Reservoir engineering
Reservoir surveillance, reserves estimation, well testing and field development planning for Western Desert fields.
- Volumetrics and decline curves
- Material balance
- Production forecasting
- Waterflood management
Drilling & Workover Supervisor | Reservoir Engineer
Mohamed Karam Abdo
Drilling, workover and reservoir engineering in Egypt’s Western Desert.
Department Head at Khalda Petroleum Company, with 19 years in the Western Desert. Rig supervisor on drilling and workover operations since 2008, including HPHT wells and the fastest well in KPC history.
Mohamed Karam Abdo
Drilling & Workover Supervisor | Reservoir Engineer
Subsurface engineer and wellsite supervisor
I work on both sides of a well. On the reservoir side that means surveillance, reserves estimation and development planning. On the rig side it means supervising drilling and workover operations. Doing both keeps well designs tied to the reservoir and field plans tied to what the rig can deliver.
At Khalda Petroleum Company I moved from First Engineer to Department Head, and since 2008 I have also supervised drilling and workover operations at the rig site. In 2018 and 2019 I took on a Reservoir Engineering Consultant assignment with INA while remaining at Khalda.
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Years in the Western Desert
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Wells supervised
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Workovers supervised
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Maximum well inclination
Organisations I have worked with
Reservoir engineering, wellsite execution and well intervention.
Software
- ECLIPSE
- Petroleum Experts
- Ecrin
- IP
- Bivus
- Harmony
- Well Navigator
- WellStream
- WellView
- MS Excel
Drilling results and reservoir studies from the Western Desert.
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days · fastest well in KPC history
Three wells delivered in October 2026
EDC 62 rig team · NOV 1500 HP rig · Rig supervisor
The EDC 62 team delivered three wells in one month. The fastest was completed in 7.44 days at 916 ft/day, a record for KPC, and finished 19.4% under its AFE and 2.5 days (25%) ahead of plan. Another well from the same rig team ranks third fastest at 799 ft/day, 20.8% under AFE and 3.5 days (29%) ahead of plan.
Connections averaged 7.6 minutes across both wells and flat time was kept to a minimum. Bit and BHA selection used a Halliburton ERT motor with TKC66 bits. Top-hole sections of 2,700 ft and 2,670 ft took 20.5 and 19.5 hours; production-hole sections of 4,135 ft and 4,115 ft took 23 and 20 hours.
Apollonia Formation evaluation
Synergy / Khalda
Worked with Synergy to adapt the IP application for reservoir management and field development planning, and used it to evaluate the Apollonia Formation. The study identified hydrocarbon potential not previously recorded in Khalda field data.
NRQ255 field development study
With Apache and IPR
Modelled one horizontal well against two vertical wells in ECLIPSE. The simulation favoured the horizontal well, which set the well configuration and development plan.
Horizontal wells
NRQ-2556H and Razak area
Reservoir engineering support on two horizontal wells, linking well testing, surveillance and recovery strategy to field development decisions.
Nineteen years at Khalda Petroleum Company in the Western Desert, with a concurrent Reservoir Engineering Consultant assignment with INA from 2018 to 2019.
2007 – 2011
First Engineer
Khalda Petroleum Company · Western Desert, Egypt
Reservoir engineering. Began supervising drilling and workover operations at the rig site in 2008.
2011 – 2014
Engineer / Petroleum Engineer
Khalda Petroleum Company · Western Desert, Egypt
2014 – 2018
Senior Engineer / Senior Petroleum Engineer
Khalda Petroleum Company · Western Desert, Egypt
2018 – 2019
Reservoir Engineering Consultant (concurrent assignment)
INA · Egypt
Reservoir surveillance, reserves estimation, well test interpretation, production forecasting, waterflood monitoring and technical reporting.
2019 – Present
Department Head
Khalda Petroleum Company · Western Desert, Egypt
Leads field development planning and reservoir surveillance, and continues to supervise drilling and workover operations at the rig site.
Drilling & Workover Rig Supervisor, Khalda Petroleum Company, 2008 – Present, held alongside the reservoir roles above.
B.Sc. Petroleum Engineering
Cairo University · 2006 · Very Good
IPEP Diploma
Colorado School of Mines · 2007
NEBOSH International General Certificate
Occupational Health and Safety · 2022
IADC WellSharp
Drilling Operations Supervisor, Surface · Valid to 12 December 2026
IWCF Well Control Level 4
Surface BOP Stack · Held to May 2025 · Renewal scheduled February 2027
- IWCF Well Control Levels 3 and 4 · ENPPI, 2023
- Drilling Practices; Drilling Problems and Optimization · Drilling School, 2023
- Well Completion and Workover Procedures · ENPPI, 2024
- Stuck Pipe and Fishing Operation · EDC, 2022
- HPHT Drilling Operations · OGS, 2016
- Production Data Analysis and OFM · KPC, 2021
- Applied Reservoir Simulation · Tatweer, 2018
- Integrated Production System Analysis · OGS, 2019
Languages
Arabic: native · English: advanced / fluent · Russian: moderate
Two versions are available. Choose the one that matches the role.
Reservoir engineering
Reservoir surveillance, reserves, well testing and field development planning.
Drilling & workover supervision
Rig-site supervision, well control, completions and intervention.