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Mouna-Keltoum Benabid

PhD Candidate Colorado School of Mines

Mouna-Keltoum Benabid is a PhD candidate in petroleum engineering at Colorado School of Mines. Her research focuses on applying distributed acoustic sensing for pipeline integrity monitoring. She holds MS and BS degrees in petroleum geophysics from the University of Boumerdes, Faculty of Hydrocarbons and Chemistry, Algeria, where she worked on seismic methods for reservoir characterization. Her industry experience includes serving as a testing field engineer with SLB.

  • Researchers at Colorado School of Mines explore an internally deployed fiber-optic distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) method for continuous gas-pipeline monitoring, demonstrating its potential to improve leak detection, enable early intervention, and enhance overall pipeline-integrity management compared to conventional inspection techniques.