Area of Interest

Reservoir  Engineering and  Enhanced Oil Recovery

Selected Publications

a.   Abu-Khamsin, S.A.: "Feasibility of Tar Displacement by Hot-water Injection," Internal Report, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, September 1995.

 

b.   Okasha, T.M., Menouar, H.K., and Abu-Khamsin, S.A.: "Oil Recovery from Tarmat Reservoirs Using Hot Water and Solvent Flooding," Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology, Vol. 37, No. 4, April 1998, pp. 33–40.

 

c.   Osman, E.A., Aggour, M.A., and Abu-Khamsin, S.A.: "In-Situ Sand Consolidation by Low-Temperature Oxidation," SPE Production & Facilities,Vol. 15, No. 1, February 2000, pp. 42-49.

 

d.   Aggour, M.A., Abu-Khamsin, S.A., and Al-Majed, A.A.: “Improving Sandstone Matrix Acidizing for Oil Wells by Gas Preconditioning,” SPE 63180, paper presented at the 2000 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Tx., October 1-4, 2000.

 

e.   Aggour, M.A., Abu-Khamsin, S.A., and Osman, E.A.: “Development of a New Sand Control Technique-Phase I: Laboratory Development,” SPE 63237, paper presented at the 2000 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Tx., October 1-4, 2000.

 

f.    Abu-Khamsin, S.A., Iddris A., and Aggour, M.A.: “The Spontaneous Ignition Potential of a Super-Light Crude Oil,” accepted by Fuel, January 2001.

 

g.  Abu-Khamsin, S.A.: “The effect of Unsaturates on Low-Temperature Oxidation of Crude Oil,” submitted to Fuel, January 2001.

 

h.   Abu-Khamsin, S.A.: “The Effect of Pressure on Oxidation Kinetics of Tar from a Tarmat Reservoir,” accepted by Journal of Petroleum Science & Technology, April 2001.

 

i.    Abu-Khamsin, S.A.: “Feasibility of In-Situ Combustion of Tar from a Tarmat Reservoir,” submitted to In-Situ, April 2001.