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Academic

Dr.

Khodur A. Al-Tarabulsi

Assistant Professor

Office Location:
S04E1113

Education

Degree Discipline Institution Year
Ph.D.  Petroleum Engineering  Louisiana State University, U.S.A.  2019
M.Sc.  Petroleum Engineering  Kuwait University  2014
B.Sc.  Petroleum Engineering  Kuwait University  2009

Courses Taught

PE
531
Natural Gas Engineering
PE
351
Petroleum Geology
PE
485
Introduction to Geostatistics
PE
354
Well Logging
ENG
304
Engineering Probability and Statistics

Selected Publications

  • Altarabulsi, Khadhr, and Paulo Waltrich. "An Improved Method to Calculate Gas-Lift Valve Set Pressure." SPE J. 29 (2024): 5452–5463. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/223096-PA
  • Altarabulsi, Khadhr, Paulo Waltrich. (2019) “Method to Calculate GL Performance Curves’’ presentation presented at the 2019 41st Annual International Gas-Lift Workshop. Houston . 
  • Altarabulsi, Khadhr, Renato Coutinho, and Paulo J. Waltrich. (2017). "Effect of Fluid Properties on the Performance of Gas-Lift Valves." International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering. Vol. 57762. American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
  • Najaf, A., Altarabulsi, K., Taha, A., & Alsarraf, Z. (2015). “Steam Injection Tracking System’’. In SPE/IATMI Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition. Society of Petroleum Engineers. 

Work Experience

Academic Experience
Institution Designation Year/Period 
Kuwait University  Assistant Professor  2019 - Present 
Industry Experience
Organization  Designation Year/Period 
Kuwait Oil Company  Well Surveillance Engineer  2009 - 2015 

Professional Organizations

  • Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
  • European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers