Award,SPE “A Peer Apart,” completing more than 100 reviews during my time on the Editorial Review Committee, 2013.
Award, "Innovation... Makes Sense" patent award given by TEC Edmonton for "Hydrocarbon Recovery Process for Fractured Reservoirs" (U.S. Patent No. 8,813,846), University of Alberta, Oct. 8, 2015.
NSERC-Industrial Research Chair in Unconventional Oil Recovery, November 2016 (for five year term).
Award, "1000 Talent Program” awarded for the sixth instalment of thousands of foreign experts plan to work at Xi’an Shiyou University between 2016 and 2019 (Extended for another two years until 2020).
Award, SPE Reservoir Description and Dynamics Award, 2017.
Award, SPE and AIME Honorary Membership, 2020.
Award, USC Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Distinguished Alumni Award, 2022.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Conference committees
Member, Scientific Committee, 10th Turkish Petroleum Congress, Ankara, Turkey, April, 1994.
Member, Steering Committee, Society of Petroleum Eng., 2003 Forum Series in the Middle East “Carbonate Reservoir Development” Muscat, Oman, 11-16 Jan., 2003.
Member, Technical Program Committee, Society of Petroleum Eng., Asia Pacific Improved Oil Rec. Conf., Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 13-14 Oct. 2003.
Member, Technical Program Committee, Society of Petroleum Eng., Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition (APOGCE) Jakarta, Indonesia, 12-14 April 2005.
Member, Technical Program Committee, Society of Petroleum Eng., Asia Pacific Improved Oil Rec. Conf., Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 5-6 Dec. 2005.
Member, Technical Program Committee, Soc. of Petroleum Eng. Asia Pac., Eighth International Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition in China (IOGCEC), 5-7 December 2006, Beijing, China.
Member, Conference Program Subcommittee, Soc. of Petroleum Eng. Int. Petr. Tech. Conf. (IPTC) 3-5 Dec. 2008, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Member, Conference Program Technical Subcommittee, Soc. of Petroleum Eng. Int. Petr. Tech. Conf. (IPTC) 7-9 Dec. 2009, Doha, Qatar.
Member, Organizing and Advisory Committees, International Symposium on Earth Science and Technology, Organized by Cooperative Int. Network for Earth Science and Tech. (CINEST) and Global COE Program “Novel Carbon Resource Sciences”, Kyushu Univ. Dec. 1-2, 2008, Fukuoka, Japan.
Member, Technical Program Committee, Soc. of Petroleum Eng., The Ninth International Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition in China (IOGCEC), 8-10 June 2010, Beijing, China.
Member, Conference Program Technical Subcommittee, Soc. of Petroleum Eng. Int. Petr. Tech. Conf. (IPTC) 7-9 Feb. 2012, Bangkok, Thailand (Session Chairman of two sessions).
Member, International Program Committee, Unconventional Oil and Technology conference organized by the International
Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED) Calgary, July 4 – 6, 2011.
Member, Executive and Technical Steering Committee, 3rd Annual Global Heavy Oil – Interactive Workshop, Cancun, Mexico, 12-15 March (Session Chairman of two sessions).
Member, Conference Program Technical Subcommittee, Soc. of Petroleum Eng. 6th Int. Petr. Tech. Conf. (IPTC) 26-28 Mar. 2013, Beijing, China.
Member, Conference Program Technical Subcommittee, Soc. of Petroleum Eng. 7th Int. Petr. Tech. Conf. (IPTC) 20-22 Jan. 2014, Doha, Qatar.
Member, Conference Program Technical Subcommittee, Soc. of Petroleum Eng. 8th Int. Petr. Tech. Conf. (IPTC) 10-12 Dec. 2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Member, Conference Program Technical Subcommittee, Soc. of Petroleum Eng. 9th Int. Petr. Tech. Conf. (IPTC) 6-9 Dec. 2015, Doha, Qatar.
Member, Technical Committee, Pan American Mature Fields Congress, 20-22 Jan. 2015, Veracruz, Mexico.
Member, Soc. of Petroleum Eng., 2015 IOR/EOR Forum Steering Committee, Oct. 19-23, 2015, Cancun, Mexico.
Member, Conference Program Technical Subcommittee, Soc. of Petroleum Eng. 10th Int. Petr. Tech. Conf. (IPTC) 14-16 Nov. 2016, Bangkok, Thailand.
Member, Technical Committee, Pan American Mature Fields Congress, 17-19 Feb. 2016, Veracruz, Mexico.
Member, Conference Program Technical Subcommittee (Reservoir Engineering), Soc. of Petroleum Eng. Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition,
Oct. 9-11, 2017, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Member, Conference Program Technical Subcommittee (Reservoir Engineering), Soc. of Petroleum Eng.
Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Sept. 24-26, 2018, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Member, Technical Committee, Global Petroleum Show (GPS), 12-14 June, 2018, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Member, Conference Program Technical Subcommittee, Soc. of Petroleum Eng. 11th Int. Petr. Tech. Conf.
(IPTC) Mar. 26-28, 2019, Beijing, China.
Member, Technical Committee, Global Petroleum Show (GPS), 11-13 June, 2019, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Chair, Conference Program Technical Subcommittee (Reservoir Engineering), Soc. of Petroleum Eng. Annual Technical
Conference and Exhibition, Sept. 30-Oct. 2. 2019, Calgary, AB, Canada, USA.
Member, Conference Program Technical Subcommittee (Reservoir Engineering), Soc. of Petroleum Eng. Annual Technical
Conference and Exhibition, Oct. 5-7, 2020, Denver, Colorado, USA.
Member, Conference Program Technical Subcommittee, Soc. of Petroleum Eng. 13th Int. Petr. Tech. Conf.
(IPTC) Mar. 23-25, 2021, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Member, Scientific Committee, 7th Int. Cong. On Energy Efficiency and Energy Related Materials (ENEFM), Oct. 17-23, 2021 Fethiye, Mugla, Turkey (Session Chairman of one session).
Member, InterPore 2022, 7th Int. Conf. On Porous Media, May 30-June 2, 2022, Abu Dhabi, UAE (Session Chairman of one session).
Member, Scientific Committee, 5th International Workshop on “Thermal Methods for Enhanced Oil Recovery: Laboratory Testing, Simulation and Oilfields Applications” ThEOR2022, Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 3-5, 2022.
Member, Academic Committee, International CCUS Conference (Carbon Dioxide Capture, Utilization and Storage) 2022 (ICCUSC 2022) Beijing, China, Dec. 9-11, 2022.
Other committees
Member, Society of Petroleum Eng., Oman Section, Board of Directors, Oct. 1998-June 2001.
Faculty Sponsor, Sultan Qaboos Univ. SPE Student Chapter, 1999-2001.
Member, Society of Petroleum Eng., Education and Professionalism Committee, Oct. 2000-Oct. 2006.
Member, Society of Petroleum Eng., Career Guidance and Student Development Committee, Oct. 2001-Oct. 2005.
Member, Soc. of Petroleum Eng., Research and Development Technical Section, Oct. 2006-Oct. 2013.
Member, Soc. of Petroleum Eng., Reservoir Description and Dynamics (RD&D) Advisory Committee
Oct. 2010-Oct. 2013.
Member, SPE STAR Scholarship/Fellowship Committee, Canada Section, Jan. 2014-today.
Member, SPE Canada Board of Directors, June 2015-June 2018.
Member, SPE Peer-Reviewed Journals Strategic Workgroup, April 2016-2017.
Member, Soc. of Petroleum Eng., Reservoir Description and Dynamics (RD&D) Advisory Committee, Chair of the EOR/IOR Subcommittee, Sept. 2015-Sept. 2018.
Editorial Services
Member, JPT Editorial Committee, 2015-2018 (extended for another 3-year period to end in Oct. 2021).
Executive Editor, SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering (Formation Evaluation part), September 2010-September 2013.
Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Jan. 2011-Dec. 2014.
Associate Editor, SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering, November 2008-September 2010.
Technical Editor, SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering, August 1999-October 2008.
Reviewer in Refereed Journals
Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering,
Transport in Porous Media,
SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering,
Turkish Journal of Oil and Gas.
Computers and Geosciences
Mathematical Geology
Energy and Fuels
J. of Colloid and Interface Science
Fuel
Colloids and Surface A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
SPE Journal
Geoderma
ASME J. Energy Res. Tech.
Scientia Iranica
Physica-A,
Chemical Engineering Communications
Canadian Geotechnical Journal
Canadian J. of Chemical Eng.
Natural Resources Research
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
Energies
Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering
Chemical Engineering & Technology
Special Topics & Reviews in Porous Media
International Journal of Multiphase Flow
African J. of Agricultural Research.
The Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering,
Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A,
Canadian Energy Technology & Innovation (CETI) Journal,
Journal of Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science,
Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology,
Journal of Petroleum Technology and Alternative Fuels,
Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology,
Oil and Gas Sci. and Tech. – Revue de l’IFP
Journal of Petroleum and Gas Engineering.
Mathematical Problems in Engineering,
Chemical Engineering Science,
Applied Energy,
Int. J. of Heat and Mass Transfer,
Fractals,
Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering.
Fellowships
The British Council, Fellowship for Scientific Visit to Imperial College, London, 1996.
The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey, NATO Fellowship, Partial Support for Scientific Visit to Imperial College, London, 1996.
DAAD, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (German Academic Exchange Service) Fellowship for visit to RWTH Aachen, Geologie-Endogene Dynamik, Germany, 2001.
The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), Fellowship Program to Support Visiting Scientists, Support for Scientific Visit to Middle East Technical University, Dept. of Petroleum and Natural Gas Eng., Ankara, Turkey, November, 2005.
The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Fellowship for Short Term Invitation (for a visit to Waseda University,
Dept. of Resources and Envir. Eng., Tokyo, Japan) July 1–August 17, 2006.
Memberships
Society of Petroleum Engineers (since December 1981).
International Association for Mathematical Geology (since August 1999).
Society of Core Analysts (since November 2002).
Society of Professional Well Log Analysts (since October 2002).
Petroleum Society of Canadian Inst. of Min., Met. and Petroleum (CIM) (since June 2003).
The Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicist of Alberta (APEGGA) (since Aug. 2004).
American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) (since March 2005).
Pi Epsilon Tau, Petroleum Engineering Honor Society (1991).
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) (since March 2012).