Dr.

Gamal Ragab Gaafar

(Lead Principal Petrophysicist, Professor of Petrophysics)
Email: gaafargr@yahoo.com, gaafargr@gmail.com
Mobile phone: +201227345266
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gamal_Gaafar2
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-gamal-ragab-1306a214/
(Almost 34 years worldwide experience in oil and gas
industry)

Personal data
Date of Birth : July 28 1963
Nationality : Egyptian
Marital status : Married
Point of mobilization : Flexible for convenient international relocation.
Address (Egypt) : 19 Abrag El-Mashrabia, El-Mariotia, Filfla St., El-Haram
Giza, Egypt. Entrance 2, Floor 7, flat 28
Qualifications
Ph.D. (1995-1998) in the field of Hydrodynamic and Reservoir Evaluation.
M.Sc. (1990-1992) in the field of Sedimentology.
B.Sc. (1982-1985) In Geology with Very Good grade.

Personal profile
I explore for hydrocarbons. I am a geologist with an educational and industry
background in wellsite and operation geologist, petrophysics, and sedimentation, and
have worked as an oil and gas exploration and development Geologist and
Petrophysicist in whole section of Egypt (Gulf of Suez, Western desert, Sinai, and
Nile Delta, onshore and offshore, vertical, deviated, highly deviated, and horizontal
exploratory and development wells). In my current position as a senior petrophysicist
exploring for oil in the Gulf of Suez, and I am a part of an integrated team of
geophysicists, engineers, and geologists. Since joining Gupco, 1989, I have been
involved in a lot of exploratory and development wells. I have also worked on acreage
relinquishment, acreage bid-round, and farm-in pro.
My skill set includes expert-level knowledge of wellsite, operation geologist, and
petrophysics. I use Landmark integrated geologic/geophysical/database, Geolog,
Geofram for log analysis. I have extensive experience in wellsite operations, both
offshore and onshore.
I enjoy continuing to contribute research to the geological community through papers
and presentations at geotechnical conferences local and worldwide. I have worked on
several integrated teams that included geoscientists, drilling and completions
engineers. I have spearheaded research projects and led efforts, involving these teams,
aimed at reservoir characterization, cost cutting, and process-improvement. I have
worked closely with people from diverse cultural backgrounds. I have college-level
teaching experience, enjoy transferring information and technology, and hope to
continue to apply state-of-the-art technology in the quest for hydrocarbon resources. I
look forward to future assignments in international and domestic exploration and
development projects

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Main areas of accountabilities are:
1. Responsibility Provide guidance to petrophysics team in providing
petrophysics services to the Company’s operating assets/ projects as per work
request.
2. Plan, supervise, and coordinate evaluation and analysis of petrophysical data
necessary for Geologist, Development and Engineer, Reservoir in order to
predict the presence of hydrocarbons in wells for calculations of oil and gas
reserves and for reservoir studies.
3. Mentors Petrophysicists and Geoscientists with less experience.
4. Identifies, develops and implements training in Petrophysics for subsurface
group.
5. Works effectively with reservoir, petroleum, and drilling engineers and rig
personnel.
6. Identifies, designs and implements field studies, which will facilitate future
field development.
7. Interfaces with PTTEP technical management to identify, develop and
implement joint technical initiatives.
8. Participates in well planning and assists with development of pre-drill
documentation packages (i.e. designs and provides logging program, identifies
potential logging hazards, etc.).
9. Performs quick look formation evaluation methods in support of real-time
decision-making and provides input for selection of perforation and testing
intervals.
10. Uses workstation based Petrophysical models to provide fully integrated field-
study quality interpretations in support of geologic and reservoir modeling
used in field development planning.
11. Performs operations activities during drilling (i.e. pre-logging job planning
with petrophysical contractors on rig(s), training and monitoring of
Petrophysical personnel, interface with other Geoscience, Engineering, and
Drilling personnel).
12. Provides operational and technical support for openhole and casedhole logging
operations including acquisition planning, QC, and analysis of all logs
acquired by PTTEP and assigned asset.
13. Contributes to the enhancement of existing and future petrophysical analysis
models.
14. Makes recommendations regarding Routine (RCA) and Special Core Analysis
(SCAL) work to be done for measurement of petrophysical parameters.
Designs and supervises core analysis lab measurements in collaboration with
other concerned staff.
15. Provides input to support development of reservoir surveillance strategies
including design of baseline logging programs.
16. Designs and supports implementation of written input for post-drill well
reports.
17. Develops scope of work for tendering of petrophysical services and analyzes
tenders.
18. Monitors petrophysical contractors and administers contractors Quality
Assurance Plan.
19. Review and analyze all available petrophysical data of area of exploration
studies, enhance and validate petrophysical interpretation, and integrate results

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 with other disciplines in order to support further exploration activities in the
area.
20. Provide correct integration of petrophysical information, understanding and
requirements into exploration plans and activity proposals.
21. Translate well objectives and business requirements into fit-for-purpose, cost-
effective data acquisition strategy and programmes.
22. Provide operational input and support during exploration well drilling
activities.
23. Co-ordinate and QA/QC petrophysical log and core data acquisition activities,
and provide operational petrophysical support and evaluation of new data
acquired.
24. Ensure the integrity of the corporate log database.
25. Coaching, mentoring & development staff.
26. High skill/talent of teaching and supervise academic programs (MSC/PHD)

Employment history
August 1st 2019 – Now Professor of petrophysics and rock properties at Department
of Petroleum Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and technology, Future University
in Egypt (FUE)
Freelancer trainer in the field of petrophysics, Assossor.
Lead Principal Petrophysicist (TP/TA1, DRP, IAP) Petrophysicits, ACD/TPCP
assessor, technical Coach.
Freelancer trainer in
1: - Well logging (basic, intermediate and advanced logging interpretation)
2: - Clastics reservoir interpretation
3: - Carbonate interpretation
4: - Fracture Basement interpretation
5: - Unconventional resources
6: - Hydrocarbon resource assessment
7: - Core analysis (Basic, intermediate, Advanced core analysis)
8: - Geological applications of core analysis in reservoir characterization
9: - Reservoir characterization
10: - Geology for Non-Geologists
11: - Petroleum geology

Professor of Petrophysics teaching rock properties, well logging, petrophysics,

reservoir characterization, supervise and led master and PhDs projects,
UTP/Egypt universities.

1st January 2018 – August 1st 2019 as A Lead Principal Petrophysicist

(CTE/TP/TA, DRP, IAP), (Sabah Resource Management), Petroleum
Engineering, Center of Excellence (COE), PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd.
Lead a group of petrophysicits (15 petrophysicists). Perform Integrated
multidiscipline study to deliver techno-commercial proposal e.g. ADP,
FDP/FFR/NFE, PDR and IOR/EOR projects. Accountable on the overall
technical integrity of projects and reservoir management & surveillance
implementation of the respective assigned Clusters/Country/Operators. • Steer
integrated reservoir management plan (reservoir, well and facilities
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 Prepare/ Review technical key project deliverables & technical assurance.
Ensuring project execution according to project deliverables guidelines and
standards. Endorse and review the key documents such as key project
deliverables, handbook, checklist, design basis & philosophy. • Conduct and
propose new technology assessment & selection with technical assurance
group. Establishment and monitoring of technical key project deliverables.
Management of Project Handover.
Provide dedicated partners support for OBO/JOB fields. Perform technical
evaluations (including open block, area development plan support)
Accountable for overall asset/regional. Performance. Enhance knowledge
transfer.
Review new and revised specifications, guidelines, and manual. Lead & drive
new technology, identify & propose for replication/ standardization. Operation
advisor -well testing/ Petrophysics operation. Operation advisor -well
testing/PP operation
Provide technical advice and overall Petroleum Engineering strategies. Ensure
consistency of implementation across Upstream (database analysis). Establish
PE strategies (utilized staff at regions so that all input directly from project
team e.g. formulate Water injection assessment report). Situational assessment
& benchmarking (best engineering practices / cost savings achieved by other
regions/operators). Portfolio master plan (high level screening)- allow GM to
defend asset for moving forward.
Provide support for exploration and appraisal activity (hydrocarbon resource
assessment, development concepts). Perform feasibility study for discovered
resource or pre-development opportunity framing. De-risk prospects with
techno-commercial evaluation. Conduct post-drill-well evaluation. Asset
acquisition and divestment assessment. Technical Assurance & opportunity
identification for international asset and painters support. Leading Technical,
Commercial & Risk Assurance, Acquisition, Exploration Review committee
for resource addition.
Lead all core analysis programs, review work scope, and follow up all
RCA/SCAL analysis, also as expert level help in Image interpretation.
Follow up all the ongoing drilling wells, review the final finding and input
petrophysical properties to the static model.
Review and support all the ongoing enhanced oil recovery projects.
Visiting professor to UTP teaching two modules for master students, and FDP
for under graduates, supervise some of the master and PhDs projects,
appointed as industry panel for some projects at UTP.

1st January 2017 – December, 2017 as Principal Petrophysicist (CTE/TP/TA,

DRP), (Sarawak resource development, Sarawak oil FDP delivery), Petroleum
Engineering, Center of Excellence, PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd.
As a lead Principal Petrophysicist, which is the technical authority and highest
technical ranking in PETRONAS, and as a recognized world level technical
expert in Hydrocarbon Resource Development and Enhancement, my
objective is to develop and apply effective technical workflows and solutions
and right technologies for improving/enhancing oil and gas
production/reserve, continuously managing resources by adding reserve,
maximizing hydrocarbon recovery at the lowest cost. My role in PETRONAS

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 and as alternative chair and member of PETRONAS Technical Review to
provide expert advice on technical challenges and workable solutions on
strategic technical issues involving group wide interface with PS Contractors
and lead various field developments and reservoir characterization projects as
well as the new technology development and/or acquisition, including niche
technology area and intellectual property development, to ensure value
creation target for the Group are met. I also significantly contribute to role
model the technology transfer, training, coaching and mentoring junior
engineers to ensure institutional capability development plan are achieved.
Lead all the ongoing FFR/FDP/PDR projects in Sarawak resources
developments and Balingian area, follow up and review all the petrophysical
work, HRA input for volumetric, side by side working with integrated team
from geologists, reservoir engineering, petroleum technology to finalize the
static and dynamic models, assess the volumetric.
Lead all core analysis programs, review work scope, and follow up all
RCA/SCAL analysis as expert level help in Image interpretation.
Follow up all the ongoing drilling wells, review the final finding and input
petrophysical properties to the static model.
Review and support all the ongoing enhanced oil recovery projects.
Visiting professor to UTP teaching two modules for master students, and FDP
for under graduates, supervise some of the master and PhDs projects,
appointed as industry panel for some projects at UTP.

1st April 2016-December, 2016 PETRONAS as Principal Petrophysicist

(CTE/TP/TA2, DRP), (Specialized Studies & Technology Group), Petroleum
Engineering, Center of Excellence, PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd.

As the Principal Petrophysicist , which is the technical authority and highest

technical ranking in PETRONAS, and as a recognized world level technical
expert in Hydrocarbon Resource Development and Enhancement, my
objective is to develop and apply effective technical workflows and solutions
and right technologies for improving/enhancing oil and gas
production/reserve, continuously managing resources by adding reserve,
maximizing hydrocarbon recovery at the lowest cost. My role in PETRONAS
and as alternative chair and member of PETRONAS Technical Review
Committee is to provide expert advice on technical challenges and workable
solutions on strategic technical issues involving group wide interface with PS
Contractors and lead various IBS/EOR field developments and reservoir
characterization projects as well as the new technology development and/or
acquisition, including niche technology area and intellectual property
development, to ensure value creation target for the Group are met. I also
significantly contribute to role model the technology transfer, training,
coaching and mentoring junior engineers to ensure institutional capability
development plan are achieved.

Lead all core analysis programs, review work scope, and follow up all
RCA/SCAL analysis, also as expert level help in Image interpretation.

Organize one field trip per for our junior petrophysicist to enhance their
capabilities in the integrated studies.

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 Update all kind of petrophysical workflows, and come with new technology
from seminars, conference and share that with our staff to enhance their
capabilities.
Conduct research and studies on all the new concepts and approaches and
implements that in our business to enhance our explorations and productivity
of the current reservoirs.
Collaborate with UTP teaching and supervise some of the FDP, IP, MSCs, and
PHDs, and share our experience with academia, study together all the new
concepts and try to close the gap between academia and industry.

My duties as follows:
Lead a group of 12 petrophysicists with different ranges of experience (1-20 years of
experience), and our goals are:

1. Technology transfer and implementation of the new technology in oil and gas
business to enhance our production.
2. Develop and enhance the existing guidelines for petrophysics
3. Find solution for all the petrophysical issues raised from teams
4. Organized sharing sessions with PEP to enhance their knowledge on the new
findings (Cop)
5. Organize geological field trips to enhance the integration part for our juniors
6. Identification of ways and means to better integrate with other subsurface
disciplines, and Propagate better understand of the Role of Petrophysics in E
& P environments to understand and appreciate what we do.
7. Explore alternative methods of petrophysical interpretation methods
techniques (SSC, Chiew K) especially outside Malay basin (international
projects or when have minimum data)
8. Create, document and share methods for core – log calibration
9. Create documents and educate core planning, QA/QC and data interpretation
techniques for petrophysics, increase the SCAL data and its implementations
in petrophysical works.
10. List, rank, create documents for required advanced logging tools, data
interpretation and integration with conventional logs (specify when and how to
decide on advanced logging data acquisition)
11. Finalize and make available NMR, ECS, Flex, GEM, image manuals
educating when/how to acquire and how to integrate
12. Study all the petrophysical challenges and issues raised from project teams
like:-
a. HRA parameters (cut offs parameters) many methods based on EOD
b. Hydrocarbon typing (in case minimum data) Baronia case
c. Fluid contact (in case no pressure data)
d. Clay versus shale volume
e. Modeling of petrophysical parameters
f. Thin bed analysis
g. Gas reservoirs
h. Laminated versus bioturbation versus authogenic clay.
i. Fabric controls on permeability, kaolinite and Chiew permeability
j. Heavy and conductive minerals and its impact on log responses
k. Mud log and gas analysis

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 13. Sonic processing in house using Techlog modules and implement that in get
VS/VP and do inversion and geomechanic applications.
14. Enhance our understanding on the valuation modules for the thin bed /LRLC
reservoir.
15. Reservoir continuity assessment in term of pressure compartmentalization and
perched water phenomena.

2013 – 31 March, 2016. PETRONAS as Principal Petrophysicist (CTE/TP),

PETRONAS EXPLORATION Group, exploration Petrophysics, my duties
are
1. Lead and mentor the Exploration teams in design and successfully execution of
logging programs for all the exploration well drilled either domestic and
international.
2. Delegated as head of the exploration petrophysics in case of the head is on leave or
have any international assignments, having full responsibility for all matters
pertaining to the operation and administration of exploration petrophysicss section
and accorded the authority of head, exploration petrophysics.
3. Lead and mentor as a focal point of core analysis all the ongoing core analysis
projects, give advices in term core analysis program execution, work scope, and
required analysis.
4. Follow up all service providers in the core analysis field, and mentor their
performance and update the top management if any deficiency or low performance.
5. Lead the exploration team in defining HRA petrophysical parameters review the all
the petrophysical input for volumetric and give recommendation to the team with the
proper input.
6. Act as PPR, FDRC, XTRC, XRC, XET AND TRC committee member to review and
endorse the petrophysical parameters input to the volumetric calculations for all the
exploration activities. Review the program, post drilling results, and volumetric for
the field.
7. Appointed as focal point for unconventional resources, review all petrophysical work
and the approaches used to evaluate the shale gas and shale oil. Integrate the other
technology side by side with petrophysical analysis like geochemical and
geomechanical studies.
8. Act as TP, lead and review all the petrophysical parameters for our partners and JV
before provide the final results to the team.
9. Act as coach, coaching almost 5 coaching from our juniors, teach them, mentor, and
follow up to upgrade the to the next level, and help them for their assessment.
10. Act as industry supervisors, follow up and supervise some of the projects for
undergraduate, master students, and PHD students at UTP, and some other
university.
11. As TP act as assessor to assess our petrophysics in SKG 10 for ACD assessment,
average 10-15 candidates per year.
12. As TP act as advisors to advice the engineering and drilling engineers to optimized
reservoir recovery.

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 13. Develop and teaching many modules for PETRONAS through INSTEP and UTP

2011-2013 PETRONAS as Staff Petrophysicist (CTE/TP), PETRONAS

EXPLORATION Group, exploration Petrophysics, Responsible for
identifying, selecting and implementing new technology across all business
units Domestic and International for the Exploration and New Venture.
Looking after data room for new blocks, review final petrophysical results for
all the exploration wells, committee member (PPR, ETRC, XRC, FDRC) for
review petrophysics data, new blocks results.
Review all the input petrophysical parameters for all exploration
projects,(FFR, FDP, new blocks, farm in/out blocks) work with the team
closely to discuss and verify all petrophysical parameters for volumetric.
Committee member (PPR, XTRC, XRC, XET etc), to review all the ongoing
projects and currents well results to endorse the output of Petrophysical
parameters.
Focal point of core analysis, preparing the core analysis guidelines for
PETRONAS, and preparing material for advanced core analysis training
materials, execute and review all the core analysis work scope, and verify the
results with the team.
Industry supervisor and follow up the master project for the master students at
UTP, and visiting professor at UTP teaching formation evaluation for master
students in petroleum engineering and geosciences
Develop and facilitated training materials for the new staff in PETRONAS in
the area of formation evaluation
Assessor for the new staff to move them forward and set the relevant
development program to develop them
2008-2011 PETRONAS as Staff Petrophysicist (CTE/TP), Studies, Research, and
Technology Group, Petrophysics Department, PE, PETRONAS, Responsible
for identifying, selecting and implementing new technology across all business
units Domestic and International for the Exploration and New Venture.
Focal point of core analysis, preparing the core analysis guidelines for
PETRONAS, and preparing material for advanced core analysis training
materials.
Preparing the petrophysical work flow for basement reservoir and formation
evaluation.
Interface in fore-front of deploying new technology that could add value and
profitability to our business units.
Responsible for evaluation of Technology with potential in cost saving and
creditable reservoir evaluation and managements practices
Responsible for corporate technical fairs and exhibitions, vehicle used to
demonstrate company's competitive edge and business differentiations
Priceless image and reputation building for PETRONAS.

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 Coaching and training for all new hired and give advice to petrophysical team
members.
Try to find solutions and advices for the teams problems.
Facilitate and teaching some training courses in the field of Petrophysics and
exploration like E&P core, Integrated Formation Evaluation, and Core
Analysis.
2007-2008 PETRONAS Carigali SDN BHD, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as CTE
Petrophysicist, responsible for Joint Venture/Jointly operated blocks
Technical advice value proposition/assessment and decisions making domestic
and International (North Africa, Egypt), looking after all FFR, FDP, and RA
studies, and all SARAWAK areas, following up all the operations in the same
area attending meeting with our partners discussing all the petrophysical
issues.
Center of Technical Excellency, for Technical review on FFR/FDP/RA
studies.
Expert contributions/Advice on Field/Reservoir Managements Review on Oil
and Gas fields.
Focal point for the training for all the new hired and juniors Petrophysicists,
geologists, and reservoir engineers in DPE.
Assigned as industry supervisor for the master project at University
technology of PETRONAS.
2006-2007 PETRONAS Carigali SDN BHD, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as Senior
Petrophysicist as international assignment, looking for petrophysical
evaluation and full field review for all the areas of interest for PETRONAS
(Asia and North Africa). My role is to evaluate and QC all the petrophysical
work done or on going through out-sourcing consultants. Also I’m accountable
for transferring the technology to the juniors assigned to work with me. The
area consists of 14 Gas Fields. I’ve started working, separately and
intensively, with each group within the Exploration department who is in
charge for each field; as plans were made to start drilling by the 1st quarter of
2007 (chasing oil is a second target for some of these gas fields).
Part of my job is to provide full support to any of the engineers or geologists
in the (DPE) or Exploration seeking advice or help in solving any problem
facing them regarding mainly open hole logs.
Lately I was assigned to handle the petrophysical part for one of the high
priority fields in East Malaysia and work in collaboration with a specialized
team to set up a complete FDP (Field Development Plan).
Petrophysical evaluation for our bed rounds and the new blocks in
North Africa, and Middle East areas.
Assigned as liner trainer for all the new hired petrophysicists,
geologist, and reservoir engineers in the discipline of Petrophysics
based on my knowledge and expertise in the discipline area involved

I am the focal point for the training of all new petrophysicists, getting
some training from Schlumberger (wireline and LWD).

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 I am responsible to follow up about 10 petrophysical projects done by
outsourcing, quality controls and review all the petrophysical work
with expertise from outsourcing.

Petrophysical evaluation for one of the biggest carbonate gas reservoir

allover the world (Natuna Field, Indonesia)

Petrophysical evaluation for new block (carbonate reservoir, in the

Middle East, Qatar), bedround 2006
2005-2006 Gupco, Senior Petrophysicist working in GOS team looking for the
low resistivity pay, missed, un perforated interval, and bypassed
section pay in the Central Gulf of Suez.
Gupco, Senior Petrophysicist working in GOS team looking and
evaluate the southern part of the Gulf of Suez (North Shadwan area, +
300 wells) looking for any new opportunity for hydrocarbon potential
through the section of Miocene down to Nubia, picking up the
Petrophysical parameters to be ready for GDE maps. Support and
integrated with GOS providing them with all the Petrophysical data
need to evaluate the interested area and zones.
2004-2005 Gupco/BP Egypt, working in a team looking for the new opportunity
for hydrocarbon potentiality in Egypt as Senior petrophysicist to
evaluate the bed rounds 2004 new blocks.
Regional petrophysical study on the Cretaceous section in the Western
Desert, Egypt, bed round 2004.
Regional Petrophysical evaluation for common reservoirs, Western
Desert, Egypt.
Petrophysical evaluation for the southern and northern part of Gulf of
Suez oil fields.
Petrophysical evaluation for the new three blocks of the northern part
of the Red Sea area.

2003-2004: On loan with BP Egypt, Senior Petrophysicist, providing petrophysical

support to the Exploration teams in the Northern, Central, and
Southern parts of the Gulf of Suez, dealing with all the petrophysical
analysis for all prospective areas and development lease.
2002-2003 BP Egypt, working in a team looking for the new opportunity for
hydrocarbon potentiality in Egypt as petrophysicist to evaluate the
bed rounds 2002 new blocks.
Regional petrophysical study on the Jurassic section in the Western
Desert, Egypt, bed round 2002.
Regional Petrophysical evaluation for common reservoirs, Western
Desert, Egypt.
Petrophysical evaluation for the northern part of GOS (west
OCTOBER and WARDA oil fields.
2001-2002 BP/GUPCO Egypt, Working in the Western Desert Asset Team as a
petrophysicist conducting a petrophysical study on the common
reservoirs in the Western Desert oil fields.

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1999-2001 BP/GUPCO Egypt, Field studies group, conducting a petrophysical
studies and reservoir evaluation for the common reservoir in the Gulf
of Suez oil fields.
1996-1999 :- BP/GUPCO Egypt, Conduct a petrophysical study and reservoir
evaluation studies for the common reservoirs in the Gulf of Suez, and
Western Desert oil fields.
1995-1996 GUPCO Egypt, Operation petrophysicist. Witnessing the logging
job, Follow up of current well, preparation the material for the
upcoming wells, Communication and arrangement every thing
concerning with the current and upcoming logging job with service
company. Data transmission from the rig site to the main office,
Providing Quick look interpretation for the current well, Choose the
RFT point if interested. Determine the recommended Perforation
interval. Evaluate the pressure using Presgraf software. Communicate
with field study group and reservoir engineer to take the final decision.
1992-1995 : Assigned as area Geological Operation supervisor following up all
Geological and Petrophysical operations onshore and offshore.
1988-1992 : Senior Wellsite Geologist: Gupco, on loan with Amoco Egypt Ltd.
in the area of the Gulf of Suez, Western desert, Sinai, Mediterranean
Sea, and Nile delta. Onshore and offshore wells where vertical,
deviated and horizontal Exploratory & Development wells were
drilled.
On loan with Western Atlas Nile Delta Ltd., Egypt, Onshore Nile Delta
On loan with Norsk Hydro Egypt Ltd. Onshore Western desert.
Wellsite Geologist for GUPCO on numerous wells through Egypt.
Gulf of Suez, Western desert, Sinai, Mediterranean Sea, and Nile delta.
Onshore and Offshore wells where vertical, deviated and horizontal
Exploratory & Development wells were drilled. As wellsite geologist I
provide wellsite supervision of mud logging, wireline logging and
coring contractors.
1986-1988 : Mud logger with NL International (Sperry Sun Now) worked as mud
logger on various oil wells both onshore and offshore

Training courses attended:-

Deepwater Reservoir Petroedge Malaysia 2019
PRrMS Sproul Malaysia, 2017
Effective Management Petronas Malaysia, 2017
Technical professional INSTEP Malaysia, 2015
Cased hole logging FESM Malaysia, 2015
Clay mineral work shop FESM Malaysia, 2015
Unconventional resources UTP Malaysia, 2014
Carbonate petrophysics PETRONAS Malaysia, 2014
Fracture basements evaluation PETRONAS Malaysia, 2013
Permeability prediction FESM Malaysia, 2013
Image interpretation Schlumberger Malaysia, 2013
LRLC Baker Hughes Malaysia, 2012
Advanced logging tools Halliburton Malaysia, 2012
PNM PETRONAS Malaysia, 2011
Thin bed reservoir workshop PETRONAS Malaysia, 2011

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Russian logs Senergy Malaysia, 2011
Reservoir Geomachanics workshop Shell Malaysia, 2011
ACD Technical Coaching INSTEP Malaysia, 2009
Reservoir Geomechanics Oilfield Geomechanics Malaysia,2009
Core Properties School INSTEP Malaysia,2009
CoalBed Methane Workshop Velosi & RPS Malaysia,2009
Geology of Carbonate Reservoir NEXT Malaysia,2008
Coaching INSTEP Malaysia,2008
Training of trainer (TOT) INSTEP Malaysia,2007
Basin Analysis Workshop HRB Cairo, 2006
Structure Geology in petroleum exploration OGCI Cairo,2006
Depositional system and sequence stratigraphy IHRDC Cairo, 2005
Conflict management American Univ. Cairo, 2005
Surveillance Master Class BP in house Cairo, 2005
Empowerment and ownerships American Univ. Cairo, 2005
Petroleum System BP in house course Cairo, 2005
Rock properties level four BP in house course Cairo, 2005
Rock properties level two BP in house course Cairo, 2005
Advanced log interpretation ResModTec Cairo, 2004
Capillarity in rocks ResModTec Cairo 2004
Siliciclastic reservoir ResModTec Cairo 2004
Seven Habits Franklin Coveey Cairo 2004
Business Presentation Berlitz Cairo 2004
Advances in Geolog 6.5 Paradigm Cairo 2004
Geolog (Multimin and Loglan programming) Paradigm Cairo 2003
Foundation of Petrophysics OGCI Cairo 2003
21st century startigraphy and reservoir (BP in house) Cairo 2003
Reservoir engineering for geologists (GUPCO in house) Cairo 2003
Defensive Driving (GUPCO in house) Cairo 2003
Cased hole logs (Schlumberger) Cairo 2003
Petrology of reservoir rocks (Cairo University) Cairo 2003
Geolog (determinestic) (Paradigm) Cairo 2003
Well log interpretation (OGCI) London 2003
Pore pressure prediction in practice (AAPG short course) Cairo-2002
Safety on Rig (GUPCO in house) Cairo 2002
Fundamental of use of capillary pressure data (GUPCO in house) Cairo 2001
Fault sealing (GUPCO in house) Cairo 2001
Cased hole logs (Schlumberger) Cairo 2001
Development managerial and leadership skills (GUPCO in house) Cairo 2001
Geolog and its applications (GUPCO in house) Cairo 2001
Business awareness (GUPCO) Cairo 2001
Geoframe applications (schlumberger) UK 2001
Formation damage. (OGCI) Cairo 2000
Basic seismic interpretation (OGCI) USA 1998
Petrophysical intigration (OGCI) USA 1998
Workstation orientation course (unix) (GUPCO in house) Cairo 1997
Fracture carbonate (field trip). (GUPCO) Cairo 1997
Well testing analysis Cairo 1996
Advanced formation evaluation UK
Trues (training to reduce unscheduled rig events) (AMOCO) Cairo 1996

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Reservoir integration and management's. (OGCI) Cairo 1995
Advanced log interpretation (IPR) Cairo 1995
Lwd, and its applications while drilling. (Baker) USA 1994
Basic reservoir engineering (OGCI) USA Dallas 1994
Development geology for engineering Cairo
Drilling fluid and hole instability. (AMOCO) Cairo 1993
Sequence stratigraphy (GUPCO in house) Cairo 1993
Computer ( windows, microsoft office and other applications) (GUPCO) Cairo 1993
Formation microscanner (fms) (Schlumberger) Cairo 1992
Reservoir geology (OGCI) USA
Field geology and mapping (OGCI) USA
Drill string failure prevention's (AMOCO) Cairo 1992
Stuck pipe prevention's (AMOCO) Cairo 1992
Rig mathematics (SPERRY SUN) Cairo 1991
Applied geomorphology (Menoufa Univ. in house) Cairo 1990
Marine geology and oceanography (Menoufia Univ. in house) Cairo 1990
Coastal morphology (Menoufia Univ. in house) Cairo 1990
Geotectonic and structure geology (Menoufia Univ. in house) Cairo 1990
Core analysis (Corelabe) Cairo 1990
Sedimentary petrology. (GUPCO in house) Cairo 1989
Sedimentology (GUPCO in house) Cairo 1989
Geophysical exploration methods. (GUPCO in house) Cairo 1989
Depositional environments. (GUPCO in house) Cairo 1989
Applied stratigraphy (GUPCO in house) Cairo 1989
Drilling (vertical, deviated, highly deviated, and horizontal wells) in house Cairo 1989
Wellsite geology and samples description (GUPCO in house) Cairo 1988
Wirline logging (principal and interpretation) (Schlumberger) Cairo 1988
Petroleum geology (GUPCO) Cairo 1988
Formation pressure (Sperry Sun) Cairo 1988
Advanced mud log interpretation and formation evaluation (Sperry Sun) Cairo 1988
Mud log interpretation (Sperry Sun) Cairo 1988
Mud logging (Sperry Sun) Cairo 1987

In addition to multiple exploration field trips scanning Egypt areas (Sinai, GOS,
Eastern Desert, and Western Desert)

Skills
During my work period I have utilized several software’s to accomplish my
assignment.
P.C applications: all Microsoft applications, Harvard Graphics, and Internet.
UNIX (workstation orientation), Geoframe, Petroworks, Stratworks and Geolog and
techlog applications

Developed, and facilitate training courses in the field of petroleum geology and
petrophysics:
 Basic Petroleum Geology Course
 Wellsite Geology and mud logging Course
 Formation Evaluation Course
 Reservoir description as induction course for E & P in Petronas.
 Core analysis (RCAL & SCAL)

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 Rock Properties course
 Log interpretation for geoscientists
 Geology for Non Geologists
 Carbonate petrophysics
 Fracture reservoir evaluation
 Image log processing and interpretation
 Unconventional resources evaluation

Academic Experiences
University teaching courses
 Teaching well logging, and petrophysics at many Egyptian universities.
 As A visiting professor, teaching well logging, core analysis, and petrophysics
for master students petroleum engineering and geosciences at University
Technology of Petronas, Malaysia since 2006 till now

Research supervision
 Supervised many of the research projects for the M.Sc. and Ph.D. of the
Egyptian Universities (Helwan University. Menoufia University, Damietta
University, Al-Azhar University, and university Technology of PETRONA,
Malaysia as industry supervisor..

 Appointed as a visitor professor at University Technology of PETRONAS

(UTP) to teach the formation evaluation, well logging, and core analysis
courses for the under graduate and master students of petroleum engineering
and geosciences since 2006 till now

 Appointed as industry supervisor for the petroleum engineering FDP and final
Tithes for master projects since 2006 until now.

 Supervise many of the master students at UTP from petroleum engineering

and geoscience.

 Appointed as DRP (discipline resource person) for SKG 10 in the petrophysics

 Appointed as a member of the industry advisory panel (IAP) for university

Technology of PETRONAS (2019-2021)

 Selected as distinguish speaker for SPWLA to give keynote speaker at

SPWLA, Jakarta 2018.

Membership : EPEX, SPE, FESM, SPWLA, GSE, EFES, EGS, ESAP and EPA

Prizes and a warding:

Won the first prize in the 39th Annual meeting of the Geologic Society of Egypt
conference, December 2001.
Won the first prize in the 41st Annual meeting of the Geologic Society of Egypt
conference, December 2003.

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Awarded as the best coach of the year from PETRONAS CARIGALI, Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia in 2010
A warded from AAPG 2014 as a ward of Excellence top 10 on my paper about
depositional environment from grain size driven from NMR logs
A warded from Technical professional Forum 2015 from Instep on my teaching and
training PETRONAS staff

Technical and Academic Activities:

1. Gaafar, G, R., 1991, Marine geological studies on El-Bardaweel lagoon
Sediments, North Sinai, Egypt, (M.Sc) Menoufia Univ., 170pp.
2. Mamdouh A. Mohammed, Gamal M. H. Attia and Gamal Ragab Gaafar.,
1991, Sedimentological Dtudies on recent Bottom sediments of El bardawil
Lagoon, North Sinai, Egypt, 6th International conference for Mathematics and
scientific research, P:299-326. (2-7 March, 1991)
3. Gaafar, G. R., 1998, Hydrodynamic and reservoir evaluation study of the
Nubia Sandstone, October Field, Gulf of Suez, Egypt (Ph.D.), Menoufia
Univ., 220 pp.
4. Zein El-Din, and Gaafar, G. R., 2001, Integration of core, log, and
petrographic Data for petrophysical analysis of theNubia Sandstone Reservoir,
October Field, Gulf of Suez., Abstract, GeoQuest, Forum 2001, London.
5. Zein El-Din, and Gaafar, G. R., 2001, Understanding of the reservoir
behavior based on the reservoir pressure and fault block communications of
the Nubia Sandstone, October Field, Gulf Of Suez., Abstract, GeoQuest,
Forum 2001, London.
6. Gaafar, G. R., and Zein El-Din, M. Y., 2001, Reservoir performance
prediction of the Nubia Sandstone, October Field, Gulf of Suez, Egypt, 63,
rdeage conference (Amsterdam, Netherlands, 6/11-15/2001), 2001.
7. Hewitt, N., Gaafar. G.R., and Runge. T., 2002, Improved water flood sweep
efficiency using reservoir saturation monitoring and production logging in the
Badri/Morgan Complex. Abstract, AAPG, Cairo, 2002.
8. Gaafar, G. R., and Zein El-Din, M. Y., 2003, Understanding of the reservoir
behavior based on the reservoir pressure and fault block communications of
the Nubia Sandstone, October Field, Gulf of Suez. Abstract, AAPG, Cairo,
2002.
9. Gaafar, G. R., and Zein El-Din, M. Y., 2003, Integration of core, log, and
petrographic Data for petrophysical analysis of theNubia Sandstone Reservoir,
October Field, Gulf of Suez., Abstract, AAPG, Cairo, 2002.
10. Neil Hewitt, George Clemenceau, Gamal Ragab Gaafar, 2003, Using
Magnetic Resonance Logging to Evaluate Thin-bedded Oil Bearing
Formations in the Gulf of Suez: A Case Study, Abstract, AAPG, Cairo, 2002
11. Gaafar, G. R., Atttia, G. M. H., Wanas, H. A., 2003, Dispersed clay fabrics
and petrophysical parameters of the Nubia Sandstone reservoir rocks at
October Oil Field, Gulf of Suez, Egypt: An implication to their effect on the
reservoir quality (In press).
12. Gaafar, G. R., N. Hewitt, 2003, Integration of logs, image, core, and
petrographic data for pore geometry analysis of the Aptian dolomite, Razzak
field, western desert, Egypt. Abstract, GAW 7, Cairo University, February
2004.

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 13. Neil C. Hewitt and Gaafar G.R., 2004, Prospecting with electric log and
formation evaluation, Review, Abstract, ESAP, Cairo, Apr, 2004.
14. Gaafar, G. R., 2004, The Oil and Gas Finders, Article, Petroleum, EGPC,
Oct. 2004
15. Gaafar, G. R., Anwar. N Mohamed, and Morsy. A. O., 2005, Interpretation
of facies and depositional environments from wireline logs and cores, Wata
Channel, October oil field, Gulf of Suez, Egypt. Abstract, GRMENA-1, Cairo
Univ., Feb. 2005.
16. Gaafar, G. R., 2005, Prospecting with electric logs, Petroleum, EGPC,
March. 2005
17. Gaafar, G. R., and Anwar. N Mohamed, 2005, Control on porosity and
permeability of the Nubia Sandstone, October Field, Gulf of Suez. Abstract,
SEG/EGS/EPEX/EPA, 2nd International petroleum conference and Exhibition,
Cairo, Egypt.
18. Basal, A.M.K., Gaafar, G. R., El-Sharawy, M.S., 2006, Error analysis of
reservoir water saturation (Sw) calculations using well log data: Journal of
Applied Geophysics, v. 5, March 2006, p. 397-407.
19. Basal, A.M.K., Gaafar, G. R., El-Sharawy, M.S., 2006, Petrophysical flow units
in the Nubian reservoir using well logging: Journal of Applied Geophysics, v.
5, March 2006, p. 67-78.
20. Basal, A.M.K., Gaafar, G. R., El-Sharawy, M.S., 2007, Well log data as an aid
for lithology identification using matrix algebra, abstract, the 2th international
conference on inorganic chemical industries and mineral resources" future aspects",
2007, 12-13 Feb, Cairo, Egypt.
21. Basal, A.M.K., G.R. Gaafar, and M.S. El Sharawy, 2008, Well log data as
an aid for lithology identification using matrix algebra: Journal of Applied
Geophysics, v. 7, March 2008, 10p.
22. El Sharawy, M.S., and G.R. Gaafar, 2009, Identification of reservoir
characteristics using velocity – deviation log and velocity ratio. 24 th EGS
Annual Meeting, March 16, 2009, Cairo
23. Gaafar, G. R., Gamal Attia, Khaled A. Khaled and Ibrahim, S. M.,
2009, Petrophysical Evaluation of Rudeis Reservoir in July Oil Field,
Gulf of Suez, Egypt. 24th EGS Annual Meeting, March 16, 2009, Cairo.
24. Gaafar, G. R., 2009, Porosity of reservoir rocks, Petroleum, the Egyptian
Petroleum Sector, Vol. 46, No 2-3, March. 2009
25. Gaafar, G. R., 2009, Permeability of reservoir rocks, Petroleum, the Egyptian
Petroleum Sector, Vol. 46, No 5, May. 2009
26. El Sharawy, M.S., and G.R. Gaafar.2009, Application of well log for source
rock evaluation in Duwi Formation, southern Gulf of Suez, Egypt. Marine and
Petroleum Geology, under review.
27. Khaled. A. Khaled, Gamal Attia, Gamal. R. Gaafar and Sameh. M.
Ibrahim., 2009, Evaluation of Source Rocks and Hydrocarbon Potential of
July Oil Field, Gulf of Suez, Egypt. Helwan University International
Conference, Dec., 9-10, 2009, Cairo, Egypt.
28. Mohamed Ibrahim, Gamal R. Gaafar, Eslam Esmaiel, and Ayman
Hassan., 2010, Hydrocarbon Exploration in a Tertiary Stratigraphy of the
Offshore, Nile Delta Basin, Egypt, PGCE, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, PP 80-
83, 29-30 March, 2010
29. Mehmet Altunbay, Adraan Bal, Salim Belhaouas, Richard Douglas Bray,
Gamal R. Gaafar, Siti Salwa Bt Sharuddin, and Lee Choon Young., 2011,

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 Calibrating carbonate Core Data to wireline Data: searching for a relation
between petrophysical properties and mappable depositional trends, PGCE,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, PP 153, March,7-8, 2011
30. Gaafar, G. R., 2011, Reservoir Heterogeneities, Petroleum, the Egyptian
Petroleum Sector, 2011 (April/May, 2001), Cairo, Egypt
31. Gaafar, G. R., 2011., core analysis guideline, internal manual for
PETRONAS Carigali, 203 pages.
32. Gaafar, G. R., 2012., Sidewall core analysis manual, internal manual for
PETRONAS Carigali, under progress.
33. Shin Ni Chai., John Woods., and Gamal R. Gaafar., 2012,
Chemostratigraphic Correlation of Miocene Turbidite Sequences Offshore
Sabah, Malaysia, proceedings, indonesian Petroleum Association, 36 Annual
Convention and Exhibation, may, 2012.
34. Long Jiang, Dominique Guillot, Milad Meraji, Puja Kumari, Benoit
Vidick, Bill Duncan, and Gamal Ragab Gaafar., 2012., Measuring Isolation
Integrity in Depleted Reservoirs, SPWLA 53rd, Annual logging symposium,
June 16-20, 2012.
35. Gaafar, G. R., and Ehab Najm., 2014, “A Fractured Basement
Characterization Workflow with Emphasis on Pore System Analysis”,
EAGE/FESM Joint Regional Conference Petrophysics Meets Geoscience, 17-
18 February 2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia , pp 159-163.
36. L. Jiang, C. Kittrell, B. Duncan, G.R. Gaffar, P. Tarabbla, and P.A.
Whitney., 2014, “The Role of Petrophysics in Enhanced Oil Recovery in
Brown Field Development”, EAGE/FESM Joint Regional Conference
Petrophysics Meets Geoscience, 17-18 February 2014, Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia , pp 149-153.
37. F. Le, A. A. Bal, A. Bespalov, B. Corley, S. Forgang, R. Gold, G.
Itskovich, and G. R. Gaafar., 2014, “High-Definition Resistivity Imaging of
Low-Resistivity Formations Drilled with Nonconductive Mud Systems for
Near-Wellbore Geological and Petrophysical Reservoir Evaluation”, Offshore
Technology Conference Asia held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 25–28 March
2014, pp 14.
38. Nur Asyraf Md Akhir,Gamal Ragab Gaafar, and Ismail Mohd Saaid., 2014,
Quantification of Clay Mineral and Log Response Towards Reservoir Rock
roperties, The 3rd International Conference on Integrated Petroleum and
Geosciences (ICIPEG 2014), 3-5 June 2014, Kuala Lumpur Convention
Centre.
39. Gamal R. Gaafar, M. Mehmet Altunbay, Adriaan Bal, and Norfazlina B
Anuar., 2014., Ascendancy of Continuous profiles of Grain-Size
Distribution for Depositional Environment Studies, AAPG,
Istanbul, 14-17 september. International conference and exhibition.
40. Gaafar, G. R., and Ehab Najm., 2014, "Comprehensive Multipore System
Analysis for Better Understanding of Metasediments Reservoir Deliverability
- A Case Study from the South Malay Basin Offshore Peninsular, Malaysia"
8th International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC), 10 – 12
December 2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
41. John Woods., and Gamal R. Gaafar., 2014., "Application of Fourier
Transform Infra Red Analysis for Geological Applications" 8th

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2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
42. Adriaan Bal, and Gamal R. Gaafar., 2014., “The Macro-Scale Architecture
of Mass-Transport Complexes Offshore Borneo, South China Sea” 8th
International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC), 10 – 12 December
2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
43. Gamal R. Gaafar, M. Mehmet Altunbay, Adriaan Bal, and Norfazlina B
Anuar., 2014., Ascendancy of Continuous profiles of Grain-Size
Distribution for Depositional Environment Studies, 8th International
Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC), 10 – 12 December 2014, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia.
44. A. Bal, B. Corley, S. Forgang, R. Gold, A. Guzman, G. Itskovich, F. Le,
Baker Hughes, G. R. Gaafar, 2015., High-definition images obtained over
low-resistivity, Low-contrast deepwater deposits from Gulf of Mexico And
southeast Asia with an OBM multi-frequency Resistivity imager, SPWLA
56th Annual Logging Symposium, July 18-22, 2015, USA.
45. Gamal R. Gaafar, Raj Deo Tewari, and Zahidah Md Zain, 2015.,
Overview of Advancement in Core Analysis and its Importance in Reservoir
Characterization for Maximizing the Recovery, SPE Asia Pasific Enhanced
Oil Recovery Confernce Conference and Exhibition, 11-13 August 2015 in
Kuala Lumpur, SPE 174583-MS.
46. Gamal R Gaafar, Michael Mehmet Altunbay, and Shaharudin B A Aziz,
2015., Perched water, the concept and its effects on exploration and field
development plans in sandstone, and carbonate reservoirs, AAPG 2015,
Australia, Melbourne, 13-16 September, 2015
47. A. Bal, Baker Hughes Incorporated, G. R. Gaafar, 2015, The Internal
Architecture of Kumunsu and Kinurat Formation Mass-Transport Complexes
Offshore Sarawak/Sabah, South China Sea. AAPG 2015, Australia,
Melbourne, 13-16 September, 2015
48. Gamal Ragab Gaafar, , Ehab Najm, Sarvagya Parashar, Ivan Zhia Ming
Wu, 2015., Revealing the Uncertainty of Heterogeneities in Fractured
Basement: A Case Study from the South Malay Basin Offshore Peninsular,
Malaysia, SPE-176332-MS, 20-22 October 2015, Bali, Indonesia.
49. Ali Wahid, Ahmed Salim Ahmed Mohamed, Wan Ismail Wan Yusoff and
Gamal Ragab Gaafar, 2015., Tectonic development of the Northwest
Bonaparte Basin, Australia by using Digital Elevation Model (DEM), Aero
Earth, IOP Conferences series. Earth and Environmental Science 30, 2016,
012005.
50. Ali Wahid, Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed Salim, Wan Ismail Wan Yusoff and
Gamal Ragab Gaafar., 2015., The Application of Geostatistical Method to
Prepare 3D Petrophysical Model of Offshore NW Bonaparte Basin, Australia -
An Optimal Interpolation Generation Technique, 4th Annual International
Conferences on Geological & Erath Sciences (GEOS 2015), 5-6 Oct., 2015,
Singapore.
51. Gamal R Gaafar, Michael Mehmet Altunbay, and Shaharudin B A Aziz,
2016., Perched water, the concept and its effects on exploration and field
development plans in sandstone, and carbonate reservoirs, OTC Asia 2016,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, OTC-26653-MS, 22-25 March 2016, 11P.
52. Gamal R Gaafar, Michael Mehmet Altunbay, and Ehab Najm, 2016,
Sand-Silt-Clay Evaluation Models: Which one to use- A Case study in the

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 Malay basin. OTC Asia 2016, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, OTC-26771-MS, 22-
25 March 2016, 18P.
53. Charles C Ozobeme, Gamal R Gaafar, Michael Mehmet Altunbay, and
Faizah BM Musa, 2016. Confronting fluid interpretation chalanges in thin
bed lamination sands with NMR Diffusion maps. OTC Asia 2016, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, OTC-26783-MS, 22-25 March 2016, 17P.
54. Gamal R Gaafar, Michael Mehmet Altunbay, Yoel Bonnye, Faizah B M
Musa, Adrean Bal, and Alexander V. Belevich. 2016., Integration/
assimilation of workflows to describe and characterize low resistivity/thin bed
reservoirs using advanced wireline and core data. OTC Asia 2016, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, OTC-26632-MS, 22-25 March 2016, 17P.
55. William Amelio Tolioe, M Shah B Mat Ismail, Astia Angelia Hutajulu,
Gamal Ragab Gaafar, Faizah Bt Musa. 2016, Identification and
Quantification of Thinly Bedded Low Resistivity Pay in Peninsula, Malay
Basin, AAPG Asia Pacific Region, Geoscience Technology Workshop 2016,
characterization of Asian Hydrocarbon reservoirs, Bangkok, Thailand, 31
March-1 April, 2016.
56. Ali Wahid, Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed Salim, Gamal Ragab Gaafar and
Wan Ismail Wan Yusoff. 2016. The geostatistical approach for structural and
stratigraphic framework analysis of offshore NW Bonaparte Basin, Australia.
AIP Conference. Proc. 1705, 020030.
57. Ahmed A. H. T., Abdel Hadi A. R., Wan Ismail W. Y., Ahmed M. S, and
Gamal Ragab, 2016. Core lithofacies analysis of reservoir interval (Albian-
Cenomanian) Bentiu Formation of SE Muglad Basin, Sudan. ICIPEG 2016,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
58. William Amelio Tolioe, M Shah B Mat Ismail, Astia Angelia Hutajulu,
Gamal Ragab Gaafar, Faizah Bt Musa. 2016. Low Resistivity Pay
Evaluation, Case Study: Thin Bed sand-Shale lamination Reservoir, Peninsula,
Malay Basin, International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC), 14-16
November 2016, Bangkok, Thialand.
59. Mohamed S. El Sharawy, and Gamal R. Gaafar, 2016. Reservoir zonation
based on statistical analyses: a case study of the Nubian Sandstone, Gulf of
Suez, Egypt, Journal of African Earth Sciences 124 (2016) 199-210
60. Ahmed Mohamed Salem, Muhammad Atif Iqbal, Gamal Ragab Gaafar,
2016. An Overview on the Recognition and Evaluation of Low Resistivity
Low Contrast Hydrocarbon Bearing Zones in Different Regions of the World:
An Example from Tertiary Basins of Malaysia. (in progress, unpublished-
UTP)
61. Muhammad Atif Iqbal, Ahmed Mohamed Salem, Hassan Mohamed
Baioumy, Gamal Ragab Gaafar, Ali Wahid, 2016. Porosity, Permeability,
and pore throat Size distribution of Nyalau formation, Bintulu Area, Sarawak
basin, Malaysia. 6th Biannual Postgraduate Conference 2016 (6th BAPC
2016), 16th - 18th November 2016, UTP, Malaysia.

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Baioumy, Gamal Ragab Gaafar, Ali Wahid, 2016. Porosity, Permeability,
and pore throat Size distribution of Nyalau formation, Bintulu Area, Sarawak
basin, Malaysia. J. Appl. Environ. Biol. Sci., 7(10)151-158, 2017.
63. Michael Mehmet Altunbay, Gamal Ragab Gaafar, Maqsood Ahmad, and
A. Ghani Md Rafek, 2016. “Development of Hydraulic Units” (HU) concept
in rock typing, “Parity in Rock-Typing for Geology, Petrophysics, and
Engineering by Tackling Interconnectivity with Fractal Leaky-Tubes
Description. . 6th Biannual Postgraduate Conference 2016 (6th BAPC 2016),
16th - 18th November 2016, UTP, Malaysia.
64. Siti Najmi Farhan Zulkipli, M. Mehmet Altunbay, Gamal R. Gaafar,
Jamari M Shah, 2017; Keys to Success in the Determination of In-Situ
Petrophysical Properties of Unconsolidated Sands by Traced-Coring: A Case
Study, AAPG/EAGE/MGS oil & gas conference, 22-24 February 2017.
Yangon, Myanmar (abstract).
65. Gamal R. Gaafar, M. Mehmet Altunbay, and Cheol Hwan Roh, 2017; An
Innovative Approach for Sand Control and Management Design Using
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Logging (SPE sand management workshop,
Kuala Lumpur, 31 July-August 1st, 2017)
66. Narender Pendkar and Gamal Ragab Gaafar. 2017. Basement lithologies
from the Malay basin: some examples. APGCE, Asia petroleum geoscience
conference and Exhibition, 20-21 November, 2017 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
67. Khaw Aik Loong, Nabila Farhana, Siti Najmi, Chong Zhou, Gamal
Ragab, Jamari M Shah, Aizuddin Khalid, Nurul Aula , Mahmut Deniz
Cakici. 2017. Successful Coring Operations in Unconsolidated Brownfield
Reservoir, Offshore Malaysia. APGCE, Asia petroleum geoscience conference
and Exhibition, 20-21 November, 2017 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
68. William Amelio Tolioe, Gamal Ragab Gaafar. 2017. Capture a new
potential from low resistivity Pay in deep water Sabah, Malaysia. APGCE,
Asia petroleum geoscience conference and Exhibition, 20-21 November, 2017
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
69. Gamal Ragab Gaafar. 2017. Factors Controlling Porosity with Depth in
Deep Sandstone Reservoirs, APGCE, Asia petroleum geoscience conference
and Exhibition, 20-21 November, 2017 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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 70. Gamal R. Gaafar, M. Mehmet Altunbay, and Cheol Hwan Roh, 2017; An
Innovative Approach for Sand Control and Management Design Using
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Logging (SPE sand management workshop,
Kuala Lumpur, 31 July-August 1st, 2017)
71. Siti Najmi Farhan Zulkipli, M. Mehmet Altunbay, Gamal R. Gaafar,
Jamari M Shah, 2017; Keys to Success in the Determination of In-Situ
Petrophysical Properties of Unconsolidated Sands by Traced-Coring: A Case
Study, SPE/IATMI Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition held in
Bali, Indonesia, 17—19 October 2017
72. Medhat Elemama, Gamal Ragab Gaafar., 2017. Water injection technical
Issues & Challenge and lesson learned, Malaysian water injection excellence
symposium 2017 (MyWIES 2017), Langkawi. Abstract and presentation,
November 27-28, 2017.

73. Gamal Ragab Gaafar, and M. Mehmet Altunbay., 2018. Identification of

lithofacies associations from open hole logging using ternary diagram
techniques, 5th international conference on oil and gas engineering and
technology (ICOGET), EDAS, August 2018.
74. Muhammad Atif Iqbal, Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed Salim, Hassan
Baioumy, Gamal Ragab Gaafar , AliWahid,2018. Identification and

characterization of low resistivity low contrast zonesin a clastic

outcrop from Sarawak, Malaysia, Journal of Applied Geophysics 160
(2019) 207–217.
75 A. S. Zakaria, E. Shtepani, Gamal R. Gaafar, Athirah Dahlan, Siti
Normaizan Hassan, Gerard Adrian, Robert E. Hulsbos, 2018. New
Laboratory Procedure for Accurate Relative Permeability Measurements in a
Low- Salinity Sandstone Formation in East Malaysia (abstract)
76 Gamal Ragab Gaafar, 2018 Impact of the grade of metamorphism on the
porosity ranges of sedimentary rocks, 5th international conference on oil and
gas engineering and technology (ICOGET),13-15 August 2018,Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.
77 Yudiyoko Ega Sugiharto, Isham Fariz Ishak, Gamal Ragab Gaafar,
Ramli Ibrahim, 2018 Density equivalent (DEQ): a novel practical method for

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 evaluating pressure in offshore Malaysia, Proceedings, Indonesian Petroleum
Association (IPA), Annual convention and exhibition, may 2018.
78 M.M. Altunbay, Maqsood Ahmad, A. Ghani Md Rafek, Gamal R. Gaafar,
2018 Discrimination of rock types by fractal dimension from capillary
pressure data, BAPC (UTP) 2018.
79 M.M. Altunbay, G. R. Gaafar, M. Ahmad, A. G. M. Rafek, 2018
Investigation of “Strange Attractors” for Prediction of Petrophysical Properties
in Petroleum Fields, 5th international conference on oil and gas engineering
and technology (ICOGET), EDAS, 13-15 August 2018, Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.
80 Mukesh Gupta, Gamal Ragab Gaafar 2019., Impact of log data acquisition
depth measurement errors on subsurface modeling, (EAGE, 2018, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia)
81 Mohamed S. El Sharawy and Gamal R. Gaafar., 2019. Pore - Throat size
distribution indices and their relationships with thepetrophysical properties of
conventional and unconventional clastic Reservoirs, Marine and Petroleum
Geology, 99 (2019)122-134.
82 Yudiyoko Ega Sugiharto, Benard Ralphie, Gamal Raagab Gaafar, 2019. Application
of saturation modelling weighted by area-depth for managing limitation and
error inherent in saturation averaging from reservoir summation, SPE
workshop, Tailand, November, 2019.
83 Shaker Latif, Shawky Sakran, Gamal R Gaafar , Saad Tamman, Ahmed
Abdel Razek, 2019. Reservoir Connectivity Analysis for a Complex
Channelized Reservoir to Reveal By-passed Pays Serpent Field, Abstract,
Offshore Nile Delta, Egypt, 10th Mediterranean Offshore Conference &
Exhibition in Alexandria, Egypt, October 15-17, 2019. MOC, 2019, EGYPT.
84 Mohamed S. El Sharawy, Gamal R. Gaafar, 2019., Impacts of
petrophysical properties of sandstone reservoirs on their
irreducible water saturation: Implication and prediction, Journal
of African Earth Sciences, 156, 118-132.
85 Shawky Sakran, Gamal R Gaafar, Shaker Latif, and Saad Tamman,
2019. Reservoir Connectivity Analysis for a Complex Channelized Reservoir
to Reveal By-passed Pays Serpent Field, Offshore Nile Delta, Egypt, SPE-
197902-MS.
86 Arthur Goh, Gamal R. Gaafar., 2019. Reservoir Fraction & Resolution
Enhanced Modeling: Optimizing Volumetric Potential in Complex Deep-
water Channel-levee Systems for Green-field Development (in progress)
87 Yudiyoko Ega Sugiharto, Ramli Ibrahim, and Gamal R. Gaafar, 2019.,
The sand-silt-clay (SSC) model: an advanced petrophysical analysis and its

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saturation modelling (in progress)
88 Gamal Ragab Gaafar., 2019. Role of clay in sandstone reservoirs. (in
progress)
89 Suria M. Mohammad, M Saiful B. Mohsin, Munirah Bt. Shaifuddin, Siti
Fuziah Bt. Md. Supaat. , G.R. Gaffar., 2019. Water Flooding Challenges
and Lessons Learned From the First Water Injection in Sabah, (in progress)
90 M. M. Altunbay, Gamal R. Gaafar., 2019. Approaching A Parity Between
Well Test And Wireline-driven Average Permeability for Carbonates (under
review PEPT Journal).
91 Gamal Ragab Gaafar., 2019., Sedimentology and Reservoir Quality Studies
on Sandstone Reservoirs Using LPSA and Conventional Logs (in progress)
92 Gamal Ragab Gaafar., 2019., Reservoir Quality Classification Based on
Sand, Silt, and Clay Volumes Derived from Open Hole Logging Using
Ternary Diagram Techniques in Sandstone Reservoirs ( in progress)
93 Gamal Ragab Gaafar, 2019., Characterize depositional energy level in
sandstone reservoirs based on lithology volumes derived from open hole logs
( in progress)
94 Gamal Ragab Gaafar., 2019., Development a new methods in Petrophysical
Cutoffs in Sandstone Reservoirs Based on Lithology Volumes Derived from
Open Hole Logs ( in progress)
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MSc and PHD Supervision

Master Degree (MSc)

1. Firdaus Bin Mohd Noordin., 2011. Development of standard petrophysical
interpretation workflow for carbonate reservoir, MSC Tithes, UTP, Malaysia,
117 pp.
2. Nur Asyraf Bt Akhir., 2013. The effect of clay minerals on reservoir
characterization and performance, MSc, UTP, Malaysia, 90 pp.
3. Mohsen Pourmohammad Shahvar., 2014. Permeability prediction in
carbonate reservoir (Iranian Reservoir), UTP, Malaysia, 37 pp.
4. Dayang Nadzirah Bt Haji Awang Jaafar., 2014. Development of a
petrophysical workflow for low resistivity low contrast reservoir, UTP,
Malaysia, 55 pp.
5. Ahmed Fatah Alrahman., 2015. The effect of brine salinity, brine hardness and
temperature on silica dissolution during ASP flooding in sandstone reservoir,
MSc, UTP, 170 pp.
6. Ayman Mohamed Rihan, 2010. Geological and Reservoir evaluation studies
of Abu Zenima field, Gulf of Suez, Egypt, MSC. Al Azhar University, 160 pp.

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 7. Mohamed Atif Iqbal., 2017. Identification and characterization of Low
Resistivity low Contrast pay zone, Sarawak, Malaysia, MSC, UTP.

8. Biot Atm Bior Barach., 2018. Development and Identification of

Petrophysical Rock Typing for Effective Reservoir Characterization, MSc,
UTM, Malaysia.

Ongoing Master
1. Shaker Latif Nasr, 2016. Reservoir geology, Petrophysics and hydrocarbon
potentiality of Serpent Field, West Delta Deep Marine Concession, Offshore
Nile Delta, Egypt, MSc, Cairo University.

PHD Degree
1. Mohammed Elsayed Elsharawy., 2006. Seismic and well logging data: as an
aid for evaluating oil and gas reservoirs in the southern part of Gulf of Suez,
Egypt, PHD, Damietta University, Egypt. 270 pp.
2. Sameh Mohammed Abd ElBasset Ibrahim. 2011. Petrophysical studies and
hydrocarbon potentialities of the Miocene Rocks in July oil Field, Gulf of
Suez, Egypt, PHD, Helwan University, 226 pp.
3. Ahmed Ali Hassan., 2017. Sedimentology and reservoir characterization of
Bentiu Formation, Heglig oil field Muglad Basin, Sudan, PHD, UTP,
Malaysia.
4. Ali Wahid., 2017. Geohistory Analysis and Reservoir Characterization of NW
Offshore Bonaparte Basin, Australia, PHD, UTP, Malaysia
5. Michael Mehmet Altunbay., 2019. Extended Rock Typing Across Petroleum
Geoscience and Engineering Through a Fractal Leaky Tube Description of
Pore Interconnectivity, PHD, UTP, Malaysia

Ongoing PHD
1. Muhammad Ezzat Ibrahim Saafan., 2019. Pore-Scale Modelling of carbonate
reservoir Rocks for Petrophysical Properties Characterization, PHD, UTP,
Malaysia.

UTP Research Projects

I am appointed as industry expert for the following UTP research projects:-
1. A Novel Hybrid Enhanced Oil Recovery Method by Low Salinity Water
injection and Foam Flooding in Carbonate Rock leaded by DR Mohammad
Abdalla Ayoub
2. Reservoir modeling and depositional environment of sedimentary sequences in
the Malaysia-Thailand joined development area (JDA) leaded by DR. Hassan
Mohamed Baioumy
3. Unconventional resource assessment (shale gas/shale oil/oil shale etc) leaded
by A Prof. Dr/ Eswaran

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Unpublished Projects (due to confidentialities)

Conduct, follow up, review, and endorsed a hundreds of projects worldwide

(Egypt, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, north and south America, Canada,
Sudan, Iraq, Iran, Congo, Gabon, Mexico, Australia, china, Venezuela, Libya,
Brazil, chad, Nigeria, and too many other areas for PETRONAS domestic and
international studies.

References furnished upon request

Other activities
- Writing a lot of Arabic and English articles for the Petroleum Magazine edited
by the Egyptian Petroleum Sector, and El-Morgan Magazine edited by the
Gulf of Suez Petroleum company (GUPCO)

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