Dr. Mahmood Amani

SENIOR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Office Number: 202 - A
Office Phone: +974 423-0119
Fax Number: 4230011
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INTEREST AREAS
Mahmood Amani, the Petroleum Engineering Program Coordinator at Texas A&M University at Qatar, has broad experience in both industry and academia. He holds 2 U.S. Patents.

• Drilling
• Production

EDUCATION

• Doctor of Philosophy, Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1997
• Master of Science, Natural Gas Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1988
• Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Wichita State University, 1986

EXPERIENCE

• Visiting Associate Professor, Texas A&M University at Qatar, 2005-present
• Petroleum Engineering Program Coordinator,Texas A&M University, Visiting Assistant Professor 2003
• Research & Project Scientist: Exploration and Production Technology Department, Texaco Inc., Houston, Texas, United States, 1997

RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Paknejad, Amir; Schubert, Jerome; Teodoriu, Catalin; and Amani, Mahmood; "Sensitivity Analysis of Key Parameters in Foam Drilling Operations", presented at the 2007 SPE Romanian Section Conference: "150 Years of Petroleum Industry: Tradition & Challenges", held in Bucharest, Romania, 14-17 October, 2007.

Paknejad, Amir; Schubert, Jerome J.; Amani, Mahmood, "A New Method to Evaluate Leak-Off Tests in Shallow Marine Sediments", SPE Paper 110953, presented at the 2007 SPE Technical Symposium in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, May 7 - 8, 2007.

Amani, Mahmood, Mir Rajabi, Mehdi, Juvkam-Wold, Hans C., and Schubert, Jerome J., "Possible Alternatives for Gas-Charged Accumulators in Deep Waters", SPE Paper 100305, to be presented at the 2006 International Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition in China (IOGCEC) held in Beijing, China, 5-7 December 2006.

Shahri, Mehdi, Schubert, Jerome J., Amani, Mahmood, "Detecting and Modeling Cement Failure in High Pressure/High Temperature (HTHP) Wells, Using Finite Element Method (FEM),"IPTC Paper 10961, presented at the 2005 International Petroleum Technology Conference in Doha, Qatar, 21-23 November, 2005

Amani, M. and Juvkam-Wold, H.C.:  "An Alternative Dewatering System for Coalbed Methane Wells," Journal of Petroleum Technology (August 1996).