Direction of cost-effective carbon capture and storage technologies

Ayidh Al-Qahtani is a team-oriented Process Engineer with demonstrated experience in technical services for Saudi Aramco. He is a chemical engineer with 6 yr of experience in engineering services and technical support. During his filed assessment, he worked in gas plant facilities including, but not limited to, acid gas removal, dehydration and sulfur recovery. He has been involved in operations, process and technical support, and led gas plant startups from pre-commissioning to gas production of gas sweetening units. Mr. Al-Qahtani holds a fundamental engineering certificate.

Abdullmajeed Al-Sanad is a Process Engineer at Saudi Aramco. He works with the Process and Control Systems Department within the Flare and Relief Systems Group. He has 8 yr of experience. Al-Sanad has been involved in major tasks at the company, such as NGL recovery plant commissioning and Saudi Aramco’s decarbonization strategy development. He has also led several milestones in the company’s flaring minimization programs. He earned a BS degree in chemical engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM).

Vinay Mulgundmath is an Engineering Specialist within Saudi Aramco’s Energy Transition Engineering Department’s Hydrogen Systems Engineering Division. Prior to joining Aramco, he held the role of Chief Technologist at the Net Zero Technology Centre in Scotland. He has also been a board member of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) and the Scottish Energy Advisory Board. Dr. Mulgundmath is a non-executive advisor to the Scottish Carbon Capture & Storage research group, and to Scotland’s Hydrogen Accelerator at the University of St. Andrews. He is also an honorary administrator at the University of Aberdeen’s Directorate of Research & Innovation. He earned an MS degree in process engineering, and a PhD degree in chemical engineering with a specialization in post-combustion carbon capture technologies.