Petroleum & Mining Engineering Ishik University
EDUCATION:
PhD Degree Petroleum Engineering / Drilling Engineering: TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany (February 2013)
Master Degree Petroleum Engineering / Drilling and Production: TU Clausthal, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany (February 2008)
German language: German language Certificate „Zertifikat Deutsch“, Goethe-Institute, Göttingen, Germany, (September 2005)
Bachelor Degree Petroleum Engineering: University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq (June 2004). The final rank: 2 out of 129 students
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
§ Coordinator / lecturer, Petroleum and Mining Engineering Department, Tishk International University, Erbil, KRG, Iraq (Since 2018)
§ Scientific assistant for Drilling Engineering Professor at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Drilling Engineering and Fluid Mining Institute, Freiberg, Germany (2015-2018)
§ Sr. Engineer, Engineering and Technology department, Sperry Drilling Services at the Halliburton Company Germany GmbH, Celle, Germany (2013-2015)
§ Scientific assistant for Drilling Engineering Professor at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Drilling Engineering and Fluid Mining Institute, Freiberg, Germany (2011-2013)
§ Scientific assistant / Doctoral research work at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Drilling Engineering and Fluid Mining Institute, Freiberg, Germany (2008-2011)
§ Internship at the Weatherford Energy Services GmbH, Edemissen, Germany / working on Measurement While Drilling tools on a Drilling Rig site, Hungary (2009)
§ Scientific assistant at the TU Clausthal, Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany (for 3 months in 2007)
§ Internship, Engineering and Technology department of the Baker Hughes Inteq GmbH, Celle, Germany ( for 3 months in 2006)
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS:
§ Introduction to Petroleum Engineering
§ Drilling Engineering and Drilling Technology (I & II)
§ Directional Drilling and Directional Drilling Technology
§ Measurement/Logging While Drilling systems (MWD/LWD)
§ Hydraulic and Acoustic telemetry systems for data transmission in boreholes
§ Casing Milling of boreholes
§ Hydraulic fracturing
M.Sc. / B.Sc. / PROJECT / STUDENT WORK THESES SUPERVISED:
§ M.Sc. thesis (Title: Investigation and determination of optimal operating parameters for casing milling in deep drilling), TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany (2018)
§ M.Sc. thesis (Title: Elektroakustische Signalaufbereitung zur Datenübertragung in Bohrlöchern), TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany (2012)
§ Student work (Title: Methods for real time data transmission in boreholes), TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany (2012)
§ B.Sc. thesis (Title: Construction and build up a mud siren pulser), TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany (2010)
§ Student research project thesis (Title: Construction and build up an actuator and a compensator system to simulate and compensate hydraulic noise of a drill pump for a flow loop), TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany (2009)
RESEARCH AND PROJECT EXPERIENCE:
§ Prof. Dr.-Eng. Matthias Reich, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany
Scientific assistant working on the project, (presently)
Investigation on the improvement in efficiency of milling applications in drilling engineering
§ Halliburton Chief Engineer Office Eng. Christopher Golla, Halliburton, Sperry Drilling Svcs, Houston, TX, USA
Sr. Engineer worked and supervised the project at international level, (2013-2015)
Development of novel hydraulic data transmission systems
§ Prof. Dr.-Eng. Matthias Reich, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany
Scientific assistant worked on the project, (2013)
Mud Pulse Data Detection using Wavelet Transformation - A Feasibility Study
§ Prof. Dr.-Eng. Matthias Reich, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany
Scientific assistant worked on the project, (2011-2013)
High-Pressure Research Center (Development and practice testing of new drilling tools based on ultra-hard materials)
§ Prof. Dr.-Eng. Matthias Reich, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany
Scientific assistant worked on the project, (2008-2011)
Simulation and modeling of pressure pulse propagation in fluids inside drill strings
§ Prof. Dr.-Eng. Matthias Reich, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany
Scientific assistant worked on the project proposal, (2008)
(Proppant transport behavior during clean-out)
§ Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. M. Z. Hou, TU Clausthal, Germany
Scientific assistant worked on the project (2007)
(Numerical studies on Frac propagation in tight gas reservoirs using the FDM program FLAC3D - Phase 1: feasibility study)
§ Prof. Dr. Kurt M. Reinicke, TU Clausthal, Germany
Research assistant worked on the project (2007)
Römerberg Project: Oil Field Development-Appraisal well
§ Dr. Andreas Hartmann, Baker Hughes Inteq GmbH, Germany
Engineer, (2006)
Improvement of signal quality of StarTrak High-Definition Resistivity Imaging
AWARDED PRIZES:
§ Bernhard-von-Cotta-Prize for the best 2013-Dissertation at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany, 2013
§ Second prize winner at the Third International Scientific and Practical Conference “Oil and Gas Horizons” held in the Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas (presentation title: Application of transformation techniques in data transmission process by mud pulse telemetry) in Moscow, Russian Federation, 14-15 November 2011.
§ First place winner at the Young Scientist Conference held in the Saint Petersburg Mining University (presentation title: Effect of pressure fluctuations of mud pumps on data transmission with mud pulse telemetry) in St. Petersburg, Russia, 20-22 April, 2011.
AWARDED FUNDING:
§ DAAD award (German Academic Exchange Service) for M. Sc. Study 2005–2007
§ DAAD award (German Academic Exchange Service) for PhD Research 2008–2011
SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:
LANGUAGE Kurdish (mother language)
English, German, Arabic and Turkmanish (fluent)
COMPUTER SKILLS an extensive knowledge in ANSYS-CFX (CFD: Computational Fluid Dynamics code) and ICEM CFD, MATLAB and Microsoft Office
Basic knowledge in Visual Basic, MBal, Prosper, FORTRAN and FLAC3D
PUBLICATIONS:
§ Namuq 2019 Namuq, M. A.; Berro, M. J.; Reich, M.: Investigating the Effects of Operating Parameters on the Increase of the Casing Milling Efficiency in Deep Drilling Operations. Oil Gas European Magazine (in progress; estimated publication date: June 2019).
§ Namuq 2014 Namuq, M. A.; Reich, M.:Datenübertragung in Bohrlöchern – eine Spezialität der TU Bergakademie Freiberg. 21 Jahrgang 2014, Ausgabe zum 250 Jahrestag der Gründung der Bergakademie Freiberg, 2014.
§ Namuq 2013 Namuq, M. A.; Reich, M.; Bernstein, S.: Continuous wavelet transformation - a novel approach for better detection of mud pulses. ELSEVIER, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, vol. 110, pp. 232–242, October 2013.
§ Namuq 2013 Namuq, M. A.; Reich, M.; Kirsten, U.; Sohmer, M.; Lehmann, F.; Müller, T.: Concept and Laboratory Experiments for a New Lost Circulation Material Pulser (LCM-Pulser) for Real Time Data Transmission in Boreholes. DGMK/ÖGEW-Frühjahrstagung 2013-1 (Presentation and Manuscript), Fachbereich Aufsuchung und Gewinnung, Celle, Germany, 18-19 April, 2013. ISBN 978-3-941721-31-9.
§ Namuq 2012 Namuq, M. A.; Reich, M.; Al-Zoubi, A.: Numerical simulation and modeling of a laboratory MWD mud siren pressure pulse propagation in fluid filled pipe. Oil Gas European Magazine, vol. 38, 3/2012, pp. OG 125 – OG 130, September 2012.
§ Reich 2012 Reich, M.; Namuq, M.; Fischer, N.: Sounds aus dem Rohr – Effekte der hydraulischen Datenübertragung in Bohrlöchern hörbar gemacht. DGMK/ÖGEW-Frühjahrstagung 2012 (Presentation and Manuscript), Fachbereich Aufsuchung und Gewinnung, Celle, Germany, 19 - 20 April 2012. ISBN 978-3-941721-25-8.
§ Namuq 2011 Namuq, M. A.; Reich, M.: Effect of pressure fluctuations of mud pumps on data transmission with mud pulse telemetry. Young Scientist conference (Presentation and Manuscript), St. Petersburg, Russia, 20 - 22 April, 2011.
§ Namuq 2010 Namuq, M. A.; Reich, M.: Laboratory experiments on pressure wave propagation in drill strings (mud pulse telemetry). Oil Gas European Magazine, vol. 36, 3/2010, pp. OG 119 – OG 125, September 2010.
§ Namuq 2010 Namuq, M. A.; Reich, M.: Review of real time data transmission systems for boreholes using mud pulse telemetry (MPT). DGMK/ÖGEW-Frühjahrstagung 2010-1 (Poster and Manuscript), Fachbereich Aufsuchung und Gewinnung, Celle, Germany, 12 -13 April, 2010. ISBN 978-3-941721-05-0.
§ Namuq 2010 Namuq, M. A.; Reich, M.: Laboratory experiments on real time data transmission in boreholes by mud pulse telemetry (MPT). Young Scientist conference (Manuscript), St. Petersburg, Russia, 21 - 23 April, 2010.
§ Hou 2008 Hou, M. Z.; Namuq, M. A.; Zhou, L.; Gou, Y.: Analytical and numerical simulations of a hydraulic fracturing experiment. DGMK/ÖGEW- Frühjahrstagung 2008-1 (Presentation and Manuscript), Fachbereich Aufsuchung und Gewinnung, Celle, Germany, 10 - 11 April, 2008. ISBN 978-3-936418-79-8.
CONFERENCES:
§ Namuq 2012 Namuq, M. A.; Reich, M.; Kirsten, U.; Lehmann, F.: "Plasma explosions: Innovative method for inducing a high pressure pulse for data transmission in boreholes”. Presented (Poster) at the Freiberg High Pressure Symposium held in Freiberg, Germany (8 - 10 October 2012).
§ Namuq 2012 Namuq, M. A.; Reich, M.; Bernstein, S.: Using Transformation Techniques to Improve Data Transmission Process in Boreholes. Presented at the Freiberg Research Forum (Mathematics in Engineering Science), the 63rd Forum of Mining and Metallurgy held in Freiberg, Germany (13 - 15 June 2012).
§ Sohmer 2012 Sohmer, M.; Namuq, M. A.: Looking ahead the bit while drilling – an introduction to latest research work at the Institute for Drilling Engineering and Fluid Mining. Presented at the Freiberg Research Forum (Heading for Unconventional Reservoirs), the 63rd Forum of Mining and Metallurgy held in Freiberg, Germany (14 June 2012).
§ Namuq 2011 Namuq, M. A.; Reich, M.: Application of transformation techniques in data transmission process by mud pulse telemetry. Presented at the Third International Scientific and Practical Conference “Oil and Gas Horizons” held in Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas, Moscow, Russian Federation (14 - 15 November 2011).
§ Namuq 2011 Namuq, M. A.; Reich, M.: Improving Mud Siren (continuous wave) Telemetry Performance. Presented at the SPE Offshore Europe Oil & Gas Conference & Exhibition “European Regional Student Paper Contest” held in Aberdeen, UK (6 - 8 September 2011).
§ Namuq 2010 Namuq, M. A.; Reich, M.: Mud pulse telemetry: Laboratory experiments. Presented (Poster) at the GSSPE Student Technical Conference held in Wietze, Germany (7 - 8 October 2010).
PATENTS:
§ Reich, M.; Namuq, M. A.; Kirsten, U.; Sohmer, M.; Müller, T.; Eisert, S.; Gelfond, L.: Druckwellengeneratoren und Verfahren zum Steuern eines Druckwellengenerators „english: Pressure wave generators and procedure for driving a pressure wave generator“. Nr.: DE102012105273A8, registered at German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) for a patent in 2012.
§ Namuq, M. A.; Reich, M.; Bernstein, S.: Empfangseinrichtung und Verfahren zum Empfangen von Informationen „english: Receiver and procedure to receive information“. Nr.: DE102011051393A1, registered at German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) for a patent in 2011.
CONTINUING EDUCATION / SHORT COURSES:
§ Workshop with the title (Title: Data transmission in boreholes) hold by (Heinrich Hertz Institut (HHI), GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (GFZ) and TU Bergakademie Freiberg), Freiberg, Germany (2012)
§ Short course (Title: Heavy Oil course) hold by the Wintershall Holding AG and the TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany (2012)
§ Short seminar (Title: How to publish a world class paper) hold by the Centre of Advanced Study and Research, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany (2011)
§ Short course (Title: ANSYS CFX Software Schulung mit dem Schwerpunkt Moving Mesh) hold by CFX Berlin Software GmbH, Berlin, Germany (2009)
§ Field Work (data transmission by mud pulse telemetry system (MWD)) hold by the company Weatherford Energy Services GmbH, Hungary (2009)
§ International academic summer course (Title: Modelling and simulation of technical processes) hold by the TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany (2008).