Petroleum engineering expert from Perth delivers talks at Curtin Malaysia

Miri – 6 June 2018 – Curtin University Malaysia (Curtin Malaysia) recently hosted a series of talks by Professor Reza Rezaee, a leading academic from the Department of Petroleum Engineering at the Faculty of Science and Engineering of Curtin University’s main campus in Perth.

The talks on Formation Evaluation Unit were attended by engineering undergraduate and postgraduate students of Curtin Malaysia, which offers courses in both applied geology and petroleum engineering.

Professor Reza elaborated on field examples and also shared statistics and solutions related to the formation evaluation.

Professor Reza has over 26 years’ experience in teaching and research and was winner of the Australian Gas Innovation Award for his innovation of tight gas sand treatment for gas production enhancement.

His research work focuses on integrated solutions for reservoir characterisation, formation evaluation and petrophysics, which have led him to be involved in major projects funded by various oil and gas companies such as WAPET, WMC, MESA, Santos, Devon Energy, Woodside and others.

To date, Professor Reza has supervised over 70 master’s and PhD students and published more than 130 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers.

In addition to being a founder of the Unconventional Gas Research Group of Australia, he established a unique and highly sophisticated research laboratory at Curtin Perth’s Department of Petroleum Engineering to conduct research on petrophysical evaluation of tight gas sands and shale gas formations.

Head of Curtin Malaysia’s Department of Petroleum Engineering, Associate Professor Hisham Khaled Ben Mahmud, applauded Professor Reza’s commitment and contributions to the global oil and gas industry, adding that his visit to Curtin Malaysia demonstrated the synergy between Curtin’s Australian and Malaysian campuses in sharing resources and expertise.

Since its establishment in 1999, Curtin Malaysia has experienced exponential growth in enrolments for its engineering, science and technology courses. This is due in large part to the fact that the courses and degrees that it offers are identical to those offered by its Australian parent.

The courses are furthermore accredited by professional bodies both nationally in Australia and Malaysia and internationally, and engineering and science students in particular, have the benefit of extensive industry exposure due to Curtin Malaysia’s location in the hub of Sarawak’s oil and gas industry.

Enrolment for Curtin Malaysia’s mid-year or second semester intake is now in progress with classes for undergraduate programmes set to commence on 30 July 2018, and foundation courses on 13 August 2018. For more information on its courses, visit courses.curtin.edu.my or enquire at http://www1.curtin.edu.my/future/enquiry.htm or by email to enquiries@curtin.edu.my.