TO: Artificial Lift Research and Development Council Date: 11/11/14

TO: Artificial Lift Research and Development Council Date: 11/11/14

Artificial Lift Scholarship

I am writing to thank you for your generous scholarship. I was very happy and appreciative to learn that I was selected as the recipient of your scholarship.

My name is Fathi Elldakli, PhD candidate student at petroleum engineering-TTU. I graduated in 1993, and then I worked as a production engineer for eight years in the field. I was responsible for all production engineering activities (well completion, well monitoring, data gathering, well remedial programs and production optimization). As a part of my duty I was also responsible for artificial lift selection and design. The field produces mainly with Electrical Submersible Pump (ESP) and Sucker Rod Pump (SRP).

Later, I was offered an opportunity position as the dean for Natural Recourses Faculty in Libya. I taught several courses in production engineering, one of them was Artificial Lift Methods. Beside the courses, I supervised a number of senior year design projects such as Minimize Sucker Rod Pump Failures, Gas Lift Optimization for Amal Field, Libya and Artificial Lift in Oil Wells- Electrical Submersible Pump and Gas Lift, Tibisti Field, Libya.

In 2012, I joint Texas Tech University for the sole purpose of advancing my research and attain a PhD. For current research at Texas Tech University, my dissertation is about designing new seat for gas lift valve to solve the stacking problem associated with current design. The new design has been manufactured full scale model and we conducted varies tested. The tests showed very promising results. Currently, we are using Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) to simulate our tests to develop in depth an understanding of pressure distribution, fluid flow inside the valve. This CFD model will aid to further optimization for the gas lift valve design.

Three papers on the subject have been submitted for publication. The first one has been presented at South Western Petroleum Short Courses, April, 2014, Lubbock, TX, USA. The second one presented at SPE, Artificial Lift Conference & Exhibition-North America, 6-8 October 2014, Houston, TX, USA. For the third one, the abstract was submitted to the SPE, Production and Operations Symposium Conference which will be held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, 1-5 March 2015.

I awarded the second place for SPE-TTU petroleum engineering competition on January 2014.

After I graduate, I hope that I have chance to do more research and apply the knowledge and the technology that I have learned from industry and academic experience.

Thank you again for your generosity and support. I hope one day I will be able to help others achieve their goals just as you have helped me.

Sincerely,

FathiElldakli

PhD candidate student

Bob L. Head Department of Petroleum Engineering

Texas Teach University

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