Corrosion impact of the mixture of butanol-blended gasoline

Muthukumar Nagu is a Lab Scientist at Saudi Aramco’s R&DC. Dr. Nagu has 17 yr of experience in oilfield corrosion, including upstream, downstream refinery overhead, naphthenic acid and material selection. He holds a PhD from Bharathidasan University, India. He has published 20 research articles and one book and holds three patents.

Hassan Al-Ajwad is a Research Consultant at Saudi Aramco’s research and development center (R&DC). He has more than 30 yr of experience in corrosion science and materials performance covering flow-induced corrosion, sweet and sour corrosion, downhole corrosion and hydrate inhibitors. He holds a BS degree in industrial chemistry.

Ali A. Al-Jabran is a Senior Digital System Technician at Saudi Aramco’s R&DC. He has more than 30 yr of experience in high-temperature and high-pressure oilfield corrosion, including kinetic hydrate inhibitor development, downhole acidization and pipeline corrosion inhibitor selection.

Abdullah Al-Malki is a Senior Research Science Consultant at Saudi Aramco’s R&DC. Dr. Al-Malki has 30 yr of experience with Saudi Aramco, working at different assignments in both technical and management in oil and gas covering upstream and downstream operations.

Kareemuddin Shaik is a Process Engineer with 22 yr of technology development experience. Mr. Shaik leads Saudi Aramco’s commercialization efforts for the company’s Thermal C2C technology. He has worked at Nova Chemicals, Canada’s ethylene unit, and has implemented various energy-efficient initiatives to optimize the plant’s energy consumption.

Zhu Xiangyang has more than 25 yr of experience in teaching, R&D and technical services in academia, research institutes and energy industries. His research interests include microorganisms involved in corrosion and reservoir souring, and the technologies for their detection, online and onsite monitoring and mitigation.