Hisham Saadawi

Ringstone Petroleum Consultants

Mr. Saadawi is a consultant at Ringstone Petroleum Consultants based in Abu Dubai. He has served as theTechnical Director of Production and Facilities on the SPE Board of Directors. Before joining Ringstone, he was Vice President of Engineering at ADCO

Safety

Process Safety: Thirty Years After the Piper Alpha Disaster

The Piper Alpha incident in the UK North Sea had a profound impact on the development of process safety culture and legislation around the world. With the great crew change already taking place, this column reflects on the disaster to ensure that its lessons are not forgotten.

June 5, 2018 • Hisham Saadawi • Oil and Gas Facilities
Water management

How Water Management for Shale Oil and Gas is Evolving

An overview of some of the trends and issues related to water management for tight oil and gas are discussed, including environmental, sustainability, and legislative issues associated with water handling for hydraulic fracturing.

March 25, 2018 • Hisham Saadawi • Oil and Gas Facilities
Business/economics

2018 Global Natural Gas Outlook

Natural gas is the only fossil fuel that will maintain its share in the energy mix of the coming decades, mainly supported by policies to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.

January 10, 2018 • Hisham Saadawi • Oil and Gas Facilities
Separation/treating

Subsea Processing: Asset Life Extension and Stranded Fields Development

Operators are increasingly using existing offshore infrastructure for asset life extension, and developing new marginal stranded fields rather than develop new large greenfields. Subsea processing is an enabling technology in this goal.

May 18, 2017 • Hisham Saadawi • Oil and Gas Facilities
Decommissioning

Offshore Production in the Gulf of Thailand

Oil and gas producers in the Gulf of Thailand face unique technical challenges. This review of papers illustrates some of the innovative solutions used in the region.

April 17, 2017 • Hisham Saadawi • Oil and Gas Facilities
Robotics/unmanned systems

Unmanned Vehicles and Robotics Gain Momentum

Developments in the emerging technologies of unmanned vehicles are leading to new land, sea, and air applications in the oil and gas industry.

February 12, 2017 • Hisham Saadawi • Oil and Gas Facilities
Business/economics

2017 Energy Outlook

As the debate continues about oil prices and supply and demand, the SPE Production and Facilities technical director examines data published by various organizations on the short- and long-term industry outlook.

January 3, 2017 • Hisham Saadawi • Oil and Gas Facilities
Environment

New EPA Regulations Issued To Curb Methane and VOC Emissions

The US EPA’s 2016 New Source Performance Standards updated the 2012 standards by adding requirements for the industry to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, specifically methane. The 2016 NSPS also covers hydraulically fractured oil wells and production, processing, transmission and storage activities.

November 28, 2016 • Hisham Saadawi • Oil and Gas Facilities
Human resources

Bridging the Divide Between Facilities and Subsurface Engineers

SPE Production and Facilities Technical Director Hisham Saadawi shares the discussion from the annual ATCE PFC dinner panel on the topic “Integration Between Facilities and Subsurface Engineers: Crucial in an Era of Low Price Oil.”

November 1, 2016 • Hisham Saadawi • Oil and Gas Facilities
Production and Facilities-2013

Twenty-five years after the Piper Alpha disaster in the North Sea, process safety continues to be a subject of great interest to the oil industry.

November 30, 2013 • Hisham Saadawi • Journal of Petroleum Technology