Youcef Khetib

Dr. Khetib’s principal areas of interest and expertise include flow assurance analysis involving transient systems behavior; hydrates; organic and inorganic scale mitigation; pipeline thermohydraulic design and performance evaluation; process engineering for hydrocarbon-processing facilities; wellbore performance and flow dynamics; numerical simulation in reservoir engineering; well test interpretation; field start-up and commissioning operations; hydrocarbon production system design, commissioning, and operational optimization; CO2 capture, transportation, and storage system design and performance evaluation; and plastics-recycling technologies; and produced water management for a higher circularity.

Khetib, Youcef, Rasouli, Vamegh, Rabiei, Minou, Chellal, Hichem Aymene Katib, Abes, Abdelmalek, Bakelli, Omar, and Ala Eddine Aoun. "Modelling Slugging Induced Flow Instabilities and its Effect on Hydraulic Fractures Integrity in Long Horizontal Wells." Paper presented at the 56th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, June 2022. doi: https://doi.org/10.56952/ARMA-2022-0530

Remli Samia, Khaled Benyounes, Abdelbaki Benmounah, Abderrahmane Mellak, Tayeb Khetib, Youcef Khetib. "EFFECT OF CONCENTRATION ON THE RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR OF AQUEOUS NON IONIC POLYMER SOLUTIONS" Paper presented at the International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering Istanbul 2015-ICAME'15, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, May 2015.

Khetib, Youcef, Rasouli, Vamegh, Rabiei, Minou, Chellal, Hichem Aymene Katib, Abes, Abdelmalek, Bakelli, Omar, and Ala Eddine Aoun. "Simulation of Drilling Challenges in Pressurized Saltwater Disposal: A Case Study in the Williston Basin." Paper presented at the 56th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, June 2022. doi: https://doi.org/10.56952/ARMA-2022-0531

Aoun, Ala Eddine. Soto, Ricardo. Rabiei, Minou. Rasouli, Vamegh. Khetib, Youcef. Irofti, Doina. "Neural Network based Mechanical Earth Modelling (MEM): A case study in Hassi Messaoud Field, Algeria". Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 210,3, 2022. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2021.110038

Aoun, Ala Eddine. Pu, Hui. Khetib, Youcef. Ben Ameur, Mohamed Cherif. "Natural gas flaring status in the Bakken shale play and potential remedial solutions". Fuel, 127807, 342, June-2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2023.127807

Award of Excellence, Schlumberger, 2015.

Certefication CSP 1 and CSP 2, Customer Servive Proffessionals Level 1 & 2, 2015.

Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering at The University of North Dakota- USA
Ms. Eng. Petroleum Engineering at National Hydrocarbons Institute - Algeria

January 2023–Present: Senior Petroleum Engineer, EERC, UND. Dr. Khetib’s where his work focuses on evaluating oil production from unconventional wells evaluating oil production from unconventional wells using transient multiphase flow analysis, conducting flow assurance and facility feasibility, and conducting modeling with advanced knowledge of software platforms specific to multiphase flow and equation of state.

August 2021–January 2023: Research Assistant, EERC, UND. Dr. Khetib’s activities included developing a two-phase flow loop for flow behavior study in unconventional extended-reach wells; investigating undulated horizontal Bakken well transient multiphase flow behavior; performing severe slugging attenuation experiments and dynamic simulation; delivering process engineering design studies of flare reduction technology for surface facilities; and delivering transient multiphase flow performance of WAG–huff ‘n’ puff injection in horizontal wells.

July 2018–June 2021: Account Manager, and Business Development Manager Badische Anilin Und Soda Fabrik (BASF), Algiers, Algeria. Dr. Khetib initiated business relationships for refinery, fuels, and lubricant products, increasing the company’s revenue; developed private and state-owned company portfolios, increasing the product sales pipeline; performed technical sales tasks ensuring customer refinery products complied with required standards; led RFCC Catalysts Business Sales operation, ensuring higher gasoline yields to customers; demonstrated a solid knowledge in large tender’s management, leading to successful contracts signatures; and developed a business strategy for key accounts, resulting in concise objectives.

Sep. 2016 – Jul. 2018: Process and Flow Assurance Engineer, Japanese Gasoline Corporation (JGC), Algiers, Algeria, Dr. Khetib Delivered flow assurance studies for Conceptual and Feasibility, FEED, and EPC for hydrocarbons processing facilities. Hydrates, Inorganic scale formation and mitigation study delivery. Multiphase pumps performances analysis study, enabling development scenarios comparison. Commissioning procedures preparation. Enabling project-commissioning activities. Start-up activities execution, enabling LDBP-4 Gas station start-up with start-up issues resolution.

May. 2014–Dec.2015: Petro-Technical Engineer, Schlumberger, Algiers, ALGERIA. Dr. Khetib Delivered Flow Assurance consulting study. Enabling the operating company to relief the back pressure effect on its wells. Performed Technical-Sales Tasks related to Customers Presentations, workshops Delivery for the North-African region. Delivered software technical support for the existing customers, solving PETREL®, OLGA®, PIPESIM® and OFM® Technical issues. Delivered software-training courses on production software.