Description will be: This weeks podcast is in partnership with PDO. Dr Sultan Shidhani joined PDO in 1989 after graduating from the University of Arizona (USA) with a BSc. in Electrical Engineering. Sultan also holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the Open University (UK) and a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) from the University of Liverpool (UK). After working as a wellsite petroleum engineer for some time, Sultan then became a reservoir engineer first in Marmul and then moved to Yibal. In 1996, Sultan went on a cross-posting assignment in Brunei Shell and worked as a reservoir engineer for the major and very mature Seria and Land fields. Sultan returned to PDO in early 2000 and assumed the role of reservoir engineering section head for the Qarn Alam area and the Gas Asset. In 2003, Sultan assumed the Gas Petroleum Engineering Manager role and contributed to the major gas developments that enabled the significant growth in supply needed to meet the ever-increasing gas demands. In 2010, Sultan was appointed as the Study Centre Manager where he led reshaping and advancing the field development and hydrocarbon maturation works and approaches. Five years later, Sultan assumed the Oil South Petroleum Engineering Manager role, in which he managed the largest subsurface development portfolio in PDO and supported realizing significant potentials. In 2019, Sultan was appointed as PDO’s Petroleum Engineering Function Director. In his current role, Sultan is responsible for the Company’s capabilities in all petroleum engineering disciplines, including reservoir engineering, petrophysics, production geosciences, production technology and production chemistry, including setting standards, processes and tools to support. Sultan is active in supporting community and professional works. He served in the Board of Al Mudhaibi Sport and Cultural Club in the 1990s, was President of the Oman Society of Engineers-OSE (1998-2011), and a member of a number of community committees and initiatives in Al Mudhaibi and Muscat. With such an extensive career we are honoured that we can share Dr Sultan's story as well as enlighten and encourage future engineers.
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