Saudi
Aramco recently announced that the EXPEC Advanced Research Center (EXPEC ARC)
won two prominent awards during the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum
Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC) Awards Gala Dinner — the largest oil and gas
awards event in the Middle East.
The ‘Uthmaniyah CCS and CO2 EOR Project won first place for the “Best Oil & Gas Health, Safety and Environment Project.” The project,
the first of its kind in the Middle East, focuses on carbon capture and sequestration
along with CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery.
“This is a long-term project for the company with the primary
objective to test the feasibility of permanently sequestering a portion of the
injected CO2 through enhanced oil recovery” said Sunil Kokal, project leader
with the EXPEC ARC Reservoir Engineering Technology Team, in a press release.
Mohannad
Abdelaziz won the “Young ADIPEC Engineer” award. Abdelaziz has been with the
company since 2012, working as a researcher in oil and gas production
technology research and development.
“I am very fortunate to learn from, and work with, EXPEC ARC
professionals across multiple disciplines who possess top-notch oil and gas
expertise,” said Abdelaziz. “The empowerment that young
professionals experience in EXPEC ARC and the encouragement to innovate and realize
our visions are some of the many benefits of working here.”
