Riyadh is a petroleum engineer with 30 years of experience in the Petroleum industry. He has been instrumental in transforming PDO’s (Petroleum Development Oman) management of its Wells and Reservoirs through the adoption of Lean methodology. This is very unique in the industry, and has resulted in PDO achieving world-class operational and business performance levels, and being recognized by numerous industry awards regionally and internationally.
Riyadh’s biggest contribution to PDO and the industry is Nibras; a digital-oil-field business solution. Through applying Lean principles, Riyadh spearheaded the growth of Nibras to become the nervous system of PDO: used to (so far) manage 15 assets, over 8,000 wells, 50% of its reservoirs and over a 1,000 surface facility equipment, through 1,900 users from 5 different disciplines. Nibras today saves 40% of the time of PDO engineers, reduces HSE exposure of field staff by at least 10% and generates 5% extra production from PDO.
In 2018 Riyadh became the CEO of iNNOVATEQ, the first ever commercialization of a PDO innovation. iNNOVATEQ’s mission is to help companies accelerate their digital transformation journey through offering them Nibras and the learnings from PDO. This is also a national initiative which aims to enhance Oman’s reputation as an innovation hub and generate ICV (In-Country Value) for Oman.
Riyadh has a B.S. in Chemistry from San Diego State University; and an M. Eng. and Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering from Heriot-Watt University.