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Muhammad Navaid Khan

Senior Specialist in Reservoir Engineering ADNOC

Muhammad Navaid Khan, SPE, is a senior specialist in reservoir engineering at ADNOC and an active leader within SPE. He chairs the SPE Integrated Reservoir Management Technical Section, co-leads the Reservoir Surveillance and Management Subcommittee under the SPE Global Reservoir Advisory Committee, and serves on the JPT Editorial Review Board. With nearly 2 decades of experience across Middle Eastern reservoirs, he leads ADNOC’s Integrated Reservoir Management Program and provides strategic direction for the field development portfolio of its offshore assets. He holds a master’s degree in petroleum engineering from Heriot-Watt University and received the 2015 SPE Middle East and North Africa Regional Service Award.

  • Sustainability in reservoir management emerges not from standalone initiatives but from integrated, data-driven workflows, where shared models, closed-loop processes, and AI-enabled insights reduce fragmentation and make sustainable performance a natural outcome.
  • As of mid-2025, more than 50 CCS facilities are capturing approximately 51 million tons of CO₂ annually, with over 600 additional projects in the pipeline. Yet the success of these efforts rests on a single truth: If we cannot monitor it, we cannot manage it.
  • Surveillance technologies have undergone a revolution, reshaping how facilities, wells, and reservoirs are monitored. These advancements not only have increased the scale at which these technologies are deployed but also have led to an unprecedented influx of data. The sheer volume of data, however, poses a significant challenge to traditional analytical methods.
  • While rapid production growth comes with proportional risks, it becomes crucial for reservoir surveillance engineers to quickly identify, derisk, and mitigate subsurface performance uncertainties. In this demanding scenario, the need for high-frequency reservoir performance surveillance is more critical than ever. Fortunately, advanced technologies have emerged as a r…