Amir Alwazzan

Amir Alwazzan is the production assurance manager of strategy and planning of Dragon Oil based in Dubai. Prior to joining Dragon Oil in April 2015, he was the flow assurance advisor with OneSubsea based in Houston. He also worked for Schlumberger, McDermott Subsea, AMEC-Paragon, and other international companies, universities, and institutions in different locations worldwide. During his 34 years of corporate, managerial, and technical experience, he has been involved in offshore and onshore projects in the US, Canada, Middle East, Southeast Asia, North and West Africa, and in the Caspian Sea regions in different capacities. He has authored and coauthored several technical papers and has been serving as a reviewer for three peer-review international journals in the field of petroleum engineering, science, and technology. Alwazzan is a chartered petroleum engineer accredited by the UK’s Engineering Council and Energy Institute and a registered EUR-ING with FEANI. He holds a PhD degree in transient multiphase flow in flowlines from the University of Malaya, Malaysia, and MSc and BSc degrees in petroleum engineering from Baghdad University, Iraq. Alwazzan is a member of the SPE JPT Editorial Review Board, Distinguished Lecturer Committee, and the Production & Facilities Advisory Committee.