Field Trips

Organized by Saudi Aramco and DGS, please register your interest with the organizer Ms. Ghadeer Alrumaih.

KFUPM Activities

Once the field trips conclude, all attendees are invited to KFUPM for the Educator Forum followed by a Campus Tour.To register, please contact the organizer Prof. Talal Saad Al Shafloot.

Leveraging the participation of over 60 global universities, KFUPM will host a panel titled “Educator forum” at 1pm – 3pm on Oct 29^th.  The education leaders from top universities with energy programs will exchange best practices and explore collaborations in addressing the common challenges and opportunities in the net-zero era.  Confirmed university leaders from Saudi Arabia, China, US, Canada, and Denmark include:

• (Saudi Arabia) King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Prof. Ali Sultan, Dean of Research
• (Saudi Arabia) King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Prof. Tadeusz W. Patzek, Director of Ali Al-Naimi Petroleum Engineering Research Center
• (China) China University of Mining and Technology, Prof. Manchao He, Director of State Key Laboratory for Geomechanics and Deep Underground Engineering, President of CSRME, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• (China) Taiyuan Normal University, Prof. Weiguo Liang, President; Also Director of State Key Laboratory of In-situ Property-Improving Mining of MOE at Taiyuan University of Technology
• (China) China University of Petroleum in Beijing, Prof. Guangqing Zhang, Vice President
• (United States) Colorado School of Mines, Prof. Priscilla Nelson, Mining Department Head (2014 – 2019), ARMA Fellow, US National Academy of Engineers
• (United States) University of Utah, Prof. John McLennan, Principal Investigator of DOE Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE), ARMA Fellow
• (United States) University of Wyoming, Prof. Vamegh Rasouli, Petroleum Engineering Department, Chair
• (Canada) University of Waterloo, Prof. Maurice Dusseault, Department of Earth Sciences, Chair of ARMA Fellow
• (Canada) University of Toronto, Prof. Giovanni Grasselli, Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering, NSERC Research Chair
• (Denmark) Technology University of Denmark, Prof. Hamid Nick, Danish Offshore Technology Center

After the panel, KFUPM faculties and students will welcome all visitors with a tour of the world-class campus, research facilities, and laboratories.

Social Functions

• • 30 October – Gala Dinner at Grand Hyatt Al Khobar Hotel: 
    Sponsored by Exploration Department, Saudi Aramco

• • 1 November – Visit to Ithra followed by Dinner at Grand Hyatt Khobar:
    Sponsored by by Expec Arc, Saudi Arabia