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From A Dream To Reality......... P. 03INTERVIEW... P. 04-06

with Dr. Abeer M. Sho’aib

Waste Heat Recovery......... P. 07Are You Stupid?!... P. 08-09

UGDC... P. 10-11The United Gas Derivatives Company

Extactive Distillation... P. 12-13with Ionic Liquids (ILs) as Solvents

Membrane Technology... P. 14-16For Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Removal

Petrol/Chapter News... P. 17-18

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Muhammad Mansour------ SPARK CEO -----

Like anything in our life, it starts so small then it gets bigger, bigger and bigger. Like the calm before the storm, the dry seeds before the harvest or like your small baby you feed, it grows. That was absolutely our DREAM. Unfortunately,itwassocomplicated.Youwerenottheonlyoneinthisfield.Manyandmanycompetitorswerewaitingyou.Youwerenotalsoqualifiedwellandyourteamwasnotthe best. You were starting from nothing and your experience seemed to be zero. It looked like you would never ever achieve your dream but you had a very precious thing the others didn’t.It was ENERGY. You let the dream begin. It began with work, power, hope and belief. Like small ants, they are so weak but with unity and energy, they are much stronger than a lion. You never thought about the barriers or the challenges that would block the way to your dream. You only thought about the joy you would feel when you achieve it. You fell down many times but immediately you came up, laughing at yourself and started again what you were doing. You worked, worked and worked. And at last you achieved it.“SPARK MAGAZINE” Forthefirsttimeandbythebeginningofitssecondseason,“AIChESuez”ispublishinganonlinemagazinespecializesinthepetroleumfieldjustforservingthestudentsinourfaculty.“Spark”isgoingtoprovideyouwitheverysinglethingyouhavemissedinyourstudyfield.It will be the link that contacts you with anyone you want; a doctor, an engineer or even a company. Unlike any other magazine, “Spark” is going to be yours. If you have any research, news, free article, creations or even any questions, you will be able to publish it through “Spark”. The floorisopenforallthestudentstowritein“Spark”because“Spark”wasmainlycreatedjustfor them. If you want to be a news reporter, an interviewer, a researcher or a writer, “Spark” willhelpyouachieveyourdream.Withintheissue,youwillfindquestionsfromdoctorsandfromus.Therewillbeverypreciousandexcitedrewardsforthefirst10studentswiththerightanswers. You have a priceless product within your hand now. A great team has worked a lot to deliver it to you. Many hours passed without sleeping just for you and many will pass again to help you, as it’s our main target, our main message is “helping others”. Enjoy and get the most benefityoucangetfromitandforanyquestionsjustcontactus.SparkMagazine,It’syours.

From A Dream To

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“Interview

1. Well, let’s be on track, can you briefly tell us about yourself, your career, and how did you start your professional life? I am Abeer Mahmoud Shoaib. B.Sc of Petroleum refining in 1996, M.Scof process integration in 2002, and PhD in Processintegration in 2008. Now,I’m an associate professor in chemical engineering. I had a postdoctoral fellowship for 6 months in 2011-2012 at Process IntegrationCentre (The University of Manchester) Manchester, UK. I’m interested in energy conservation via process integration. In addition, I’m interested in biofuel production and published a reasonable number of papers in this area of research. 2. How can you manage your time?

Well, It is a very important question! Managing time is very complicated point and very important. I do my best to give my

family the required care, then my work. My work is divided into lots of branches those I should take into consideration. Helping students is one of most important points, since I feel them and know well how they need our help. My research is also another branch that I must not ignore. In addition, some administrative services to my university I should introduce. Unfortunately, working in such a job needs to ignore your personal requirement and focus on the needs of others

while any other job requires your interest in specific time,but that joballyour timeyouare involved in your work duties. That’s too hard!ButIalwaysdotheprioritiesfirst.

>> Welcome Dr. Abeer. It will be a great honor to make this interview with you.>> Thank you. You are welcome!

Muhammad Abd El BassetA student at Faculty of Petroleum & Mining Engineering

Dr. Abeer Sho’aibA Professor at Faculty of Petroleum

and Mining Engineering

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3. As you know, AIChE SU SC represents a teamwork group so can you Give an example of a time when you have worked on a team? Yeah! Working in a team is very interesting. Dividing the responsibilities enable you to introduce the best, when you do that, each responsibility will be done very well. One of the most important point in working in a team, is to like your friends and respect performance even it is not so good. This will encourage them to introduce better work and do their best in such a responsibility to be distinctive in that work. In England, during my postdoctoral fellowship, we were working in a team work in hydrogen integration research. 4. Describe the biggest challenge you have ever had to face. There were two big challenges: The first waswhen I have been put in a real test. This was after taking my M.Sc. It was my dream to travel abroad to learn more on a PhD study but my family conditions were not suitable for travelling abroad. However, I have tried to overcome such a problem. I have contacted the most popular researcher in the world through emails and depended on work simulation. This was due to the weakness of laboratory possibilities in Egypt. I have really learned a lot from such

an experience especially from Professor Mahmoud El-Halwagy, USA; and Professor Dominic Foo, Nottingham University who published international publications in an impacted journal. This leads to a big lesson. Try to overcome the challenge you face and don’t be depressed. May Allah offer better for you. Do your best, you will take the best with the help of Allah. The second challenge within these days is when I have to choose between two objects: my work needs and my family needs. I have the right to be the head of my department. My department needs all of my efforts and all my professors tried to persuade me to. This will take much more time from me. On the other hand, my children are in a very critical stage. My biggest daughter is in the third year of secondary stage, the other is in the third year of preparatory stage, in addition to their young brother. They need my care in such a stage more than any other stages. I preferred my family needs despite of the problems I face as a result of such a decision.However, I’m trying to manage both work and home needs and I did not leave work. 5. Let’s talk on a technical way, can you tell us about the latest technique you have heard about in the petroleum field? Crude oil hydrotreating before any processing to face the problems of heavy crude

oil and the trends toward renewable energy. 6. Nowadays, as you know we are suffering from the problems of power outages, so can you offer a solution? And do you accept generating electricity using coke or not? I think that there is more than one point: The first is rationalization ofconsumption. This should be done even if there is no problem. Solar energy will also solve part of the problem.Regarding coke, I think that we must direct research for such a topic. How to exploit coke taking into consideration environmental effects and try to maximize benefits and minimize thenegative effects? That is a very important optimization. 7. can you give some advices to students of our faculty? Do not focus on the cons or negativities, Focus on your aim. Studying in such a faculty produced very important engineers and changed the life of more than 85%ofstudentsby180degreeto the positive. Love your study here to facilitate your lifeduringthefiveyears.Besure that: as you exert effort, you will take good results. 8. What do you think that really makes a good engineer? First, your expertise in such a chapter with the aid of Dr. Rehab polished you a lot.Do not stop reading; searching always for new trends will

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polish you by the novels and make you senior in your position. Always like what you do, do not let frustration overcome you, and be always optimistic to facilitate your life. Be sure that studying in that faculty will lead you to a very important position in life. You are really special. 9. If you are selected to make a new project, which project will you choose? And who is the staff member you are going to choose to work with? Biodiesel production and bio-jet fuel production and I would work with Dr. Rehab in this project. 10. What are your plans to develop your career and our department? First, we are trying to improve our lab and we have already bought new, developed devices and do our best to prepare a very goodrefinerylab.Wealsotryingtoshareinfinancially supported projects to be a goodsource for good work and increase the faculty income.

11. As you know, last year was the first season for our beloved AICHE SU SC, so I would like to hear your comment about it. Firstly, I have to say that I respect your work a lot. Try to make a session about successful models of Petroleum engineers; not tomakeascientificlecture,but tointroducetheir expertise in the way how studying in that faculty changed their life. I think that a high percent of students need to hear that to push them toward success and to help them overcome the difficulties they face. I thinkthat this is an important need for you. You are very clever and good students; you only need only a push to encourage you. Finally, we are really happy to make this interview with you Dr. and wish you a great success and a happy life, Thank you. It is a pleasure to me and really a good chance to say what I need to transfer for my beloved students. Wish you all the best.Thanks Dr!

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“ Recovery

Mahmoud M. HarbA student at Faculty of Petroleum & Mining Engineering

WASTEHEAT

The demand for waste heat recovery systems will continue to surge with the growing requirement for energy efficiency and rising environmental concerns regarding industrial waste heat emissions. The waste heat recovery systems offer energy savings and ensure effective utilization of the waste heat operations. These are the best solutions to the concerns over increasing energy and electricity prices. Technological improvement is as a major opportunity for the waste heat recovery systems market. The primary consideration in the R&D effort of this market lies in minimizing economic costs of waste heat recovery technologies. Waste heat recovery is the process of capturing heat discarded by an existing industrial process and using that heat for other applications. Waste heat recovery involves capturing and reusing the waste heat from the industrial processes. The factors driving waste heat recovery market are increased growth in government regulatory requirement, increasing concern towards environmental protection, rising concern for energy prices, and the reluctant use of waste heat management. The future opportunities

for waste heat recovery systems are huge potential in emerging economies such as Asia-Pacific. Waste heat recovery equipment finds their usage in various industries for one or more applications. Enhancing process heat recovery efficiency provides significant and

immediate cost savings. The waste heat recovery systems are used in various end-user in industries such as petroleum refining, heavy metal production, cement, chemical refining and other industries. The waste heat recovery market in cement industry is anticipated to grow at a highest CAGR of 9.32% due to the high demand from Asia-Pacific region.

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Stupid?!“

“He, who has a why to live for, can bear almost anyhow.”Friedrich Nietzsche

>> Can you get it? >> ................................!! Let’s explain it in another way. If anyone is going to some place that he doesn’t know, I mean he doesn’t know the place itself not its location, what will you say about him?! Yeah, «Stupid!!» because he won’t reach any place! If another one is going to a certain place, he will reach there sooner or later and that’s the point. You must know your destination. Why do you live? What’s the purpose? What’s your goal, your role and your mission in this universe? You must know that you haven’t been created vainly. You have something to do here. You must live a happy life and prepare for your death at the same time. This can occur only if you give some attention to your religion. Religion is a perfect system that can form your life. It tells you how to worship your God, how to communicate with people and how to be the good person

that can serve his country and his nation. You must believe in your religion. You must be sure that you are strong and you can complete your mission. You aren’t weak. Don’t say or repeat these lies again. Climb a mountain, shout and say «I’m a miracle. I’m an exception». Define your goal, prepare your plan, pack your baggage and let the dream begin. I don’t know the dream that you have but that dream, that you are holding in your mind, is possible. The way to your dream won’t be clear and on this way, you will suffer from a lot of disappointment, failure and pain and you may doubt yourself. You may wonder, “Why this is happening to me? I’m just trying to be a good person.”, so you must know that hard times will come but they haven’t come to stay! They have come to pass. You must believe in yourself. Someone’s opinion of you doesn’t have to become your

AREYOU

Ahmed Helmy El-Ashqar A student at Faculty of Petroleum & Mining Engineering

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reality but you don’t have to go through life being a victim. You must be strong and believe that you can achieve your dream. Don’t give up your dream! Finally, you have to know that it won’t be easy to stay on the right path so you must fight! You will face many problems and barriers and you may fall so you must stay strong and be sure that you can make it. You know your destination so keep moving towards it and you will reach sooner or later. Don’t be weak or stupid and I promise you’ll reach!

Questions may help!• What do you want to achieve in your life?• Do you have (short, medium and long term) goals?• Do you have a plan for your life?• Can you define your priorities?• Do you like your specialty?• Do you read about your specialty?• Do you read about other fields but your specialty?• Do you exercise and care for your health?• Do you amuse yourself?• Did you find out your skills?• Are you a good social person or you face problems in

dealing with strangers?• Can you depend on yourself or you always need help from

others?• Can you motivate yourself to finish your duties or you find it

hard?• Have you been a leader before?• Do you like being a leader or fear it?• What do you donate to your society?• Can you manage your time?• What do you say about failure?• Have you ever practiced in voluntary activities?• Are you interested in scientific research?• How do you see your future after five years? And ten?

These questions may help you to find your way so keep calm, read these questions then answer them

and contact us if you need any help.

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“ U G D C

Muhammad Abdullah A student at Faculty of Petroleum & Mining Engineering

The United Gas Derivatives Company (UGDC) was established in October 2001 as an Egyptian joint stock company within the framework of the special free zones system.

The project is located in Port Said and it relies on the natural gas produced from North EastMediterranean fields (Al Temsah, PortFouad, Habi and Akhen) to extract natural gas derivatives. It is designed to process 1100million cubic feet per day to produce300 thousand tons of LPG for the market,280thousandtonsofPropaneforexportandmillion barrel per year of condensates, and to supply theolefincomplexin thefuturewithEthan/Propanemixtureby400thousandtonsper year. Production started up and the firstshipment of Propane was exported in January2005.TheproductionoftheplanttillNovember2009isasfollows:1476thousandtons of Propane for export, 1180 thousandtonsofLPGforlocalconsumptionand7131thousand barrels of condensates. Theinvestmentcostisabout400milliondollars. LNG exporting projects executed in Egypt are considered record breaking projects worldwide. These projects will enable Egypt

to rank among the main LNG exporting countries worldwide. In order to finance these investment

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projects, the petroleum sector followed an economic model based on making benefit ofthe available funds in the local and international bunk place, such that it does not impose any burden on the public treasure as follows: Providing the fund of the capital cost oftheseprojects(upto80%of the cost) through project finance system, where theeconomies of the project as well as its feasibility guarantee entirely repaying thefinancingburden. No doubt, Natural gas liquefaction projects reflecta deep vision towards the future where the gas exporting strategy is based on achieving the balance between exporting and the local consumption requirements; to obtain a return of foreign currency to achieve the development, and

also to save the large percent of the strategic reserves for the future generations. Year 2006 haswitnessed theimplementation of various activities & achievements for UGDC. The total revenues during year 2006 reachedan amount of 223 million dollars an equivalent to 1.3billion Egyptian Pounds as wellasthenetprofitreachedan amount of 840 millionEgyptian pounds compared with 420 million Egyptianpounds during year 2005.The total received amounts of natural gases processed at UGDC NGL plant reached about 289 billion cubic feetreceived from Temsah, Port Fouad & Ha’apy fields. Thetotal of the LPG production reached161thousandtonstocover local market needs.

Condensate production reached one million barrel usedatthepetroleumrefineryin Suez in addition to the Propane production of an amount of 247 thousandtons exported to the foreign markets in Italy, France & Portugal with revenues of 120 million dollars throughthe exporting of a number of twenty eight shipments The return on investment rate

amounted to %36 with netprofitsof146milliondollarsconsidered as more than double increase compared withyear2005. The value of the return during the last two years amounted to 219 milliondollars achieving a payback of about %52 of the totalproject costs leading to a return per share of about %44duringyear2006.Priorto founding this company all this wealth of natural gas was used the worst using (fuel), therefore it was necessary for the establishment of the company to take advantage of this wealth.

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“DistillationEXTRACTIVE

with Ionic Liquids (ILs) as Solvents

Muhammad BehairyA student at Faculty of Petroleum & Mining Engineering

Extractive distillation is widely used method for separation of close BP, low relative volatility, azeotropic mixtures. Depending on adding liquid substance which in turn interacts with mixture components. This leads to an appreciable change in the component’s activity coefficients (A number expressing the ratio of a substance’s chemical activity to its molar concentration). The change in activity coefficients increases the relative volatility gap which in turn achieves feasible separation process. The choice of the solvent is the cornerstone of the process which determines the feasibility of the method. The perfect choice which achieves the appreciable increase

of relative volatility, energy consumption and cares about total annual cost. Ionic liquid can play this role as ionic liquids are salts in which the ions are poorly coordinated, which results in these solvents being liquid below 100°C, or even at room temperature. A comparison between ionic liquid as 1-ethyl-3-methyl-imidazolium acetate ([EMIM][OAc]) and the conventional process using (EG) ethylene glycol was made. In extractive distillation process for the separation of ethanol + water, and this was the results. As shown the [EMIM][OAc] provides a larger increase in relative volatility of the mixture. As it is more hydrophilic, it attracts the water making it less volatile.

In the history of separation processes, we used a lot of techniques to get the individual component from mixtures as fractional distillation. Lots of techniques were proved to be the best one to hit the target. On the other side, many techniques are not. As a result, not all mixtures can be separated by fractional distillation. For instance, low relative volatility; close boiling point (BP) mixtures including azeotropic mixtures are unfeasible to process in ordinary methods. In order to make it feasible new techniques were developed as extractive distillation with (IL) as solvents.

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From the data shown we can conclude that, Extractive Distillation Column (EDC) uses lower energy with using [EMIM][OAc], and achieves moresufficientseparation.AsEGis volatile, it evaporates in the reboiler consuming energy, on the other hand using [EMIM][OAc] saves8.2%oftheenergyrequiredas it is non-volatile. So we can conclude that using extractive distillation with ionic liquids as solvents can be a suitable solution for the problem of azeotropic and close BP mixtures. Just we choose the suitable ionic liquid. Several technologies were analysed to solve the industrial problems. As it is a dynamic battle, when the alarm is on, science must be involved. Science is stubborn, science always has solutions.

The change of relative volatility for EG and [EMIM][OAc] with the change of the solvent/feed (S/F) mass ratio,

dashed line for [EMIM][OAc] and solid line for EG

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“TechnologyMEMBRANE

for CO2 Removal

Ibrahim Ragab HomosA student at Faculty of Petroleum & Mining Engineering

Traditional methods used to separate CO2 from gas mixtures are pressure swing adsorption, cryogenic distillation and the most frequently used method amine absorption. Also membrane processes are frequently used for gas separation. Energy requirements on the other hand significantly benefit the use of membranetechnology over other technologies: membranetechnologyuses70-75kWhpertonof recovered CO2 compared to significantlyhigher values for pressure swing adsorption (160-180 kWh), cryogenic distillation (600-800 kWh) or amine absorption (330-340kWh), making membrane technology an attractive alternative.

Fundamentals Certain gases permeate or pass through the membrane more easily than others. This allows the more rapidly permeating (fast)

components to be collected in one stream and the slower permeating (slow) components to be collected in a second stream. In natural gas treating, CO2, hydrogen, helium, H2S, and water vapor are highly permeable gases, sometimes characterized as “fast” gas molecules that permeate to a greater extent across the membrane to the lower pressure side than do the “slower” gases (i.e., Hydrocarbons).

Next to its environmental impact, CO2 reduces the heating value of natural gas (CH4) in power plants and due to its acidic character, the presence of CO2 can lead to corrosion in equipment and pipelines. This makes the removal of Co2 from natural gas of crucial importance.

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The driving force for permeation is the difference in partial pressure of a given component between the feed (high pressure) side and the permeate (low pressure) side of the membrane. The greater the partial-pressure difference, the greater the driving force. The classical thermodynamics tells us nothing about the rate at which diffusion process take place, but Fick’s law for solution-diffusion membranes in rectangular co-ordinates is:• Ji=(Si*Di*Pi)/l where,• J»thefluxofcomponent;(themolarflowofcomponent I through the membrane per unit area of membrane).

• S» solubility term.• D»diffusionco-efficient.• ΔP»partialpressure

difference across the membrane.

• The term Pi/L is membrane and operating conditions dependent; ΔP is processdependent; S, D depends

on temp. and pressure. Selectivity α1-2, theratio of two permeabilities, P1/P2.A selectivity α of 20for CO2/CH4 means that CO2 moves through the membrane 20 times faster than doesmethane. The coefficient ofpermeability, K, is a function of both the solubility and the diffusivity of the gas in the polymer matrix. Several mathematical models are available that derive the permeabilitycoefficients Next to the permeability, the main factor to describe the performance of a membrane is its separation ability, called the selectivity α.Theidealselectivityusingpure gases is given by the ratio of the permeability coefficients (Pi), which is,when assuming solution-diffusion to occur, composed of a diffusivity selectivity term (DCO2/DCH4) and a solubility selectivity term (SCO2/SCH4):

For gas mixtures the

feed composition has to be taken into account as well and the membrane selectivity is expressed as:Where Yi is the concentration

of component i in the permeate stream and Xi is the concentration of component i in the feed. Selectivity refers to the ratio of the permeation rates of a fast gas (CO2) and a slow gas (Methane or other Hydrocarbon). The selectivity of CO2 to methane determines theefficiencyoftheseparationand the methane recovery.

αideal = ------------------- = ------------------- . ------------------- PCO2 DCO2 SCO2

PCH4 DCH4 SCH4

αideal = ------------------------------------------------------ YCO2 / YCH4

XCO2 / XCH4

Equation:where:ῡ: Volume of permeated gas,scf/hr.K:Permeabilitycoefficientofpermeating gas, ft/(hr.psi)A: Membrane surface area, sq ft.P1: Partial Preasure of feed stream, psiP2: Partial pressure of permeate stream, psi

Membrane structure: Membranes can be used to separate other gaseous components such as H2S, N2, He, and water vapor from non-associated or associated gas stream under a partial pressure differential.

This table shows typical membrane materials that can be used to separate the impurities from natural gas

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Membrane uses include dehydration, fuel gas conditioning and bulk CO2 removal which isthemostimportantapplication.Themembranemarketshareisabout2%,essentiallyallforCO2 removal. This fraction will likely increase because other applications of membranes in the natural gas processing industry are under development. Many different types of membranes have been developed for industrial separation, but for CO2 removal, the industry standard is presently cellulose acetate. Membrane composition: A thin layer (0.1-0.5)ήmofcelluloseacetate ison topof thicker layerofaporoussupport material. Permeate compounds dissolve into the membrane, diffuse across it, then travel through the inactive support material. The membranes are thin to maximize mass transfer, minimize surface area and cost. The support layer is necessary to support the needed mechanical strength. Commercialmembrane configuration are either hollow fiber elements or flat sheetswrapped into spirally wound elements.

SPIRAL WOUND MEMBRANE STRUCTURE

A membrane sheet has two layers:

a relatively thick microporous layer that is in contact with the cloth support and a thin active layer on top of the microporous layer. The membrane sheets are separated by a permeate spacer and glued shut at three ends to form an envelope or leaf. Many of these leaves, separated by feed spacer are wrapped around the permeate tube, with the open end of the leaves facing the tube. Feed gas travels along the feed spacer, the permeating species diffuse through the membrane and down the permeate spacer into the permeate tube, the residue gas exits at the

endandthegasflowiscrossflow.Thespiralconfiguration is inherently more resistantthan the hollow fiber membranes to tracecomponents that would alter the polymer permeability. It also allows a wider range of membrane material to be used. The hollow fibermembraneischeaper than the spiral one. Each membrane unit contains a pretreatment unit and membrane skids. Each pretreatmentunitconsistsofafiltercoalescer,a guard bed, and a particle filter. Eachmembrane skid consists of membrane tubes containing membrane elements.

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Menna El ManzalawyA student at Faculty of Petroleum & Mining Engineering

Petroleum and Technology(Apache Corp uses new technology in the Gulf of Mexico)

Apache Corp and some smaller independent companies are usingseismicsurveyingandhorizontaldrillingtofindhiddenreserves in the Gulf of Mexico. Horizontal drilling allows companies to set up miles-long pipes through a single rock formationandcandeliverupto20timestheproductionofwellstapped by vertical drills. The technology is not entirely new, but when combined with recent advances in seismic tools, the biggest advantage of horizontal drilling is its ability to identify the maximum amount of oil and gas in rock formations. New seismic tools use sound waves that allow drillers to “see” oil and gas trapped in rocks through high-resolution 3D images. Total proved reserves in the Gulf of Mexico are about 4.9billion barrels of oil equivalent, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Petroleum and the Environment(Nigeria Oil Pollution)

Nigeria, Africa’s largest oil producer, pumping out roughly two million barrels per day, and Shell have done almost nothing to ease oil pollution in the Ogoniland area of the Niger Delta. A United Nations Environment Programme report said the area may require the world’s biggest-ever clean-up and called on ShellandtheNigeriangovernmenttocontribute$1billion

Petroleum and the Economy-Oil prices rise in Asia:

Oilprices rose inAsiaonAugust5thdue to fearsofsupplydisruptions in the Middle East. Analysts have said the violence incrudeproducerLibya,whereatleast124peoplehavediedsinceJuly13,threatenseffortstorestoreoilproductionintheNorth African country. Moreover, militants have seized two smalloilfieldsinIraq,thesecondbiggestproducerinOPEC.

Petroleum and Politics(Russia & Iran sign historic oil deal)

Russiasignedahistoric$20billionoildealwithIran.Russiawouldbuyup to500,000barrelsaday (one thirdof Iranianoil exports) in exchange for Russian equipment and goods. Notably, the White House has previously said that talks between Russia and Iran were a matter of “serious concern”.

Local Petroleum News

(Egyptian Minister of Petroleumvisitsfields)

Eng. Sherif Ismail, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, finished visitingvariousoilfieldsintheEasternDesert and the Gulf of Suez on August6th.During the tour,the President of the General Petroleum Company said thattheyplantodrill14newwells, onshore and offshore in2014/2015, increasing thecompany’s crude production to 45000 barrels per day.Furthermore, the President of Agiba Petroleum Company said the company managed to produceabout64000barrelsper day last month, and that they plan to drill 55 newwellsin2015.In other news, the ministry’s spokesman, Hamdi Abdelaziz, has denied the rumours about domestic gas cylinders’ prices going up.

PETROL news

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Noteworthy, the chapter had its second mass-media appearance this year in July. Chapter President Kareem El-Maghloub, Marketing Coordinator Kareem Salah, and Publicity Head Nada Salah had an interesting one-hour interview with The Educational Channel Radio. The three representatives had a fruitful talk about the faculty’s problems, the chapter’s campus and off-campus activities (most importantly, the Energy Campaign), their contact with the Ministry of Higher Education, and much more.

During this summer vacation, AIChE has, undoubtedly, established itself as one of the most impressive student chapters in Suez University. Seeing a notable number of newly accepted members and a handful of successful Facebook events, it is safe to say that AIChE members have had an eventful summer.

Also, the chapter used social networking to reach out for the students via Facebook events. One of these that stood out was named “Draw Your Future and Choose Your Career”. Basically, thechapter’sofficialFacebookpagewrotedetailedpoststhatexplained each college department thoroughly, helping First Year students make their decision and know more about their

Another remarkable Facebook event was called “Lead Your Dream”; inspired by the chapter’s new slogan. Students were asked to suggest creative ideas to make our campus a better place, and AIChE, in return, promised to help turn their best idea into reality.

In other news, Nada Salah, Head of Publicity at AIChE Suez, said that her committee has recently gained about 10 newmembers. “We’ve held various meetings, and we’ve created a workshoptoteachnewmembershowtopromotefieldtrips”,she added.

Nada said that the chapter has provided the students with about 60 training opportunities for the first time in the faculty’shistory.

Last but not least, I was told that we will be expecting a lot from AIChE in the upcoming 2014/2015academic year. “We’ve been working on a lot of projects. Lots of paperwork,” said Secretary Aya Ahmed, “But you won’t be disappointed”.

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