My Professional Roles and Contributionssaudalfattah2019-08-07T13:55:20+00:00
1. Leader
A pioneering member of the development team of King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC)
Director and Fellow, Global Energy Markets and Economics Research, KAPSARC
Director and Fellow, Energy Markets Policy and Strategic Research, KAPSARC
Director, Energy and Environmental Technology Research, KAPSARC
Initiator and implementer of the Visiting Fellowship/Professorship Program at KAPSARC
Initiator and implementer of the Energy & Economics Capacity-Building Program, and the Young Researchers Development Program at KAPSARC
Initiator and implementer of the Knowledge Exchange & Transfer Programs at KAPSARC
Project lead of Abqaiq gas-cap oil field development using, for the first time of this type of Saudi Aramco fields, horizontal wells and measuring while drilling technologies.
Contributed in the following integrated fields development studies at Saudi Aramco:
Ghawar oil field (The world’s largest onshore oil field)
Safaniyah field (The world’s largest offshore oil field)
Shaybahoil field development (One of most challenging field development due to harsh and remote area)
Abqaiq Field (The most mature field of Saudi Arabia fields)
Hawtah field development (The lightest and sweetest crude oil of Saudi Aramco fields)
Manifa field development (The largest oil increment added to Saudi Aramco production capacity)
2. Innovator
Granted one U.S. patent. Al-Fattah, S.M. (2013). Patent No. 8,510,242. Artificial Neural Network Models for Determining Relative Permeability of Hydrocarbon Reservoirs. USA: United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
Developer of the GANNATS Model referring to Genetic-Algorithms Neural-Networks Approach for Time Series
Developer of the MulticyclicModeling Approach; a new generalized and modified Hubbert model.
Founder of the SPE Students Chapter at KFUPM, and served as President (1990-1994)
3. Author
Authored/coauthored three books:
Artificial Intelligence and Data Mining Applications in the E&P Industry,
Carbon Capture and Storage: Technologies, Policies, Economics, and Implementation Strategies,
Innovative Methods for Analyzing and Forecasting World Gas Supply.
Authored/coauthored 40+ papers. See Publications section for details.
Recipient of the 2016 Outstanding Technical Editor of Energy Policy journal
Recipient of the 2013 Outstanding Technical Editor of J. of Natural Gas Science and Engineering
Recipient of the 2011 Outstanding Technical Editor for the special issue of “Artificial Intelligence and Petroleum Analytics,” published by J. of Natural Gas Science and Engineering.
Recipient of the Best Top 10% of Authors on Social Science Research Network (SSRN) by all-time downloads, since 2015 onward.