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Curriculum Vitae Muhammad Ihtsham HASHMI

Petroleum Engineer
PERSONAL
Pakistani
Married
Born 12 September 1982
Email: ihtsham@hotmail.com
Web: www.ihtsham.com
CURRENT ADDRESS
Ward#3 Near DC Office
Bhimber City, Bhimber Azad Kashmir
Pakistan.
Home: +92 (5828)-444370
Mobile: +92 (300)-6230581

PROFILE
A HIGHLY ADAPTABLE GRADUATE ENGINEER of premier institute of Gulf, The Petroleum Institute - Abu Dhabi, and a
recipient of merit fellowship by ADNOC, I am still striving to find challenges to reach my full potential. My studies helped
me to develop leadership skills by working in many teams and group projects to solve real oil-field problems as a
research assistant. Being a self-motivated team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, I look
forward to join an industry that would boost my present profile.

QUALIFICATION
M.Sc. Petroleum Engineeringfrom The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates,
With 3.3/4.0 CGPA. Aug 2010 to Jan 2012
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineeringfrom University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore Pakistan,
With 4.0/4.0 CGPA. Jan 2002 to Jan 2006

MSc thesis title: Oil Well Flow Assurance through Static Electric Potential: An Experimental Investigation
WORK EXPERIENCE
Antonoil International, Iraq. Feb 2012 to Jan 2014
Petroleum Field Engineer
Key Responsibilities:
Preparing well completion and work-over proposals: open hole completions
Completion tools testing & evaluation: SSD, HS packer, SCSSV, travel joints etc.
Actively working and monitoring run-in-hole (RIH) and other integrity operations on the rig-floor
After successful RIH operations, monitoring and guiding the safe operations for the flow line and tubing-casing-
annulus testing after the drop-ball and setting the HS packer.
Other technical responsibilities includes:
Monitor production rates, help in planning or rework processes to improve production, and write technical
reports for engineering and management personnel
Installation, integration and commissioning of the wellhead control panels and monitoring of wellhead
control panel daily routine inspection i.e., tubing & casing pressures, maintaining safe operating pressures
for SCSSV, SSV, and SDV valves installed on the wellhead.
Providing technical and operational support for well completion activity to field & rig-floor personnel
Promoting and implementing Company HSE policies and safe working practices
Organizing logistics for completion equipment, tools and personnel
The Petroleum Institute (Abu Dhabi National Oil Company) Abu Dhabi, UAE. Aug 2010 to Jan 2012
Assistant Researcher (Oil & Gas)
Key Responsibilities:
Teaching assistance and research & development activities in various projects; flow modelling for underbalanced
drilling (UBD) using WELLFLO, gas lift design, nodal analysis, IPR-TPR sensitivity analysis for production
enhancement using PROSPER, formation damage, flow assurance, and inflow/outflow performance studies for
long horizontal wells using slotted liners/ICDs. Other responsibilities were technical assistance to the supervisor;
paper reviews, collate information, data analysis and writing technical reports, organizing the production
laboratory for undergraduate classes. Additionally, technical assistance and supervision to the undergraduate
students in their practical laboratory work, designing and establishing lab experimental setups, preparing
chemicals and other equipment for multiple laboratory sessions and other on-going research projects in the
production lab.

RECENT PROJECTS

An objective approach to the selection of an optimized medium for single phase gas & multi-phase fluid
for UBD The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi. Mar 2012 May 2012
The efforts herein have been specifically focused on evaluating the technical advantages & economics of
the single phase gas & the two-phase. Volumes required for the alternative methods of fluid to perform the
UBD conditions, their respective limitations, flow performance & cost have been rigorously examined &
interpreted. For single phase, the Nitrogen flow versus Natural gas flow have been compared both
technically & economically to find which one presents a more practical solution to the industry.
Alternatively, for the two-phase, foam-type fluids versus aerated drilling mud have been differentiated.
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Homogenizing inflow/outflow profile for long horizontal wells The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi.
June 2011 Aug 2011
In this research project, we (group of three researchers) investigated the suitability of slotted liners over the
ICD, in order to homogenize the inflow profile of long horizontal wells. This project involved different study
areas like formation damage & its evaluation, drilling strategies to counter less formation damage, pressure
losses along length of horizontal well, water & gas coning etc. We studied & designed different slotted
liners scenarios with different set of design parameters like length of liner, number of slots, diameter of the
slots etc. Additionally, we also investigated the use of slotted liners to homogenize the outflow profile of
horizontal injector well. We came up with a MATLAB program which would drive different design
parameters for slotted liner in order to homogenize the water injection profile along the complete length of
horizontal well. Also, in case of producing well, this programmed helped how to stop/slow down water
encroachment or gas coning along the length of horizontal well.
Gas lift design The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi. Jan 2011 April 2011
In this project, we studied and designed a gas lift plan for a dead well based on the data obtained from one
of the Abu Dhabi's oilfield well. Based on the bottom hole pressure, fluid head above the packer, diameter
of the tubing etc., we (group of two) designed placement of the operating valve, number of unloading
valves, spacing between the unloading valves, ESP design, pressure requirement for gas injection etc. This
project was much appreciated by the research committee.
Oil well flow assurance through static electric potential: An experimental investigation The Petroleum
Institute, Abu Dhabi. Jan 2011 Dec 2011
The focus of this research project was to find the possibilities of inhibiting the deposition of asphaltene and
inorganic scales in the production tubing by applying static electrical potential. With this objective, two flow
set ups were made; one for asphaltene and the other for scale deposition studies, attached with precision
pumps, pressure recording system and DC power supply. In each set up there were two flow loops; one was
converted as Anode and the other as Cathode. A series of flow studies were conducted using the flow set
ups, in which oil-dilution ratio, temperature and most importantly DC potential difference was varied and
the deposition behavior of the asphaltene aggregates and calcium carbonate scale to the walls of the test
loops were observed through rise of differential pressure across the loop due to possible deposition and
constriction of the flow path.
PAPERS PUBLICATIONS

Ihtsham H., Dr. Ghosh, Dynamic Asphaltene Deposition Control in Pipe Flow through the Application of Static
Potential, Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology, SPRINGER, 10.1007/s13202-014-
0113-2.
Ihtsham H., Dr. Ghosh, Electrostatic attraction of Calcite scale nuclei and its influence on deposition
behaviour, manuscript under submission to J. Petrol Exploration and Production Technology, SPRINGER.
A. U. Chaudhry, V. Mittal and Ihtsham Hashmi, A quick review for rheological properties of polyolefin
composites, SURJVol.44 (1) 75-84 (2012).
Imran Sajid, Ihtsham Hashmi, Mould designing and analysis of a composite hockey, paper presented in 9th
International Symposium on Advanced Materials 19-22 September, 2005, Islamabad, Pakistan.
COURSES

30 hours training on Lab Safety organized by HSE department, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi.
30 hours training on Risk Management organised by Total Professeurs Associes at The Petroleum Institute,
One week workshop training on Project Planning & Control by Skill development Council, Islamabad.
Two week course on Multi-Disciplinary Design Optimization & Engineering Simulation, AERO.
Two week In house departmental training on Project Management, AERO.

COMPUTER LITERACY
Engineering Design & Analysis Software
PROSPER WELLFLO Pro/Engineer MSCNASTRAN
KAPPA Ecrin ANSYSWorkBench MATLAB AutoCAD2006
Project Management & Others
MSProject Planner Microsoft Office Graphics & Web Designing

ACHIEVEMENTS & CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
20092010: ADNOC honorary fellowship for MSc studies at The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi.
2008current: Visiting faculty member of National Institute of Design & Analysis (NIDA), Lahore.
20042005: Project of the year award for BSc final year project at university.
20042005: Excellent undergraduate student of the university.
20022005: Award of National Stipend for outstanding performance for continuous 4-years during
undergraduate studies by Government of Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK), Pakistan.
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20022005: Scored 3
rd
position in first semester & 2
nd
position in 7
th
semester in BSc exams.
20022004: Award of Provincial Stipend for outstanding performance by Government of Punjab for continuous
3 years during undergraduate studies.
20032004: Remained active member of Hostel Mess Management Committee.
20022005: Remained active member of University Blood Society.
20002001: Teacher of the Year Award during my one year teaching experience.
19992000: 1
st
position in district Bhimber & 4
th
position in the whole country in Higher Secondary School
Examinations, Azad Jammu Kashmir Education Board.
19981999: 1
st
position in the Bhimber district in 1
st
year of Higher Secondary School Examinations.
19982007: Volunteer worker for Civil Defence Organization of Bhimber city.
19862011: I love to play squash, like jogging, English action & adventure movies.
LANGUAGES
Have excellent communication & interpersonal skills in English, Urdu, Hindi, Arabic and Punjabi.
PROFESSIONAL
Member Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC).
Member Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
REFERENCES
Dr. Hemanta Sarma
Chairman
Petroleum Engineering Department
The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi.
Phone: +971 26075386
Email: hsarma@pi.ac.ae
Dr. B. Ghosh
Assistant Professor
Petroleum Engineering Department
The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi.
Mobile: +971 26075538
Email: bghosh@pi.ac.ae

CV Compiled Jan, 2014.