Dr. Nansen G. Saleri

Chief Executive Officer and President

The industry’s preeminent authority on reservoir management and up-stream technologies and former head of Reservoir Management, Saudi Aramco. Oversaw the Company’s Maximum Sustained Capability (MSC) commitments at 10.8 million barrels per day and strategic planning for its oil and gas assets. Joined the Company in 1992. Has assumed leadership role in numerous functions - lead the Best-in-Class Strategic Imperative in Well Optimization, established the Company’s Reservoir Management Metrics and Chaired the corporate Gas Development Strategy Task Force.

Dr. Saleri worked for Chevron (1974-1992), before joining Saudi Aramco, and served as Manager of Reservoir Engineering, Houston, Texas. Author and principal instructor for Chevron’s Reservoir Management training (1998-2002). Has been involved in world-wide projects (Gulf of Mexico, West Texas, Elk Hills, West Africa, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea).

Principal driver behind Saudi Aramco’s technological ascendancy in its up-stream capabilities, specifically in the area of modern reservoir management, ‘smart’ technologies, and MRC/next-generation wells. Chief architect of the Company’s hugely successful reservoir management and water optimization programs, most notably for Ghawar, the world’s largest field.

Directed reservoir development plans for several major projects, including Hawiyah and Haradh Gas Plants, Shaybah AXL, Haradh Increments II and III, Qatif/Abu-Safah, Nuayyim, AFK, Khurais, among others.

Holds M.Sc. and Ph.D. Degrees from the University of Virginia and B.Sc. from the Bosphorus University (formerly Robert College, Turkey) in Chemical Engineering. Received the 2006 John Franklin Carll Award, given annually by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), for his outstanding contributions to modern reservoir management. He is a Member of the Advisory Board of Petroleum Engineering at the University of Houston and has been an SPE Distinguished Lecturer and JPT Distinguished Author; Co-Chairman of the SPE European Forum; Keynote Speaker at the Fifth, Sixth and Eighth International Forums on Reservoir Simulation (1994, 2001 and 2005); SPE Speakers Bureau Member (1994-1997); Member of SPE Fluid Mechanics Committee (1996 to 1998).

Has authored numerous technical papers and has been a featured speaker at nearly 100 industry and ‘think-tank’ gatherings, including the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.; MIT; Johns Hopkins School of Strategic and Advanced International Studies, Washington, D.C.; Stanford University; Texas A&M University; Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA); King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals; U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C. and American Petroleum Institute, Washington, D.C. Has been widely quoted or chronicled in the media, including the Wall Street Journal; New York Times; Oil and Gas Journal; Business Week and the Economist.