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Shahril Mokhtar

Head of Technology and Digital, Malaysia Petroleum Management Petronas

Shahril Mokhtar, SPE, is the head of technology and digital for Malaysia Petroleum Management, the Malaysia Upstream regulatory arm of Petronas. He has more than 25 years of experience in completions and well intervention. Mokhtar holds a bachelor of engineering (honors) degree in mechanical and aeronautical design from the University of Brighton. He also holds a certificate in petroleum engineering and reservoir fundamentals from The University of Tulsa and has completed the Strategic Growth Leadership Program at Columbia Business School. Mokhtar earned the Professional Technologists accreditation from the Malaysia Board of Technologists in 2020. He is the chairman for the SPE Asia Pacific Regional Technical Advisory Committee and received the SPE Regional Asia Pacific Technical Award in 2024 in Data Science and Engineering Analytics.
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    Completions-2025
    Most sustainability efforts have been put into alternative or renewable energy research and development and in reducing flaring and venting intensity. While the industry has shown great progress in these areas, there are still many areas that could contribute to sustainability aspirations, one of them being well completions.
    April 1, 2025 • Shahril Mokhtar • Journal of Petroleum Technology