Area of Interest

Reservoir Engineering and Drilling Engineering

Selected Publications

a.        Al-Majed, A.A., and Dougherty, E.L. "A Variable Cell Model for Simulating Gas Condensate Reservoir Performance," SPE Middle East Oil Technical Conference and Exhibition, Bahrain, March 2-5, 1991.

b.      Al-Otaibi, S.S. and Al-Majed, A.A., "Identification of factors affecting pseudo-relative permeability curves", Journal of Petroleum Science & Engineering 21 (1998) 249-261.

 

c.    Al-Majed, A.A., “A Curvilinear Grid System Generator for Pattern Numerical Simulator,” Journal of Engineering, Vol.9, 2, (1999) 31-39.

 

d.  M.A. Khan, S.Z. Jilani, H. Menouar, and  Al-Majed, A.A., “A Non-Destructive Method for Mapping Formation Damage,” Ultrasonics, Vol. 39, Issue 5, pp. 321-328, August 2001.

 

e.   H. Menouar,  Al-Majed, A.A., S.Z. Jilani, and M.A. Khan, “Mechanism of Formation Damage in Horizontal Wells”, World Petroleum Congress, Sept. 17-20, 2001, Shanghai, China.

 

f.    S.Z. Jilani, H. Menouar,  Al-Majed, A.A., M.A. Khan, “Effect of Overbalance Pressure on Formation Damage,” Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 36(2002) 97-109.

g.    M.A. Mohiuddin, K. Khan, A. Abdulraheem,  Al-Majed, A.A., and V. Aurifullah, “Field Based Criteria For The Design of Safe Mud Weight Window”, SPE Technical Symposium, Saudi Arabia, held in May, 2005.

h.    A.S. Al-Yami, H.A. Nasr-El-Din,  Al-Majed, A.A., H. Menouar, “An Innovative Manganese Tetra-Oxide/KCl Water-Based Drill-in Fluid for HT/HP Wells”, 2007 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held in Anaheim, California, U.S.A., 11-14 November 2007.

i.    A.S. Al-Yami, H.A. Nasr-El-Din, M.A. Bataweel,  Al-Majed, A.A., H. Menouar, “Formation Damage Induced by various Water-Based Fluids Used to Drill HP/HT Wells”, 2008 SPE International Symposium and Exhibition on Formation Damage Control, 13-15 February 2008, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA.