Frieberg conference highlights Aramco technology

June 17, 2011

Dr. Mohamed Nabil Noui-Mehidi, a petroleum engineer specialist at the Exploration and Petroleum Engineering Center’s (EXPEC) Advanced Research Center (EXPEC ARC), Saudi Aramco, was a keynote speaker at the 62^nd annual Freiberg research conference at the Technical University of Freiberg, Germany, June 16-17.

Dr. Mohamed Nabil Noui-Mehidi  from EXPEC ARC took the opportunity to introduce the Center and its technological advances.

The topic of this year’s colloquium was “Production and Storage of Energy in Subsurface.”  The event brought together academic and industrial researchers from all over Germany, who gave several research presentations on subsurface storage of CO₂ and H₂, power generation through cyclic gas storage and reservoir studies in subsurface salt caverns.

Noui-Mehidi introduced EXPEC ARC to the 200-strong audience, discussing research areas of interest to delegates and focusing on advances in well-production technology.

“This visit was very beneficial from different perspectives,” said Noui- Mehidi. “First of all, it introduced EXPEC ARC to many German academic and industrial organizations and highlighted our research and aspirations of being the leader in oil and gas innovation. “

“The colloquium topics were also very educational, and a number of fruitful discussions with key research personnel at TU Freiberg presented opportunities for future collaboration,” he added.

“The Technical University of Freiberg traditionally established reservoir studies dedicated to the mining industry; however this has now extended through to oil and gas,” said Mohammed Amro, professor and chairman of Reservoir, Production and Storage Engineering at the Technical University of Freiberg. “We are delighted Saudi Aramco is participating in the colloquium. It is great to see industry partners and academia coming together to explore solutions and new technologies in the energy business”.

Dr. Noui-Mehidi holds a Ph.D. in energy and resources from the University of Kobe, Japan, and has more than 20 years’ experience in the field. He has published more than 70 papers relating to different aspects of well-production technology.

By Laura Baker