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EFFECT OF TECTONO-STRATIGRAPHY ON BASIN DEVELOPMENT AND PETROLEUM SYSTEMS, APPLICATIONS ON EGYPT
2025-11-09 - 2025-11-13 | Hurghada, Hurghada, Egypt
Course & Workshop
November 9 – 13, 2025
Instructor : Mesbah Khalil, PH.D.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
The course is designed for exploration geologists, geophysicists, reservoir engineers and development geologists.
Course Outlines

Geodynamics, development and characterizing sedimentary basins.
Characterizing structure regimes for tectono-stratigraphy analysis.
Principals of tectono-stratigraphy in carbonate and clastic sequences, implementing
paleogeography and seismic stratigraphy.
Techniques for mapping reservoir sweet spots.
Integrating tectono-stratigraphy in petroleum system analysis.
Analysis of the petroleum basins in Egypt with specific emphasis on the Western Desert.

Course Outlines
Part-1: Theme and Introduction
Opening of Petroleum Basins:

Factors that control opening, fill and evolving basins to develop petroleum systems (Plate
tectonics, sea level changes, and sediments influx.
Summary for the main geological processes affecting the earth and their driving forces.
Origin of the energy inside the Earth.
Subsidence mechanisms to develop sedimentary basins.
Types and characteristics of sedimentary basins.
Role of mantle plumes in creating and modifying basins.
Classifications of the Earth’s lithosphere (tectonic plates), special emphasis on the basement
terranes.
Models of lithosphere thickness, corresponding subsidence and sediments thickness.
Origin of the Afro-Arabian plate.
Characteristics of the rift, passive margin, inverted basins.
Changing basin types upon changing their tectonic models.
Main basins in Egypt according to their tectonic origin.

Part-2: Characterizing Structure regimes for Tectono-Stratigraphic analysis:

Stress and strain.
Sources of stresses, stress propagation, partitioning, perturbation, and acceleration.
Plate boundary and intra-plate stresses.
Main deformation styles according to rock mechanical properties.
Strain significance of faults and fractures.
Characterizing fault, deformation bands and tri-shear zones.
Plays in extension styles; open fractures and normal faults.
Plays in compressional regimes.
Plays in strike-slip regimes.
Plays in the superimposed deformation regimes.
Plays in soft-sediments deformation regimes.

Part- 3: Fundamentals of Tectono-Stratigraphy

Integrated geodynamic and tectono-stratigraphy approaches in Abu Gharadig.
Hierarchy of tectono-stratigraphy and the corresponding depositional sequences.
Global facies pattern according to paleogeography and environments.
Elements of tectono-stratigraphy and environments of deposition.
Main types of reservoir Sweet Spots.
Role of sea levels and sediments influx.
The five elements that control the climate.
Control of orbital changes on sea-level changes (Milankovitch cycles).
Principals of carbonate and clastics influx.
Plays of dolomite and carbonate build-ups by seepage reflux model.

Part-4: Role of Tectono-Stratigraphy in Characterizing Petroleum Systems:

Conventional and unconventional hydrocarbon resources.
Energy in oil and gas, Storing the sunlight energy as chemical energy in Hydrocarbons, Gas
hydrates.
Factors that support development and characterization of petroleum resources.
Exploration for conventional petroleum resources.
Mechanisms for high organic productivity applied at North Africa.
Main characteristics of the organo-facies (source rocks).
Maturity of the organic matter, hydrocarbon migration, reservoir rocks, reservoir sweet spots.
Stress partitioning to create open fractures sweet spots.
Hydrocarbon traps.
Seals of petroleum traps.
Production mechanisms and water over run.
Some exploration and production challenges.

Part-5: Analysis of the Petroleum Basins in Egypt:

Main basins in Egypt according to their tectonic origin, architectures of the Syrian Arch
inverted basin.
Changing stress in North Africa since Early Mesozoic to Present, regional hydraulic head of the
aquifers in Egypt.
Causes for high organic productivity during Silurian and Jurassic-L. Cret. in North Egypt.
The three tectonic models in the offshore Mediterranean, Egypt (Syrian Arc, Matruh basin and
channel, Nile delta).
Inversion of the Syrian Arc in north Egypt and possible source of stresses from west Arabia
(Tabuk mantle plume).
Role of the heterogeneous basement fabric in changing structure styles in north Egypt during
the Syrian Arc inversion.
Pattern of the onshore Nile deltas since Upper Eocene to Present.
Analysis of Abu Gharadig inverted basin.
Integrated geodynamic and tectono-stratigraphy approaches in Abu Gharadig field and other
fields in the basin.
Inversion in Wadi El-Rayan and Beni Suef basin at the southern boundary of North Egypt basin
Foram basin in central Western Desert.
Basin in central and southern Western Desert (Komombo rift basin).
Regional tectonic model of Kalabsh block (Mesaha area).
Gulf of Suez active rift, Red Sea passive margin, Gulf of Aqaba passive rift.

LOCATION
The first day will be held at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Cairo. The participants will fly the second day to Hurghada to continue the course and return to Cairo on last day afternoon.
COURSE FEES
Inclusive of refreshment and lunch at the Holiday Inn Maadi Hotel. Air Ticket Cairo/Hurghada return and all inclusive accommodation.
INSTRUCTOR PROFILE
Dr. Mesbah Hussein Ibrahim Khalil has Ph.D. in 1995 in Petroleum geology. He is a senior consultant with 46 years industry experience. He is specialist in play generation, field development including using advanced tectono-stratigraphy approaches in mapping reservoir sweet spots in extension, compression, strike-slip and superimposed petroleum basins. I am a liaison, and teacher also. He has worked with Gupco, IEOC, Suadi Aramco, and Senior Consultant in Bahrain.
Mesbah created remarkable plays that led to successful discoveries and field development cases.
He also developed a special skill in satellite data interpretations to produce surface structure contour maps to support the studies. I am also an international field trips leader for AAPG, International geological union, and post international conference trips since 1984.

Machine Learning Integration With Seismic attributes and Inversion
2025-12-07 - 2025-12-11 | Hurghada, Hurghada, Egypt
Course & Workshop
December 7-11, 2025
Instructor : Dr. A. Ismail, Ph.D.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
The course is designed for exploration geologists, geophysicists, reservoir engineers, and development geologists.
Course Outlines
The course provides attendees with detailed knowledge of Artificial Intelligent (AI) in Exploration Geology with Seismic Application.
Course Content:
1. Introduction

What are big data, data analytics, and machine learning?
History of ML.
Types of data analytics
Geoscience database (Numerical and Non-numerical data types).
Scales, resolutions, and Integration of common geologic data.
2. A brief review of statistical measures.

Random variable.
Common types of geologic data analysis.

Univariate analysis
Bivariate analysis
Time series analysis
Spatial analysis
Multivariate analysis.

3. Basic steps in ML-based modeling

Identification of the problem.
Learning Approaches.

Supervised learning
Unsupervised learning
Semi-supervised learning.
Reinforcement Learning.

4. Data Pre-processing
5. Data labeling and ML-based modeling

Data splitting and model training.
Model Validation and testing.
Model evaluation.

6. A brief review of popular ML algorithms in geosciences.

K-means clustering.
Regression (linear and logistic) (K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN)).
Terminologies used in Regression and Classification problems.
Principal Component Analysis (PCA).
Ensemble classification models (Support vector machine (SVM)).
Decision tree.
Random forest.
Convolutional neural network.
Artificial neural networks.

Shallow ANN.
Deep ANN.

7. Applications of ML in subsurface geosciences (Examples and case study)

Outlier detection.
Petrophysical log analysis.
Fracture classification.
Seismic data analysis
Use of seismic attributes in ML applications.
Use of seismic inversion in ML applications.
ML for seismic facies clustering and classification.
Fault classification.
Seismic-based rock property prediction.
Machine learning tools and software.

LOCATION
First day will be held at the Holiday Inn Maadi Hotel, in Cairo. The participants will fly the next day to Hurghada. The course will be continued in Hurghada.

COURSE FEES
Inclusive of refreshment and lunch at the Holiday Inn Maadi Hotel. Air Ticket Cairo/Hurghada return and accommodation in Hurghada.

INSTRUCTOR PROFILE
DR. A. ISMAIL has obtained his Ph.D. in 2020 from Helwan University. He is EREX Consultant for Seismic Interpretation and Modeling. His work involved using Neural Network Technique and Seismic Attributes for prospect identification. He is a Faculty advisor and supervisor of the AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists) and has a mission to the United States for one year. He published tens of papers in reputable magazines and societies.
RECENT CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS:
1. Gammaldi, S., Ismail, A. and Zollo, A., 2022. The updated multi-2D image of the gas accumulation zone inferred by seismic attributes and AVO analysis at the Solfatara Volcano, Italy (No. EGU22-11885). Copernicus Meetings.
2. Khalil, A., Nawawy, M., Ismail, A., 2021. Shallow Offshore Seabottom Geotechnical Modeling Using One Channel Acoustic Streamer at Kuala Sanglang, Perlis, Peninsular Malaysia. In The Arab Conference on Astronomy and Geophysics (ID. 197).
3. Gammaldi, S., Ismail, A., Chiuso, T. and Zollo, A., 2020, May. The multi-2D seismic imaging of the Solfatara Volcano, Italy, inferred by seismic attributes. In EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts (p. 16478).
4. Ismail, A., Ewida, H. F., Al-Ibiary, M. G., Gammaldi, S., & Zollo, A., 2019. Neural network technique and seismic attributes, west offshore Nile Delta, Egypt. Petroleum Geology Student Contest – 3rd edition, Calvello, Italy 2019. doi: 10.3301/ABSGI.2019.06

Exploitation of Tight and Unconventional Reservoirs
2026-01-11 - 2026-01-15 | Hurghada, Hurghada, Egypt
Course & Workshop
Jan 11-15, 2026
Instructor : A. SALEM, P. Eng., Ph.D.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Reservoir Engineers, Exploration team members, Production Engineers, completion engineers, stimulation engineers, geologists, and all support staff who require a more extensive knowledge of unconventional resources.
Course Description
As we deplete conventional oil and gas reserves, “unconventional” energy resources are increasingly important to international energy supplies. Today, for example, coal beds, shales, and low-permeability (tight) sandstones, combined, account for more than 40% of the U.S. natural gas supply. Moreover, in 2006, U.S. production of coalbed methane, alone, exceeded trillion cubic ft (Tcf), which was 9.5% of the total dry gas production, and coalbed methane reserves were 19.9 Tcf, which was 9.8% of the total U.S. dry gas reserves. Internationally, there are tremendous heavy oil resources in Eastern Venezuela, Western Canada, and other areas, and we are just beginning to exploit these resources.
While resources of unconventional hydrocarbons are very large, economically recoverable volumes (reserves) are much smaller, because the greater costs and additional technology required for production. Many unconventional reservoirs have low matrix permeability, and natural fractures may be necessary for economic production rates. Therefore, optimal development of many unconventional reservoirs requires knowledge of the optimal completions and stimulation methods for low-permeability reservoirs, as well as understanding of the role of natural fractures in fluid flow. Thus, understanding of the geologic and engineering aspects of gas storage reservoirs is vital for optimum resource management.
The objectives of this course are to familiarize attendees with the unique aspects of unconventional gas and oil reservoirs, including their (1) economic significance (2) geologic occurrences, (3) controls on production, (4) drilling and completion practices, (5) reservoir management, and (6) present activity.
What To Learn

Understand unconventional resource play completion options and selection processes
Use key multi-disciplinary tools for successful completions and stimulation in unconventional resources
Understand the importance of geo-mechanics and rock mechanics to the success of transverse multiple fractured horizontal wells in unconventional resources
Apply principals and design of well stimulation treatments in unconventional resources
Employ critical data needs and collection techniques with minimal operational impact
How to produce the heavy oil and produce from oi land gas shale reservoir

Course Contents
Introduction to Unconventional Energy Resources

What are unconventional resources?
Where do they occur?
Potential of the unconventional in North America and worldwide
Economic significance of each
Technical, economic, political, and
Environmental constraints on development
Low-permeability (Tight) Sands

Background and history
Extend of potential reserves of tight sands.
Geological description
Occurrences, resources, reservoir characteristics
Drilling and completion methods
Facilities, reservoir management, and
Limitations on development, present activity
Exploitation of tight sands; primary and secondary
Coalbed Methane (CBM)

Occurrences, resources, reservoir characteristics
Drilling and completion methods
Factors that affect the commerciality of CBM
Methods to estimate gas content and reserves
Laboratory tests to estimate total organic content (TOC) and maturity
Production mechanism and well productivity estimate
Facilities, reservoir management
Uncertainties of formation evaluation
Limitations on development, present activity
Water and environmental issues
Class problem example
Shale Reservoirs (Gas and Oil)

Background and history
Shale gas formation characteristics/description.
Shale maturity and methods to determine type of hydrocarbon potential
Occurrences, resources, reservoir characteristics
Drilling and completion methods
Typical well production profile
Pyrolysis analysis of Kerogen
Facilities, reservoir management, and
Limitations on development, present activity
Water and environmental issues
Shale oil vs Oil Shale! (production mechanism)
Heavy Oil

Occurrences, resources, reservoir characteristics
Drilling and completion methods
Facilities, reservoir management, and
Limitations on development, present activity
Environmental issues
Gas Hydrates

Occurrences, resources, reservoir characteristics
Recovery methods
Limitations on development, present activity
Environmental issues
Other Unconventional Energy Resources

Geothermal Energy
Coal – Conversion to Gas
Coal-to-gas
In-situ gasification
Multi-stage Fracture of Horizontal Wells (MFHW’s):

Benefits/applications of horizontal wells
Review of the technique of MFHW’s and frac design optimization including:
Horizontal well spacing
Frac size and the number of frac stages
Open hole vs. cased hole completion/fracturing
Taking advantage of the sweet spots – quantifying
Modeling frac geometry and dual porosity
Case studies
Applications of Mini Frac or DFIT:

Benefits/applications of Diagnostic Fracture Injection Test (DFIT)
Pre and post closure analysis
Identification of leak-off types and fracture characteristics
Case studies
Evaluation tools of tight sands/unconventional vs conventional reservoirs:

Review basic concepts of reservoir evaluation, such as flow geometry and boundary conditions.
Review of the principles and applications of the well test analysis techniques for conventional and tight sands
Natural fracture Network evaluation in tight and carbonate reservoirs
Rate Transient Analysis (RTA) tools (Type curve matching, flowing material balance, Normalized rate, etc..)
Case studies
Tipson Hydraulic Fracturing:

Well fracability, and rock geo-mechanical parameters
Frac stages: spearhead, frac pad, proppant, frac flush
Flow-back and draw-down limits (case study)
Hybrid frac and zipper frac
Frac divertors and frac hits
Frac hydration and refract techniques
Reserves Determination:

Volumetric, material balance, and probabilistic methods(class example)
Use of Arps and advanced type curve analysis for tight formations
The use of flowing material balance technique
The use of“Well Typing” and statistical analysis to evaluate uncertainties, and to generate P90, P50, and P10 production forecasts and reserves.
Use of new numerical techniques to estimate Stimulated Reservoir Volume (SRV) and Contacted Reservoir Volume (CRV), commonly used for reserves booking of tight sands and unconventional formation
Case studies
Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) fortight sand and Unconventional:

Common techniques used for EOR for the Unconventional
Challenges in the EOR for the Unconventional
Techniques used to reduce water/gas breakthrough
Review of waterflood application for tight sands using MFHW’s
Application of CO2Huff-n-Puff process
LOCATION
The first day will be held at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Cairo. The participants will fly the second day to Hurghada to continue the course and return to Cairo on last day afternoon.
COURSE FEES
Inclusive of refreshment and lunch at the Holiday Inn Maadi Hotel. Air Ticket Cairo/Hurghada return and all inclusive accommodation.
INSTRUCTOR PROFILE
Dr. Adel M. Salem Ragab, Consultant Petroleum Engineer
Education

Ph.D. Nov. 2008
Ph. D. in Petroleum Engineering, University of Leoben, Austria. Dissertation Title:“Simulation of Hydrodynamic Slug Formation in Multiphase Flowlines and Separation Devices”. Supervisor: Prof. W. Brandstatter.

M. Sc. Feb 1999
M. Sc. in Petroleum Engineering, Suez Canal University.Thesis Title: “Comparative Investigation of Factors Affecting Formation Damage Caused by Completion and Workover Fluids”.

B. Sc. May 1994

Academic Experience:

2018- Present
Professor, Head of Petroleum Engineering, Suez Canal University.

Feb. 2015 – 2016
Assistant Professor of Petroleum Engineering, Future University in Egypt, FUE, Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Department of Petroleum Engineering.

Sept. 2011 – Dec. 2014
Assistant Professor of Petroleum Engineering, American University in Cairo, AUC, School of Sciences and Engineering, Department of Petroleum and Energy Engineering.

March 2009 – Aug. 2011
Assistant Professor of Petroleum Engineering, Suez Canal University, Faculty of Petroleum and Mining Engineering, Pet. Eng. Department.

Dec. 2005 – Feb. 2009
University of Leoben (Montan Universit?t Leoben), Leoben, Austria. Department of Mineral Resources and Petroleum Engineering, Petroleum Production and Processing, Austria.

Sept. 2004 – Nov. 2005
Suez Canal University: Petroleum Engineering Department, Suez, Egypt. Teaching Assistant (TA), and Researcher

Dec. 2003 – Aug. 2004
Visiting researcher, University of Bologna: Chemical, Mining and Environmental Engineering – DICMA, Viale Risorgimento 2, Bologna, Italy

1996 – Nov. 2003
Suez Canal University: Petroleum Engineering Department, Suez, Egypt. Teaching Assistant (TA), and Researcher Short Appointments:

Dec. 2003- Aug. 2004
University of Bologna: Chemical, Mining and Environmental Engineering – DICMA, Viale Risorgimento 2, Bologna, Italy. Researcher: Research Fellowship. Research Areas include: NMR Characterization of Porous Media, Core Analysis, and Transport Phenomena in Porous Media IndustrialExperiences and Consulting

Sept. 1996 – Present
Instructor and consultant for national and international Petroleum Companies.

April -Sept. 1996
Qarun Petroleum Company Western Desert – Egypt: Petroleum Production and Process Engineer. Field Engineering to monitor the producing wells and supervisor the separation processes in the field.

Research Interest:

Nanotechnology Application for EOR/IOR
Nanomaterials for Enhancing Mud Properties

Radial Drilling

Multiphase Flow Simulation in Pipes and Separation Devices,
Well Performance and Production Optimization,
Formation Damage and Remediation.
NMR Characterization of Porous Media

Research Grants

Project Title: Application of Nanotechnology for Enhanced Oil Recovery in Egyptian Oil Fields.
Date: Feb. 2013 to June 2013.
Experimental work to investigate the applications of several Nano-materials in
EOR/IOR for Egyptian Oil Fields.
Sponsored by: AUC and different Egyptian Oil Companies.
Project title: Flow Assurance Analysis of Matzen Field – Vienna -Austria
Date: Dec. 2006 to Dec. 2008.
Staring Project ROHOL, Austria about Simulation of Paraffin Deposition and Precipitation in Wellbores, the university team work is consisting of in addition to Dr. Adel Salem Ragab, Prof. W. Brandst?tter and Prof. H. Hoffst?tter.
Dr. Ragab submitted the first technical report about the Paraffin deposition in the wellbores, chemistry, causes, removal techniques, and simulation technique to simulate this phenomena under title:
1. Adel Ragab, “Numerical Simulation of Paraffin Deposition in Wellbores” January 2009

Achievements

Introduce a new technique to model crude oil production flowing in hilly terrain pipeline.
Development of Volume of Fluid-FLUENT CFD Technique to model crude oil multiphase flow production.
Develop and published a new correlation between slug and mixture velocity of multiphase flow in production and transportation pipelines. Development of NMR to characterize reservoir porous media.
A contribution of characterization of formation damage in an oil field of western desert- Egypt.
Creating a numerical CFD-Flow pattern diagram for horizontal and inclined pipe flow.

Publications: A) Papers in Refereed Journals (RJ Papers)
M. Salem Ragab : “Mitigation of Formation Damage by Designing a Novel Nanoparticles Mud,” Oil Gas European Magazine, page 104 – 109, Volume 40 (2), 2014.
Adel M. Salem Ragab, and Ahmed Noah: Reduction of Formation Damage and Fluid Loss using Nano-sized Silica Drilling Fluids,” Publish on Petroleum Technology Development Journal, (ISSN 1595-9104): An International Journal; Vol. 4 No. 2, July 2014.
Adel M. Salem Ragab, and Ahmed E. Hannora: “Nanotechnology Potentials for Improved Oil Recovery: Preparation by High Energy Ball Milling and Experimental Work,” Journal of Petroleum and Mining Engineering (JPME) Vol. 16 (1), June 2014.
El-Abbas Moustafa, Ahmed Noah, and Adel (M.) Salem (Ragab): “Evaluation and Analysis of Oil Shale in Quseir-Safaga and Abu-Tartur Western Desert, Egypt,” Journal of Surface Engineered Materials and Advanced Technology, April 16, 2014,Vol. 4 No.2, PP. 53-66.
Adel M. Salem Ragab and Shedid A. Shedid: “Investigation of Inflow Performance Relationship in Gas Reservoirs for Vertical and Horizontal Wells,” Petroleum Technology Development Journal (ISSN 1595-9104): An International Journal; Vol. 3 No.2, pp. 17-35, July 2013.
Amr M. Kamel, Adel M. Salem Ragab, Hamid Khattab, and Mohamed Shehata Farahat: “Production Development of Depleted Reservoirs using Radial DrillingTechnology in Egypt” Journal of Petroleum and Mining Engineering (JPME) Vol. 16 (1), June 2013.
Adel M. Salem (Ragab), A. E. Abass, and A. Elnaggar : “Geological and Petrophysical Studies of Kareem Formation, Ashrafi Field, Gulf of Suez, Egypt,” Journal of Petroleum and Mining Engineering (JPME) Vol. 16 (1), June 2013, 39-56
Adel M. Salem Ragab: “Improving Well Productivity in an Egyptian Oil Field using Radial Drilling Technique,” Journal of Petroleum and Gas Engineering, DOI 10.5897/JPGE2013.0153, Vol. 4(5), pp. 103-117, May, 2013.
Adel M. Salem (Ragab) and Shedid A. Shedid: “Variation of Petrophysical Properties due to Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Storage in Carbonate Reservoirs” Journal of Petroleum and Gas Engineering, DOI 10.5897/JPGE2013.0152, Vol. 4(4), pp. 91-102, April, 2013.
Adel (M. Salem) Ragab, W. Brand st?tter and S. Shalaby: “Numerical Simulation of Slug Flow Phenomena in Horizontal and Inclined Pipelines,” Oil and Gas European Magazine (International Edition of Erd?l Erdgas Kohle), Pages 194-199, Volume 34, Issue 4/2008, December 2008.
Adel (M. Salem) Ragab, W. Brandst?tter and S. Shalaby: “CFD-Simulation of Multiphase Flows in Horizontal and Inclined Pipelines,” Oil and Gas European Magazine, Oil Gas European Magazine (International Edition of Erd?l Erdgas Kohle), Pages 34-40, Volume 34, March 1/2008.
A. Salem (Adel M. Salem Ragab) and A. A. Ibrahim: “Evaluation of Formation Damage Caused by Completion Fluids in Bahariyia Formation, Western Desert, Egypt,” Journal of Petroleum and Mining Eng. (JPME), Vol. 2 No. 2, Dec. 1999, 39-57.
Publications: B) Invited Speechs
Egypt Oil and Gas 2015 SUMMIT: “Nanotechnology Applications in Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)- Future Challenges in Egypt” 18-19 Feb.2015, Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at Nile Plaza, Egypt. http://www.egyptsummit.com/
SPE Applied Technology Workshop: EOR: Plugging the Gap between Production and Consumption, 11 – 12 June 2013. Cairo, Egypt, Title: “Applications of Nanotechnology in the Oil & Gas Industry” D_2: Conference Presentation
Adel M. Salem Ragab : ” Innovative Drilling Fluid Design Using Nano Materials”presented at MOC 2016- 8th Mediterranean Offshore Conference & Exhibition. Egypt, 19-21 April 2016.
Adel M. Salem Ragab : “Unlocking Reservoir Potential using Robust Hybrid Nanoparticles Designed for Future Enhanced Oil Recovery” presented at MOC 2016-8th Mediterranean Offshore Conference & Exhibition. Egypt, 19-21 April 2016.
Adel M. Salem Ragab and Ahmed E. Hannora: “A Comparative Investigation of Nano Particle Effects for Improved Oil Recovery – Experimental Work” SPE-175395-MS, will be presented at the SPE Kuwait Oil & Gas Show and Conference held in Mishref, Kuwait, 11-14 October 2015.
Adel M. Salem Ragab and M. Fouad Snosy : “The Effect of Ultrasonic Waves of EOR on the Relative Permeability Curves” SPE-175410-MS, will be presented at the SPE Kuwait Oil & Gas Show and Conference held in Mishref, Kuwait, 11-14 October 2015
Adel M. Salem Ragab and Ahmed E. Hannora: “An Experimental Investigation of Silica Nano Particles for Enhanced Oil Recovery Applications” SPE – 175829-MS, presented at the SPE North Africa Technical Conference and Exhibition held in Cairo, Egypt, 14-16 September 2015.
Adel M. Salem Ragab: “Experimental Investigation of Improved Oil Recovery using Nanotechnology Potentials,” presented at the First International Conference On” Nanotechnology &Its Applications ” (ICNA ( I ) – 2014) 25 – 28 February 2014 (Qena – Luxor) – Egypt.
Adel M. Salem Ragab: “Mitigation of Formation Damage by Designing a Novel Nanoparticles Muds,” presented at the First InternationalConference On” Nanotechnology &Its Applications ” (ICNA ( I ) – 2014) 25 – 28 February 2014 (Qena – Luxor) – Egypt.
Adel M. Salem Ragab and Amr Kamel: “Radial Drilling Technique for Improving Well Productivity in Petrobel-Egypt,” SPE Paper 164773-MS, This paper was prepared for presentation at the North Africa Technical Conference & Exhibition held in Cairo, Egypt, 15-17 April 2013.
Shedid A. Shedid, and Adel M. Salem (Ragab) : “Experimental Investigationsof CO2 Solubility and Variations in Petrophysical Properties due to CO2 Storage in Carbonate Reservoir Rocks,” SPE Paper 16463-MS, This paper was prepared for presentation at the North Africa Technical Conference & Exhibition held in Cairo, Egypt, 15-17 April 2013.
Adel M. Salem Ragab and Abdel Rahman El-Diasty : “Applications of Nanotechnology in the Oil & Gas Industry: Latest Trends Worldwide & Future Challenges in Egypt,” SPE paper 164716-MS, This paper was prepared for presentation at the North Africa Technical Conference & Exhibition held in Cairo, Egypt, 15-17 April 2013.
Adel (M. Salem) Ragab, W. Brandst?tter, G. Ruthammer and S. Shalaby: “CFD- Analysis of Terrain-Induced Slug Flow Regimes in Multiphase Pipeline Systems,” Presented at the 6th International Conference on CFD in Oil & Gas, Metallurgical and Process Industries, SINTEF/NTNU, Trondheim, Norway, 10-12 June, 2008.
Adel (M. Salem) Ragab, W. Brandst?tter and S. Shalaby: “Multiphase Flows in Horizontal and Inclined Pipelines by CFD Simulations,” Presented at the 5th Mediterranean Offshore Conference and Exhibition 2008 (MOC2008), Alexandria, Egypt, 20-22 May 2008.
Adel (M. Salem) Ragab, W. Brandst?tter and S. Shalaby: “Modeling of Two-Phase Flow and Slug Flow Characteristics in Horizontal/Inclined Pipelines using CFD,” Presented at SPE Romanian Conference-150 Years of the Romanian Petroleum Industry, Tradition & Challenges, held in Athénée Hilton Hotel – Bucharest 14-17 Oct. 2007. (http://romania.spe.org).
A. (Adel M.)Salem (Ragab), A. A. Ibrahim, A. M. Attia, and E. D. Elayouty: “Mechanisms of Formation Damage and Permeability Impairment Associated with the Completion Fluids in Bahariya Formation,”Presented at the 6th International Conference on Mining, Petroleum and Metallurgy (MPM), Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Feb. 20-24, 1999.
“Comparative Investigation of Factors Affecting Formation Damage Caused by Completion and Workover Fluids,” M. Sc. Thesis, Faculty of Petroleum Engineering, Suez Canal University, Suez, Feb. 1999.

Advanced PVT Analysis and EOS Applications
2026-04-26 - 2026-04-30 | Hurghada, Hurghada, Egypt
Course & Workshop
Aptril 26 – 30, 2026
Instructor: Dr. Ismael Mahgoub

Who Should Attend

Senior level of Petroleum Engineers, Geoscientist, and Operation Geologists.
Newly appointed managers.

Course Overview
Reservoir fluid properties play a key role in the design and optimization of injection/ production strategies and surface facilities for efficient fluid recovery along the field life.
This course comprehensively covers laboratory PVTand phase behavior of petroleum reservoir fluids starting from selection of fluid sampling techniques and ending by the routine PVT experimental study. Indeed, a thoroughly review on advanced PVT experimental tests such as determination of MMP, Asphaltene deposition … etc. aiming of augmenting the reservoir fluid recovery factor. It covers an insight review on the use of EOS to generate PVT data, similar to those used on the nowadays commercial reservoir simulators.
This uniquely structured course, a rich blend of the instructor’s sound theoretical foundation and practical experience augmented by a number of case studies and examples exercises as well as his way of involving participants in discussions facilitate your learning. You well gain valuable knowledge that is necessary to tackle/ deal with petroleum engineering calculations that required PVT properties and phase behavior of reservoir fluids.

Course Content

Introduction
Fundamental of Reservoir Fluid Chemistry
Hydrocarbon Phase Behavior
Asphaltene study
Laboratory PVT Experiments
Equation Of State, EOS
Simulation of laboratory PVT data by Equation of State
Characterizing the “Plus Fractions”
Adjusting (tuning) EOS To Fit Laboratory Data
Gas Condensate PVT

Work Plan
Part-1:
Overview of practical significance pf PVT data applications in petroleum engineering, Including:

Hydrocarbon Phase Behaviour
Classification of reservoir fluid types with emphasizing on near critical fluids.
Fluid sampling techniques, Including well conditioning and quality check.

Parts 2 & 3:

Laboratory PVT Study.
Insight review of routine PVT Study, starting from the compositional analysis.
Routine PVT laboratory study for both dew point system and bubble point system.
Slim tube test analysis for MMP determination, illustrated by a field study from the Gulf area.
Significance of Asphaltene content in miscible EOR techniques.

Part 4:

Overview on EOS applications to generate PVT data.
Simulation of laboratory PVT data by equation of sate.

Part 5:

Characterizing the “Plus fraction”
Adjusting (tuning) EOS to fit laboratory data
Course assessment & Conclusions.

Location
First day will be held at the Holiday Inn Maadi Hotel, in Cairo. The participants will fly the next day to Hurghada. The course will be continued in Hurghada.

Course Fees
Inclusive of refreshment and lunch at the Holiday Inn Maadi Hotel. Air Ticket Cairo/Hurghada return and accommodation in Hurghada.

Instructor Profile

Head of Pet. Eng. Dept, FUE.
Ex associate Professor, Cairo University.
More than 25 years of practical experience in upstream petroleum industry.
About 10 years of leading multi-national JV Operations along which multi-phase upstream projects in Oil & Gas business has been carried out and successfully implemented.
More than 10 years in teaching technical, and business courses, in the Gulf countries, North Africa, and Asia.
SPE member.

Oil And Gas Field Development and Production Optimization
2026-05-10 - 2026-05-14 | Hurghada, Hurghada, Egypt
Course & Workshop
May 10 – 14, 2026
Instructor: Eng. Ahmed Ibrahim

Who Should Attend
Senior and experienced reservoir and production engineers, completion engineers, subsurface engineers, petrophysicists, log analysts, geologists and others involved in well surveillance, maximizing recovery, identifying production problems, or planning workover operations, and anyone interested in understanding production logs and cased-hole surveys.
About the Course:
The principles of field development plan for oil and gas reservoirs which include the reservoir management for conventional and unconventional are presented with emphasis on practical applications. Actual case histories are used to study both successes and failures. An interdisciplinary synergistic approach to efficient reservoir management is detailed with the goal of optimized profitability. The significance of each component and the importance of timing and cost/benefit analysis are emphasized. Reservoir management models for optimum field development and field operating plans are analyzed. The course is built around the role of the reservoir engineer and, hence, concerns itself with the integration and use of information to make well rate and recoverable volumes estimates … etc
Additional to Production Optimization which is along with Reservoir Management a central part of a company’s field development and deliverability strategy. Key factor in production optimization is the capability to mitigate formation damage during well construction and production routine operations. Formation damage mitigation can be accomplished assuring that operational details are achieved before reaching the pay zone to the last production parameters recorded.

What Will You Learn
Participants will learn how to:

Apply the principles of sound field development plan.
Apply the principles of sound reservoir management.
Use the interdisciplinary synergistic approach to efficient reservoir management.
Include each reservoir management component and the importance of timing and cost/benefit analysis.
Develop checks and balances.
Apply approaches to estimate rate and recoverable volumes for wells prior to development
Address the development of a life-of-field surveillance plan
Use classical and current non-simulation methods for estimating wells rates and recoverable volumes using production data from unconventional reservoirs
Better understand the limitations of these rate and recoverable volume prediction methods
Well integrity
Design of well completion

Course Content

Definition of reservoir management: an integrated, interdisciplinary team effort
Goal setting, planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating reservoir performance
Field development and field operating plans to optimize profitability
Efficient monitoring of reservoir performance
Minimizing drilling of unnecessary wells
Wellbore and surface systems
Economic impact of operating plans Rate & recoverable volumes prediction: before development
Rate & recoverable volumes prediction: after development
Identifying and acquiring critical data, data acquisition, and analysis
Maximizing economic recovery and minimizing capital investment, risk, and operating expenses
Timing of field implementation of reservoir management plan
Case histories and analysis
Importance of reservoir characterization and drilling and operating plans
Primary recovery, pressure maintenance, and secondary and tertiary recovery
Responsibilities for team members
Near-wellbore profile management
Removal of near-wellbore damage
Maximize the productivity index
Well integrity
Design of well completion

optimization of artificial lift performance at field and well level
sand control management

Efficiency of oil and gas transport

Location
First day will be held at the Holiday Inn Maadi Hotel, in Cairo. The participants will fly the next day to Hurghada. The course will be continued in Hurghada.

Course Fees
Inclusive of refreshment and lunch at the Holiday Inn Maadi Hotel. Air Ticket Cairo/Hurghada return and accommodation in Hurghada.

Instructor Profile
Eng. Ahmed Ibrahim is highly resourceful and qualified professional with 20 years’ experience in reservoir engineering, leading reservoir management, simulation, and integration.

Concrete history of both conventional and unconventional reservoir engineering additional to dynamic reservoir simulation along with experience in sandstone and carbonate reservoirs.
Proven background of leading reservoir studies, Pressure Transient Testing, primary / secondary recovery for clastic reservoir, and field development planning projects for mature / green fields.
Result-focused with demonstrated excellence spearheading Production Enhancement initiatives, including well stimulation, lift optimization, field revitalization, water flooding scheme management, decline curve analysis, and material balance calculation.
Track record of developing and leading high-performing teams. Adept at fostering productive relations with key stakeholders at all levels. Innovative and creative thinker able to generate new ideas, anticipate needs, and initiate change.

Prospect Risk Analysis, Decision Tree and Economics
2026-05-10 - 2026-05-14 | Hurghada, Hurghada, Egypt
Course & Workshop
May 10-14, 2026
Instructor: Z. AWAD Ph.D.

Who Should Attend
The course is designed for reservoir, and completion engineers, operation and exploration geologists, log analyst, geophysicists and development staff.
Course Outlines
1- Basin and Play Evaluation Procedure.
2- Play Assessment.
3- Method of Play Assessment:
– Prospects summation.
– Single-valued fields number and size assessment.
– Oil in Place and Recoverable reserves assessment.
– Mean reserves assessment.
4- Mean Assessment of a Play:
– Requirements for assessment.
– Risk and uncertainity in Play assessment.
– Procedure for Play assessment.
– Minimum and maximum field sized.
– Potential field number and success ratio.
– Prospect size distribution.
– Play chance.
– Mean reserve estimation and assessment of results.
5- Petroleum System Evaluation:
– Elements and processes.
– Timing of hydrocarbon generation/migration versus trap formation.
– Techniques for timing evaluation.
– Assessment of results.
– Prospect Ranking.
6- Forecasting Field Size to be Discovered.
7- Decision Tree – Exercises
Location
First day will be held at the Holiday Inn Maadi Hotel, in Cairo. The participants will fly the next day to Hurghada. The course will be continued in Hurghada.

Course Fees
Inclusive of refreshment and lunch at the Holiday Inn Maadi Hotel. Air Ticket Cairo/Hurghada return and accommodation in Hurghada.

Instructor Profile
Dr. M. Zayed Awad is a former President of Ministry of Petroleum of Sudan and President of Sudan Petroleum Company (Sudapet) . Dr. Zayed has over 30 years of, teaching experience in the oil industry and universities. Dr. Zayed joined the basin study research group of the Technical University of Berlin in Germany in 1986 where he obtained his Ph.D. in 1996. Dr. Zayed was then appointed as an assistant professor at the University of Khartoum.
In 1997 he joined the Exploration and Production Authority of Sudan. He worked on block promotion. In 1998 he joined the Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company (GNPOC) as a senior geologist with the Basin Study Group in Calgary, Canada, appointed as a team leader. He is also a mentor in utilizing stratigraphy as an effective tool in Exploration, in Petroleum System Analysis, and in Play Evaluation.

Petroleum Geochemistry in Conventional and Unconventional Systems
2026-06-07 - 2026-06-11
Course & Workshop
June 7-11, 2026
Instructor: Dr. Moataz El Shafeiy

Who Should Attend
Geologists, exploration geologists, organic geochemists, and development geologists, reservoir engineers.
Course Description:
Organic/Petroleum Geochemistry is an in-depth exploration of the fundamental principles and practical applications of geochemistry in the context of petroleum exploration. Indeed, geochemistry has long been considered as a major contributor to oil and gas exploration and deserves to be admitted as the third “G” along with geology and geophysics (G & G). This course provides attendees with a comprehensive understanding of the chemical and geological processes involved in the formation, migration, and alteration of petroleum hydrocarbons. Throughout the course, attendees will explore topics such as organic matter preservation, source rock evaluation, thermal maturation, petroleum generation and migration, and hydrocarbons alteration processes. By studying various geochemical parameters and analytical techniques, attendees will develop their skills necessary to assess hydrocarbon potential, evaluate source rock (quantity, quality, and thermal maturity), know the basic assessment of unconventional shale reservoirs, and make informed decisions in the exploration of oil and gas resources. Moreover, the course provides basic information about the application of lipid biomarkers (geochemical fossils) as source-related and maturity-related proxies. These organic compounds are valuable proxies in oil-oil and oil-source rock correlations. The course combines theoretical knowledge with practical applications and data interpretation training. At the end of this course, attendees will be able to interpret geochemical data sets to unravel the geological history of a petroleum system and understand the relationship between geochemistry and other disciplines such as basin modeling analysis.

Course Objectives
To gain knowledge and better understanding in the following areas:

Fundamentals of organic geochemistry.
Favorable conditions for organic matter productivity, preservation, and accumulation.
Factors controlling organic richness of a source rock.
Source rock evaluation (quantity, quality, and thermal maturity), employing techniques such as LECO TOC, Rock-Eval pyrolysis, and Py-GC, and their interpretation.
Advanced geochemical analyses (GC and GC-MS) to investigate lipid biomarkers and their significance.
Oil-Source rock and Oil-Oil correlations.
Organic petrographic tools (e.g., Vitrinite Reflectance Ro% and visual kerogen analysis), and their applications in assessing thermal maturity and kerogen characteristics, respectively.
Original organic carbon (TOCo) and original kerogen typing (HIo) back-calculations and their importance in assessing the remaining source potential.

Course Content
Part One:

Introduction to source rock formation, organic matter preservation, accumulation, depositional control, and factors controlling organic richness.
Kerogen formation, source rock evolution, and petroleum generation.

Part Two:

Assessing organic matter quantity, quality, thermal maturity, and petroleum-generating potential. Geochemical tools such as Total Organic Carbon (LECO TOC%), Rock-Eval pyrolysis, and
geochemical logs will be introduced.
Interpreting different source rock thermal maturity data including Rock-Eval pyrolysis and
vitrinite reflectance (Ro%) and limitations. Visual (microscopic) kerogen typing and its implications (e.g., HIo calculation). Skills to distinguish between different types of source rocks, their grades, quality (oil- and/or gas-prone), and thermal maturity will be developed to the attendees by the end of this part.

Part Three:

The concept of biological markers (biomarkers) inventories (n-alkanes, isoprenoids “pr/ph”,steranes, and hopanes) using gas chromatography (GC-FID & GC-MS) techniques. Source-, age-, and maturity-related biomarkers tools and applications.
Oil-to-oil, oil-to-source rock, and gas-to-source rock correlations. Stable organic carbon isotope ratio and isotope ratio measurement for lipid biomarkers and gases using GC-irMS.

Part Four:

Basics of 1D burial, thermal history, and maturity modeling for systems with tectonic-induced unconformities and how to calibrate and validate these models.
Group Discussion and Activities

Part Five:

Geochemistry of unconventional shale reservoirs. Shale organic richness implication using wireline logs (Passey et al., 1990).

Reservoir geochemistry and applications of mud gas compositions. Bulk geochemical properties of crude oil and natural gas.
Group Discussion and Activities

Location
First day will be held at the Holiday Inn Maadi Hotel, in Cairo. The participants will fly the next day to Hurghada. The course will be continued in Hurghada.

Course Fees
Inclusive of refreshment and lunch at the Holiday Inn Maadi Hotel. Air Ticket Cairo/Hurghada return and accommodation in Hurghada.

Instructor Profile
Experience lies in the Sedimentary Geochemistry field, analyzing paleo-environmental, paleoclimatic, and paleoceanographic proxies of organic-rich sedimentary rocks of different ages, as well as conducting source rock evaluation and unconventional reservoirs studies. Skilled in interpreting geochemical data using a variety of techniques, including LECO analyzer, Rock-Eval pyrolysis, ICP- MS/AES, XRD, GC-MS, GC-irMS, and PetroMod software. Through my work, I can adeptly analyze data to develop depositional models in the light of climatic and/or sea-level changes. In addition to my technical skills, Trace elements geochemistry, Paleo-redox proxies, Paleo-depositional environments, Lipid Biomarker, Petroleum Geochemistry, Unconventional shale reservoirs, Paleoceanography and Chemostratigraphy, Diagenesis, Stable isotope geochemistry, Organic matter in Holocene sediments, Sedimentary Geochemistry, (Paleo)climatic changes, and Environmental monitoring.
Academic awards and Fellowships
March 2023-November 2023
Holder of the prestigious President International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI-CAS) for 9 months, serving as a “Visiting Scientist” at the Institute of Geology and Geophysics Chinese Academy of Sciences (IGGCAS), Beijing. IGGCAS is regarded as one of the foremost geoscience institutions in the Chinese mainland, and I was privileged to work alongside world-class experts in the field. Under the mentorship of the esteemed Prof. Dr. Daizhao Chen, I am conducting research on 13C, 26Mg, and 199-202Hg isotope perturbation, as well as redox-sensitive elements,
long the K/Pg organic-rich sediments in southern Tethys. Part of this work is submitted to Earth and Planetary Science Letter.
September 2019-August 2021
Holder of the President International postdoctoral Fellowship Initiative (PIFI-CAS) for two years at the Institute of Geology and Geophysics Chinese Academy of Sciences (IGGCAS), Beijing. During my tenure, I had the opportunity to work alongside esteemed scholars in the field of geosciences and was mentored by the distinguished Prof. Dr. Daizhao Chen. My research project was focused on utilizing cutting-edge isotope techniques, specifically 13C, 15N,
34S, and 187-188Re-Os isotope perturbation along the Cretaceous-Paleogene black shales of Egypt. This work is accepted in Gondwana Research.
July 2013-January 2014
Holder of the German-Egyptian Research Short-term Scholarship (GERSS) to conduct research in the Geobiology working group, Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany, mentored by the esteemed Prof. Dr. Volker Thiel. The project concerned the Upper Cretaceous period in Egypt, with a focus on investigating potential changes in CO2 concentration. We conducted compound-specific 13C measurements for lipid biomarkers. The work yielded promising results that are published in Egyptian Journal of Geology.
June 2009-October 2011
Holder of DAAD scholarship (sandwich program) that allowed me to pursue my PhD studies under the guidance of the world-renowned Prof. Dr. Jörn Peckmann at the Geobiology working group, Centre of Marine and Environmental Sciences (MARUM), Bremen University, Germany. My primary research in Germany was focusing on investigating the paleo-ecological conditions during Cretaceous-Paleocene black shales deposition, and I utilized gas chromatography and gas chromatography isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GC-irMS) equipment for compound-specific 13C measurements to extract and identify biological markers (molecular fossils). These results were integrated with redox-sensitive elements (from a Dana Gas© project) and published in Q1 and Q2 journals.
• Prof. M. El Ashry’s prize: awarded for the best MSc thesis (February 2008).
• Prof. M. El Ashry’s prize: awarded for the pre-master’s degree (February 2003).
• Prof. Abu Khadra’s prize: awarded for Sedimentary Petrology undergraduate course (February 2002).
