Berihun Mamo Negash's Profile

Awards & Fellowships

Dr Berihun Mamo Negash has received his BSc. Degree in chemical engineering from Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia, his MSc degree in Petroleum Engineering from the Norwegian university of science and technology, Norway and his PhD in Chemical Engineering from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia. Currently, he is a lecturer at the petroleum Engineering Department of Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS. He joined the university since 2013. In between 2008 and 2013, he was a full time Lecturer at the School of Chemical and Food Engineering of Bahir Dar University and a part-time lecturer at Department of Earth Sciences of Mekelle University. In addition to coordinating and facilitating Field development planning projects, he has been teaching both chemical and petroleum engineering courses throughout his career. Dr Berihun has secured and completed quite a few research grants worth more than USD 100,000 both in his previous and current universities. His current area of research is mainly in reservoir modeling and simulation and in particular quick reservoir performance prediction and applied machine learning for applications such as history matching, closed loop reservoir management and integrated operations. He has authored and co-authored over 15 journal and conference articles and has also jointly authored a book chapter on Assisted History matching of a numerical reservoir model. He also edited two books as a result of the International conference on integrated petroleum Engineering and Geosciences which took place in August 2014 and August 2016. He also edited his third book, entitled Selected Topics on Improved Oil Recovery, in collaboration with Institute Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia.

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Awards & Fellowships

January, 2013

Graduate assistantship (GA-catagory A)

UTP Graduate Assistantship Scheme (GA) for International Students in Malaysia, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP). Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) is one of the most prominent private universities in Malaysia. UTP offers a wide range of industry-relevant engineering, science and technology programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and aims to produce well-rounded graduates with excellent leadership qualities and communication abilities.

August, 2006

NORAD’S program for master studies

Norad's Programme for Master Studies provides financial support for developing and running Master’s degree programmes in developing countries through equal partnerships between local and Norwegian higher education institutions. NOMA is financed by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), and managed by Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Education (SIU). NOMA replaces the Norad Fellowship Programme which has existed for forty years.

Education

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Education

January 2013 – January 2018

Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia

PhD in Chemical Engineering

Thesis Title : System identification based proxy models of reservoir under secondary recovery

September 05, 2008

Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

MSc. in Petroleum Engineering , Specialization in reservoir Engineering

Thesis Title: Investigation of worldwide CO2-EOR field projects

June 07, 2004

Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia

BSc. in Chemical Engineering

Thesis Title: Design and analysis of Evaporative cooler made from clay

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Short Training

19 – 22 November 2013- Oil and gas project management, By: Total Professeurs Associes
13 and 14 January 2014 - Effective education delivery workshop, By: Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
8 and 9 April 2014 - The art of writing publishable scientific manuscript and beyond, By: Universiti Sains Malaysia
7-11 April 2014 - Petrel reservoir engineering workflow By: Schlumberger
29 September 2014 – 2 October 2014, Problem solving and Decision Making, By: PETRONAS Leadership centre
March 2015 – June 2015 - Reservoir Geomechanics, online course, By: Stanford University
25 and 26 May 2015 - Kalman Filter, and Beyond: Understanding state estimation concept, By: Solution 4U Sdn Bhd
18 – 21 January 2016 - Teaching Methodology and Outcome based Education, By: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
3 – 6 November 2015- Basics in Logging Interpretation and Applications to Petroleum Evaluation, By: Total Professeurs Associes
April 2015 – May 2015 - Oil and gas: from Exploration to distribution, By: IFP school, France
20 August 2011 – 03 September 2011 - Experimental methods and statistical tools for engineers, By: Bahir Dar University-Institute of Technology
February 2011 - Improving to teach focusing on Scientific Writing; Research Methods and how to publish researches, By: Addis Ababa University and Engineering Capacity Building Program.

Teaching

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Teaching

Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia

Petroleum Engineering Department

October 2013 - to-date

Advanced reservoir simulation
Reservoir modeling and simulation
Well logging and formation evaluation
Computational methods
Petroleum engineering thermodynamics
Petroleum Exploration
field development project (coordinator)

Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia

Chemical Engineering Department

July 2004 - August 2006 and

October 2008 - December 2012

Reaction engineering
Chemical engineering thermodynamics
Mechanical unit operations
Chemical Equipment design
Introduction to chemical engineering
Computational methods

Mekele University, Ethiopia

Petroleum Engineering Department (Part time)

September 2009 - December 2012

Reservoir modeling and simulation
Inverse theory
Well logging and formation evaluation
Gas field engineering

Project Supervision

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Seismic-Driven Facies Modeling And Property Distribution In Reservoir Modelin
Assisted History matching by using recursive least square and discrete cosine transform
Application of evolutionary algorism for assisted history matching
Simulation study of EOR by ASP injection for Berlian East field
Simulation study of low salinity water injection for Berlian East field
Automatic history matching of the PUNQ-S3 reservoir model using proxy modelling and multi_objective optimization
Conceptual framework for using system identification in reservoir production performance
A system identification approach for building a forecasting model of a reservoir under secondary recovery
Assisted history matching using proxy modelling and recursive least square
Formulation of conceptual framework for field development plan in reservoir engineering for Malaysian basin

Project Supervision

Research Grants

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Research and Grants

Secured

Co-Principlal Investigator, "Experimental Investigation on the performance of modified fracing fluid on zipper-fracing technology" (PRF)
Principlal Investigator, "Investigation on the performance of combined low salinity and polymer/surfactant flooding". (UTP-URIF)
Principlal Investigator, "Development of Production Forecasting Model Based on Residual and Decline Curve Analyses" UTP- I-Gen)
Principlal Investigator, "Reservoir Production Forecasting Using Recursive Least Square." (UTP-STIRF)
Principlal Investigator, "Improvement on carbonation drum and binder for manufacturing of briquettes from Agricultural waste." (BDU)
Co-Principlal Investigator, "Performance Evaluation of Existing Local Edible Oil Extraction Units, collaborative research with United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Bahir Dar Edible oil Cluster" (UNIDO)
Principlal Investigator, "Design and Implementation of a Biogas Plant at Bahir dar university." (BDU)
Principlal Investigator, "Feasibility Study: “Sandpaper Production around Dejen area, Ethiopia”, (BDU)
Feasibility Study: “Production of Briquette from combustible municipal solid waste” ( BDU )

Applied

Principlal Investigator, "Design and Analysis of efficient water coalescer using acoustic energy." (YUTP)
Principlal Investigator, "Quick Performance Evaluation and Sand Prediction of Gas Reservoir using Proxy models" (MTJA)
Principlal Investigator, "A new direct algorithm for history matching of hydrocarbon reservoirs" (FRGS)

Publication

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Publications

The integration of elastic wave properties and machine learning for the distribution of petrophysical properties in reservoir modeling

TC Ratnam, DP Ghosh, BM Negash

IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 352 (1), 012024, 2018

Application of artificial neural networks for calibration of a reservoir model

BM Negash, PM Vasant, SR Jufar

Intelligent Decision Technologies 12 (1), 67-79, 2018

Effects of Selected Process Variables on the Stability of Petroleum Emulsions Co-Stabilized by Carbon Black and Surfactant

AA Umar, BM Negash, IM Saaid, AA Sulaimon, H Shahpin, AS Mohamed

SPE Symposium: Production Enhancement and Cost Optimisation, 2017

Artificial Neural Network and Inverse Solution Method for Assisted History Matching of a Reservoir Model

BM Negash, A Vel, KA Elraies

International Journal of Applied Engineering Research 12 (11), 2952-2962, 2017

System Identification Based Proxy Model of a Reservoir under Water Injection

BM Negash, LD Tufa, M Ramasamy, MB Awang

Modeling and Simulation in Engineering, 2017

ICIPEG 2016 Proceedings of the International Conference on Integrated Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences

Mariyamni Awang, Berihun Mamo Negash, Nur Asyraf Md Akhir, Luluan Almanna ...

Springer Singapore, 2017

A Diagenetic Facies Model for Characterizing Yanan Formation, Ordos Basin, North Central China

AMA Salim, BM Negash, AMA Alansari

ICIPEG 2016, 271-278, 2017

Optimizing Injection-Perforated Layers of Lateral Continuous Shale During Secondary Recovery—A Simulation Approach

MA Ayoub, HS Baladram, BM Negash

ICIPEG 2016, 27-43, 2017

History Matching Using Proxy Modeling and Multiobjective Optimizations

BM Negash, MA Ayoub, SR Jufar, AJ Robert

ICIPEG 2016, 3-16, 2017

Conceptual Framework for Using System Identification in Reservoir Production Forecasting

BM Negash, LD Tufa, R Marappagounder, MB Awang

Procedia Engineering 148, 878-886, 2016

Numerical study of non-premixed combustion of pulsed swirling co-axial jets

BM Jufar, S.R. , Negash

6th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations …, 2016

History matching of the PUNQ-S3 reservoir model using proxy modeling and multi-objective optimizations

AJ Negash, B.M. , Awang, M. , Jufar, S.R. , Robert

6th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations …, 2016

Performance prediction of a reservoir under gas injection using Box-Jenkins model

BM Negash, LD Tufa, M Ramasamy

International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology 12 (3), 285-301, 2016

Performance Prediction of a Reservoir Under Gas Injection, Using Output Error Model

BM Negash, LD Tufa, R Marappagounder, MB Awang

Contemporary Engineering Sciences 9 (30), 1479 - 1489, 2016

Modeling Pressure Drop in Vertical Wells Using Group Method of Data Handling (GMDH) Approach

MA Ayoub, BM Negash, IM Saaid

ICIPEG 2014, 69-78, 2015

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Books Edited

Berihun Mamo Negash, Sonny Irawan, Taufan Marhaendrajana, Hasian P. Septoratno Siregar, Sudjati Rachmat, Luky Hendraningrat, Andi Setyo Wibowo, Selected Topics on Improved Oil Recovery, Transactions of the International Conference on Improved Oil Recovery, Springer 2017

Awang, Mariyamni, Berihun Mamo Negash, Nur Asyraf Md Akhir, Luluan Almanna Lubis, and Abdul Ghani Md Rafek, eds. ICIPEG 2016: Proceedings of the International Conference on Integrated Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences. Springer, 2017.

Awang, Mariyamni, Berihun Mamo Negash, Nur Asyraf Md Akhir, and Luluan Almanna Lubis., eds. ICIPEG 2014: Proceedings of the International Conference on Integrated Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences. Springer, 2015.