Abstract:
The applications of biotechnology have gained popularity in the petroleum industry in recent times as an excellent alternative approach to some of the conventional oilfield operations due to its environment friendly impact and sustainability. The approaches mainly depend on the use of micro-biological systems, living organisms or parts of it to develop or create group of essential products for the petroleum industry. For example, fracturing and drilling fluid breakers, bio- surfactants, and Bio-mineralization for different field applications. The workshop topics will cover opportunities, challenges, traditional applications of biotechnology in oilfield industry and will also shed the light on the emerging, new trend topics. This will give a comprehensive overview of where biotechnology stand on petroleum industry and highlights the potential biotechnological solutions for different challenges in this industry.

Bio:
Abdulmohsen holds a PhD with specialty in Petroleum applied Biotechnology and he has served Saudi Aramco for the last 27 years. Abdulmohsen is leading the biotechnology program with in the Saudi Aramco EXPEC Advance Research Center. In his career, Abdulmohsen manage to publish total of 55 paper as 1st author, and his research work has resulted in developing 15 granted patents. In addition, led international and national academic collaborations and led several international joint technology projects (JIP) to develop new technologies. He supervised and selected to be external examiner for national and international universities for PhD and MSc students. His research interests include mitigation of microbial influence corrosion, biofilm development and control, Biocide development and screening, Drilling mud microbial contamination and mitigation, reservoir souring and plugging