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1 Dr. Ahmed H. Ahmed Kamel Room: IT 108 Phone: Cell: SUMMARY Areas of Interest: - Drilling, Well Completions, and Production, - Reservoir Stimulation, - Newtonian and non-newtonian Fluid Mechanics, - Non-Newtonian Fluid characterization, Fluid rheology, and Viscoelasticity, - Coiled Tubing Applications, - Drag Reduction, - Characterization and Flow of Foam, - Characterization and Flow of Slurry, - Polymers and Surfactants Applications, - Fracturing and Acidization. EDUCATION B. Sc. in Petroleum Engineering: GPA: 4.0/4.0 Al-Azhar University at Cairo, Egypt Graduation Date: May, 1995 M. Sc. in Petroleum Engineering: GPA: 4.0/4.0 Al-Azhar University at Cairo, Egypt M. Sc. Thesis: Turbulent Friction Factor for non- Newtonian Crude Oils Flowing in Petroleum Pipelines. Graduation Date: May, 2000 Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering: GPA: 3.82/4.0 Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA Ph.D. Dissertation: Flow Characteristics of Surfactant Based Fluids in Straight and Coiled Tubing. Graduation Date: May, 2008

2 May 1995 May 2000: Drilling Engineer Khalda Petroleum Company Cairo Egypt POSITIONS HELD May 2000 May 2003: Assistant Lecturer Mining and Petroleum Engineering Department Faculty of Engineering, Al-Azhar University - Cairo Egypt May 2003 Dec. 2007: Ph.D. Program Graduate Research Assistant/Graduate Teaching Assistant Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering University of Oklahoma Norman Oklahoma Dec Sep. 2008: Post-Doctoral Fellow Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering University of Oklahoma Norman Oklahoma Sep Jan. 2011: Assistant Professor Mining and Petroleum Engineering Department Faculty of Engineering, Al-Azhar University - Cairo Egypt Jan Jan. 2011: Part-time Assistant Professor Petroleum Engineering and Gas Technology Department British University in Egypt - BUE El Shrouk City Egypt Jan Aug. 2012: Assistant Professor College of Engineering and Mines University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks Alaska -USA Aug Present: Associate Professor College of Business and Engineering University of Texas, Permian Basin Odessa Texas - USA TEACHING EXPERIENCE Al-Azhar University: Assistant Lecturer Transportation and Storage of Oil and Gas

3 University of Oklahoma: Teaching Assistant Drilling Engineering, Well Completion and Stimulation Al-Azhar University: Assistant Professor Drilling Engineering, Well Completion and Stimulation, Transportation and Storage of Oil and Gas British University in Cairo: Assistant Professor - Transportation and Storage of Oil and Gas University of Alaska Fairbanks: Assistant Professor - Drilling Engineering, Drilling Fluids, Well Completion and Stimulation, Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, Drilling Optimization, Advanced Drilling, Directional and Horizontal Drilling University of Texas Permian Basin: Associate Professor - Drilling Engineering, Drilling Fluids, Well Design, Petroleum Fundamentals, Reservoir Rock and Fluids Properties, Drilling Technology, Petroleum Production. Relevant Courses: Fundamentals of Oil and Gas Wells Drilling Advanced Drilling, Horizontal Well technology, Drilling Fluids, Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, Advanced Stimulation, Coiled Tubing Applications, Natural Gas Engineering, Pipeline Design and Maintenance, Storage Tank Design and Maintenance, Software Experience: Hydraulic Fracturing Treatment Design Software; FracPro and MFrac Computational Fluid Dynamics, CFD RESEARCH EXPERIENCE & PROJECTS Research activities in Egypt: A 2-year research project with the Egyptian Pipeline Company to thoroughly investigate the rheological and flow properties of the Egyptian crude oil pumped though their network to develop an algorithm that can predict and calculate friction pressure losses in any pipeline segment. The output was three master thesis (one of them was mine) and several publications.

4 University of Oklahoma Research Assistant and Post-Doctoral Fellow: Well Construction Technology Center, University of Oklahoma, Fluid Characterization and Fluid Rheology Flow Characteristics in Straight and Coiled Tubing. Drag Reducing Fluids in Straight and Coiled Tubing Flow Characteristics of Slurry in Straight and Coiled Tubing Flow Characteristics of foam in Straight and Coiled Tubing Proppnt Settling and Fluid Leak-off Applications of Polymers and Surfactants University of Alaska Fairbanks - Assistant Professor: Grants: Co-PI: DE- FC26-08NT : Producing Light Oil from a Frozen Reservoir: Reservoir and Fluid Characterization of Umiat Field, National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska. (DOE Joint Research Project) Co-PI: INE S : In-depth Understanding of Development Challenges in Unconventional Shale Reservoirs. (Alaska Department of natural Resources) Proposals: CO-PI: Research Opportunity Number: 2011-N Investigation of the Characteristics of Paste Backfills with Varying Compositions and Development of Effective and Low-cost Paste Backfills. (Industry Joint Research project) PI - Joint research project - Environmentally Friendly Drilling Systems Program Environmental Impact of Dope-Free Connection Technologies. (Houston Advanced Research Center) CO-PI: Modeling and Simulation of Depressurization for Gas Production from Gas Hydrate Reservoirs Not yet funded research project between Petroleum and Mechanical Engineering. PI: Applications of Nano-Technology to Solve Drilling Fluids Related Problems A Submitted Research Project Proposal PI: Friction Pressure Losses and Controlling ECD during Drilling Operations in Low Pressure Permafrost Fields, North Slope, Alaska - A Submitted Research Project Proposal PI: Optimum Completion Techniques in Permafrost Fields, North Slope, Alaska PI: Permafrost Cementing problems and Solutions

5 University of Texas Permian Basin Associate Professor: 1 st Proposal for both PENG and PTEC Competency Based Learning, CBL project with Institute for Transformational Learning, ITL of UT System PI: Old Fields Production Enhancement Annitor Oil Fund I LLC, A Delaware Limited Liability Company (still in preliminary phase). PI: Engineering Summer Program, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, June Co-PI: Engineering Summer Program, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, June Co-PI: Engineering Summer Program, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, June Co-PI: Engineering Summer Program, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, June Co-PI: ITEST Strategies: META STEM: Multidisciplinary Engineering and Technology Academy for STEM learning experiences, NSF. Co-PI: ITEST Strategies: META STEM: Multidisciplinary Engineering and Technology Academy for STEM learning experiences, NASA. 2015, UT Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) and Summer Research Academy (SRA): mentored two students ($6,500.00). 2016, UT Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) and Summer Research Academy (SRA): mentored two students ($6,500.00). 2016, UT Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) and Summer Research Academy (SRA): mentored two students ($6,500.00). 2015, UTPB Undergraduate Research Program: Mentored (1 student) ($1,500.00) 2016, UTPB Undergraduate Research Program: Mentored (1 student) ($1,500.00) PI: Nano Fluids as Fracturing Fluids: A $100K proposal to be submitted to SPE Recipient: SPE Faculty Enhancement Travel Grant for Fall 2014 ($1500) Recipient: SPE Faculty Enhancement Travel Grant for Spring 2015 ($2000) Recipient: SPE Faculty Enhancement Travel Grant for Fall 2015 ($1700) Recipient: SPE Faculty Enhancement Travel Grant for Spring 2016 ($1000)

6 TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE Summer Internship 1993 & 1994: Various Egyptian Oil Companies Belayim, Khalda & Gupco Petroleum Company - Cairo Egypt Summer Internship : Research Scientist - Halliburton Duncan technology Center, DTC Duncan Oklahoma - USA Summer Internship 2006 & 2007: Drilling Engineer - Schlumberger Houston Texas - USA Consultant 2008 through 2011: Drilling and Completion Khalda and Gupco Oil Companies, Cairo, Egypt KOC, Kuwait CONFERENCE PAPERS 1. N. A. El-Emam, Ahmed H. Kamel, M. El-Shafei, and A. El-Batrawy.: Effect of Pipe Roughness on the Turbulent Flow of Non-Newtonian Crude Oils, Al-Azhar 6 th Engineering International Conference, AEIC 2000, Cairo, Egypt, September, Ahmed H. Kamel and S. N. Shah.: Flow Properties and Drag-Reduction Characteristics of Surfactant-Based Fluids (SBF) in Large-Scale Coiled Tubing, Paper SPE presented at the 2008 SPE/ICoTA, Houston, TX, 1-2 April, Ahmed H. Kamel and S. N. Shah.: Experimental Investigation of the Drag Reduction Characteristics of Polymeric Fluids in Straight and Coiled Tubing, Paper presented at the 8 th International Egyptian-Syrian Oil Conference, Syria. 4. Ahmed H. Kamel and S. N. Shah.: Friction Pressure Losses of Surfactant-Based Fluids Flowing in Coiled Tubing, Paper SPE presented at the Production and Operations Conference and Exhibition, Tunisia, 8 10 June Ahmed H. Kamel and Ali. S. Shaqlaih.: Friction Pressure Losses of Fluids Flowing in Circular Conduits, Paper OTC presented at the 2012 Offshore Oil Technology, Houston, TX, April 30 May 3, S. D. Cinelli and Ahmed H. Kamel.: Novel Technique to Drill Horizontal Laterals Revitalizes Aging Field, Paper SPE/IADC presented at the SPE/IADC Drilling Conference and Exhibition held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 5 7 March 2013.

7 7. Ahmed H. Kamel.: A Novel Mud Formulation for Drilling Operations in the Permafrost, Paper SPE presented at the SPE Western Regional & AAPG Pacific Section Meeting, 2013 Joint Technical Conference held in Monterey, California, USA, April Ali. S. Shaqlaih and Ahmed H. Kamel.: AIC Applications in Coiled Tubing Hydraulics, Paper SPE MS presented at the 2013 SPE/IADC Middle East Drilling Technology Conference and Exhibition held in Dubai, UAE, 7-9 October Ahmed H. Kamel and Ali. S. Shaqlaih.: Model Inference using Akaike Information Criterion for Turbulent Flow of non-newtonian Crude Oils in Pipelines, Paper SPE presented at the Offshore Technology Conference Asia, OTC Asia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March Ali. S. Shaqlaih and Ahmed H. Kamel.: Frictional Pressure Losses of Slurries in Straight and Coiled Tubing Part I: Model Statistical Analysis, Paper SPE presented at 2014 SPE Eastern Regional Meeting, October, Charleston, WV, USA. 11. Ahmed H. Kamel, Ali. S. Shaqlaih. and Essam A. Ibrahim: Statistical Significance and Hypothesis for Friction Factor Correlations of non-newtonian Crude Oils in Pipelines, Paper ASME/IMECE presented at the ASME 2015 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, IMECE15, November 13-19, 2015, Houston, Texas, USA 12. Melissa Gary and Ahmed H. Kamel.: A Comparative Analysis of Rheological and Flow Behavior among Clean Polymeric and Surfactant Based Fluids, Paper presented at the 2015 University of Texas System Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (UT LSAMP) Research Conference, El Paso, Sep , Ahmed H. Kamel.: Rheological and Flow Characteristics of Clean Fracturing Fluids, Paper presented at the 2015 SPE Liquids-Rich Basins Conference, Midland, TX USA, Sep Ahmed Kamel.: A Comparative Analysis of Rheological and Flow Behavior among Clean Polymeric and Surfactant Based Fluids, paper presented at UTPB Undergraduate Research Day, April Ahmed Kamel.: RJD: A Cost Effective Frackless Solution for Production Enhancement in Marginal Fields, paper presented at UTPB Undergraduate Research Day, April Ahmed H. Kamel.: RJD: A Cost Effective Frackless Solution for Marginal Fields, paper SPE presented at the SPE East Regional Meeting, Canton, OH, USA, Sep , Andres Molina and Ahmed Kamel: Comparative Analysis between Turbulent Friction Factor Correlations For Non-Newtonian Fluids in Straight Tubing, paper presented at the 2016 University of Texas System Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (UT LSAMP) Research Conference, El Paso, Sep , 2016.

8 18. Shilpa Verma and Ahmed Kamel: Effects of Salinity on Drag Reduction Characteristics of Polymers in Circular Pipes, paper presented at the 2016 University of Texas System Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (UT LSAMP) Research Conference, El Paso, Sep , Ahmed Kamel and Abdullah Harouaka: A Comparative Investigation of Rheological and Flow Behavior among Clean Polymeric and Surfactant Based Fluids, paper presented at the ASME 2016 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, IMECE16, November 11-17, 2016, Phoenix, AZ, USA. 20. Ahmed Kamel: Radial Jet Drilling: A Technical Review, paper SPE presented at the 20th Middle East Oil & Gas Show and Conference, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain, 6 9 March, Ahmed Kamel & Ali Shaqlaih: A Comparative Analysis and Evaluation of Model Selection Criteria, paper accepted for publication at the ASME 2017 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, IMECE17, November 3-9, 2017, Tampa, FL, USA. 22. Ahmed H. Kamel.: Leak off of Fracturing Fluids under Dynamic Conditions: A Critical Review, under progress. 23. Ahmed Kamel: Effects of Ionic Strength on Drag Reduction, under Progress 24. Ahmed Kamel and Ali Shaqlaih: Turbulent Friction Factor Correlation for Non- Newtonian Fluids, under Progress 25. Ahmed Kamel: Nano-Particles and its Effects on Leak off Characteristics of Fracturing Fluids, under progress. REFEREED JOURNAL PAPERS 1. N. A. El-Emam, Ahmed H. Kamel, M. El-Shafei, and A. El-Batrawy.: New Equation Calculates Friction Factor for Turbulent Flow of non-newtonian Fluids, Oil & Gas Journal, 2003, v. 101, 36, S. N. Shah, Ahmed H. Kamel, and Y. Zhou.: Drag Reduction Characteristics in Straight and Coiled Tubing- An Experimental Study, J. of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2006, v. 53, Ahmed H. Kamel and S. N. Shah.: Investigation of the Complex Flow Behavior of Surfactant-Based Fluids in Straight Tubing, Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology, Volume 49, Number 6, June S. N. Shah and Ahmed H. Kamel.: Effects of Salinity and Temperature on Drag Reduction Characteristics of Polymers in Straight Circular Pipes, J. of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2009, v. 67, no. 1-2:

9 5. S. N. Shah and Ahmed H. Kamel.: Investigation of Flow Behavior of Slick-Water in Large Straight and Coiled Tubing, Paper SPE , SPE Production & Operations Journal, Volume 25, Number 1, Feb Ahmed H. Kamel and S. N. Shah.: Scale-Up Correlation for the Flow of Surfactant-Based Fluids in Circular Coiled Pipes, Journal of Fluid Engineering, August 2010, Volume 132, Issue Ahmed H. Kamel.: Drag Reduction Behavior of Polymers in Straight and Coiled Tubing at Elevated Temperature, Oil and Gas Business Journal, January 2011, Volume 1, Ahmed H. Kamel and S. N. Shah.: Flow Behavior of Water-Frac Fluids in Straight and Coiled Tubing, Oil Asia Journal, July 2011, Ahmed H. Kamel and S. N. Shah.: Maximum Drag Reduction Asymptote for Surfactant- Based Fluids in Circular Coiled, Journal of Fluid Engineering, March, 2013, Volume 135, Ali. S. Shaqlaih and Ahmed H. Kamel.: AIC Applications in Coiled Tubing Hydraulics, International Journal of Petroleum & Geoscience Engineering, IJPGE, 2013, Volume 1, No. 2, Ahmed H. Kamel.: An Experimental Screening Study for Mud Selection in Permafrost, Canadian Energy Technology and Innovation, ISSN , November 2013, Vol. 1, No. 4, p Ali S. Shaqlaih and Ahmed H. Kamel and.: A Statistical Evaluation of the Frictional Pressure Losses Correlations for Slurry Flow, Journal of Geological Resource and Engineering, 2014, Vol. 2, No. 2, DOI: / / Ahmed H. Kamel.: Low-cost radial jet drilling helps revitalize 40-year-old oilfield, Oil and Gas Journal, Oct. 6, 2014, Vol. 112, No. 10, p Ahmed H. Kamel, Ali. S. Shaqlaih. and Essam A. Ibrahim:: Model Inference using Akaike Information Criterion for Turbulent Flow of non-newtonian Crude Oils in Pipelines, Petroleum Science, Vol. 12, 3: , DOI: /s y. 15. Ahmed H. Kamel and Ali. S. Shaqlaih.: Frictional Pressure Losses of Fluids Flowing in Circular Conduits: A Review, SPED&C, June 2015: Ahmed Kamel and Abdullah Harouaka: Rheology and Flow Properties of Fracturing Gels in Straight and Coiled Tubing, Journal of Petroleum Engineering and Technology, Jan. 2017, Vol 7, issue 1, Ahmed Kamel: RJD: A Cost Effective Frackless Solution for Production Enhancement in Marginal Fields, International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research, Vol. 6, issue 2, Feb. 2017,

10 18. Ahmed Kamel: Radial Jet Drilling: A Technical Review, paper submitted to Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. 19. Ahmed Kamel and Abdullah Harouaka: Rheology and Flow Properties of Fracturing Gels in Straight and Coiled Tubing, paper submitted to Journal of Oil and Gas Science and Technology. 20. Ahmed H. Kamel and Essam Ibrahim.: Static and Dynamic Leak off: a Critical Evaluation, under progress. 21. Ahmed H. Kamel.: Effect of Nanoparticles on Leak-off Characteristics of Fracturing Fluids, under progress. 22. Ahmed Kamel: Effects of Ionic Strength on Drag Reduction, under Progress 23. Ahmed Kamel and Ali Shaqlaih: Turbulent Friction Factor Correlation for Non- Newtonian Fluids, Under Progress OTHER ACTIVITIES Invited Guest Speaker for: 1- Horizontal Drilling USA: Extended Laterals Congress 2014, Feb , Houston, TX 2- Horizontal Well Intervention, Re-Stimulation & Remedial Workover Optimization 2014, April 23-24, Houston, Texas. 3- The Collaborative Conference on Petroleum (CCP 2015), Beijing, China, Sep , World Conference & Expo on Petrochemistry & Natural Resources (Petrochemistry-2016), Dubai, UAE, October 24-26, The 2nd World Congress and Expo on Oil, Gas and Petrochemistry (Petrochemistry-2016), Abu Dhabi, UAE, Nov HONORS, AWARDS, AND OTHER QUALIFICATIONS HONORS 1. Ranked No. 5, Class 1990 High School System (650,000 High School Student) 2. Ranked No. 1, Class 1995 Al-Azahr University 3. Ranked No. 1, Class 1995 Faculty of Engineering 4. Ranked No. 1, Class 1995 Mining and Petroleum Engineering Department AWARDS 1. Nominated for 2016 SPE Innovative Teaching Award 2. A candidate for Eni Award, Milano, Italy

11 3. Honorable Mention in article titled "Who's Who in Academia" by Joseph Bozanek 4. Nominated for UTPB president research award College of Business and Engineering UTPB 5. Winner of the award in research excellence College of Business and Engineering UTPB 6. Graduate Research Assistantship for Ph. D. at University of Oklahoma 7. Award for Academic Excellence, Al-Azhar University 8. Distinguished Graduate Award, Egyptian Syndicate of Engineers 9. Distinguished Graduate Award, Al-Azhar University 10. Distinguished Assistant professor Award, British University in Egypt 11. Distinguished Assistant professor Award, Al-Azhar University 12. 1st Research Award, the 8th International Egyptian-Syrian Oil Conference, Syria CONFERENCE ATTENDED 1- The 2000 Al-Azhar Engineering 6 th International Conference, AEIC 2001, Cairo, Egypt, September. 2- The 2008 international SPE/ICoTA, Houston, TX, 1-2 April, The CIPC/SPE GTS 2008 Joint Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, June The annual SPE Technical and Exhibition Conferences 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, Al-Azhar Engineering 10 th International Conference, AEIC 2008, Cairo, Egypt, December, The 2009 SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference, January 2009, Woodlands, TX. 7- The 2009 International Oil Conference of Suez Canal University. 8- The 2010 SPE International Production and Operations Conference and Exhibition, Tunisia, 8 10 June. 9- The 2010 Al-Azhar Engineering 11 th International Conference, AEIC 2010, Cairo, Egypt, December. 10- The 2012 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, TX, April 30 May SPE Western Regional & AAPG Pacific Section Meeting, 2013 Joint Technical Conference held in Monterey, California, USA, April The 2014 SPE ERM, Charleston, WV, USA, Oct

12 13- The 2015 ASME, Houston TX 14- The 2016 SPE East Regional Meeting, Canton, OH, USA. 15- The 2016 ASME, Phoenix, Az. PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES 1- Member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) 2- Member of the Society of Petroleum Evaluation Engineers (SPEE) 3- Member of the Egyptian Engineering Syndicate 4- Member of the American Association of Drilling Engineers (AADE) 5- Member of the Society of Rheology