Rami Albattat

ANPERC Alumni

Ph.D. Student - Hoteit Group

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Research Interests

Loss of circulation while drilling is a challenging problem that may interrupt operations, contaminate the subsurface formations and add more cost. It is a widely encountered problem in various industries, including oil&gas, geothermal, CO2 geological sequestration, environmental remediation, nuclear waste industries, etc. Analytical modeling of fluid flow in fractures is a tool that can be quickly deployed to assess drilling mud leakage into fractures. We developed a new semi-analytical solution to model the flow of non-Newtonian drilling fluid in fractured formations. The model is applicable for various fluid types exhibiting yield-power-law (Herschel-Bulkley).

Selected Publications

  • Albattat, Rami and H. Hoteit. “Modeling yield-power-law drilling fluid loss in fractured formation.” Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 182 (2019): 106273.
  • Albattat, Rami and H. Hoteit. “A semi-analytical approach to model drilling fluid leakage into fractured formation” Journal of Rheologica Acta, (2021).
  • Rami Albattat and Hussein Hoteit (February 17th 2021). Modeling lost-circulation into fractured formation in rock drilling operations, Drilling Technology, Majid Tolouei-Rad, IntechOpen, DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.95805. Available from: https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/74984
  • Albattat, R., and H. Hoteit. "Type-curves for Herschel-Bulkley fluid model resembling lost circulation in a fractured formation." EAGE 2020 Annual Conference & Exhibition Online. Vol. 2020. No. 1. European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers, 2020.
  • Albattat, R., and H. Hoteit. "Novel analytical solution and type-curves for lost-circulation diagnostics of drilling mud in fractured formation." 2021 SPE Middle East Oil & Gas Show and Conference, SPE-204619-MS

Education

  • King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, SA

    Ph.D. candidate in Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering, (Expected graduation, Dec. 2021)
    Thesis: “Analytical Modelling and Simulation of Drilling Lost-Circulation in Naturally Fractured Formation”Supervisor: Prof. Hussein Hoteit

  • Technical University of Clausthal, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
    M.S. in Petroleum Engineering specialized in reservoir management, Oct. 2015, GPA: 1.6/5.0 (1 is max excellence)
    Thesis: “Estimation of Bentheimer Sandstone Permeability Based on Pore-Scale Simulation”
    Supervisor: Prof. Leonhard Ganzer

  • King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, SA
    B.S. in Petroleum Engineering, May 2012

Professional Profile

  • Research assistant in Research Center, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Oct. 9, 2016 – Jan. 17, 2017
  • Wintershall Holding GmbH, Barmstorf, Germany, Jun. 22,- Sep. 30, 2015.
  • Internship, EXPEC ARC, Dhahran SA, drilling fluid and cement unit, summer 2011.
  • Technical Assistant in an academic course of “Advanced Well Testing” with professor Hoteit 2021.

Awards

  • KAUST Fellowship Jan. 2017 – Dec. 2021
  • Certificate of recognition, e-Poster of Enabling CO2 Geological Storage within Low-Carbon Economy 22 – 24 Feb. 2021
  • Introduction to COMSOL Multiphysics 18 – 19 Apr. 2018
  • Petroleum Engineering Summer School in Germany Oct. 2013
  • German language certificate until B1.2 level in Germany according to Common European Framework of Reference for Languages Jul. 2013
  • General English course intermediate level at Bournemouth Business School International in England, Bournemouth Aug. 2008
  • General English fourth level from Wall Street Institute Sep. 2005
  • General English third level from Wall Street Institute Aug. 2004

KAUST Affiliations

  • Ali I. Al-Naimi Petroleum Engineering Research Center (ANPERC)
  • Physical Science and Engineering Division (PSE)

Research Interests Keywords

Non-newtonian fluid lost-circulation mud loss herschel-bulkley fluid cauchy equation of motion