Cenk Temizel

Cenk Temizel, SPE, is an energy professional with 20 years of experience. He worked at Saudi Aramco; Aera Energy, a Shell/ExxonMobil affiliate; Halliburton; and Schlumberger in the Middle East, the US, and the UK. Before joining the industry, Temizel was a teaching/research assistant at the University of Southern California and Stanford University. He serves as a technical reviewer for petroleum engineering journals and conference committees. Temizel has authored approximately 150 publications in reservoir management, production optimization, enhanced recovery processes, machine learning, and intelligent fields, and holds several US patents. He is the recipient of the SPE Regional Reservoir Description and Dynamics Award. Temizel holds a BS degree from Middle East Technical University and an MS degree from the University of Southern California, both in petroleum engineering.