Faculty
Dr. Mohammed Al Kobaisi
Assistant Professor
Office: Ruwais 3119
Email: malkobaisi@pi.ac.ae
Phone: + 97 1 2 607 5137
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EDUCATION
2010 Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
2005 M.S. Petroleum Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
2000 B.S. Petroleum Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
EXPERIENCE
| 2011 – present |
Assistant Professor. Department of Petroleum Engineering, the Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE |
| 2001 |
Reservoir Engineer. Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), Abu-Dhabi, UAE |
RESEARCH INTERESTS
In an age where the computer hardware industry shows no apparent growth bounds, I'm mostly intrigued by the use of numerical modeling to study fluid flow in porous media. My research is focused on the efficient and accurate performance prediction of large scale (full field), highly heterogeneous reservoirs. Specific interests include multiscale simulation, gridding and upscaling techniques, pressure-transient analysis, mathematical physics of multiphase flow, and computational algorithms with application to naturally fractured reservoirs.
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE
PUBLICATIONS
Book:
Al-Kobaisi, M., and Ozkan, E., 2010, Finite-Conductivity Horizontal-Well Fractures: Theory, Modeling and Pressure-Transient Responses, LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Saarbrücken.
Refereed Journal Publications:
Al-Kobaisi, M., Kazemi, H., Ramirez, B.E., Ozkan, E. and Atan, S., 2009, “A Critical Review for Proper Use of Water-Oil-Gas Transfer Functions in Dual-Porosity Naturally Fractured Reservoirs – Part II,” SPEREE, 12(2).
Ramirez, B., Kazemi, H., Al-Kobaisi, M., Ozkan, E., and Atan, S., 2009, “A Critical Review for Proper Use of Water-Oil-Gas Transfer Functions in Dual-Porosity Naturally Fractured Reservoirs – Part I,” ATCE 2007, SPEREE, 12(2).
Balogun, A., Kazemi, H., Ozkan, E., Al-Kobaisi, M., and Ramirez, B., 2009, “Verification and Proper Use of Water/Oil Transfer Function for Dual-Porosity and Dual-Permeability Reservoirs,” SPEREE, 12(2).
Al-Kobaisi, M., Ozkan, E., and Kazemi, H., 2006, “A Hybrid Numerical/Analytical Model of a Finite-Conductivity Vertical Fracture Intercepted by a Horizontal Well,” SPEREE 9(4).
Proceedings:
Al-Matrouk, M., Al-Kobaisi, M., Kazemi, H., and Ozkan, E., 2009, “A Multidomain Approach to Multiscale Compositional Reservoir Simulation,” SPE 118223, SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium, Woodlands, TX.
Yetkin, J., Ramirez, B. E., Al-Kobaisi, M., Kazemi, H., and Ozkan, E., 2009, “A Simple Method to Account for Permeability Anisotropy in Reservoir Models and Multi-Well Pressure Interference Tests,” SPE 122972, SPE Rocky Mountain PTC, Denver, CO.
Aguilar, C., Ozkan, E., Kazemi, H., Al-Kobaisi, M., and Ramirez, B., 2007, “Transient Behavior of Multilateral Wells in Numerical Models: A Hybrid Analytical-Numerical Approach,” SPE 104581, SPE Middle East Oil and Gas Show and Conference, Bahrain.
Al-Kobaisi, M., Ozkan, E., Kazemi, H., and Ramirez, B., 2006, “Pressure-Transient-Analysis of Horizontal Wells with Transverse, Finite-Conductivity Fractures,” no.2006-162, Petroleum Society CIM Technical Meeting, Calgary, Canada.
