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Texas A&M University
Department of Petroleum Engineering
College Station, TX
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Mr. Cenk Temizel

Texas A&M University

Bio

Innovative and Passionate Energy Professional/Petroleum Reservoir Engineer with 20+ years of international (US/Europe/Middle East) industrial experience in conventional and unconventional oil&gas reservoirs, AI/ML/Data Analytics, CO2/Hydrogen/Geothermal, Energy Transition, Decarbonization and IR 4.0 applications, including three years of experimental graduate-level research and teaching experience at the University of Southern California and Stanford University.

Experience in black oil, compositional, thermal reservoir simulation, heavy and thermal oil recovery (SAGD, Steam Drive, Electrical Resistive Heating, CSS), waterflooding, IOR/EOR/EGR, reservoir management, production optimization, smart/intelligent field workflows, PTA/RTA/DCA, DFIT, PVT/SCAL, shale, tight gas, channel sand, carbonate/sandstone reservoirs, decision analysis, decision dialogue and prospect proving processes, exploration, exploitation, resource maturation, field development, geomechanics, fracture modeling/design, reserves/resources assessment, economic evaluation, integrated asset modeling, CO2 Storage Modeling/Evaluation, Geothermal Reservoir Engineering.

10+ US patents, 180+ publications/ 1100+ citations

Member of SPE Reservoir Advisory Committee - 2024
Department Technical Chairman for Publications
Member of SPE JPT Editorial Committee for Intelligent Operations - 2024
SPE 2022 Regional Reservoir Description and Dynamics Award for the Middle East and North Africa
SME of the Winning Team at Saudi Aramco Talent Essentials Program (STEP) - 2023
Saudi Aramco Technical Contribution Award – Unconventional Resources - 2021
2nd place at 22nd World Petroleum Congress - Technical Excellence Awards - 2017
2nd place - SPE Global R&D Competition - 2014

Linkedin Profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/cenk-temizel-5a3b892/

Education

Stanford University
Research - Heavy Oil
2005 To 2006

University of Southern California
MSc
2003 To 2005

Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University
BS
1998 To 2003

Professional Associations

SIAM
2004 - 2006

SPE
2000 - Present

Job History

Saudi Aramco
Lead Petroleum Engineer
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
June 2019 - present

Shell - ExxonMobil JV (AERA)
Reservoir Engineer
January 2013 - June 2019

Halliburton
Managing Consultant - Reservoir
September 2007 - December 2012

Schlumberger
Reservoir Simulation Engineer
September 2006 - July 2007

Stanford University
Research Assistant
August 2005 - August 2006

University of Southern California
Teaching Assistant
August 2003 - May 2005

Perenco
Summer Intern
June 2002 - July 2002

General Petroleum Company
Summer Intern via IAESTE
August 2001 - September 2001

TPAO
Summer Intern
June 2001 - July 2001

Honors and Awards

2nd place in SPE Global R&D Competition
Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
2014

Aramco Technical Contribution Award
Saudi Aramco
2020

President's List (BEST CGPA) in Petroleum Engineering, METU
Middle East Technical University
2000, 2001, 2002

SPE Los Angeles Basin Scholarship
SPE Los Angeles Basin
2004

Stanford Graduate Fellowship
Stanford University
2005

Technology Innovation Award
Halliburton
2012

USC Graduate Fellowship
USC
2003