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Academic

Dr.

Salah M.F. Almudhhi

Assistant Professor

Office Location:
S04E1121
dr.almudhhi@ku.edu.kw

Education

Degree Degree Institution Year
Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering Colorado School of Mines, USA 2003
M.Sc.

Petroleum Engineering

 Colorado School of Mines, USA 1998
B.Sc. Petroleum Engineering Kuwait University 1994

Courses Taught

PE
221
Reservoir Rock Properties
PE
461
Rock Mechanics in the Oil Industry
PE
354
Well Logging
PE
450
Industrial Training
PE
325
Fluid Flow in Porous Media

Selected Publications

  • Alomair, O. A., Almudhhi, S. M., and Aldousari, M. M., 2011, Investigating Rock-Face Boundary Effects on Capillary Pressure and Relative Permeability Measurements. Journal of Porous Media, Vol. 14 (5), pp. 395-409. (DOI: 10.1615/jpormedia.v14.i5.30), (JCR: Q2 at the time publishing).
    Al-Bazali, T., Almudhhi, S., and Chenevert, M., 2011, An Experimental Investigation of the Impact of Diffusion Osmosis and Chemical Osmosis on the Stability of Shales. Petroleum Science and Technology, Vol. 37 Issue 6, pp. 394-400. (JCR: Q2 at the time publishing)
    Almudhhi, S., Lababidi, H. and Garrouch, A., 2025, Application of Machine Learning for Modeling Heavy Oil Viscosity. Journal of Engineering Research, Accepted May 2025, (JCR: Q3 at the time publishing).
  • Almudhhi, S., Lababidi, H. and Garrouch, A., 2025, Application of Machine Learning for Modeling Heavy Oil Viscosity. Journal of Engineering Research, Accepted May 2025, (JCR: Q3 at the time publishing).
  • Almudhhi, S., Alostath, M., Al-Bazzaz, W., Sharifigaliuk, H.,Qubian, A., 2021, An unconventional approach in investigating wettability contact angle measurement in shale resources. Petroleum Science and Technology, Vol. 40 No: 8, pp 393-936 (DOI: 10.1080/10916466.2021.2008969) (JCR: Q2 at the time publishing).
  • Almudhhi, S., Albazali, T., and Alkandari, H., 2025, Prediction of Berea sandstone’s compressive strength from Brazilian tensile measurements: effect of monovalent aqueous.

Work Experience

Academic Experience
Institution Designation Year/Period
Kuwait University Assistant Professor 2014 - Present
Kuwait University Assistant Professor 2003 - 2009
Colorado School of Mines, USA Teaching Assistant 2000 - 2002
Industry Experience
Organization Designation Year/Period
Kuwait Environment Public Authority Director General 2009 - 2014
Higher Council of Environment Higher Council of Environment 2009 - 2014
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation Board Member 2010 - 2013

Professional Organizations

  • SPE: Society of Petroleum Engineers

  • KSE: Kuwait Society of Engineers

  • WFEO: World Federation of Engineering Organizations

 

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