Ahmed Metwaly is a highly skilled R&D Reservoir Engineer with nearly two years of experience in the oil and gas industry, working with top-tier petroleum institutes and companies in Abu Dhabi. With a strong background in reservoir modeling, CO2 geo-sequestration, underground hydrogen storage, and enhanced oil recovery (EOR).
Ahmed’s technical expertise spans a variety of fields, including structural and stratigraphic modeling, well design and performance analysis, and handling complex reservoir types. He is proficient in using advanced industry software such as Petrel, ECLIPSE, CMG, and MATLAB, which enables him to generate comprehensive reservoir performance predictions and optimize well operations.
Currently, Ahmed is working at Khalifa University, contributing to key projects on quantifying residual oil saturation in UAE carbonate reservoirs. Aside from that, he is also working on CO2 injection and reservoir management in the UAE. His work focuses on optimizing storage efficiency and ensuring compliance with safety standards while minimizing risks like leakage and induced seismicity.
Ahmed holds a B.Sc. in Petroleum Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Petronas in Malaysia and an M.Sc. in Petroleum Engineering from Khalifa University. In addition to his technical prowess, he has published significant research on topics such as CO2 mineralization and reservoir wettability.
Fluent in English and a native Arabic speaker, Ahmed is known for his excellent communication and problem-solving skills, which complement his technical expertise. With a strong commitment to safety and innovation, Ahmed continues to be a key player in advancing reservoir technologies and contributing to the future of the oil and gas sector.
- “Wettability of shale/oil/brine systems: a new physicochemical and imaging approach”
Brief Summary: Understanding the wetting characteristics of shale at reservoir conditions to
characterize the shale wettability from core to nanoscale while addressing the promising potential
of nanofluids as flowback additives in hydraulic fracturing practice.
- “Effects of Rock Heterogeneity and Wettability on CO2 Mineralization During Storage in UAE
Depleted Carbonate Gas Formations”
Brief Summary: Highlight the impacts of wettability and rock heterogeneity on mineral trapping
during CO2 sequestration in carbonate formations, using numerical models to predict the trapping
capacity in both homogeneous and heterogeneous formations under Strongly Water-Wet (SWW)
and Intermediately Water-Wet (IWW) conditions.
- “Molecular Simulation of Methane Sorption onto Kerogen Surface of Shale in Presence of Surfactant”
Brief Summary: Shale reservoirs present challenges in understanding pore-scale and reservoir-scale
phenomena addressed by hydraulic fracturing to enhance hydrocarbon productivity, molecular dynamics
simulations via GROMACS were utilized to model methane, surfactant, and graphite, incorporating CTAB
to simulate water-based visco-elastic surfactant for reducing hydrocarbon surface tension on shale.
- “Advancing carbon storage in offshore Louisiana: Evaluation and modeling potential of two major
depleted reservoirs in Vermilion_014 Field”
Brief Summary: Assessing CO2 storage potential in the two largest depleted reservoirs of the VR014
in the Vermilion protraction area of the Gulf of Mexico, integrating regional and local geoscience data
to build a detailed model and evaluate the primary structural trapping mechanisms while assessing the
fields as prime candidates for CCS by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
