineering
Department, Sultan Qaboos University
Dec 2005 – May 2012 Assistant Professor Petroleum and Chemical Engineering
Department, Sultan Qaboos University
May 2012 – Present Associate Professor Petroleum and Chemical Engineering
Department, Sultan Qaboos University
Sept 2010 – Aug 2013 Head of Department Petroleum and Chemical Engineering
Department, Sultan Qaboos University
Sept 2013 – Aug 2016 Director Oil and Gas Research Centre, Sultan
Qaboos University
Sept 2016 – Present Dean Deanship of Research, Sultan Qaboos
University
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Education Background
1. Institution Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Degree BEng
Major Petroleum Engineering
Year 1998
2. Institution Heriot-Watt University, UK
Degree MEng
Major Petroleum Engineering
Year 2000
3. Institution Imperial College London, UK
Degree PhD
Major Petroleum Engineering
Year 2005
Research Interests
Enhanced oil recovery with emphasis on
a. Miscible and immiscible gas and Water-Alternating-Gas (WAG) injection
b. Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR)
c. Chemical injection such as surfactant and polymer injection
d. Vapor Extraction of heavy oil (VAPEX)
Ionic liquids applications as green solvents for oil recovery enhancement and chemical processes
Experimental studies of physics of flow and diffusion in porous media and
comparison with analytical/numerical models
Multiphase flow and mixing in pipelines with emphasis on a. Flow visualization, measurements and modeling of flow patterns
transition, pressure drop, hold-up and drop size distribution b. Influence of additives on multiphase system
Membership of Professional Bodies & International Collaboration
American Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE)
American Chemical Society (ACS)
International Collaboration with Scientists at-
o University of Oklahoma, USA, on Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery
o Mississippi State University, USA, on Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery
o University of Calgary, Canada, on reservoir souring and Microbial Enhanced
Oil Recovery
o Imperial College London, UK, on miscible gas injection and Vapor Extraction
o Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria, on multiphase flow in pipeline
o Kyushu University, Japan, on PVT measurements and predictions
o University of Malaya, Malaysia, on ionic liquid applications for chemical
processes
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o Sharif University, Iran, on transport in porous media and enhanced oil recovery
o Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India, on drag reducing polymer in
oil-water flow
o Kazan Federal University, Russia, on biosurfactant and biopolymer injection for
oil recovery enhancement
Continuing Education (participation in conferences, forums, short courses and
workshops) o SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium, Texas, 31 January - 2 February 2005
o Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 22-26 April 2006
o The 14th
Europec Biennial Conference, Madrid, 13-16 June 2006
o Applied Technology Workshop on Chemical Methods of reducing Water
Production, San Antonio, Texas, USA, 4th
– 6th
March 2007.
o Shell Workshop on CO2 injection and storage, May 29th
-30th
, 2007, Abu Dhabi,
UAE.
o SPE/EAGE Reservoir Characterization and Simulation Conference held at Abu
Dhabi, UAE, 29-31 October 2007
o The 5th
International Symposium on Earth Science and Technology, Fukuoka,
Japan, December 2007
o SPE 16th
Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 20-23 April
2008
o American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008
o 70th EAGE Conference & Exhibition, Rome, Italy, 9 - 12 June 2008
o GloriOil-Shell Workshop on Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery, 27th
-28th
August 2008, The Hague, Netherlands.
o International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, 20-23 October
2008, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
o Shell Workshop on Sour Gas production and processing from Carbonates, Oct
29th
-30th
, 2008, Qatar Shell Research & Technology Centre - Science Park.
o International Petroleum Technology Conference, 3-5 December 2008, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia
o Becoming an Effective Supervisor Workshop, SQU, 24th
-25th
January 2009.
o SPE Production and Operations Symposium, Oklahoma, USA, 4th
-8th
April
2009
o College of Engineering Strategic Plan 2009-2013, SQU, 6th
May 2009.
o SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana,
USA, 4th
-7th
October 2009
o Sustainable Program Assessment Workshop, SQU, 31st March-1
st April 2010.
o SPE 17th
Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, 24-28
April 2010
o SPE EOR Conference at Oil & Gas West Asia, 11-13 April 2010, Muscat,
Oman
o The International Conference on Multiphase Flow, May 30-June 4, 2010,
Florida, USA
o Quality Assurance /Quality Control of PVT Measurements and Analysis, PDO,
Oman, 30th
June 2010.
o The 1st Annual World Congress of Petroleum Microbiology (WCP), July 2010,
Dalian, China
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o Reservoir Characterization and Modeling-Sharing PARTEX Experience and
Knowledge Workshop, 24th
November 2010, Muscat, Oman
o The 1st International Symposium on Colloids and Materials, 8-11 May 2011,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
o The 3rd
International Symposium on Applied Microbiology and Molecular
Biology in Oil Systems, June 13-15, 2011, Calgary, Alberta Canada
o The 15th
International Conference on Multiphase Production Technology, 15 –
17 June 2011, Cannes, France
o Asset Integrity Workshop organized jointly by SQU & PARTEX, 19-20
November 2011, Muscat, Oman
o Workshop on ABET Program Assessment organized by Sultan Qaboos
University, Muscat, Oman, 14-15 Feb. 2012.
o PARTEX Services Portugal/SQU workshop on Microbial Enhanced Oil
Recovery, 16th
April 2012, Muscat, Oman.
o World Congress on Engineering Education, Doha, Qatar, 7-9 January 2013.
o Career Development for Engineering Leaders, Doha, Qatar, 7-9 January 2013.
o Internet-Enabled Remote Experimentation, Doha, Qatar, 7-9 January 2013.
o Opportunity Framing workshop on the Petroleum Geoscience Shell Chair at
SQU, Muscat, Oman, 11th
Feb 2013.
o The Research Council workshop on Faculty Mentored Undergraduate Research
Award Program, SQU, Oman, 18th
March 2013.
o Shell Global Solutions Gas Processing and Gasification Technology Workshop,
Muscat, Oman, 20th
of May 2013.
o International Conference on Mechanics and Fluid Engineering (ICMFE- 2013),
Bangkok, Thailand, June 29-30, 2013.
o The 2nd
International Renewable Energy and Environment Conference (IREEC-
2013), Malaysia, July 04-07, 2013.
o Workshop on In-Country-Value (ICV), PDO, Oman, 14th
January 2014.
o Joint SNF/Veolia/PDO/SQU workshop on back produced water treatment
containing polymer, SQU, Oman, 2nd
of April 2014.
o Workshop on ABET Outcome Assessment and Evaluation given for College of
Applied Science, Sohar, Oman: 19 April 2014.
o Joint Ibtikar/Oman Oil Company/SQU workshop on algal biofuel production,
SQU, Oman, 28th
April 2014.
o The 1st Oman-Iran Symposium, 20
th-21
st May 2014, Muscat, Oman
o Workshop on World Class University Research Outcomes organized by Liquid
Learning, Dubai, UAE: 11-14 Jan. 2015.
o Preparing Engineers for a Globalized Economy: How to Teach Engineering
Students Process Skills, workshop organized by Sultan Qaboos University,
Muscat, Oman: 26-28 May. 2015.
o Workshop on Induction in Research organized by Association of Research
Managers and Administration, Brighton, UK: 1st June. 2015.
o SciVal Training at Sultan Qaboos University, Oman: 05 October 2015.
o The Gulf Intelligence OEF Industry Workshop to build a 25-Year Oman Energy
Master Plan, Grand Hyatt Hotel Muscat, Oman: 20 October 2015.
o Leadership Innovation, workshop organized by the Research Council, Muscat,
Oman: 1-3 February 2016.
o International Association of Civil, Agricultural & Environmental Engineering
Researchers. March 20-21, 2016, Mauritius.
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o The International Institute of Chemical, Biological and Environmental
Engineering Conference, March 24-25, 2016, London, UK.
o International Conference on Smart Energy Technologies. European Advance
Materials Congress, 23-25 August 2016, Sweden.
o Workshop on Certified Performance Improvement Professional by The KPI
Institute, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman: 09-11 October 2016.
o Oman Energy Industry-Academia R&D Summit, Grand Hyatt Hotel Muscat,
Oman: 18 October 2016.
o The 2nd
International Conference on Science, Engineering & Environment
(SEE), Osaka City Japan, Nov. 21-23, 2016.
o SPE Oil and Gas India Conference and Exhibition, 4–6 April 2017, Mumbai,
India.
o Workshop on SQU Cooperate Level Risk Register, Al Faham Stage, Cultural
Center, SQU, Oman: 12 December 2017.
o SPE EOR Conference at Oil and Gas West Asia, 26-28 March 2018, Muscat,
Oman.
C3. Awards and Recognition
Certificate of Appreciation from the Chair of the "11th
SPE EOR Conference at Oil
& Gas West Asia (OGWA)" for my contribution as a member in the executive
committee of the conference, Muscat, 25-28 March 2018
Certificate of Appreciation from the Chair of the "10th
SPE EOR Conference at Oil
& Gas West Asia (OGWA)" for my contribution as a member in the program
committee of the conference, Muscat, 20-23 March 2016
The National Research Award of The Research Council awarded to a PhD student
for whom I am the main supervisor, Muscat, Oman, October 2015
Letter of Appreciation from the Vice Chancellor of Sultan Qaboos University for
the efforts and contributions extended toward ABET Accreditation of College of
Engineering Programs, August 2014
Best Oral Presentation Award (for one of the externally funded projects where I am
a co-investigator) in the 2013 International Conference on Environmental Science
and Development (ICESD 2013), Dubai, UAE.
MSc project (for which I am the main supervisor) won 3rd
place in the SPE
Worldwide Paper Contest held on the 8th
of October 2012 in Texas, USA
MSc project (for which I am the main supervisor) won 1st place in the SPE Sub-
Regional Paper Contest - Postgraduate Division, held in the Petroleum Institute,
September 2011, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Recognized as the main supervisor of the first Omani PhD student to graduate from
Sultan Qaboos University
Best Researcher Award, 2010, Sultan Qaboos University
PhD project (for which I am the main supervisor) won 1st place in the graduate
division of the paper contest held during the 2nd
Saudi Meeting on Oil & Natural
Gas Exploration (OGEP 2010), Dahran, Saudi Arabia, 18th
December 2010
PhD project (for which I am the main supervisor) won 3rd
place among Middle East
Universities in SPE Regional Paper Contest (PhD level), Muscat, 10th
April 2010
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Letter of Appreciation from the Vice Chancellor of Sultan Qaboos University for
the efforts and contributions extended toward ABET Accreditation of College of
Engineering Programs, March 2010
Sultan Qaboos University PhD Degree Scholarship recipient, 2002-2005
Sultan Qaboos University Master Degree Scholarship recipient, 1999-2000
Dean List, Sultan Qaboos University, 1997
C4. Teaching, Postgraduate Students Supervision and Related Activities
Courses Taught at Sultan Qaboos University
o PNGE 5212 Water Flooding and Enhanced Oil Recovery (5th
year students)
o PNGE 5146 Field Processing of Natural Gas (5th
year students)
o PNGE 5112 Production Engineering (5th
year students)
o PNGE 3212 Rock and Fluid Properties (3rd
year students)
o PNGE4212 Drilling Engineering (4th
year students)
o ENGR1500 Introduction to Engineering (2nd
year students)
Courses Taught at Imperial College London
o Multiphase Flow through Porous Media Lab (MSc Students)
o Rock/Fluid Properties Measurement (MSc Students)
o Laboratory Determination of Archie’s Parameters (MSc Students)
Teaching Activities Outside the Classroom
o Coordinating and conducting students visits to local industries and
research/service related laboratories.
o Involving students as research assistants in funded research projects.
o Supervising projects from the Society of Petroleum Engineers.
o Supervising IASTE students (2012-2018)
Courses Developed (modifying courses contents and developing courses materials)
o PNGE 5212 Water Flooding and Enhanced Oil Recovery
o PNGE 5146 Field Processing of Natural Gas
o PNGE 5112 Production Engineering
o PNGE 3212 Rock and Fluid Properties
o ENGR1500 Introduction to Engineering
Industrial Training Supervision
o Supervised for two years the ENGR 3006 Industrial Training-I
o Supervised for four years the ENGR 4006 Industrial Training-II
o Participated in modifying the lab manual for the ENGR 3006 Industrial
Training-I
o Participated in preparing new detailed guidelines for the ENGR 4006 Industrial
Training-II
Integrated Curriculums
Participated in developing integrated curriculums for the Chemical and Process
Engineering BEng Degree program and Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
BEng Degree program.
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Students Advising and Mentoring
o Since joining the University, I have been actively involved in advising students
at different levels. The policy in the Department of Petroleum and Chemical
Engineering is that each of the faculty members advise one cohort from the time
they start majoring the program until graduation. The number of students for
each advisor ranged from 30 to 50 students.
o Interaction with the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) students of SQU by
supervising some of their projects.
o Active interaction with the Petroleum and Chemical Engineering industrial
training students when I served as in-house training supervisor for two years and
industrial training supervisor for four years.
MSc Students Supervision o Thesis Title: ‘Experimental and Numerical Studies of First Contact Miscible
Water Alternating Gas Injection within Shaley Porous Media’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-supervisor: Dr. Hamed Al-Shuraiqi (PDO)
Student Name: Faisal Al-Maamari
Status: Completed (2007)
o Thesis Title: ‘Microbial Enhancement Oil Recovery of Bacillus spp isolates
from oil contaminated soil’
Main Supervisor: Prof. Saif Al-Bahry
Co-supervisors: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Prof. Abdulkadir Elshafie, Dr. Ali Al-
Bemani
Student Name: Aida Al-Lawati
Status: Completed (2009)
o Thesis Title: ‘Screening and characterization of microbial enhancement oil
recovery indigenous microflora from Wafra oil field.’
Main Supervisor: Prof. Abdulkadir Elshafiae
Co-supervisors: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Prof. Saif Al-Bahry, Dr. Ali Al-
Bemani
Student Name: Ratiba Al-Muaini
Status: Completed (2010)
o Thesis Title: ‘Three Dimensional Modeling for Predicting Sand Production’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Adel Al-Ajmi
Co-supervisor: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Student Name: Shaimaa Al-Shuaibi
Status: Completed (2011)
o Thesis Title: ‘Influence of Permeability Anisotropy and Reservoir Heterogeneity
on Optimization of Infill Drilling in Steam Flooding Patterns’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-supervisor: Dr. Mike O’Dell (Occidental)
Student Name: Amer Al-Bulushi
Status: Completed (2011)
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o Thesis Title: ‘Potential use of Bacillus consortia in heavy oil recovery
enhancement’
Main Supervisor: Prof. Saif Al-Bahry
Co-supervisors: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Prof. Abdulkadir Elshafiae, Dr. Ali
Al-Bemani
Student Name: Balqis Al-Hinai
Status: Completed (2012)
o Thesis Title: ‘Microbial Permeability Profile Modification’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-supervisors: Prof. Saif Al-Bahry, Prof. Abdulkadir Elshafiae, Dr. Ali Al-
Bemani
Student Name: Raya Al-Hattali
Status: Completed (2012)
o Thesis Title: ‘Prediction of Undersaturated Omani Crude Oil Viscosity’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Farouq Mjalli
Co-supervisors: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Talal Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Abdul-Aziz
Al-Hashmi
Student Name: Majda Al-Balushi
Status: Completed (2013)
o Thesis Title: ‘Probabilistic Approach of Wellbore Stability’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Adel Al-Ajmi
Co-supervisors: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Prof. Atsu Dorvlo
Student Name: Mahmoud Al-Khiary
Status: Completed (2013)
o Thesis Title: ‘Molecular Screening and Characterization of Lichenysin and
Surfactin Genes from Enhancing Oil Recovery Bacillus Species’
Main Supervisor: Prof. Saif Al-Bahry
Co-supervisors: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahiabi, Prof. Abdulkadir Elshafiae, Dr. Ali Al-
Bemani
Student Name: Asma Al-Bahri
Status: Completed (2013)
o Thesis Title: ‘Prediction of Saturated Omani Crude Oil Viscosity’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Talal Al-Wahaibi
Co-supervisors: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Farouq Mjalli, Dr. Abdul-Aziz Al-
Hashmi
Student Name: Mashael Al Rahbi
Status: Completed (2013)
o Thesis Title: ‘Unified Model for Predicting Flow Patterns and Pressure Gradient
in Horizontal Oil-Water’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Talal Al-Wahaibi
Co-supervisor: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Student Name: Bader Al-Busaidi
Status: Completed (2014)
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o Thesis Title: ‘Transportation of Omani Heavy Oil Using Stabilized Oil-in-Water
Emulsions’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Abdul-Aziz Al-Hashmi
Co-Supervisors: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Talal Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Farouq
Mjalli
Student Name: Rabha Al Omairi
Status: Completed (2014)
o Thesis Title: ‘Optimization of Low Concentration Bacillus subtilis Strain
Biosurfactant towards Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-supervisors: Prof. Saif Al-Bahry, Prof. Abdulkadir Elshafiae, Dr. Ali Al-
Bemani
Student Name: Maissa Souayah
Status: Completed (2014)
o Thesis Title: ‘Enhancing Heavy Oil Recovery via the Injection of Malonic Acid
based Deep Eutectic Solvents’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Rashid Al-Hajri
Co-supervisors: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Baba Jibril
Student Name: Iman Al-Weheebi
Status: Completed (2014)
o Thesis Title: ‘Response Surface Models Development for History Matching of
Omani Heavy Oil Field under Steam Injection’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahiabi
Co-supervisor: Dr. Eugene Williams (Occidental)
Student Name: Ghalib AL-Habsi
Status: Completed (2014)
o Thesis Title: ‘Simulation of the Injection of Malonic Acid based Deep Eutectic
Solvents Core Flooding Process for the EOR Application’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Peyman Pourafshary
Co-supervisors: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahiabi, Dr. Rashid Al-Hajri, Dr. Baba Jibril
Student Name: Aumnia Al-Rjeebi
Status: Completed (2015)
o Thesis Title: ‘Simulation of Nanofluid Injection for Oil Recovery Enhancement
in the Core Scale’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Peyman Pourafshary
Co-supervisor: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahiabi
Student Name: Manal Al-Matrooshi
Status: Completed (2015)
o Project Title: ‘Laboratory investigation of enhancing heavy oil recovery in
Omani Carbonate Oil Field via Deep Eutectic Solvents’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahiabi
Co-supervisor: Dr. Baba Jibril, Dr. Rashid Al-Hajri
Student Name: Wiam Al-Touqi
Status: Completed (2015)
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o Project Title: ‘Comparison of the Performance of Carbonated Water Injection as
an EOR method for light and Medium Oil Samples’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Svetlana Rudyk
Co-supervisor: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Peyman Pourafshary
Student Name: Samia Al Riyami
Status: Completed (2016)
o Project Title: ‘Effect of water salinity decline shock on the oil recovery from
carbonate reservoirs’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-supervisor: Dr. Peyman Pourafshary, Dr. Nadir Mosavat
Student Name: Balqees Al Kharusi
Status: Completed (2016)
o Project Title: ‘Mechanistic Study of Alkaline-Surfactant-Polymer EOR’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Svetlana Rudyk
Co-supervisor: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Hashmi
Student Name: Thuraya Al-Kahrousi
Status: Completed (2016)
o Project Title: ‘Investigation of Polymer and Surfactant Adsorption on Glass
Surfaces in Alkaline-Surfactant-Polymer EOR Technique’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-supervisor: Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Hashmi
Student Name: Sarah Al-Belushi
Status: Completed (2017)
o Project Title: ‘Alkaline-Biosurfactant-Biopolymer Process and its Potential for
Enhancing Oil Recovery in Omani Oil Field’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-supervisor: Prof. Saif Al-Bahry, Prof. Abdulkadir Elshaife
Student Name: Taher Al-Ghilani
Status: Completed (2017)
o Project Title: ‘Foam Injection for Mobility Control in an Omani Reservoir’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-supervisor: Dr. Svetlana Rudyk
Student Name: Ali Al-Katheri
Status: Completed (2018)
o Project Title: ‘The Role of Polymer Viscoelasticity on Enhancing the Recovery
of Polymer EOR bypassing the Residual Oil Saturation’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Hashmi
Co-supervisor: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Talal Al-Wahaibi
Student Name: Amira Al Hajri
Status: In Progress
o Project Title: ‘Pullulan Biopolymer Injection for Oil Recovery Enahncement’
Main Supervisor: Prof. Saif Al-Bahry
Co-supervisor: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Prof Abdulkadir Elshafie
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Student Name: Sara Al-Arimi
Status: In Progress
o Project Title: ‘Experimental and Theoretical Studies on Using Bio-surfactants
for Improving Fluid Flow in Pipelines’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-supervisor: Prof. Saif Al-Bahry, Dr. Usman Taura
Student Name: Khadija Al-Amry
Status: In Progress
PhD Students Supervision o Thesis Title: ‘Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Oil Recovery by
Vapor Extraction (VAPEX)’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Ann Muggeridge (Imperial College, London)
Co-supervisor: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Student Name: Abdullah Al-Kindi
Status: Completed (2009)
Note: All experimental and modeling work and most of the thesis write-up were
done at SQU
o Thesis Title: ‘Effect of Drag Reducing Polymers in Horizontal Oil-Water Flow’
Main Supervisor: Dr. A.S. Olawale (Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria)
Co-supervisors: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Talal Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Adel Al-
Ajmi, Dr. I.A. Mohammad-Dabo
Student Name: Nurudeen Yusuf
Status: Completed (2011)
Note: All work and most of the thesis write-up was done at SQU
o Thesis Title: ‘Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery and its Potential in Some
Omani Oil Fields’
Main Supervisor: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-supervisors: Prof. Saif Al-Bahry, Prof. Abdulkadir Elshafie, Dr. Ali Al-
Bemani
Student Name: Hanaa Al-Sulimani
Status: Completed (2012)
o Thesis Title: ‘The Kinetic Study of the Biogas Production using Energy Crops
and Animal Waste Slurry’
Main Supervisor: Nenet C. Graza
Co-supervisors: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Baba Jibril
Student Name: Sherwin T. Sepe
Status: Completed (2013)
o Thesis Title: In Situ Catalytic Upgrading of Omani Heavy Crude Oil
Main Supervisor: Dr. Baba Jibril
Co-supervisors: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahiabi, Dr. Rashid Al-Hajri
Student Name: Suleiman Shuwa
Status: Completed (2015)
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o Thesis Title: Green Solvents for Desulfurization of Diesel and Fuel Oils
Main Supervisor: Dr. Farouk S. Mjalli
Co-supervisors: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahiabi, Dr. Talal Al-Wahiabi
Student Name: Zaharaddeen Gano
Status: Completed (2016)
o Thesis Title: Experimental Study on the Effect of Drag Reducing Polymrs
on Oil-Water Flow in Horizontal and Inclined Pipes
Main Supervisor: Dr. Talal Al-Wahaibi
Co-supervisors: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Abdul-Aziz Al-Hashmi, Dr. Adel
Al-Ajmi
Student Name: AbdelKareem Abubakar
Status: Completed (2016)
o Thesis Title: The Novel Use of Deep Eutectic Solvents for Enhancing Heavy
Oil Recovery
Main Supervisor: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-supervisors: Dr. Rashid Al-Hajri, Dr. Baba Jibril
Student Name: Adel Mohsenzadih
Status: Completed (2016)
o Thesis Title: Ionic Liquids-based Deep Oxidative Desulfurization of Diesel
Main Supervisor: Dr. Farouk S. Mjalli
Co-supervisors: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahiabi, Dr. Talal Al-Wahaibi
Student Name: Omar Ahmad Umar
Status: Completed (2016)
o Thesis Title: Biodegrading and Enhancing Heavy Oil Recovery in Qarn Alam
Oilfield
Main Supervisor: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-supervisors: Prof. Saif Al-Bahry, Prof. Abdulkadir Elshafie, Dr. Ali Al-
Bemani
Student Name: Abdullah Al-Sayegh
Status: In Progress (2017)
o Thesis Title: Mechanistic Study of Drag Reducing Polymers in Oil-Water Flow
Main Supervisor: Dr. Abdul-Aziz Al Hashmi
Co-supervisors: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr Talal Al Wahaibi, Dr. Adel Al-
Ajmi
Student Name: Mohammed Mahdi Eshrati
Status: Completed (2017)
o Thesis Title: Upgrading of Omani Heavy Oil and Enhancing its Recovery by
Catalytic Aquathermolysis using Oleophilic Catalyst
Main Supervisor: Dr. Baba Jibril
Co-supervisors: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahiabi, Dr. Rashid Al-Hajri
Student Name: Abdullahi Yosuf
Status: Completed (2017)
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o Thesis Title: Isolation, Identification and Charecterization of Potential Spore
Forming Bacteria for Enhanced Heavy Oil Recovery
Main Supervisor: Prof. Saif Al-Bahry
Co-supervisors: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Prof. Abdulkadir Elshafie, Dr. Ali Al-
Bemani
Student Name: Biji Shibulal
Status: Completed (2017)
Served as Member in Examination Committees of the following Theses
o Thesis Title: ‘Development of Anthropometric Data for Omani Male Population
of Age Group 18-60’
Student Name: Dawood Sulaiman Al-Farsi
o Thesis Title: ‘Using NMR to Detect Oil-Desaturation in Miscible Gas Floods’
Student Name: Badar Al-Shaibani
o Thesis Title: ‘Klinkinberg Corrected Gas Permeability Correlation for Shuaiba
Formation’
Student Name: Ryham Al-Jabri
o Thesis Title: ‘Characterization of Omani Light Oils using Multiple PVT
analysis’
Student Name: Aayda Masoud Al-Khuseibi
o Thesis Title: ‘Anionic Surfactant (AES 7-58) for Enhanced Oil Recovery in
Lekhwair Field’
Student Name: Azza Abdullah Al-Kalbani
C5. Services
Departmental Activities
Head, Department of Petroleum and Chemical Engineering, September 2010-
August 2013
Chairman, Curriculum and Accreditation Committee
Chairman, Appointment Committee
Chairman, Strategic Planning and Development Committee
Chairman, Departmental Academic Promotion Committee
Chairman, Departmental Technicians Appointment & Promotion Committee
Departmental Board Secretary
Member, Postgraduate Studies and Research Committee
Member, Appointment Committee
Prepared and coordinated the 2008-2011 Department Work Plan
Participated in the Substantial ABET Accreditation of the Petroleum and Natural
Gas Engineering Program in 2006
Took part in the Full ABET Accreditation of the Process and Chemical Engineering
Program in 2006
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Led the team in the department towards the ABET full accreditation in 2013 for
both the Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Program and the Process and
Chemical Engineering Program.
Developed rubrics as assessment tools for different courses in the Petroleum
and Natural Gas Engineering Program. Participated in developing rubrics as assessment tools for Project I and II.
College Activities
Member, College Board
Member, College Executive Committee
Member, College Accommodation Committee
Member, College Accreditation Committee
Member, College Publication/Web Committee
Represented the PCE Department in the College of Engineering/College of Science
Open Day which was held on 3rd
April, 2010
Participated in the College of Engineering Retreat Day “Towards A Successful
Road Map For Postgraduate Programs & Research” held on March 25, 2010
Took part in the College of Engineering Retreat Day held on 20th
November 2008 to
discuss and approve the 2008-2011 College implementation plan
Participated in organizing the first edition of the “College Open Day for the Private
Sector” held in 2013 in order to boost the ties with the private sector.
Participated in the three retreats conducted by the different departments in the
college in 2012/2013 regarding “College's Roadmap to the Accreditation of the
Academic Programs”.
Participated in the retreat conducted by the Petroleum and Chemical Engineering
Department for the Engineering College members on “Lessons Learnt from the
2013 ABET Accreditation Process”, 10th
May 2014, Muscat, Oman.
Services to the University, Community and Profession
Supervising and promoting research and innovation activities, developing and
implementing policies and practices designed to improve research capacity and
performance, fostering activities designed to promote outputs of research nationally
and internationally and raising external funding to support research at the
University.
Recruiting new staff, liaising with senior stakeholders, financial officer and other
executives, managing cash flow and budgeting, monitoring compliance with laws
and regulations, and building alliances and partnerships with other organizations.
Serving as the institutional focal point for all The Research Council (TRC) funding
programs.
Worked for Ministry of Higher Education in evaluating some postgraduate
programs for some private universities/colleges in Oman.
Participated in developing the “SQU Investment Bylaws”.
Member of the University of Oman project task-force committees.
Member of the committee responsible to write SQU report submitted on annual
basis to His Majesty The Sultan.
Member of the University Council self-review committee.
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Member of the Academic Council self-review committee.
Member of two committees that developed solutions for the academic promotion
discontinuation problem.
Chaired the 1st Students Research Conference held at SQU on 10
th of April 2017.
Chairing the executive committee of the Research Management Conference which
will be held at SQU on 21-22 October 2019.
Chairing the executive committee of the 1st Students Research Conference which
will be held at SQU on 12th
of April 2019.
Member of the executive/program committees of the 8th
, 9th
, 10th
and 11th
editions
of the SPE EOR at OGWA Conferences held in Oman on 2012, 2014, 2016 and
2018.
Member of the SQU/British Petroleum (BP) joint committee which handles the BP
research grant.
Member of the SQU/Omantel joint committee which handles the Omantel research
grant.
Member of the joint SQU-Ministry of Oil and Gas Committee which aims to
strengthen the scientific research in oil and gas sectors in Oman.
Member of the executive committee and the technical program committee of the 1st
joint Iran/Oman symposium on EOR and chair of different sessions of the
conference, 20th
-21st May 2014, Muscat, Oman
Member of the technical program committee of the 7th
International Petroleum
Technology Conference (IPTC), 20-22 January 2014, Doha, Qatar
Member of the Sixth Jordan International Chemical Engineering Conference
Advisory Board, March 12-14, 2012, Amman, Jordan
Member of the Petroleum Development Oman-SQU Liaison Committee.
Organized jointly with PARTEX the following three workshops: (1) Reservoir
Characterization and Modeling, 24th
November 2010, Muscat, Oman, (2) Asset
Integrity, 19-20 November 2011, Muscat, Oman, & (3) Microbial Enhanced Oil
Recovery, 16th
April 2012, Muscat, Oman.
Member of the Petroleum Development Oman-SQU In-Country-Value Steering
Committee.
Conducted a Short Course on “Routine and Special Core Analysis” for Occidental
Oman Company, May 2010. The course was well received. It is now recommended
to be offered yearly.
Technically reviewed for Ministry of National Economy the report titled “Potential
for enhanced in situ and ex situ carbonation of peridotite in the Semail ophiolite of
Oman for CO2 capture and storage”, June 2010.
Participated in the four University Open Days held during the SQU Silver Jubilee
for the senior members of the different governmental bodies.
Organized jointly with Shell Development Oman on the 11th
of February 2014 the
workshop on “What might the World Look Like in 2100”.
Associate Editor of “The Journal of Engineering Research (TJER)” which is
envisaged as a refereed international publication of Sultan Qaboos University. The
TJER is indexed in Scopus.
Peer reviewer to The Research Council of Oman.
Associate editor and reviewer of number of international journals.
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Invited Lectures and Seminars (other than international conferences participation)
December 2006. EOR Processes (in-situ combustion, steam flooding, first and
multi-contact miscible gas processes & WAG injection) Applications in Omani
Fields. Presentation given to Kyushu University Petroleum Engineering Department
Faculty, Kyushu, Japan
December 2005. Experimental Investigation and Numerical Modeling of Gas
Injection Processes within Heterogeneous Porous Media. Presentation given to
Petroleum Development Oman EOR Team, Muscat, Oman
January 2007. Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery. Presentation given to Petroleum
Development Oman New Technology (UCT) and EOR Teams, Muscat, Oman
May 2008. PVT Measurements and Analysis. Presentation given to Ministry of Oil
and Gas representatives, and Petroleum Development Oman UCT and EOR Teams,
Muscat, Oman
May 2008. pH-Sensitive Polymers for Improving Reservoir Sweep and
Conformance Control Applications. Presentation given to Ministry of Oil and Gas
representatives, and Petroleum Development Oman UCT and EOR Teams, Muscat,
Oman
May 2008. Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Immiscible First- and
Multi-Contact Miscible Displacements within Heterogeneous Porous Media.
Presentation given to Ministry of Oil and Gas representatives, and Petroleum
Development Oman UCT and EOR Teams, Muscat, Oman
November 2009. PVT Measurements and Analysis. Presentation given to Ministry
of Oil and Gas representatives, and Petroleum Development Oman UCT and EOR
Teams, Muscat, Oman
April 2010. Research and service facilities housed at Petroleum and Chemical
Engineering Department. Presentation given to College of Engineering and College
of Science faculty members.
Feb 2011. PVT Measurements and Analysis. Presentation given to Petroleum
Development Oman UCT and EOR Teams, Muscat, Oman
Jan 2012. Residual Oil Reduction via Injection of Biosurfactant, Chemical
Surfactant and Mixtures of both. Presentation given to Kuwait Institute for
Scientific Research (KISR), Kuwait.
March 2013. Biodegrading and Enhancing Heavy Oil Recovery. Presentation given
to Centre Wallon de Biologie Industrielle, University de Liege, Liège, Belgium.
Sept 2014. Microbial Permeability Profile Modification. Presentation given to the
Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Microbiology, Moscow, Russia.
October 2017. Mechanistic Study of the Alkaline-Surfactant-Polymer EOR Process.
Presentation given to the Kazan Federal University, Institute of geology and
petroleum technologies, Kazan, Russia.
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C6. Scholarly Achievements
Total External & Internal Funds Obtained = US $ 12 million
Research Contracts (Total Budget Obtained: US $ 9.6 million)
Research Title: “Experimental and Numerical Investigations into the Effect of
Heterogeneity on Oil Recovery from Immiscible, First- and Multi-Contact Miscible
Gas Injection (Phase-I)”
Code: CR/ENG/PCED/06/01
Principal Investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Budget: US $ 50,000
Sponsor: PDO
Status: Completed
Research Title: “Commercially Available EOR and Stimulation Tools”
Code: CR/ENG/PCED/06/02
Principal Investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-investigators: Dr. Talal Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Hamoud Al-Hadrami
Budget: US $ 289,000
Sponsor: PDO
Status: Completed
Research Title: “Microbial Enhanced Oil recovery (Phase-I)”
Code: CR/SCI/BIOL/07/01
Principal Investigator: Prof. Saif Al-Bahry
Co-investigators: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Ali Al-Bemani
Budget: US $ 130,000
Sponsor: PDO
Status: Completed
Research Title: “Experimental and Numerical Investigations into the Effect of
Heterogeneity on Oil Recovery from Immiscible, First- and Multi-Contact Miscible
Gas Injection (Phase-II)”
Code: CR/ENG/PCED/06/04
Principal Investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Budget: US $ 319,000
Sponsor: PDO
Status: Completed
Research Title: “pH-Sensitive Polymers for Novel Improving Reservoir Sweep and
Conformance Control Applications”
Code: CR/ENG/PCED/06/03
Principal Investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-investigator: Dr. Talal Al-Wahaibi
Budget: US $ 435,000
Sponsor: PDO
Status: Completed
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Research Title: “Microbial Enhanced Oil recovery (Phase-II)”
Code: CR/SCI/BIOL/07/02
Principal Investigator: Prof. Saif Al-Bahry
Co-investigators: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Ali Al-Bemani
Budget: US $ 993,500
Sponsor: PDO
Status: Completed
Research Title: “PVT Measurements and Analysis”
Code: CR/ENG/PCED/08/04
Principal Investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-investigators: Dr. Ali Al-Bemani, Dr. Talal Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Adel Al-Ajmi
Budget: US $ 1,007,578
Sponsor: PDO
Status: Completed
Research Title: “Reservoir Souring Mitigation and Sulfur Reducing Bacteria”
Principal Investigator: Prof. Saif Al-Bahry
Co-investigators: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Prof. Abdulkadir Elshafie, Dr. Ali Al-
Bemani
Budget: US $ 1.1 million
Sponsor: PDO
Status: Completed
Research Title: “Microbial Enhanced Oil recovery (Phase-III)”
Code: CR/DVC/OGRC/13/01
Principal Investigator: Prof. Saif Al-Bahry
Co-investigators: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Prof. Abdulkadir Elshafie, Dr. Ali Al-
Bemani
Budget: US $ 996,500
Sponsor: PDO
Status: Completed
Research Title: “Multiphase Flow Improvement and Demulsification of Oilfield
Emulsions”
Code: CR/DVC/OGRC/13/02
Principal Investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-investigators: Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Hashmi, Dr. Talal Al-Wahaibi
Budget: US $ 368,000
Sponsor: SNF
Status: Completed
Research Title: “Low Salinity Water Flooding towards Improving Oil Recovery”
Principal Investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-investigators: Dr. Peyman Pourafshary
Budget: US $ 184,800
Sponsor: Daleel Ptroleum
Status: Completed
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Research Title: “Daleel Stimulation Practices Evaluation and Possible Formation
Damage”
Code: CR/DVC/OGRC/14/02
Principal Investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-investigators: Dr. Hamoud Al-hadrami
Budget: US $ 121,000
Sponsor: Daleel Petroleum
Status: Completed
Research Title: “Technical Evaluation of different Production Chemicals”
Code: CR/DVC/OGRC/14/03
Principal Investigator: Dr. Abdulaziz Al-hashmi
Co-investigators: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Talal Al-Wahaibi
Budget: US $ 147,000
Sponsor: Haya
Status: Completed
Research Title: “Low Salinity Water Flooding towards Improving the Oil
Recovery”
Code: CR/DVC/OGRC/14/01
Principal Investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-investigators: Dr. Peyman Pourfhsary
Budget: US $ 83,200
Sponsor: Daleel Petroleum
Status: Completed
Research Title: “Mechanistic Study of Alkaline-Surfactant-Polymer EOR”
Code: CR/DVC/OGRC/15/01
Principal Investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-investigators: Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Hashmi
Budget: US $ 232,000
Sponsor: PDO
Status: Completed
Project Title: “Technical Evaluation of Production Chemicals”
Code: CR/ENG/PCED/07/01
Principal Investigator: Dr. Talal Al-Wahaibi
Co-investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Budget: US $ 60,000
Sponsor: PDO
Status: Completed
Project Title: “Glass Temperature Measurements”
Principal Investigator: Dr. Talal Al-Wahaibi
Co-investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Budget: US $ 170 (per sample per hour)
Sponsor: PDO
Status: Completed
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Research Title: “Vapor Fraction Measurement at Line Condition for Mabrouk
Field”
Code: AS/ENG/PCED/10/01
Principal Investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-investigators: Dr. Ali Al-Bemani, Dr. Talal Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Adel Al-Ajmi
Budget: US $ 23,296
Sponsor: MODAL
Status: Completed
Project Title: “Formation Damage Services”
Code: CR/ENG/PCED/11/01
Principal Investigator: Dr. Hamoud Al-Hadrami
Co-investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Ali Al-Bemani
Budget: US $ 180,212
Sponsor: PDO
Status: Completed
Project Title: “KCl Formation Damage Study”
Code: CR/ENG/PCED/11/02
Principal Investigator: Dr. Hamoud Al-Hadrami
Co-investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Ali Al-Bemani
Budget: US $ 80,000
Sponsor: Oman Oil Exploration and Production L.L.C.
Status: Completed
Project Title: “Wellbore Damage (Skin) Measurements for Occidental Mukhaizna
Plugs”
Code: CR/ENG/PCED/11/05
Principal Investigator: Dr. Hamoud Al-Hadrami
Co-investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Ali Al-Bemani
Budget: US $ 45,630
Sponsor: Occidental Oman
Status: Completed
Project Title: “Acid stimulation study on Safa oil field of Occidental Oman”
Code: CR/ENG/PCED/11/06
Principal Investigator: Dr. Hamoud Al-Hadrami
Co-investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Ali Al-Bemani
Budget: US $ 24,960
Sponsor: Occidental Oman
Status: Completed
Project Title: “Formation Damage Control and Mitigation Services”
Code: CR/ENG/PCED/11/03
Principal Investigator: Dr. Hamoud Al-Hadrami
Co-investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Ali Al-Bemani
Budget: US $ 132,600
Sponsor: MEDCO L.L.C.
Status: Completed
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Project Title: “Potential of using chemical surfactant and/or biosurfactant to
enhance oil recovery in Occidental heavy oil field”
Code: CR/ENG/PCED/12/01
Principal Investigator: Dr. Hamoud Al-Hadrami
Co-investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Ali Al-Bemani
Budget: US $ 58,500
Sponsor: Occidental Oman
Status: Completed
Project Title: “Stimulation Study using Well Flow Chemicals”
Code: CR/ENG/PCED/12/03
Principal Investigator: Dr. Hamoud Al-Hadrami
Co-investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Ali Al-Bemani
Budget: US $ 27,000
Sponsor: Well Flow International
Status: Completed
Project Title: “Tibr-1 Core flood Analysis-Water flooding Damage Study”
Code: CR/ENG/PCED/12/02
Principal Investigator: Dr. Hamoud Al-Hadrami
Co-investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Ali Al-Bemani
Budget: US $ 27,040
Sponsor: PDO
Status: Completed
Research Title: “Understanding of Three-Phase Flow During Water Alternating Gas
Injection and other EOR Techniques”
Code: CR/DVC/OGRC/07/01
Principal Investigator: Dr. Ali Al-Bemani
Co-Investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Budget: US $ 53,000
Sponsor: Shell Technology Oman (STO)
Status: Completed
Research Title: “Polymers’ Testing for Nimr EOR Project”
Code: CR/DVC/OGRC/18/01
Principal Investigator: Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Hashmi
Co-investigators: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Budget: US $ 162,000
Sponsor: SNF
Status: In progress
Research Title: “Experimental Investigation of Foam Injection in Harweel Field for
Conformance and Gas Mobility Control ”
Code: CR/DVC/OGRC/17/01
Principal Investigator: Dr. Svetlana Rudyk
Co-investigators: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Budget: US $ 358,740
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Sponsor: PDO
Status: In progress
Research Title: “Sahma and Ramlat Oil Fields Assesment and Development”
Code: CR/DVC/OGRC/16/02
Principal Investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-investigators: Dr. Ali Al-Bemani, Prof. Saif Al-Bahry
Budget: US $ 896,480
Sponsor: Hydrocarbon Finder
Status: In progress
Research Title: “Assesment of Different EOR Techniques for Daleel Fields”
Code: CR/DVC/OGRC/17/02
Principal Investigator: Prof. Saif Al-Bahry
Co-investigators: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Budget: US $ 106,600
Sponsor: Daleel Petroleum
Status: In progress
Research Title: “Diatom Cultivation in Oman”
Investigators: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Prof. Saif Al-Bahry, Dr. Nalusamy Sivkmar
Budget: US $ 861,796
Sponsor: Oman Center for Marine Biotechnology
Status: Preliminary approval was obtained (awaiting contract signing)
External and Internal Grants (Total Budget: US $ 2.3 million)
His Majesty Grant: “Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery”
Code: SR/BIOL/01/08
Principal Investigator: Prof. Abdulkadir Elshafie
Co-investigators: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Ali Al-Bemani, Prof. Saif Al-Barhy
Budget: US $ 234,000
Sponsor: SQU (His Majesty Grant)
Status: Completed
The Research Council Grant: “Bioremediation of Oil-Polluted Ecosystems in the
Sultanate of Oman”
Code: ORG/EBR/10/001
Principal Investigator: Dr. Raeid Abed
Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-investigators: Prof. Saif Al-Barhy, Dr. Sergey Dobretsov, Dr. Barry JUPP
Budget: US $ 346,000
Sponsor: The Research Council
Status: Completed
The Research Council Grant: “In-situ Catalytic Upgrading of Omani Heavy Crude
Oil during Steam Injection”
Code: ORG/EI/10/006
Principal Investigator: Dr. Baba Jibril
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Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-investigator: Dr. Rashid Al-Hajri
Budget: US $ 315,000
Sponsor: The Research Council
Status: Completed
The Research Council Grant: “A novel use of drag reducing polymers as flow
pattern modifiers in Oil/Water Flow”
Code: ORG/EI/11/007
Principal Investigator: Dr. Talal Al-Wahaibi
Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-investigators: Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Hashmi, Dr. Adel Al-Ajmi
Expected Budget: US $ 338,000
Sponsor: The Research Council
Status: Completed
The Research Council Grant: “Green Solvents for Desulfurization of diesel and Fuel
Oils”
Code: RC/ENG/PCED/12/002
Principal Investigator: Dr. Farouq Mjalli
Co-investigators: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Talal Al-Wahaibi
Budget: US $ 469,300
Sponsor: The Research Council
Status: Completed
The Research Council Grant: “CO2-Oil Minimum Miscibility Pressure Estimation
for the Omani Oils”
Code: RC/ENG/PCED/13/001
Principal Investigator: Dr. Gholamreza Vakili
Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-investigator: Dr. Ali Al-Bemani
Budget: US $ 530,000
Sponsor: The Research Council
Status: Completed
Internal Grant: “Drag Reducing Polymers for Two-Phase Oil/Water Flow”
Code: IG/ENG/PCE/07/01
Principal Investigator: Dr. Talal Al-Wahaibi
Co-investigators: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Adel Al-Ajmi, Dr. Mahmood
Abdelgoad, Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Hasmi
Budget: US $ 10,400
Sponsor: SQU
Status: Completed
Internal Grant: “Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Pressure Drop and
Hold-up during Dual Continuous Oil-Water Flows”
Code: IG/ENG/PCED/11/02
Principal Investigator: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi
Co-investigators: Dr. Talal Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Adel Al-Ajmi
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Budget: US $ 10,270
Sponsor: SQU
Status: Completed
Internal Grant: “Predictive Model to Predict Oil-Water Flow Characteristics with
Polymers”
Code: IG/ENG/PCED/11/03
Principal Investigator: Dr. Talal Al-Wahaibi
Co-investigators: Dr. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Dr. Adel Al-Ajmi
Budget: US $ 10,000
Sponsor: SQU
Status: Completed
Laboratory and Research Facilities Establishment & Development
Led a team to establish PVT related services laboratory at Sultan Qaboos University
using external funds from oil industry.
Currently leading a team to establish together with SNF and Veolia a laboratory at
Sultan Qaboos University which will handle studies concerning the characterization
and chemical/mechanical demulsification of oilfield emulsions caused by the
injection of EOR chemicals.
I together with other colleagues established using external funds the following
laboratories/research facilities at SQU:
o State-of-the-art microbial enhanced oil recovery laboratory
o Multiphase flow loop laboratory
o Formation damage related services laboratory (upgrading)
o State-of-the-art reservoir souring evaluation and mitigation laboratory
o Chemical EOR injection research facility particularly for Alkaline-
Surfactant-Polymer injection and green solvents (deep eutectic solvents)
injection
o In-situ catalytic heavy oil upgrading of Omani crude laboratory
Principal Publications
Total number of publications is 195 (95 journal papers, 56 conference papers, 1 patent, 4
book chapters and 39 technical reports)
International Refereed Journal Papers
1. Abubakar, A., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Hashmi, A. R., Al-Ajmi, A. &
Eshrati, M. 2018. Effect of pipe diameter on horizontal oil-water flow before and after
addition of drag-reducing polymer part II: Holdup and slip ratio. Journal of Petroleum
Science and Engineering. 162, p. 143-149.
2. Ahmed, O. U., Mjalli, F. S., Talal, A. W., Al-Wahaibi, Y. & Al Nashef, I. M. 2018.
Extractive Desulfurization of Liquid Fuel using Modified Pyrollidinium and
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Phosphonium Based Ionic Liquid Solvents. Journal of Solution Chemistry. 47, 3, p.
468-483.
3. Gano, Z. S., Mjalli, F. S., Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Wahaibi, Y. & Alnashef, I. M. 2017.
Desulfurization of liquid fuel via extraction with imidazole-containing deep eutectic
solvent. Green Processing and Synthesis. 6, 5, p. 511-521.
4. Al-Hashmi AR, Al-Wahaibi TK, Al-Wahaibi YM, Mjalli F, Al-Omairi R. 2017.
Transportation of heavy oils using polymer-stabilized oil-in-water emulsions. Journal of
Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology 7 (3), 881-890.
5. Al-Sayegh A, Al-Wahaibi Y, Al-Bahry S, Elshafie A, Al-Bemani A, Joshi S. 2017.
Enhanced Oil Recovery using Biotransformation Technique on Heavy Crude Oil.
International Journal of GEOMATE, 13 (36), 75-79.
6. Abubakar A, Al-Wahaibi Y, Al-Wahaibi T, Al-Hashmi A.R, Al-Ajmi A, Eshrati M.
2017. Effect of pipe diameter on horizontal oil-water flow before and after addition of
drag-reducing polymer part I: Flow patterns and pressure gradients. Journal of
Petroleum Science and Engineering, 153, 12-22.
7. Eshrati M, Al-Wahaibi T, Al-Hashmi A.R, Al-Wahaibi Y, Al-Ajmi A. 2017.
Experimental study of drag reduction of polymer-polymer mixtures in horizontal
dispersed oil-water flow. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science 83, 169-176.
8. Abubakar A, Al-Wahaibi T, Al-Hashmi AR, Al-Wahaibi Y, Al-Ajmi A. 2017. Effect of
pipe inclination on holdups/velocity ratios of oil-water flow without and with addition
of drag-reducing polymer. International Journal of Multiphase Flow 89, 359-374.
9. Zarghami S, Boukadi F, Al-Wahaibi Y. 2017. Diffusion of carbon dioxide in formation
water as a result of CO2 enhanced oil recovery and CO2 sequestration. Journal of
Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology 7 (1), 161-168.
10. Shibulal B, Al-Bahry SN, Al-Wahaibi YM, Elshafie AE, Al-Bemani AS, Joshi SJ.
2017. The potential of indigenous Paenibacillus Ehimensis BS1 for recovering heavy
crude oil by biotransformation to light fractions. PloS one 12 (2), e0171432.
11. Abubakar A, Al-Wahaibi Y, Al-Wahaibi T, Al-Hashmi AA, Al-Ajmi A, Eshrati M.
2017. Effect of Water-Soluble Drag-Reducing Polymer on Flow Patterns and Pressure
Gradients of Oil/Water Flow in Horizontal and Upward-Inclined Pipes. SPE Journal 22
(01), 339-352.
12. Al-Wahaibi T, Abubakar A, Al-Hashmi AR, Al-Wahaibi Y, Al-Ajmi A. 2017. Energy
analysis of oil-water flow with drag-reducing polymer in different pipe inclinations and
diameters. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 149, 315-321.
13. Mohsenzadeh A, Al-Wahaibi Y, Al-Hajri R, Jibril B, Mosavat N. 2017. Sequential deep
eutectic solvent and steam injection for enhanced heavy oil recovery and in-situ
upgrading. Fuel 187, 417-428.
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14. Abubakar A, Al-Wahaibi T, Al-Hashmi AR, Al-Wahaibi Y, Al-Ajmi A, Eshrati M.
2016. Empirical correlation for predicting pressure gradients of oil-water flow with
drag-reducing polymer. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science 79, 275-282.
15. Ahmad W, Vakili-Nezhaad G, Al-Bemani AS, Al-Wahaibi Y. 2016. Experimental
Determination of Minimum Miscibility Pressure. Procedia Engineering, 148, 1191-
1198.
16. Al-Khayari MR, Al-Ajmi AM, Al-Wahaibi Y. 2016. Probabilistic Approach in
Wellbore Stability Analysis during Drilling. Journal of Petroleum Engineering. Vol
2016, 1-13.
17. Ahmad W, Vakili-Nezhaad G, Al-Bemani AS, Al-Wahaibi Y. 2016. Uniqueness,
repeatability analysis and comparative evaluation of experimentally determined MMPs.
Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 147, 218-227.
18. Mohsenzadeh A, Escrochi M, Afraz MV, Karimi GH, Al-Wahaibi Y, Ayatollahi Sh.
2016. Non-hydrocarbon gas injection followed by steam–gas co-injection for heavy oil
recovery enhancement from fractured carbonate reservoirs. Journal of Petroleum
Science and Engineering. 144, 121-130.
19. Ahmed OU, Mjalli FS, Hadj-Kali MK, Al-Wahaibi T, Al-Wahaibi Y. 2016.
Measurements and prediction of ternary liquid–liquid equilibria for mixtures of IL+
sulfur compound+ hexadecane. Fluid Phase Equilibria 421, 16-23.
20. Al-Rujaibi, Y. Al-Wahaibi, P. Pourafshary, R. Al-Hajri, N. Mosavat, 2016, “Simulation
study of wettability alteration by deep eutectic solvent injection as an EOR agent for
heavy oil reservoirs”, J. of Pet Sci and Eng., Volume 144, Pages 66–75.
21. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Hamoud Al-Hadrami, Saif Al-Bahry, Abdulkadir Elshafie, Ali Al-
Bemani, Sanket Joshi, 2016, “Injection of biosurfactant and chemical surfactant
following hot water injection to enhance heavy oil recovery, J. of Pet Sci, Volume 13,
Issue 1, pp 100–109.
22. Saif N. Al-Bahry, Yahya M. Al-Wahaibi, Balqees Al-Hinai, Sanket J. Joshi,
Abdulkader E. Elshafie, Ali S. Al-Bemani, Jamal Al-Sabahi. 2016. Potential in heavy
oil biodegradation via enrichment of spore forming bacterial consortia. Journal of
Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology, Volume 6, Issue 4, pp 787-799.
23. Al-Bahry, S.N., Al-Hashmi, A., Joshi, S.J., Al-Wahaibi, Y.M., Elshafie, A.E., Al-
Bemani, A.S. 2016. Potential of coastal water bacteria for oil spill bioremediation.
IJAAEE. 3, 154-156.
24. Al-Wahaibi, Y.M., Shibulal, B.S., Al-Bahry, S.N., Elshafie, A.E., Joshi, S.J., Al-
Bemani, A.S. 2016. Bioremediation potential of Bacillus licheniformis in heavy crude
oil polluted soil. IJACEBS. 3, 44-45.
25. Al-Sayegh, A., Al-Wahaibi Y.M., Al-Bahry S.N., Elshafie A., Al-Bemani A.S., Joshi
S.J. 2016. Bioremediation of heavy crude oil contamination: an overview. The Open
Biotechnology Journal. 10, 301-311.
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26. Joshi S.J., Al-Wahaibi Y.M., Al-Bahry S.N., Elshafie A., Bemani A.S., Al-Bahri A.,
Al-Mandhari M. S. 2016. Production, characterization and application of Bacillus
licheniformis W16 biosurfactant in enhancing oil recovery. Frontiers in Microbiology.
7, 1-14.
27. Eshrati, M., Al-Hashmi, A. R., Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Ajmi, A. &
Abubakar, A. 2015. Drag reduction using high molecular weight polyacrylamides
during multiphase flow of oil and water: A parametric study. Journal of Petroleum
Science and Engineering. 135, p. 403-409.
28. Abubakar, A., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Hashmi, A., Al-Ajmi, A., Eshrati,
M. 2015. Effect of low interfacial tension on flow patterns, pressure gradients and
holdups of medium-viscosity oil/water flow in horizontal pipe. Experimental Thermal
and Fluid Science. 68, pp. 58-67.
29. Abubakar, A., Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Hashmi, A.R., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Ajmi, A., Eshrati,
M. 2015. Influence of drag-reducing polymer on flow patterns, drag reduction and slip
velocity ratio of oil-water flow in horizontal pipe. International Journal of Multiphase
Flow. 73, pp. 1-10.
30. Mohsenzadeh, A., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Hajri, R., Jibril, B., Joshi, S. & Pracejus, B.
Investigation of formation damage by Deep Eutectic Solvents as new EOR agents.
2015. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. 129, p. 130-136.
31. Al-Sayegh, A., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Bahry, S., Elshafie, A., Al-Bemani, A. & Joshi, S.
2015. Microbial enhanced heavy crude oil recovery through biodegradation using
bacterial isolates from an Omani oil field. Microbial Cell Factories Journal. 14, 1, 141.
32. Shuwa, S. M., Al-Hajri, R. S., Jibril, B. Y. & Al-Waheibi, Y. M. 2015. Novel deep
eutectic solvent-dissolved molybdenum oxide catalyst for the upgrading of heavy crude
oil. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. 54, 14, p. 3589-3601.
33. A Mohsenzadeh, Y Al-Wahaibi, B Jibril, R Al-Hajri, 2015, The Novel Use of Deep
Eutectic Solvents for Enhancing Heavy Oil Recovery, Journal of Petroleum Science and
Engineering. 130, p. 6-15.
34. Abubakar, A., Al-Hashmi, A., Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Ajmi, A., M.
Eshrati. 2015, “Performance of a drag-reducing polymer inhorizontal and downward-
inclined oil–water flow”. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, volume 104,
December 2015, 237–246.
35. Abdulkadir E. Elshafie, Sanket J. Joshi, Yahya M. Al-Wahaibi, Ali S. Al-Bemani, Saif
N. Al-Bahry, Dua'a Al-Maqbali, Ibrahim M. Banat, 2015. “Sophorolipids production by
Candida bombicola ATCC 22214 and its potential application in microbial enhanced oil
recovery”, Frontiers in Microbiology Journal, 6:1324.
36. A Mohsenzadeh, Y Al-Wahaibi, R Al-Hajri, B Jibril, 2015. “Effects of concentration,
salinity and injection scenario of Ionic Liquids analogue in heavy oil recovery
enhancement”. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Volume 133, Pages
114–122.
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37. Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Hashmi, A. Mjalli, F., Al-Hatmi, S. 2015.
“Experimental investigation on the effects of various parameters on viscosity reduction
of heavy crude by oil-water emulsion”. Petroleum Scince Journal, Issue 1, 12:170-176.
38. Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Ajmi, A., Al-Hajri, R., Yusuf, N., Olawale, A.,
Mohammed, A. 2014. Experimental Investigation on Flow Patterns and Pressure
Gradient Through Two Pipe Diameters in Horizontal Oil-Water Flows. Petroleum
Science and Engineering, Volume 122, Pages 266–273.
39. Omar U. Ahmed, Farouq, S. Mjalli, Ashish Gujarathi, Talal, Al-Wahaibi, Yahya Al-
Wahaibi, Inas M. AlNashef, Feasibility of Phosphonium-Based Ionic Liquids as
Solvents for Extractive Desulfurization of Liquid Fuels. 2015. Journal of Fluid Phase
Equilibria, 401, pp. 102-109.
40. Abubakar, A., Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Hashmi, A., Al-Ajmi, A., 2014.
Roles of Drag Reducing Polymers in Single- and Multi-phase Flows. Chemical
Engineering Research and Design, Volume 92, Issue 11, Pages 2153–2181.
41. Gano, Z. S.; Farouq, S. Mjalli, Talal, Al-Wahaibi , Yahya Al-Wahaibi, The Novel
Application of Hydrated Metal Halide (SnCl2.2H2O) - based Deep Eutectic Solvent for
the Extractive Desulfurization of Liquid Fuels, International Journal of Chemical
Engineering and Applications, Vol. 6, No. 5, pp. 367-371.
42. Omar U. Ahmed, Farouq, S. Mjalli, Talal, Al-Wahaibi, Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Inas M.
AlNashef, Stability of Superoxide Ion in Phosphonium-Based Ionic Liquids, Journal of
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research , 2015, 54 (7), pp. 2074-2080.
43. Souayeh, Maissa; Al-Waheibi, Yahya; Al-Bahry, Saif; Elshafie, Abdulkadir; Al-
Bemani, Ali; Joshi, Sanket; Al-Hashmi, Abdul-Aziz; Al-Mandhari, Musallam. 2014.
Optimization of low-concentration Bacillus subtilis strain biosurfactant toward
microbial enhanced oil recovery. Energy & Fuels, 28 (9), pp 5606–5611.
44. Omar U. Ahmed, Farouq, S. Mjalli, Talal, Al-Wahaibi, Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Inas M.
AlNashef, Optimum Performance of Extractive Desulfurization of Liquid Fuels using
Phosphonium and Pyrrolidinium-Based Ionic Liquids, Journal of The Industrial &
Engineering Chemistry, 2015, 54 (25), pp. 6540-6550.
45. S.M. Shuwa, B.Y. Jibril, Y.M. Al-Wahaibi, R.S. Al-Hajri. 2015. Heavy-Oil-Recovery
Enhancement With Choline Chloride/Ethylene Glycol-Based Deep Eutectic Solvent.
SPE Journal, Issue 1, 20:79-87.
46. Zaharaddeen S. Gano; Farouq, S. Mjalli; Talal, Al-Wahaibi; Yahya Al-Wahaibi; Inas
M. AlNashef, Extractive Desulfurization of Liquid Fuel with FeCl3-based Deep
Eutectic Solvents: Experimental Design and Optimization by Central-Composite
Design, Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification, 2015, 93, pp.
10-20.
47. Hayyan, A., Mjalli, F. S., Hashim, M. A., Hayyan, M., Alnashef, I. M., Al-Wahaibi, T.
& Al-Wahaibi, Y. M. 2014. A solid organic acid catalyst for the pretreatment of low-
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grade crude palm Oil and biodiesel production. International Journal of Green Energy.
11, 2, p. 129-140.
48. Abubakar, A., Al-Hashmi, A., Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Ajmi, A., Eshrati,
2014. Parameters of Drag Reducing Polymers and Drag Reduction Performance in
Single-Phase Water Flow. Advances in Mechanical Engineering Journal. 2014, 202073.
49. Habibi, A., Heidari, M., Al-Hadrami, H., Al-Ajmi,A., Al-Wahaibi, Y. and Ayatollahi,
S, 2014. Effect of Nano fluid Treatment on Water Sensitive Formation to Investigate
Water Shock Phenomenon, An Experimental Study. Journal of Dispersion Science and
Technology, Volume 35, Issue 7, pp. 889-897.
50. Al-Wahaibi, Y., Joshi, S., Al-Bahry, S., Elshafie, A., Al-Bemani, A., Shibulal, B. 2014.
Biosurfactant production by Bacillus subtilis B30 and its application in enhancing oil
recovery. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 114, 324-333.
51. Hayyan, A., Mjalli, F., Ali Hashim, M., Hayyan, M., AlNashef, I., Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-
Wahaibi, Y., 2014. A Solid Organic Acid Catalyst for the Pre-treatment of Low Grade
Crude Palm Oil and Biodiesel Production. International Journal of Green Energy, 11
(2), 129-140.
52. Shibulal, B., Al-Bahry, S., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Elshafie, A., Al-Bemani, A., Joshi, S. 2014.
Microbial enhanced heavy oil recovery by the aid of inhabitant spore-forming bacteria:
an insight review. The Scientific World Journal. 2014, 1-12.
53. Al-Balushi, M., Mjalli, F.S., Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Hashmi, A.A., 2014.
Parametric study to develop an empirical correlation for undersaturated crude oil
viscosity based on the minimum measured input parameters. Fuel, 119, 111-119.
54. Farouq, S. Mjalli, Omar U. Ahmed, Talal, Al-Wahaibi, Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Inas M.
AlNashef, 2014. Deep Oxidative Desulfurization of Liquid Fuels, Reviews in Chemical
Engineering, 30 (4), 337-378.
55. Gano, Z.S., Mjalli, F.S., Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Alnashef, I.M., 2014.
Solubility of thiophene and dibenzothiophene in anhydrous FeCl3- and ZnCl2-based
deep eutectic solvents. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 53 (16), 6815-
6823.
56. Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Ajmi, A., Yusuf, N., Al-Hashmi, A.R., Olawale,
A.S., Mohammed, I.A, 2013. Experimental investigation on the performance of drag
reducing polymers through two pipe diameters in horizontal oil-water flows. Exp.
Therm. Fluid Sci., 50, 139-146.
57. Al-Shaaibi, S., Al-Ajmi, A., Al-Wahaibi, Y. 2013. Three Dimensional Modeling for
Predicting Sand Production. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Vol. 109,
pp. 348-363.
58. Jibril, B.Y., Atta, A.Y., Al-Waheibi, Y.M., Al-Waheibi, T.K., 2013. Effect of copper
loadings on product selectivities in microwave-enhanced degradation of phenol on
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alumina-supported copper oxides. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 19
(6), 1800-1804.
59. A. Hayyan, Farouq S. Mjalli, I. M. AlNashef, Y. M. Al-Wahaibi, T. Al-Wahaibi, and
M. A. Hashim, “Glucose-based Deep Eutectic Solvent: Physical Properties”, Journal of
Molecular Liquids, vol.178, pp.137–141, 2013.
60. Al-Bahry, S.N., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Elshafie, A.K., Al-Bemani, A.S., Joshi S. J., Al-
Makhmari, H., Al- Sulaimani, H. 2013. Biosurfactant production by Bacillus subtilis
B20 using date molasses and its application in enhanced oil recovery. International
Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, 81, 141-146.
61. S. N. Al-Bahry, A. E. Elshafie, Y. M. Al-Wahaibi, A. S. Al-Bemani, S. J. Joshi, R. A.
Al-Maaini, W. J. Al-Alawi, Y. Sugai, M. Al- Mandhari. 2013. Microbial Consortia in
Oman Oil Fields: A Possible Use in Enhanced Oil Recovery. J. Microbiol. Biotechnol.
23(1): 106-117.
62. Al-Bahry, S.N., Elshafie, A., Al-Wahaibi,Y., Al-Bemani, A., Joshi, S., Al-Lawati, A.
2013. Isolation and characterization of biosurfactant/ biopolymer producing spore
forming bacteria from oil contaminated sites and oil field of Oman. Procedia APCBEES
Journal, 5, 242-246.
63. Elshafie, A., Al-Bahry, S.N., Al-Wahaibi,Y., Al-Bemani, A., Joshi, S., Al-Maini, R.,
Al-Alawi, W., Al-Mandhari, M. 2013. Bacterial diversity of Omani oil wells using
culture dependant and independent techniques. Procedia APCBEES Journal, 5, 247–
252.
64. Al-Hattali, R., Al-Sulaimani, H., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Bahry, S., Elshafie A., Al- Bemani
A., Joshi, S.J. 2013. Fractured carbonate reservoirs sweep efficiency improvement
using microbial biomass. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 112, 178-184.
65. Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Abdel-Goad, M., 2012. Geochemical characterization
of omani sandstone cores-analysis of change in ph and rock mineral constituents
concentrations. Petroleum and Coal Journal, 54 (3), 260-270.
66. Al-Wahaibi, T., Yusuf, N., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Ajmi, A., 2012. Experimental Study on
the Transition between Stratified and Non-stratified Horizontal Oil-Water flow. Int J
Multiphase flow, 38, 126-135.
67. Yusuf, N., Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Ajmi, A., Al-Hashmi, A., Olawale, A.,
Mohammed, A., 2012. Experimental Study on the Effect of Drag Reducing Polymer on
Flow Patterns and Drag Reduction in a Horizontal Oil-Water Flow. International
Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 37:74-80.
68. Habibi, A., Ahmadi, M., Pourafshary, P., Ayatoallahi, S. Al-Wahaibi, Y. 2013.
Reduction of Fines Migration by Nanofluids Injection: An Experimental Study. SPE
Journal, Vol. 18, Issue 2, pp. 309 - 318
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69. Masihi, M., Sobhani, M., Al-Ajmi, A., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Wahaibi, T. 2012. A
physically-based three dimensional fracture network modeling technique. Journal of
Scientia Iranica, 19(3):594–604
70. Habibi, A., Heidari, M., Al-Hadrami, H., Al-Ajmi, A., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Ayatoallahi, S.
2012. Effect of Nanofluid Injection on Fines Mitigation to Remediate Formation
Damage: A Microscopic View. Journal of Advanced Microscopy Research, 7:1–5
71. Abdel-Goad, M., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Shurji, H., 2012. Use of a Novel
pH-Triggered Polymer-Gel System for Optimal Mobility Control Applications. E-
polymers Journal, Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages 428–440
72. Al-Sulaimani, H., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Bahry, S.N., Elshafie, A., Al-Bemani, A., Joshi,
S. and Ayatollahi, S. 2012. Residual oil recovery via injection of biosurfactant,
chemical surfactant and mixtures of both under reservoir condition: Induced Wettability
and Interfacial Tension Effects. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering. 15:210-217.
73. Yusuf, N., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Ajmi, A., Olawale, A., Mohammed, I,
2012. Effect of Oil Viscosity on the Flow Structure and Pressure Gradient in Horizontal
Oil-Water Flow. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 90(8):1019-1030.
74. A.Y. Atta, B.Y. Jibril, T.K. Al-Wahaibi, Y.M. Al-Wahaibi. 2012. “Microwave-
enhanced catalytic degradation of 2-nitrophenol on alumina-supported copper oxides”,
Catalysis Communications Journal, 26, 112–116.
75. Adeeb Hayyan, Farouq Mjalli, Inas AlNashef, Talal Al-Wahaibi, Yahya Al-Wahaibi,
Mohd Ali Hashim. 2012. “Fruit Sugar-based Deep Eutectic Solvents and their Physical
Properties”, Thermochimica Acta Journal, 541, 70– 75.
76. Karimi, M., Mahmoodi, M., Niazib, A., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Ayatollahi, S. 2012.
‘Investigating wettability alteration during MEOR process, A micro/macro scale
analysis’, Journal of Colloid and Surface Science-B, Volume 95, Pages 129–136.
77. Ghosh, B., Al-Bemani, A., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Hadrami, H., Boukadi, F. 2012.
‘Development of a novel chemical water shut-off method for fractured reservoirs: Part-
I: Laboratory development and verification through core-flow experiments’, Journal of
Petroleum Science and Engineering, Volumes 96–97, Pages 176–184.
78. Ahmadzadeh, P., Masihi, M., Al-Ajmi, A., Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Wahaibi, Y.
‘Experimental study of the effects of IFT and hysteresis on resistivity and capillary
pressure of Carbonate rocks’, Journal of Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization,
and Environmental Effects, 37 (12), 1346-1353.
79. Al-Sulaimani, H., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Bahry, S., Elshafie, A., Al-Bemani, A., Joshi, S.,
and Zargari, S. 2011. ‘Optimization and Partial Characterization of Biosurfactants
Produced by Bacillus Species and Their Potential for Ex-Situ Enhanced Oil Recovery’,
SPE Journal, 16 (3), 672-682.
80. Al-Sulaimani, H., Joshi, S., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Bahry, S., Elshafie, A., Al-Bemani, A.
2011. ‘Microbial biotechnology for enhancing oil recovery: Current developments and
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future prospects’, Biotechnology, Bioinformatics and Bioengineering Journal, 1(2):
147-158
81. Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Hadrami, A. 2011. ‘The influence of high permeability lenses on
immiscible, first- and multi-contact miscible gas injection’, Journal of Petroleum
Science and Engineering, Volume 77, Issues 3-4, Pages 313-325.
82. Alkindi, A., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Muggeridge, A. 2011. ‘Experimental and Numerical
Investigations into Oil-Drainage Rates during Vapor Extraction of Heavy Oils’, SPE
Journal, 16 (2): 343-357.
83. Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Wahaibi, T., Abdel-Goad, M. 2011. ‘Characterization of pH-
sensitive Polymer Microgel Transport in Porous Media for Improving Oil Recovery’,
Journal of Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects,
Volume 33, Issue 11, pp 1048-1057.
84. Al-Kindi, A., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Branko B., Muggeridge, A. 2011. ‘Investigation of
Longitudinal and Transverse Dispersion in Stable Displacements with a High Viscosity
and Density Contrast between the Fluids’, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, V: 120-
121, pp 170-183.
85. Al-Wahaibi, Y. 2010. ‘First- and Multi-Contact Miscible Gas Injection within
Channeling Heterogeneity System’, Energy Fuels Journal, 24 (3), pp 1813–1821.
86. Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Shuraiqi, H., Al-Maamari, F. 2010. ‘Slug Water Alternating Gas
Flow Processes Behavior in the Vicinity of Discontinuous Shales’, Journal of Petroleum
Science and Technology, 28:5, 515-524.
87. Al-Maamari, F., Al-Shuraiqi, H., Al-Wahaibi, Y. 2010. ‘Experimental and Numerical
Studies of Discontinuous Shale Effects on First-contact Miscible Water Alternating Gas
Injection’, Journal of Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental
Effects, 32: 6, 567-575.
88. Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Bemani, A., Al-Bahry, S., Al-Sulaimani, H., Al-Mandhari, M.,
Ghosh, B. 2009. ‘Microbial Technology Applications in Wellbore Stimulation and Oil
Recovery Enhancement: A Review’, International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal
Technology, 2:4, 315-330.
89. Al-Wahaibi, Y., Muggeridge, A., Grattoni, C. 2009. ‘Gas-Oil Non-Equilibrium in
Multicontact Miscible Displacements within Homogeneous Porous Media’, Journal of
Petroleum Science and Engineering, Vol: 68, Pages: 71 - 80, ISSN: 0920-4105.
90. Al-Wahaibi, Y., Muggeridge, A., Grattoni, C. 2009. ‘A Numerical Study on the Effect
of Cross-Bedding Heterogeneity Geometry on Oil Recovery via Condensing and
Vaporizing Gas Drive Processes’, Journal of Petroleum Science and Technology, Vol:
27:14, ISSN: 1091-6466, Pages: 1604 - 1620.
91. Alkindi, A., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Muggeridge, A. 2008. ‘Physical Properties (Density,
Excess Molar Volume, Viscosity, Surface Tension, and Refractive Index) of Ethanol
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plus Glycerol’, Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, Vol: 53, ISSN: 0021-9568,
Pages: 2793 - 2796.
92. Al-Wahaibi, Y., Muggeridge, A., Grattoni, C. 2007. ‘Experimental and Numerical
Studies of Gas/Oil Multicontact Miscible Displacements in Homogeneous and
Crossbedded Porous Media’, SPE Journal, Vol: 12, ISSN: 1086-055X, Pages: 62 - 76.
93. Al-Wahaibi, Y., Grattoni, C., Muggeridge, A. 2007. ‘Physical Properties (Density,
Viscosity, Surface Tension, Interfacial Tension, and Contact Angle) of the System
Isopropyl Alcohol plus Cyclohexene plus Water’, Journal of Chemical and Engineering
Data, Vol: 52, ISSN: 0021-9568, Pages: 548 - 552.
94. Al-Wahaibi, Y., Grattoni, C., Muggeridge, A. 2006. ‘Drainage and Imbibition Relative
Permeabilities at Near Miscible Conditions’, Journal of Petroleum Science and
Engineering, Vol: 53, ISSN: 0920-4105, Pages: 239 - 253.
95. Boukadi, F., Al-Bemani, A., Al-Wahaibi, Y. 2000. ‘Horizontal Well Length
Optimization for a South Oman Field’, Journal of Petroleum Science and Technology,
Vol: 18, pp. 121-140.
International Conference Papers
1. Al-Wahaibi Y, Al-Hashmi A.R, Joshi S, Mosavat N, Rudyk S, Al-Khamisi S, Al-
Kharusi T, Al-Sulaimani H. 2017. Mechanistic Study of Surfactant/Polymer Adsorption
and Its Effect on Surface Morphology and Wettability. SPE-185327-MS, SPE Oil and
Gas India Conference and Exhibition, 4–6 April, Mumbai, India.
2. Elshafie A, Joshi SJ, Al-Wahaibi YM, Al-Bahry SN, Al-Bemani AS, Al-Hashmi AR,
Al-Mandhari MS. 2017. Isolation and characterization of biopolymer producing Omani
Aureobasidium pullulans strains and its potential applications in microbial enhanced oil
recovery. SPE-185326-MS, SPE Oil and Gas India Conference and Exhibition, 4–6
April, Mumbai, India.
3. Ahmad W, Vakili-Nezhjaad G, Al-Bemani A, Al-Wahaibi Y. 2017. An Experimental
Technique for Measuring Minimum Miscibility Pressure. ICTEA: International
Conference on Thermal Engineering, 25-28 April, Istanbul, Turkey.
4. Al-Nassri E, Al-Wahaibi T, Al-Wahaibi Y, Al-Hashmi AAR. 2017. An Evaluation of
the Performance of Mixture Viscosity Correlations on the Prediction of Pressure Drop
in Horizontal dispersed Oil-Water Flow. ICTEA: International Conference on Thermal
Engineering, 25-28 April, Istanbul, Turkey.
5. Mosavat N, Mohsenzadeh A, Al-Wahaibi Y. 2016. Estimating Oil/Water Relative
Permeability at SAGD Steam Chamber Edge. SPE-184132-MS, SPE Heavy Oil
Conference and Exhibition, 6-8 December, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
6. Yegane MM, Bashtani F, Tahmasebi A, Ayatollahi S, Al-Wahaibi YM. 2016.
Comparing Different Scenarios for Thermal Enhanced Oil Recovery in Fractured
Reservoirs Using Hybrid (Solar-Gas) Steam Generators, A Simulation Study. SPE-
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180101-MS, SPE Europec featured at 78th EAGE Conference and Exhibition, 30 May-
2 June, Vienna, Austria.
7. Mohsenzadeh A, Pourafshary P, Al-Wahaibi Y. 2016. Oil Recovery Enhancement in
Carbonate Reservoirs via Low Saline Water Flooding in Presence of Low
Concentration Active Ions; A Case Study. SPE-179767-MS, SPE EOR Conference at
Oil and Gas West Asia, 21-23 March, Muscat, Oman.
8. Abubakar, A., Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Hashmi, A. R., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Ajmi, A., Eshrati,
M. (2015). Effect of Drag-Reducing Polymer on Pressure Gradients of Dispersed Oil-
Water Flow in Horizontal and Inclined Pipes. 17th International Conference on
Multiphase Technology, NOVOTEL Montfleury, Cannes, France, 10th - 12th June,
2015.
9. Abubakar, A., Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Hashmi, A. R., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Ajmi, A., Eshrati,
M. (2015). Influence of Drag-Reducing Polymer on Holdup/Slip Ratio of Oil-Water
Flow in Horizontal and Inclined Pipes. 13th International Symposium on Fluid Control,
Measurement and Visualization, Doha, Qatar, 15th
– 18th
November, 2015.
10. Mohsenzadeh, A., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Hajri, R., Jibril, B., Joshi, S. & Pracejus, B.
Investigation of formation damage by deep eutectic solvents as a new EOR agents.
2015. SPE-174257-MS. SPE European Formation Damage Conference and Exhibition,
3-5 June, Budapest, Hungary.
11. Al Matroushi, M., Pourafshary, P. & Al Wahaibi, Y. 2015. Possibility of Nanofluid/Gas
alternating injection as an EOR method in an oil field. SPE-177434-MS. Abu Dhabi
International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference, 9-12 November, Abu Dhabi, UAE
12. Yahya Al-Wahaibi, Hamoud Al-Hadrami, Saif Al-Bahry, Abdulkadir Elshafie, Ali Al-
Bemani, Sanket Joshi, 2013. Residual oil recovery via injection of biosurfactant and
chemical surfactant following hot water injection in middle east heavy oil field, SPE
Heavy Oil Conference, 11-13 June, Calgary, Canada.
13. Joshi S.J., Al-Wahaibi Y.M., Al-Bahry S.N., Elshafie A., Al-Bemani A.S., Al-Hashmi
A., Samuel P. Sassi M., Al-Farsi H., Al-Mandhari M.S. 2016. Production and
application of schizophyllan in microbial enhanced heavy oil recovery. SPE-179775-
MS, SPE EOR Conference at Oil and Gas West Asia, 21-23 March, Muscat, Oman.
14. Al-Bahry, S.N., Elshafie A.E., Al-Wahaibi, Y.M., Al-Bemani, A., Joshi, S.J., Al-Bahri,
A. (2013). Application of molecular biology methods in identifying biosurfactant spore
forming producers for oil recovery enhancement. International Symposium on Applied
and Molecular Biology in Oil System-4. ISMOS-4. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
15. Gano, Z. S.; Farouq, S. Mjalli, Talal, Al-Wahaibi , Yahya Al-Wahaibi, The Novel
Application of Hydrated Metal Halide (SnCl2.2H2O) - based Deep Eutectic Solvent for
the Extractive Desulfurization of Liquid Fuels, 5th International Conference on
Chemistry and Chemical Process, The Netherlands, Amsterdam, 14 - 15 February 2015.
Yahya Al-Wahaibi CV Page 35
16. I Al-Weheibi, R Al-Hajri, Y Al-Wahaibi, B Jibril, A Mohsenzadeh, Oil Recovery
Enhancement in Middle East Heavy Oil Field using Malonic Acid based Deep Eutectic
Solvent, 2015, SPE-172592-MS, presented at the SPE Middle East Oil & Gas Show and
Conference, 8-11 March, Manama, Bahrain.
17. Omar U. Ahmed, Farouq, S. Mjalli, Talal, Al-Wahaibi , Yahya Al-Wahaibi Inas M.
AlNashef. 2015. Effect of Anion on the Stability of Superoxide Ion in Phosphonium-
Based Ionic Liquids. The 6th International Congress on Ionic Liquids (COIL-6), Korea,
June 16-20.
18. A Mohsenzadeh, Y Al-Wahaibi, B Jibril, R Al-Hajri. 2014. The Novel Use of Deep
Eutectic Solvents for Enhancing Heavy Oil Recovery. SPE-169730-MS. Presented at
the SPE EOR Conference at Oil and Gas West Asia, 31 March-2 April, Muscat, Oman.
19. Souayeh, M., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Bahry, S., Elshafie, A., Al-Bemani, A., Joshi, S., Al-
Hashmi, A. & Al-Mandhari, M. 2014. Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery at High
Salinities using Biosurfactant at lower concentrations. SPE-169676-MS. Presented at
the SPE EOR Conference at Oil and Gas West Asia, 31 March-2 April, Muscat, Oman.
20. Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Ajmi, A., Al-Hashmi, A. ‘Effect of Polymer
Molecular Weight on the Performance of Drag Reducing Polymer on Oil-Water Flow in
Pipelines’, Presented at the 2nd International Renewable Energy and Environment
Conference (IREEC-2013), Malaysia, July 04-07, 2013.
21. B. Al-Busaidi, T. Al-Wahaibi, Y. Al-Wahaibi, Farouq S. Mjalli, An evaluation of the
performance of existing oil-water flow models for predicting pressure gradient in
horizontal pipeline , International Conference on Mechanics and Fluid Engineering
(ICMFE- 2013), Bangkok, Thailand, June 29-30, 2013.
22. Y. Al-Wahaibi, M. Al-Balushi, T. Al-Wahaibi, A. Al-Hashmi, Farouq S. Mjalli,
Undersaturated Oil Viscosity Correlation for Omani Crude Oils viscosity prediction,
IREEC 2013, 4-6 July, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2013.
23. Al-Bahry, S.N., Elshafie, A., Al-Wahaibi,Y., Al-Bemani, A., Joshi, S., Al-Lawati, A.
Isolation and characterization of biosurfactant/ biopolymer producing spore forming
bacteria from oil contaminated sites and oil field of Oman. ICESD 2013: January 19-20,
Dubai, UAE.
24. Elshafie, A., Al-Bahry, S.N., Al-Wahaibi,Y., Al-Bemani, A., Joshi, S., Al-Maini, R.,
Al-Alawi, W., Al-Mandhari, M. Bacterial diversity of Omani oil wells using culture
dependant and independent techniques. ICESD 2013: January 19-20, Dubai, UAE.
25. Mohsenzadeh, A., Escrochi, M., Afraz, M., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Ayatollahi, S. 2012.
Experimental Investigation of Heavy Oil Recovery from Fractured Reservoirs by
Secondary Steam-Gas Assisted Gravity Drainage. SPE 157202, SPE Heavy Oil
Conference, Canada, Calgary, 12-14 June 2012.
26. Habibi, A., Al-Hadrami, H., Al-ajmi, A., Al-wahaibi, Y., Ayatollahi, S. Effect of MgO
Nanofluid Injection into Water Sensitive Formation to Prevent the Water Shock
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Permeability Impairment. SPE 157106, SPE International Oilfield Nanotechnology
Conference, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 12-14 June 2012
27. Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Ajmi, A. ‘Pressure Gradient in Horizontal Oil-
Water Flow’, Presented at the 3rd
International Conference on Production, Energy and
Reliability , Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia, June 11-14, 2012.
28. N. Yusuf, T. Al-Wahaibi, Al-Wahaibi, Y., A. Al-Ajmi, A. Al-Hashmi, A.S. Olawale, I.
A. Mohammed. ‘Comparison on the Efficicency of Two Drag Reducing Polymers in
Horizontal Oil-Water Flow’, Presented at International Symposium on Multiphase flow
and Transport Phenomena, Agadir, Morocco, April 22-25, 2012.
29. Al-Hattali, R., Al-Sulaimani, H., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Bahry, S., Elshafie, A., Al-
Bemani, A., Joshi, S. ‘Improving Sweep Efficiency in Fractured Carbonate Reservoirs
by Microbial Biomass’, Presented at the SPE EOR Conference at Oil and Gas West
Asia, Muscat, Oman, 16–18 April 2012.
30. Al-Bahry, S.N.; Elashafie, A. E.; Al-Wahaibi, Y. M., Al-Bemani, A. S.; Joshi, S. J. Al-
Lawati, A. 2012. Isolation and characterization of biosurfactant/biopolymer producing
spore forming bacteria from oil contaminated sites and oil field of Oman. APCBEES
Procedia, UAE, Dubai, 21-23 Jan 2012.
31. Elshafie; A.E.; Al-Bahry, S.N.; Al-Wahaibi, Y.M.; Al-Bemani, A.S.; Joshi, S.J.; Al-
Maini, R.; Al-Alawi, W.; Al-Mandhari, M. 2012. Bacterial diversity study of Omani oil
wells using culture dependent and independent methods. APCBEES Procedia, UAE,
Dubai, 21-23 Jan 2012.
32. A. Hayyan, Farouq S. Mjalli, N. M. AlNashef, T. Al-Wahaibi, Y. M. Al-Wahaibi, M.
A. Hashim, Physical Properties of Fructose-based Deep Eutectic Solvents, International
Conference on Innovation, Management and Technology Research, 21-22 May 2012
Malaca, Malaysia.
33. A. Hayyan, Farouq S. Mjalli, M. E.S. Mirghani, M. A. Hashim, Y. M. Al-Wahaibi, T.
Al-Wahaibi, M. Hayyan, Methanesulfonic Acid as a Catalyst for Treatment of Crude
Palm with High Free Fatty Acid. 2nd International Conference on Process Engineering
and Advanced Materials (ICPEAM2012). 12-14 June 2012 KL, Malaysia.
34. A. Hayyan, Farouq S. Mjalli, M. E.S. Mirghani, M. A. Hashim, Y. M. Al-Wahaibi, T.
Al-Wahaibi, M. Hayyan, Pre-treatment of Acidic Crude Palm Oil Using Strong and
Weak Acids, 103rd American oil Chemist’s Society (AOCS) Annual Meeting & Expo
April 29 - May 2, 2012. Long beach California.
35. A. Hayyan, Farouq S. Mjalli, M. A. Hashim, M. Hayyan, T. Al-Wahaibi, Y. M. Al-
Wahaibi, N. M. AlNashef, Esterification of Acidic Crude Palm Oil Using
Ethanesulfonic Acid. Internationnal Conference on Global Sustainability and Chemical
Engineering, CAC-07 (2012).
36. Nurdeen, Y., Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Ajmi, A., Al-Hashmi, A., Olawale,
A., Mohammed, I. ‘Effect of Pipe Diameter on the Efficiency of Drag Reducing
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Polymer in Horizontal Oil-Water Flows’, Presented at the 15th
International Conference
on Multiphase Production Technology, Cannes, France, 15 – 17 June, 2011.
37. Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Bahry, S., Al-Bemani, A., Elshafie, A., Al-Sulimani, H., Joshi, S.
‘Effects of Bacillus subtilis Biosurfactant on Surface Properties, Wettability Alteration
and Surfactant Adsorption on Sandstone Rocks’, The 3rd
International Symposium on
Applied Microbiology and Molecular Biology in Oil Systems, June 13-15, 2011,
Calgary, Alberta Canada.
38. Al-Bahry, S., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Bemani, A., Elshafie, A., Al-Sulimani, H., Joshi, S.
‘Experimental Investigation of Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery Effectiveness in
Omani Oil Field’, The 3rd
International Symposium on Applied Microbiology and
Molecular Biology in Oil Systems, June 13-15, 2011, Calgary, Alberta Canada.
39. Al‑Sulaimani, H., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al‑Bahry, S., Elshafie, A., Al-Bemani, A., Joshi, S.
‘Studies of Wettability Alteration and Adsorption on Surfaces and Sandstone Rocks by
Biosurfactant Produced by Bacillus subtilis’, Presented at the 1st International
Symposium on Colloids and Materials, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 8-11 May, 2011.
40. Al-Bahry, S., Al-Bemani, A., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Elshafie, A., Al-Sulimani, H., Al-Muaini,
R., Al-Alawi, W., and Joshi, S. ‘Bacillus Licheniformis and B. Subtilis Isolates for
Meor Application in Oman’, The 1st Annual World Congress of Petroleum
Microbiology (WCP) 2010, Dalian, China, 25-27 July, 2010.
41. Elshafie, A., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Bemani, A, Al-Bahry, S, Sugai, Y, Al-Sulaimani, H.
Al-Maani, R, Al-Alawi, W, and Joshi, S. ‘Microbial consortia isolated from Oman Oil
fields’, The 1st Annual World Congress of Petroleum Microbiology (WCP) 2010,
Dalian, China, 25-27 July, 2010.
42. Nurdeen, Y., Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al-Ajmi, A. ‘Flow structures and
transition between stratified and non-stratified horizontal oil-water flow’, Presented at
the International Conference on Multiphase Flow 2010 (ICMF-2010), Tampa, Florida,
USA, May 30 - June 4, 2010.
43. Yousuf, N., Al-Wahaibi., Y., Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Ajmi, A., Olawale, A.S., Mohammed,
I. A. ‘Investigation into Flow between Oil and Water in Horizontal Pipe’, Presented at
the 1st International Conference on Chemical and Environmental Engineering, 2010,
Malaysia.
44. Al‑Sulaimani, H., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Al‑Bahry, S., Elshafie, A., Al-Bemani, A., Joshi, S.,
Zargari, S. ‘Experimental Investigation of Biosurfactants Produced by Bacillus Species
and their Potential for MEOR in Omani Oil Field’, SPE 129228, Presented at the SPE
EOR Conference at Oil & Gas West Asia, 11-13 April 2010, Muscat, Oman.
45. Al-Kindi, A., Muggeridge, A., Al-Wahaibi, Y. ‘Experimental Investigation into the
Influence of Convective Dispersion and Model Height on Oil Drainage Rates during
VAPEX’, SPE 129169, Presented at the SPE EOR Conference at Oil & Gas West Asia,
11-13 April 2010, Muscat, Oman.
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46. Al-Kindi, A., Branko B., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Muggeridge, A. ‘Experimental Measurements
of Longitudinal and Transverse Dispersion in Miscible Fluids with a High Viscosity
and Density Contrast’, Presented at the American Geophysical Union 2008 Fall
Meeting, San Francisco, CA - 15-19 December 2008.
47. Abdelgoad, M., Al-Wahaibi, Y.M., Al-Wahaibi, T., Al-Shargi, H. ‘pH-sesnitive
polymers for conformance control applications’, Presented at the SPE EOR Conference
at Oil & Gas West Asia, Muscat, Oman, 21-23 April 2008.
48. Al-Bahry, S., Al-Wahaibi, Y.M., El-Shafie, A., Al-Bemani, A. ‘Sampling and Isolation
of MEOR Microorganisms from an Oilfield’, Presented at the SPE EOR Conference at
Oil & Gas West Asia, Muscat, Oman, 21-23 April 2008.
49. Al-Kindi, A., Al-Wahaibi, Y., Muggeridge, A. ‘An Experimental Investigation into the
Influence of Diffusion and Dispersion on Heavy Oil Recovery by VAPEX’, IPTC
12710, Presented at the SPE International Petroleum Technology Conference, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, 3-5 December 2008.
50. Al-Kindi, A., Muggeridge, A., Al-Wahaibi, Y. ‘The Influence of Diffusion and
Dispersion on Heavy Oil Recovery by VAPEX’, SPE 117555, Presented at the SPE
International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, Calgary, Alberta,
Canada, 20-23 October 2008.
51. Al-Wahaibi, Y., and Al-Hadrami, A. ‘Mechanisms of Oil Recovery via Multi-Contact
Miscible Gas Injection Process within Lensed Systems’, SPE 110163, Presented at the
IOR conference, 19-23 April 2008, Tulsa, USA.
52. Al-Wahaibi, Y., and Al-Hadrami, A. ‘Channeling Heterogeneity Effects on Oil
Recovery from Immiscible, First- and Multi-Contact Miscible Gas Injection’, Presented
at the 5th
International Symposium on Earth Science and Technology, Fukuoka, Japan,
Dec 2007.
53. Al-Mamari, F, Al-Shuraiqi, H, Al-Wahaibi, Y. ‘Numerical Simulation and
Experimental Studies of Oil Recovery via First-Contact Miscible Water Alternating Gas
Injection within Shaley Porous Media’, SPE 111105, Presented at the SPE/EAGE
Reservoir Characterization and Simulation Conference held at Abu Dhabi, UAE, 29-31
October 2007.
54. Al-Wahaibi, Y., Muggeridge, A., Grattoni, C. ‘The Effect of Cross-Bedding
Laminations on The Efficiency of Gas-Oil Multicontact Miscible Displacements’, SPE
94135, presented at the 14th
Europec Biennial Conference, Madrid, Spain, 13-16 June
2006.
55. Al-Wahaibi, Y., Muggeridge, A., Grattoni, C. ‘Gas/Oil Nonquilibrium in Multicontact
Miscible Displacements within Homogeneous Porous Media’, SPE 99727, presented at
the IOR Symposium, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, 22-26 April 2006.
56. Al-Wahaibi, Y., Muggeridge, A., Grattoni, C. ‘Experimental and Numerical Studies of
Gas/Oil Multicontact Miscible Displacements in Homogeneous Porous Media’, SPE
Yahya Al-Wahaibi CV Page 39
92887, Presented at the SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium, Texas, USA, 31
January - 2 February 2005.
Granted Patent
1. Ghosh, B., Al-Bemani, A., Al-Wahaibi, Y. ‘A Method of Treating Subterranean
Formation of an Oil Reservoir to Control Unwanted Water Production and Enhance Oil
Production, through a Sequence of Chemical Treatment’, Patent No. 240395, Patent
application number: 128/MUM/2008, Date of Publication of Granted Patent:
14/05/2010, Journal No. 20/2010. http://ipindia.nic.in/ipirs1/patentsearch.htm
Book Chapters
1. Al-Bahri, A. K., Al-Bahry, S. N., Elshafie, A. E., Al-Wahaibi, Y. M., Al-Bemani, A. S.
& Joshi, S. J. 2014. Application of molecular biology methods in identifying
biosurfactant producers from oil contaminated sites. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Vol.
2-2, p. 527-540.
2. Al-Wahaibi, Y. M., Al-Bahry, S. N., Elshafie, A. E., Al-Bemani, A. S. & Joshi, S. J.
2014. Biosurfactant mediated microbial enhanced oil recovery and potential for
application in some omani oil fields. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Vol. 2-2, p. 471-
487.
3. Al-Maaini, R. A., Al-Bahry, S. N., Elshafie, A. E., Al-Wahaibi, Y. M., Al-Bimani, A.
S., Joshi, S. J. & Al-Alawi, W. J. 2014. Indigenous bacterial consortia from oil wells and
their role in In-Situ microbial enhanced oil recovery. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Vol.
2-2, p. 455-470.
4. Al-Hinai, B. S., Al-Bahry, S. N., Elshafie, A. E., Al-Wahaibi, Y. M., Al-Bemani, A. S.
& Joshi, S. J. 2014. Potential of microbial biotechnology in heavy oil enhanced
recovery. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Vol. 2-2, p. 495-505.
Technical Reports
1. Al-Bahry Saif, Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali: “Microbial Enhanced Oil
Recovery”, Petroleum Development Oman Approved Phase-I Report, January 2007.
2. Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Wahaibi Talal, Al-Hadrami Hamoud: “Commercially Avaliable
EOR and Well Stimulation Tools”, Petroleum Development Oman Approved Final
Report, March 2007.
3. Al-Wahaibi, Yahya: “Experimental and Numerical Investigations into the Effect of
Heterogeneity on Oil Recovery from Immiscible, First- and Multi-Contact Miscible Gas
Injection”, Petroleum Development Oman Approved 1st Report, Oct 2007.
Yahya Al-Wahaibi CV Page 40
4. Al-Bahry Saif, Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali: “Microbial Enhanced Oil
Recovery”, Petroleum Development Oman Approved Phase-II 1st Report, December
2007.
5. Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali: “Understanding of Three-Phase Flow during Water
Alternating Gas Injection and other EOR Techniques’’ Approved 1st Report, Shell
Technology Oman, Muscat, Oman, January 2008.
6. Al-Wahaibi, Yahya: “Experimental and Numerical Investigations into the Effect of
Heterogeneity on Oil Recovery from Immiscible, First- and Multi-Contact Miscible Gas
Injection”, Petroleum Development Oman Approved 2nd
Report, Feb 2008.
7. Al-Bahry Saif, Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali: “Microbial Enhanced Oil
Recovery”, Petroleum Development Oman Approved Phase-II 2nd
Report, June 2008.
8. Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali: “Understanding of Three-Phase Flow during Water
Alternating Gas Injection and other EOR Techniques’’ Approved 2nd
Report, Shell
Technology Oman, Muscat, Oman, August 2008.
9. Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali, Al-Ajmi Adel, Al-Wahaibi Talal, “PVT
Measurements and Analysis”, Approved 1st Report, Petroleum Development Oman,
August 2008.
10. Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Wahaibi Talal: “pH-Sensitive Polymers for Novel Improving
Reservoir Sweep and Conformance Control Applications’’, Approved Report,
Petroleum Development Oman, Muscat, Oman, November 2008.
11. Al-Bahry Saif, Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali: “Microbial Enhanced Oil
Recovery”, Petroleum Development Oman Approved Phase-II 3rd
Report, December
2008.
12. Al-Wahaibi Talal, Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Ajmi Adel, AbdelGoad Mahmood, Al-
Hashmi Abdulaziz, “Effect of Drag Reducing Polymer in Horizontal Oil-Water Flow”,
Approved 1st Report, Sultan Qaboos University Internal Grant, January 2009.
13. Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali, Al-Ajmi Adel, Al-Wahaibi Talal, “Gas Condensate
Oil PVT Study on Bottomhole Samples Haban-5”, Approved Report, Petroleum
Development Oman, January 2009.
14. Elshafie Abdulkadir, Al-Bahry Saif, Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali: “Microbial
Enhanced Oil Recovery”, Sultan Qaboos University Approved HM Grant Report, April
2009.
15. Al-Bahry Saif, Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali: “Microbial Enhanced Oil
Recovery”, Petroleum Development Oman Approved Phase-II 4th
Report, June 2009.
16. Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali, Al-Ajmi Adel, Al-Wahaibi Talal, “Amal Heavy Oil
Field Phase Behavior Study ”, Approved Report, Petroleum Development Oman, July
2009.
Yahya Al-Wahaibi CV Page 41
17. Al-Bahry Saif, Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali: “Microbial Enhanced Oil
Recovery”, Petroleum Development Oman Approved Phase-II 5th
Report, December
2009.
18. Al-Wahaibi Talal, Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Ajmi Adel, AbdelGoad Mahmood, Al-
Hashmi Abdulaziz, “Effect of Drag Reducing Polymer in Horizontal Oil-Water Flow”,
Approved Final Report, Sultan Qaboos University Internal Grant, January 2010.
19. Elshafie Abdulkadir, Al-Bahry Saif, Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali: “Microbial
Enhanced Oil Recovery”, Sultan Qaboos University Approved HM Grant Report, April
2010.
20. Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali, Al-Ajmi Adel, Al-Wahaibi Talal, “Khaleel _05
Crude Oil Phase Behavior Study & Complete PVT Testing Report”, Approved Report,
Petroleum Development Oman, April 2010.
21. Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali, Al-Ajmi Adel, Al-Wahaibi Talal, Mabrouk Field
Oil & Gas Chromatograph Analyses, Approved Report, MODAL, April 2010.
22. Al-Bahry Saif, Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali: “Microbial Enhanced Oil
Recovery”, Petroleum Development Oman Approved Phase-II 6th
Report, June 2010.
23. Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali, Al-Ajmi Adel, Al-Wahaibi Talal, PVT
Measurements and Analysis, Approved 2nd
Report, Petroleum Development Oman,
August 2010.
24. Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali, Al-Ajmi Adel, Al-Wahaibi Talal, Mabrouk
Field_26 Crude Oil Phase Behavior Study, Approved Report, Petroleum Development
Oman, October 2010.
25. Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali, Al-Ajmi Adel, Al-Wahaibi Talal, Saih Nihayda-SE
Black Oil Phase Behavior Study, Approved Report, Petroleum Development Oman,
January 2011.
26. Elshafie Abdulkadir, Al-Bahry Saif, Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali: “Microbial
Enhanced Oil Recovery”, Sultan Qaboos University Approved HM Grant Report, April
2011.
27. Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali, Al-Ajmi Adel, Al-Wahaibi Talal, Nimr Field Black
Oil Phase Behavior Study Validation Report for Well: Nimr -791 Bottom Hole
Sample, Approved Report, Petroleum Development Oman, April 2011.
28. Al-Bahry Saif, Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali: “Microbial Enhanced Oil
Recovery”, Petroleum Development Oman Approved Phase-II Final Report, June 2011.
29. Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Hadrami Hamoud, Al-Bemani Ali: “Formation Damage
Services”, Petroleum Development Oman, June 2012.
30. Al-Hadrami Hamoud, Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali: “KCl Formation Damage
Study”, Oman Oil Exploration and Production, August 2012.
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31. Al-Hadrami Hamoud, Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali: “Wellbore Damage (Skin)
Measurements for Occidental Mukhaizna Plugs”, Occidental Oman, January 2013.
32. Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Hadrami Hamoud, Al-Bemani Ali: “Acid stimulation study on
Safa oil field of Occidental Oman”, Occidental Oman, February 2013.
33. Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Hadrami Hamoud, Al-Bemani Ali: “Formation Damage Control
and Mitigation Services”, MEDCO LLC, September 2013.
34. Al-Hadrami Hamoud, Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali: “Potential of using chemical
surfactant and/or biosurfactant to enhance oil recovery in Occidental heavy oil field”,
Occidental Oman, March 2014.
35. Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Hadrami Hamoud, Al-Bemani Ali: “Stimulation Study using
Well Flow Chemicals”, Well Flow International, October 2014.
36. Al-Hadrami Hamoud, Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali: “Tibr-1 Core flood Analysis-
Water flooding Damage Study”, Petroleum Development Oman, February 2015.
37. Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bemani Ali, Al-Bahry Saif: “Sahma and Ramlat Oil Fields
Assesment and Development”, Hydrocarbon Finder, December 2016.
38. Svetlana Rudyk, Al-Wahaibi Yahya: “Experimental Investigation of Foam Injection in
Harweel Field for Conformance and Gas Mobility Control”, Petroleum Development
Oman, November 2017.
39. Al-Wahaibi Yahya, Al-Bahry Saif: “Assesment of Different EOR Techniques for
Daleel Fields”, Daleel Petroleum, May 2018.