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Oil and Gas Economics, Concession Agreements and Project Finance (FIN)
Geoscience: Upstream Technology Developments (GEOT)
People and Talent Development (PPL)
Oil and Gas Field Development (FD)
Drilling (DR)
Completions (COMPL)
Gas/LNG Processing, Transportation, Operations and Technology (GAS)
Offshore and Marine Production, Technology and Operations (MAR)
Project Management and Execution (PM)
Operational Excellence (OpEx)
Health And Safety (HS)
Downstream: Refining Technology, Operations and Marketing (REF)
Petrochemicals Technology and Operations (PET)
Hydrogen, Biofuels, Alternative Fuels And Renewable Energy (BIO)
Digitalisation of Oil and Gas (DIGI)
Upstream: Exploration of Conventional Resources (CONV)
Upstream: Exploration of Unconventional Resources (UNCONV)
Midstream: Transportation, Storage And Infrastructure (MID)
Environmental Sustainability, Climate Change And Energy Transition (ENV)
Monday 13 February 2023
Day 1
Tuesday 14 February 2023
Day 2
Wednesday 15 February 2023
Day 3
14:30 - 16:00
SESSION 1: DIGITAL TOOLS TO IMPROVE HEALTH AND SAFETY
Health And Safety (HS)
CO-CHAIRS:
Wael Amin , Senior HSSE Manager , Kuwait Energy Company
Benson Egbevurie , HSE Director , Egyptian Liquefied Natural Gas
How to improve health and safety in the energy industry by using connected wearable technology
Samy Karam Gerguis , Regional Sales Manager , Blackline Safety Corp
Using fuzzy logic in risk assessment: application on above ground gasoline tank alarm system
Ahmed Kamel , Senior Health, Safety and Environmental Engineer , Korra-Energi
HSE incident prediction using ai in the oil and gas industry
Ahmed El-Maraghi , Petroleum Engineer , Qarun Petroleum Company
HSE culture - embracing the 21st century
Lynn Hobballah , Head of Health and Safety , Petrofac
Panel Q&A
14:30 - 16:00
SESSION 2: TACKLING PROJECT EXECUTION CHALLENGES
Project Management and Execution (PM)
CO-CHAIRS:
Moataz Dawood , Project Manager , Shell Egypt
Mahmoud Galal , Development Department Manager , The Petroleum Projects & Technical Consultations Company (PETROJET)
How to achieve excellence through project execution and cost optimisation
Mohamed Atwa , Senior Production Technology Manager , Kuwait Energy Company, Egypt
Tackling of Atoll-4 and Oattameya projects challenges
Walid Abdelkhalek , Assistant General Manager for Integrity , Pharaonic Petroleum Company (PhPC)
Agile project management applicability to mega projects
Emad Aziz , CEO , BRISK Business Inc.
Agile project management in energy efficiency projects
Ahmed Ali , Department Manager , Egyptian Projects Operation and Maintenance (EPROM)
Panel Q&A
14:30 - 16:00
SESSION 3: PEOPLE AND TALENT MANAGEMENT
People and Talent Development (PPL)
CO-CHAIRS:
Hesham Kamal , GeoUnit Recruiting Manager , SLB
Mostafa Kortam , Senior Reservoir Engineer , Petrobel
Do not build businesses, build people and people will build businesses
Maha Zahran , Risk and Strategic Planning Manager , Petrojet
Customised development model for newly hired petroleum engineers to achieve excellence
Maqhim Matar , Senior Petroleum Engineer , Kuwait Oil Company
The impact of succession planning on leadership development
Moataz Nassar , Project Director , Engineering for Petroleum and Process (Enppi)
People and talent development
Wafaa Tantawy , Head of HR and Admin , Kuwait Energy
Panel Q&A
14:30 - 16:00
SESSION 4: ENERGY ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Oil and Gas Economics, Concession Agreements and Project Finance (FIN)
CO-CHAIRS:
Abdelkader Elbadry , Planning and Contracts Administration Department Manager , Petrobel
Nevine Hussein , Head of Planning , Kuwait Energy Egypt Company
Energy hub concept
Amr Mohamed , Project Controls Engineer , Engineering for Petroleum and Process (Enppi)
Deregulation policy structure of natural gas and the effects of new developments in the East Mediterranean region
Atilla Kılınç , Research Associate , Istanbul Technical University
Techno economic study for flare gas recovery
Omar Abdullazez , Technical Office General Assistant Manager , ANRPC
Sources of finance to achieve the Egypt 2030 vision
Ibrahim El Sihamy , Department Manager , ETHYDCO
Panel Q&A
14:30 - 16:00
SESSION 5: DECARBONISATION AND ENERGY TRANSITION
Environmental Sustainability, Climate Change And Energy Transition (ENV)
CO-CHAIRS:
Mohamed Adel , General Manager , GasReg (Gas Regulatory Authority)
Ahmed Fouad , North Africa Region HSE&C Manager , bp
Reducing carbon footprint and greenhouse emissions: identification and precise calculation of emissions for decarbonisation
Rudy Skaff , Performance Optimisation Manager , Siemens Energy
Technological pathways for decarbonising petroleum refining and petrochemical plants
Francesco Cammarata , Vice President , Technip Energies
Powering Egyptian petroleum sector with solar energy, opportunities and challenges
Ahmed Serry , Reservoir Engineer , Belayim Petroleum Company (Petrobel)
Net zero carbon intelligent campus
Mostafa Hazem , Solution Manager , Huawei
Panel Q&A
16:00 - 17:30
SESSION 6: EMBRACING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY CULTURE
Health And Safety (HS)
CO-CHAIRS:
Rami Khallaf , Senior HSE Manager - SSA Region , Baker Hughes
Lilian Mahfouz , GeoUnit HSE Manager , SLB
Serious injuries and fatalities: a study of data and prevention strategies
David Bibby , Director , ISN
Formulating rescue department for responding to emergency cases during working at height & confined space entry
Fathy Abdelwahab , HSE Representative for Eastern Branch , Egyptian Maintenance Company
How to analyse and mitigate hydrogen safety risks based on examples
Murray Farmer , Marketing Lead – Safety, Middle East & Africa , Dräger
BAPETCO food safety and hygiene practice at remote locations
Maha Mohie , Occupational Health Section Head , Badr El Den Petroleum Company
Panel Q&A
16:00 - 17:30
SESSION 7: INNOVATION IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Project Management and Execution (PM)
CO-CHAIRS:
Mahmoud Hegazy , Head of Operation , Kuwait Energy Egypt
Sharif Tolba , OFS Account Director , SLB
An expert system for enhanced accuracy of cost estimating in EPC/ turn-key projects
Mahmoud Sami , Cost Engineer , Engineering for Petroleum and Process (Enppi)
Reduce costs and improve efficiency across the CAPEX lifecycle
Hisham Gouda , Chief Solution Expert , SAP
Building information modelling: project management; design
Lydia Shangu , Founder and Managing Director , Shangu Business Services South Africa
Forward-thinking: security and operations management in a changing world
Amelia Rocos , Senior Risk Management Analyst , Diaplous Group
Panel Q&A
16:00 - 17:10
SESSION 8: TALENT ACQUISITION STRATEGIES
People and Talent Development (PPL)
CO-CHAIRS:
Hesham Kamal , GeoUnit Recruiting Manager , SLB
Wafaa Tantawy , Head of HR and Admin , Kuwait Energy
How to use latest assessment techniques to develop employees?
Randa Onsy , HR Manager , Engineering for Petroleum and Process (Enppi)
The role of technical professional contribution in talent development
Sriyanta Hadi , Principal Production Planning , PETRONAS
The impact of psychological contract on employee performance in the Egyptian oil and gas companies. A case study in Pharaonic Petroleum Company (PhPC)
Sara Amer , Payroll Department Head , Pharaonic Petroleum Company (PhPC)
Panel Q&A
16:00 - 17:30
SESSION 9: UPSTREAM GEOSCIENCE TECHNOLOGY UNLOCKS NEW POTENTIAL
Geoscience: Upstream Technology Developments (GEOT)
CO-CHAIRS:
Moataz Nady , Geophysical Advisor , Eni
Unlocking Egypt’s West Mediterranean sea
Mark Hamilton , Principal Geoscientist , PGS
OBN seismic unlocks new play potential (rejuvenating exploration in the Gulf of Suez through the application of modern wide azimuth OBN seismic technology)
Ayman Rehan , Exploration Manager , Neptune Energy
Seismic data reprocessing to delineate the lower cretaceous complex fault systems using local angle domain migration in Abu Gharadiq basin, Western Desert, Egypt
Ahmed Elbassiony , Depth Imaging Supervisor , PetroTrace GeoScience
Extended elastic impedance and its application in prediction of reservoir and fluid properties for late Messinian reservoir, onshore Nile Delta Egypt
Mahmoud Eloribi , Senior Geophysicist , Dana Gas
Panel Q&A
16:00 - 17:10
SESSION 10: REDUCING CARBON FOOTPRINT AND GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS
Environmental Sustainability, Climate Change And Energy Transition (ENV)
CO-CHAIRS:
Mohamed Adel , General Manager , GasReg (Gas Regulatory Authority)
Ahmed Fouad , North Africa Region HSE&C Manager , bp
A pragmatic transition to net zero energy production
Ulrich Voegtle , Vice President Business Development and Market Intelligence , MAN Energy Solutions
Reducing carbon footprint and greenhouse emissions in few steps for quick results and fast ROI
Tiziana Paolicelli , Strategic Account Executive , Schneider Electric, Italy
Addressing methane emissions from flaring
Ramy Diaa , Region Manager , Baker Hughes
Panel Q&A
10:00 - 11:30
SESSION 11: TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Petrochemicals Technology and Operations (PET)
CO-CHAIRS:
Sara Mortada , Assistant General Manager- Business Development , Egyptian Petrochemicals Holding Company (ECHEM)
Mohamed Yakan , General Manager Technical Affairs & Technology , The Egyptian Petrochemicals Holding Company (ECHEM)
Demonstration of waste plastic to fuel conversion technology in petroleum refinery
Satyen Kumar Das , General Manager , Indian Oil Corporation Limited
Recovering the activity of ammonia synthesis catalysts
Mohamed Abdel Atty Ahmed , Ammonia and Utilities Plant Manager , Misr Fertilizers Production Co. (MOPCO)
Optimisation of high density polyethylene (HDPE) reactor using PSDS of chromium catalyst
Haitham Ramadan Omara , Director of Department , Sidi Kerir Petrochemicals Company (SIDPEC)
Pygas maximise petrochemicals from your steam cracker
Manu Van Leuvenhaege , Commercial Director , Sulzer
Panel Q&A
10:00 - 11:10
SESSION 12: NEW OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGIES RESOLVING OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES
Offshore and Marine Production, Technology and Operations (MAR)
CO-CHAIRS:
Mohamed Aly , Project Manager , Pharaonic Petroleum Company (PhPC)
Mohamed El-Reedy , General Manager , Gulf of Suez Petroleum Company (GUPCO)
Reinforced themoplastic (RTP) installation for offshore pipeline application via insertion method
Azlan Bakar , Technical Professional (Offshore Installation) , PETRONAS
Engineering challenges in design of jacket for offshore substation platform in north sea
Jayesh Gandhi , Senior Manager , Petrofac International Limited
Improving operational efficiency using a remotely operated pig launcher system
Daniel McKie , Senior Systems Engineer , Baker Hughes
Panel Q&A
10:00 - 11:10
SESSION 13: WELLBORE STABILITY AND FLUIDS INNOVATION
Drilling (DR)
CO-CHAIRS:
Marwa Al-Qutt , Drilling Fluids Assistant General Manager , Agiba Petroleum Company
Moataz Moussa , Drilling Manager , Kuwait Energy Egypt
A novel approach to successfully implement the managed pressure cementing technique in narrow pressure window conditions: a case study from Saudi Arabia
Wajid Ali , General Solutions Engineer , TAQA, Saudi Arabia
The utilisation of mud cooling and managed pressure drilling to drill the deepest onshore high-pressure high-temperature well in the Nile Delta of Egypt
Mahmoud Elhusseiny , Drilling Engineer and Rig Supervisor , Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS)
Geomechanics lessons on hole stability management in Kafr El Sheikh shale: experience from Mediterranean, Egypt
Ahmed Baghdadi , Geomechanics Specialist , Baker Hughes
Panel Q&A
10:00 - 11:30
SESSION 14: INTEGRATING SUBSURFACE DATA TO UNLOCK UNCONVENTIONAL RESOURCES
Upstream: Exploration of Unconventional Resources (UNCONV)
CO-CHAIRS:
Ahmed Lotfy , Deputy Exploration General Manager & Board Member , Kuwait Energy Egypt
Mohamed Said , Reservoir Technical Services Manager (RTS) , Baker Hughes
Effect of stress on permeability using modified-Palmer Mansoori model
Devansh Shrivastava , Student , University of Aberdeen
New workflow to estimate the permeability and saturation high function by using the rock typing whenever there is a very limited core data
Dr Tharwat Hassane , Head of Petroleum Engineering Department , ECU
Petrophysical characterisation and oil potentialities of unconventional carbonate reservoirs by utilising well log analysis and delta log R technique, Gemsa field, Egypt
Ahmed Rashed , Petrophysics Department Head , Gemsa Petroleum Company (GEMPETCO)
Re-evaluation of Thebes (carbonate) reservoir and its impact on the productivity and its benefits in adding new producing zones, Gulf of Suez, Egypt
Ahmed Abd El-Gawad , Petrophysics Department Manager , Tharwa Petroleum Company
Panel Q&A
10:00 - 11:30
SESSION 15: RENEWABLE ENERGY: TECHNOLOGY, OPERATIONS, INTEGRATION WITH EXISTING FACILITIES
Hydrogen, Biofuels, Alternative Fuels And Renewable Energy (BIO)
CO-CHAIRS:
Zacharakis Stathis , Business Development Director , ASPROFOS SA
Nora Zidan , Polymers Technology Engineer , Egyptian Petrochemicals Holding Company (ECHEM), Egypt
Designing electric generators to utilise tidal energy for powering conventional offshore oil rigs
Mohamed Elshawef , Engineer , Khalda Petroleum Company
Solar/diesel hybrid model in the oil and gas sector
Mohamed Amer , Drilling Optimisation and Technology Engineer , Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC)
Use of abandoned petroleum wells for geothermal energy generation
Stanley Oifoghe , Formation Evaluation Technical Sales Lead , Baker Hughes
Stability enhancement of wind energy conversion based superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES) systems using archimedes optimisation algorithm (AOA)
Hebatallah Khaled Abd El Badie , Senior Electrical Engineer , Engineering for Petroleum and Process (Enppi)
Panel Q&A
11:30 - 13:00
SESSION 16: REFINING DEVELOPMENTS AND ADVANCEMENTS
Downstream: Refining Technology, Operations and Marketing (REF)
CO-CHAIRS:
Mohamed Ibrahim , General Manager , Engineering for Petroleum and Process (Enppi)
Mahmoud Ahdy Khairat , Section Head in Operations Department , MIDOR
AET technology reduces greenhouse gas emissions, decreases costs, improves safety, reduces sulfur in fuels
Sumit Agrawal , Business Development and Operations Director , GE3S
Reduction of fuel grade coke make in refinery through advanced coker technology
Pradeep Ponoly Ramachandran , Senior Research Manager , Indian Oil Corporation Limited
Unpurged thermocouples for challenging applications such as sulphur recovery units
Islam Heikal , MENA Region Technology Adviser , Daily Thermetrics
Predictive modeling and simulation of hydrocracking unit to study vacuum gas oil (VGO), waste lubricating oil (WLO) and waste cooking oil (WCO) co-hydroprocessing
Mohamed Sayed , Process Engineer , Egyptian Projects Operation and Maintenance (EPROM)
Panel Q&A
11:30 - 12:20
SESSION 17: TRANSPORTATION, STORAGE AND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR MIDSTREAM OPERATIONS
Midstream: Transportation, Storage And Infrastructure (MID)
CO-CHAIRS:
Khaled ElGammal , General Manager for LNG/ Gas Export and Import Activities and Facilities Follow-up , Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS)
Hesham Elkhafif , Projects General , Petrobel/ Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC)
Local production of poly (m-aminophenol) soluble in the innovative solvent (PONA) as pour point depressant for paraffinic crude oil
Hasan Elnagar Hassan Ibrahim , Assistant General Manager , ANRPC
Early detection of broken bar faults in induction motors during the use of optimised stockwell transform and adaptive time frequency filter
Mohamed Esam , Electrical Engineering Section Head , Petroleum Pipeline Company (PPC)
Panel Q&A
11:30 - 13:00
SESSION 18: DRILLING CHALLENGES AND OPTIMISATION
Drilling (DR)
CO-CHAIRS:
Marwa Al-Qutt , Drilling Fluids Assistant General Manager , Agiba Petroleum Company
Moataz Moussa , Drilling Manager , Kuwait Energy Egypt
Prediction of downhole drillstring vibrations in horizontal wells by employing machine learning: Middle East case study
Hany Gamal , Post Doctoral Fellow , Weatherford
Hybrid drill bit technology mitigates drilling issues in Egyptian Western Desert deep wells
Karim Beheiry , Application Engineering Lead , Baker Hughes
Implementation of dynamic flow modeling and simulation of kick tolerance in west delta deep marine concession of Egypt
Hany Metwally , Drilling Supervisor/ Well Control Instructor , Agiba Petroleum Company
A real-time machine learning based bit pull advisory system to reduce ILT and NPT events during drilling operations
Michael Behounek , Senior Drilling and Completions Advisor , Apache Petroleum Corporation
Panel Q&A
11:30 - 12:40
SESSION 19: TAPPING INTO PRODUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENT IN UNCONVENTIONAL RESOURCES
Upstream: Exploration of Unconventional Resources (UNCONV)
CO-CHAIRS:
Noureldien Darhim , New Technology and Unconventional Resource Lead , Gulf of Suez Petroleum Company (GUPCO)
Dr.Tharwat Hassane , Professor of Petroleum Engineering , ECU
CO2 foam injection in hydrate reservoir for natural-gas production and better subsurface stability
Vishnu Nair , Assistant Professor , Indian institute of Technology, Kharagpur
The application of high-resolution XRF analyses to assess the unconventional sources of oil and gas shale reservoirs in Matruh basin, Western Desert, Egypt
Walaa Awaad Awaad Ali , Assistant Professor , Matrouh University
South Gharib carbonate open door for unexpected unconventional reservoir, Bakr-Amer field, central province, Gulf of Suez, Egypt
Tamer Remaly , Assistant General Manager , General Petroleum Company (GPC)
Panel Q&A
11:30 - 13:00
SESSION 20: GREEN AMMONIA AND HYDROGEN PRODUCTION AND USAGE
Hydrogen, Biofuels, Alternative Fuels And Renewable Energy (BIO)
CO-CHAIRS:
Zacharakis Stathis , Business Development Director , ASPROFOS SA
Nora Zidan , Polymers Technology Engineer , Egyptian Petrochemicals Holding Company (ECHEM), Egypt
Green hydrogen (ammonia) outlook-Europe Egypt case opportunities and challenges techno-economic, geopolitical, regulatory filling the gaps study
Ahmed Abdelhady , Technology Consultant , Formation et Sensibilisation de Luxembourg
Cost-competitive green hydrogen; the key to scaling up green hydrogen production in the current market
Unyime Okure , Head of Department Health Safety and Environment , krisQuest Energy
Prototype of HCNG fuel system
Mohamed Al Naggar , Assistant General Manager , Car Gas
Development of a green ammonia production facility
Mark Baker , Concept Development Consultant , Petrofac
Panel Q&A
14:00 - 15:30
SESSION 21: REFINING INNOVATION AND PROFITABILITY
Downstream: Refining Technology, Operations and Marketing (REF)
CO-CHAIRS:
Mohamed Ibrahim , General Manager , Engineering for Petroleum and Process (Enppi)
Mohamed Magdi , Environment & Property Solutions Project Manager , ExxonMobil
An overview of refined product market dynamics in a turbulent world
Andrew Inglis , Vice President , NexantECA
Innovative software improves crude oil logistics scheduling
Aurelio Ferrucci , Executive Vice President , Prometheus SRL
Cost optimisation through the application of high performance surface protection technologies to mission critical equipment in the oil and gas industry
Colin Bateman , IGS Director of Business Development EMEA , Integrated Global Services, Inc. (IGS)
Improve refining and olefins margins while reducing carbon emissions
Satyadev Susarla , Principal Solution Consultant , Aspentech
Panel Q&A
14:00 - 15:30
SESSION 22: OPERATIONAL SOLUTIONS FOR GAS/LNG PROCESSING
Gas/LNG Processing, Transportation, Operations and Technology (GAS)
CO-CHAIRS:
Hamada Ahmad Frahat , Deputy General Manager , Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS)
Sally Salah Nasr , Assistant General Manager for NG/LNG Exports and Imports Activities , Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS)
Emissions reductions & improving energy efficiency in ELNG
Bassem Younes , Senior Process Engineer , ELNG
Robust Gas-to-Power infrastructure design for increased power generation in Nigeria
Francis Idachaba , PhD Student , University of North Dakota
Innovation of dealing with high wax content in deep water subsea gas un-piggable pipeline
Abdelaziz Reda , Process and Flow Assurance Team Leader , Pharaonic Petroleum Company (PhPC)
Gas storage as a step to enhance Egypt regional gas hub role
Abd El-Rahman Sayed Hassan , Executive General Manager of Economic Studies and Performance Development Follow-up , Egyptian Natural Gas Company (GASCO)
Panel Q&A
14:00 - 15:10
SESSION 23: PRODUCTION OPTIMISATION THROUGH SMART COMPLETION AND INTERVENTION SOLUTIONS
Completions (COMPL)
CO-CHAIRS:
Mohamed Atwa , Chief Production Technology Engineer , Kuwait Energy Egypt
Mostafa Kortam , Senior Reservoir Engineer , Petrobel
Barefoot completion of turonian AR/D tight carbonate reservoir opens a new opportunity in Western Desert, Egypt
Hesham Mokhtar , Senior Reservoir Engineer , General Petroleum Company (GPC)
Idle management technology driving surface completion equipment efficiency and reducing emissions
Fabian Bong , Manager Business Development , EKU Power Drives
Optimising lower completion in carbonates; barefoot, pre-drilled liner, blank pipe
Ming Lei Yeow , Senior Engineer Completion & Lead Well Services, Drilling Department , MubadalaEnergy
Panel Q&A
14:00 - 15:30
SESSION 24: ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY (EOR)
Oil and Gas Field Development (FD)
CO-CHAIRS:
Mahmoud Khalil , Lead Services Specialist Technical Support, Pressure Pumping Service, , Baker Hughes
Shaheen Shaheen , Chairman’s Assistant , IPR Energy Group
CO2 injection pilot project in north Zelten Field, Libya
Musbah Abusitta , Senior Reservoir Engineer , Sirte Oil Company
A novel microbial enhanced oil recovery technology in enhancing well productivity
Darius Shahsavari , Senior Vice President , IPR Energy Group
Integrated multiphase lifting (IML), a combined multiphase pump and gas compressor sperimental technology for enhanced oil recovery
Lorenzo Verna , Operation Engineer Well Production Services , Bonatti SpA, Italy
Investigation of biosurfactants production using indigenous bacterial strains isolated from Egyptian oil fields for microbial enhanced oil recovery
Hamed Aboelkhair , Lecturer , The British University in Egypt
Panel Q&A
14:00 - 15:30
SESSION 25: LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN GREEN HYDROGEN
Hydrogen, Biofuels, Alternative Fuels And Renewable Energy (BIO)
CO-CHAIRS:
Manolis Markakis , Senior Director Supply, Exports & Operations , Hellenic Petroleum RSSOPP
Zacharakis Stathis , Business Development Director , ASPROFOS SA
Green hydrogen in Egypt I Chart new energy future
Mohamed Atia , Process Engineer , Engineering for Petroleum and Process (Enppi)
Refinery corrosion challenges when converting from fossil to renewable feedstock
Johan Salwen , Technical Marketing Specialist , Alleima
State of hydrogen industry in North America
Behzad Bigdeli , CEO & Founder , Exponential Advisor
Production of green hydrogen, storage and transport of liquefied hydrogen as futuristic fuel
Pramod Kumar Mallya , Professor , SNG College of Engineering
Panel Q&A
15:30 - 16:40
SESSION 26: ADVANCED DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION INITIATIVES
Digitalisation of Oil and Gas (DIGI)
CO-CHAIRS:
Mohamed Sayed Taha , Automation Leader and Digital Transformation Expert, Engineering for Petroleum and Process , Enppi, Egypt
Mahmoud Shihab , Digital & Integration Data Scientist , SLB
Remote digital technologies driving innovation – a case study on subsea operations
Fouzi Bouillouta , Global PMO Digital Leader , Baker Hughes
Additive manufacturing on rotating equipment: innovate to face the challenges of the oil & gas industry
Matteo Delfino , Innovation Product Manager , Nuovo Pignone Baker Hughes Company
Field experience of an innovative downhole wireless communication system
Muhammad Arsalan , Petroleum Engineering Specialist , Saudi Aramco
Panel Q&A
15:30 - 17:00
SESSION 27: GAS /LNG NEW INITIATIVES
Gas/LNG Processing, Transportation, Operations and Technology (GAS)
CO-CHAIRS:
Hamada Ahmad Frahat , Deputy General Manager , Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS)
Sally Salah Nasr , Assistant General Manager for NG/LNG Exports and Imports Activities , Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS)
Off-the-shelf solutions for virtual pipeline methods: tapping the potential of previously wasted gas
Olatunde Kadri , Former Project Development & Engineering Intern , TotalEnergies
The impact of implementing automated monitoring and control systems on improving performance and tightening control and continuous follow-up of transportation and distribution activities in the Egyptian petroleum sector
Mahmoud Mazhar , Manager, Support and Follow-Up, Automated Control and Monitoring Systems , Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC)
Simulation of sweetening unit in LNG plant
Moamen Aly , Operation Engineer , Alexandria Mineral Oil Company (AMOC)
A multi-layered strategy to manage foaming in ultra-sour gas sweetening units
Mostafa Shehata , Engineering Consultant , Bryan Research and Engineering LLC
Panel Q&A
15:30 - 17:00
SESSION 28: RESERVOIR PRODUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENT UTILISING INNOVATIVE AL AND STIMULATION TECHNOLOGIES
Completions (COMPL)
CO-CHAIRS:
Wael Sadek , Lead Application Engineer - CWI , Baker Hughes
Maria Leticia Vazquez , Production Enhancement Business Development Manager , SLB
Innovative foam-assisted gas lift technology for resuscitation of highsalinity and high-GOR oil wells
Himanshu Tyagi , Petroleum Engineer , Weatherford
Enhancement in ESP production of depleted oil reservoirs: case study of the application of slimline ESP in marine production wells with slim bore
Bahaa Eldin Elbarky , Completion Engineer , Belayim Petroleum Company (Petrobel)
Unique case study of CO2 energised fracturing to enhance production in depleted unconventional reservoir, North Kuwait
Kutbuddin Bhatia , Senior Engineer , Halliburton
Revealing the reservoir baffling performance by mimicking the actual reservoir condition into lab scale
Shady Alfy , Lead Reservoir Engineer , Cheiron Petroleum Corporation
Panel Q&A
15:30 - 16:40
SESSION 29: RESERVOIR MONITORING AND SURVEILLANCE
Oil and Gas Field Development (FD)
CO-CHAIRS:
Hatem Darwish , Digital Operations Solutions Business Development Manager , SLB
Darius Shahsavari , Senior Vice President , IPR Energy Group
Role of geomechanics and integrated reservoir characterisation in production enhancement from a heterogeneous carbonate reservoir: a success story from Kuwait
Ashok Shinde , Senior Geomechanics Engineer , Baker Hughes
An integrated approach for the analysis of high rate production data using rate transient analysis on the north west shelf of Australia
Shareefa AlRashid , Petroleum Engineer , Kufpec
ESP performance enhancement and premature failure reduction through esp equipment reliability project in a West Kuwait field - case study from Kuwait
Mohamed Hassan , Senior Petroleum Engineer , Kuwait Oil Company
Panel Q&A
15:30 - 16:40
SESSION 30: BIOFUELS TECHNOLOGY, PRODUCTION AND USAGE
Hydrogen, Biofuels, Alternative Fuels And Renewable Energy (BIO)
CO-CHAIRS:
Manolis Markakis , Senior Director Supply, Exports & Operations , Hellenic Petroleum RSSOPP
Zacharakis Stathis , Business Development Director , ASPROFOS SA
Households biogas unit
Haytham Dbouk , Founder and CEO , Innovating Green Technology
From urban solid waste to watts: the status of landfill gas for electric power in Nigeria
Eng Benedict Edenseting Dean , Institute of Energy and Maritime Studies, Uyo, Nigeria Chairman, Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers , Akwalborm Cross River States Chapter
Improvement of biogas production using nanoparticles
Eman Bedair , Administration Manager , PetroGas
Panel Q&A
10:00 - 11:30
SESSION 31: DATA SCIENCE, PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Digitalisation of Oil and Gas (DIGI)
CO-CHAIRS:
Mahmoud Shihab , Digital & Integration Data Scientist , SLB
Mohamed Sayed Taha , Automation Leader and Digital Transformation Expert, Engineering for Petroleum and Process , Enppi, Egypt
State-of-the-art reservoir properties prediction using log and core based machine learning
Siti Najmi Farhan Zulkipli , Petrophysicist , Petronas Carigali Sdn. Bhd
AI powered thermography system for the detection of potential corrosion under insulation (CUI)
Ayman Amer , Engineer , Saudi Aramco
Machine learning to predict geological facies in complex carbonate reservoirs
Ibrahim Milad , Senior Petrophysicist , bp
Machine learning based fatigue life prediction for tubular joints for offshore platforms
Abin Thomas , Engineer , DNV
Panel Q&A
10:00 - 11:30
SESSION 32: COST OPTIMISATION AND ASSET INTEGRITY
Operational Excellence (OpEx)
CO-CHAIRS:
Mohamed Ehab , Transformation and Value Capture Lead , Shell Egypt
Diaa Soheil , Egypt Venture Operations Manager , ExxonMobil
Reducing failure rates for tubing and sucker rods using an innovative solution for coupling coatings
Nicolae Ionut Octavian Sarbu , Technical Sales Engineer , Tenaris
Remediation of oil field fouling through the development and qualification of multifunctional products for simultaneous control of scale, corrosion and iron sulfide
Narayan Bhandari , Lead Chemist , Championx
Successful implementation of gas driven electric power grid project for wells and facilities electrification, yielding GHG emissions and cost benefits
Mohamed Abdelmonsef , Production Manager , Kuwait Energy Egypt
Unlocking oil reserves from non-accessible platforms utilising new generation DSL (first implementation in Egypt)
Mahmoud Koriesh , Senior Petroleum Engineer , Dragon Oil Egypt
Panel Q&A
10:00 - 11:30
SESSION 33: INNOVATION IN PROSPECT EVALUATION
Upstream: Exploration of Conventional Resources (CONV)
CO-CHAIRS:
Fareed Ali , Asset Subsurface Manager , Kuwait Energy Egypt
Amr Taqey , Senior Geophysicist , SLB
Open acreage deep water exploration potential in the Levantine basin, Egypt
Gebril Saleh , Senior Exploration Geologist , Egypt Upstream Gateway
Hydrocarbons characterisation, 1D basin modelling and structural restoration along a 2D seismic regional transect. Abu Qir area, Western Nile Delta-offshore Egypt
Matteo Minola , Senior Exploration Geologist , Energean
Success story driven by understanding of HC migration mechanism in Western Desert, Egypt
Amr Hamza , New Venture Supervisor , Eni Ieoc
Hydrothermal venting across the Western Desert - insignificant or very significant?
Anne Constant , Principal Geophysicist , Capricorn Energy
Panel Q&A
10:00 - 11:10
SESSION 34: UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL OF MATURE FIELDS
Oil and Gas Field Development (FD)
CO-CHAIRS:
Hassan Gheith , Senior Concept Engineer , Shell Egypt
Titkoon Goh , Vice President Reservoir Management, Development & Engineering , Wintershall Dea
Executing a Subsea Multiphase Compression Project – an Ormen Lange Phase3 Case Study
Christophe Vielliard , Technical Manager - Subsea Processing , OneSubsea
Adding value to critical assets: how a customised workflow exploiting dielectric dispersion measurements can provide the full quantitative characterisation of thin-layered reservoirs and low resistivity pays
Maria-Teresa Galli , Senior Petrophysicist , ENI S.p.A
Improving existing perforations efficiency with innovative dynamic underbalance implosion technique, enhances productivity in Ras Budran field, Egypt
Maria Leticia Vazquez , Production Enhancement Business Development Manager , SLB
Panel Q&A
10:00 - 11:30
SESSION 35: CARBON CAPTURE, UTILISATION AND STORAGE (CCUS)
Environmental Sustainability, Climate Change And Energy Transition (ENV)
CO-CHAIR:
Ahmed Ibrahim , Sustainability / Business Integration & MEL Coordinator , Eni Ieoc
Techno-economic comparative feasibility study for carbon dioxide emissions sequestration in Egypt - application in an oilfield in the Western Desert
Ahmed Elmezain , Senior Engineer , BAPETCO
A simulation study of the effect of post-combustion amine-based carbon-capturing integrated with solar thermal collectors for combined cycle gas power plant
Amir Ayyad , DCS Operator , Egyptian Methanex Methanol Company
Approaches to screening of candidate saline aquifers for CO2 storage in onshore Egypt
Nick Stronach , Senior Geoscientist , GaffneyCline
Nonthermal plasma to enhance capture and utilisation of carbon dioxide from ambient air
Mohamed El Shaer , Professor , Zagazig University
Panel Q&A
11:30 - 13:00
SESSION 36: CYBER SECURITY, SAFETY AND AUGMENTED REALITY
Digitalisation of Oil and Gas (DIGI)
CO-CHAIRS:
Mahmoud Shihab , Digital & Integration Data Scientist , SLB
Mohamed Sayed Taha , Automation Leader and Digital Transformation Expert, Engineering for Petroleum and Process , Enppi, Egypt
Staying ahead of the attackers - managed industrial cyber security
Martin Piesker , Head of Digitalisation , Siemens Energy
Blockchain, metaverse and AI technologies in equipment engineering and maintenance
Ammar Hussein , Founder , TRAIVIS
Industrial cybersecurity mistakes to avoid in the new normal
Mohammed Saad , Director Industrial Cybersecurity , Honeywell International Inc
Building an effective OT SOC
Hassan Mourad , Security Services Leader , IBM Egypt
Panel Q&A
11:30 - 12:40
SESSION 37: MAINTENANCE AND ASSET INTEGRITY
Operational Excellence (OpEx)
CO-CHAIRS:
Mohamed Abdelmonsef , Production Manager , Kuwait Energy Egypt
Mark Doran , Shell Egypt
Practical approach towards sustainable risk based asset integrity management
Ahmed Sakr , Asset Integrity Consultant , Det Norske Veritas (DNV)
Cumulative risk evaluation approach for safety critical barriers status
Abdalla Aboualy , Senior Asset Integrity Engineer , RINA Consulting S.p.A.
Operations excellence journey – Egyptian LNG case study
Sherif Elbadaly , Assistant Manager, Operations Improvement , Egyptian LNG
Panel Q&A
11:30 - 12:40
SESSION 38: ROCK PHYSICS INSIGHTS
Upstream: Exploration of Conventional Resources (CONV)
CO-CHAIRS:
Fareed Ali , Asset Subsurface Manager , Kuwait Energy Egypt
Dr Ahmed Sultan , Petrophysics Department Manager , Tharwa Petroleum Company
Improved seismic imaging and interpretation of deep-water oligo-miocene reservoir fairways in the Nile delta – the case for seismic reprocessing
Edward Habgood , Geoscientist (Technical Team Lead) , ExxonMobil
Delineating potential hydrocarbon reservoir using seismic avo inversion and reservoir properties prediction. A case study from Marib field, Yemen
Aya Ibrahim , Reservoir Geophysicist , SLB
Maximising hydrocarbon play segment boundary in Bakr-Al Hamd offshore brownfields, Gulf of Suez
Mayada Sayed , Geological Regional Studies Section Head , General Petroleum Company (GPC)
Panel Q&A
Late cretaceous inversion tectonic evolution and structure configuration in Silah oil field, Western Desert, Egypt
Nesma Mostafa , Geology Department Section Head , Petrosilah
11:30 - 13:00
SESSION 39: PRODUCTION OPTIMISATION AND ENHANCEMENT
Oil and Gas Field Development (FD)
CO-CHAIRS:
Hatem Darwish , Digital Operations Solutions Business Development Manager , SLB
Ahmed Rabie , Senior Specialist Reservoir Engineering , Kuwait Energy Egypt
Practical and economical methodology of H2S content reduction in mature water supported field: a case study in Gulf of Suez, Egypt
Mohamed Abdulmageed , Senior Production Technologist , Gulf of Suez Petroleum Company (GUPCO)
Application of a flow improver to increase production, reduce operating cost and carbon emission at a mature oilfield in the Western Desert Egypt
Tri Phan , Senior Staff Engineer , ChampionX
Optimising CAPEX and OPEX for high CO2 and H2S field by using mechanistic corrosion modelling approach
Ahmad Fahdlam Saleh , Staff (Corrosion Engineering) , PETRONAS
Employing a combined chemistry and fluid delivery approach to revitalise a dormant oil well in Kuwait
Ali Al-Sabee , Senior Petroleum Engineer , Kuwait Oil Company
Panel Q&A
11:30 - 12:40
SESSION 40: CIRCULAR ECONOMY CASE STUDIES
Environmental Sustainability, Climate Change And Energy Transition (ENV)
CO-CHAIRS:
Dr Nicolas Droushiotis , Senior Project Engineer , Cyprus Hydrocarbons Company
Ahmed Ibrahim , Sustainability / Business Integration & MEL Coordinator , Eni Ieoc
Diversify petrochemicals resources, maximise circularity of plastics: how to close the loop?
Ihab Yahia , Products Survey and Pricing Sector Head , Sidi Kerir Petrochemicals Company (SIDPEC)
Waste plastic to low sulphur fuel
Mohammed Amir , Petroleum Engineering Department Head , Gemsa Petroleum Company (GEMPETCO)
Renewable monomers and circular solutions: closing the loop with circular and bio sourced carbon
Nicolas Menet , Business Development Manager , Axens
Panel Q&A
14:00 - 15:30
SESSION 41: DIGITAL TWINS AND IOT
Digitalisation of Oil and Gas (DIGI)
CO-CHAIRS:
Mahmoud Shihab , Digital & Integration Data Scientist , SLB
Mohamed Sayed Taha , Automation Leader and Digital Transformation Expert, Engineering for Petroleum and Process , Enppi, Egypt
How digital twins and robotics can aid in inspection and maintenance work
Adrian Merkel , CEO , FRAMENCE GmbH
Integrated online production management system: enhancing the digital oilfield space in India
Anshu Kumar , Executive Engineer (Electronics) , Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)
IoT supported continuous emission monitoring systems industrial plants
Ahmed Morsi , Instrument and Control Senior Engineer , ANRPC
Digital transformation satisfying OT and IT convergence in oil and gas Industry
Wang Hao , Managing Director for Energy Sector North Africa Region , Huawei
Panel Q&A
14:00 - 15:10
SESSION 42: INTELLIGENT SOLUTIONS AND THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY TO ACHIEVE OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE
Operational Excellence (OpEx)
CO-CHAIRS:
Mohamed El Guindy , Design Engineer, Productions Systems , SLB
Ahmed Maher , Operation Integrity and SHE Advisor , ExxonMobil
More efficiency and less power consumption by using permanent magnet motor as an optimised surface drive technology for PCP wells in a Romanian field
Gustavo Andres Ariza Gonzalez , Global Product Line Specialist - Progressing Cavity Pumping Systems , Weatherford
Multi-phase virtual flow metering: a step change in production management
Shaksham Mishra , Production Operations Engineer , SLB
Inspecting flarestack while operational - How drones are increasing flare stack inspection efficiency and reducing downtime
Rabih Bou Rached , CEO & Founder , FEDS drone Powered Solutions
Panel Q&A
14:00 - 15:10
SESSION 43: ADDRESSING RESERVOIR CHARACTERISATION CHALLENGES
Upstream: Exploration of Conventional Resources (CONV)
CO-CHAIRS:
Dr Ahmed Sultan , Petrophysics Department Manager , Tharwa Petroleum Company
Amr Taqey , Senior Geophysicist , SLB
Improving oil recovery in cenomanian reservoirs – Western Desert (case study)
Diana Helmy , Technical Instructor , Haward Technology
De-risking of reservoir uncertainties for multi-stacked channels, captured in 3D geological model: a case study from Simian field, offshore Nile delta, Egypt
Rehab Yousry , Production Geologist , Rashpetco
A novel approach to define and quantify porosity system in heterogeneous carbonate reservoirs through textural analysis using high resolution resistivity image in bassein formation of Mumbai offshore basin, India
Suraj Kumar , Senior Petrophysicist , Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)
Panel Q&A
14:00 - 15:10
SESSION 44: INTEGRATED RESERVOIR CASE STUDIES
Oil and Gas Field Development (FD)
CO-CHAIRS:
Mahmoud Sobhy Fayed , Gulf of Suez Petroleum Company (GUPCO)
Titkoon Goh , Vice President Reservoir Management, Development & Engineering , Wintershall Dea
A collaborative approach to unlock marginal fields offshore Egypt
Mohamad Farid , Global Subsea Systems Engineering Leader , Baker Hughes
Extensive years of experience after QPC waterflooding. One of the greatest water flooding project in North Africa. What has been learned?
Ahmed Hamdy , Engineering Manager , NORPETCO
A multiperiod optimisation framework for field planning and development decision-making
Javier Rodriguez , Principal Solutions Architect , Siemens Process Systems Engineering
Panel Q&A
14:00 - 15:30
SESSION 45: TECHNOLOGY TO ENABLE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Environmental Sustainability, Climate Change And Energy Transition (ENV)
CO-CHAIRS:
Mohamed Adel , General Manager , GasReg (Gas Regulatory Authority)
Ahmed Fouad , North Africa Region HSE&C Manager , bp
Enabling technologies for transitioning to a circular economy
Faisal Baksh , Principal Solution Consultant , Aspentech
Open innovation platforms for better sustainable business and SMEs’ benefit, master thesis research with Dresden University in Germany
Abdalla Elsayed , Europe Environment, Safety, Health and Quality Responsible , ENEL X WAY
An integrated “zero liquid discharge (ZLD)” system
Ahmed Barakat , Senior Operations Engineer , Cairo Oil Refining Company (CORC)
Desalination of Brackish water by using RO membranes fabricated from ecofriendly materials
