Dr. Tan Chee Phuat
Dr. Tan Chee Phuat has 38 years of petroleum geomechanics experience in R&D, technical service, operation and academic. Prior to PETRONAS Carigali, he was Chief Scientist at PETRONAS GR&T, Geomechanics Advisor at SLB (Australia, Malaysia, UAE) and Senior Principal Research Scientist at CSIRO Petroleum, Australia. He is recipient of 2023 SPE Regional Drilling Engineering Award and 2019 SPE Regional Completions Optimization and Technology Award, and holds 3 patents, 9 trade-secrets and 4 copyrights. He authored/co-authored more than 250 technical publications and given 100 technical presentations at keynote addresses, forums, conferences/symposiums and technical workshops. His education includes PhD (Rock Mechanics) from Monash University, Australia.
Nader Gerges
Mr. Nader Gerges serves as a Senior Specialist Petrophysicist with Thamama Excellence Center in ADNOC Upstream. With a 25-year career in the E&P industry, he has held roles in Schlumberger, Nexen Petroleum/CNOOC International and Equinor before joining ADNOC in 2015. Mr. Nader is an expert in Carbonate and Clastic petrophysical modelling, reservoir characterization, Geosteering activities, operational petrophysics and EOR reservoir monitoring and surveillance. Currently, he spearheads multiple digital initiatives within Thamama Center, aimed at enhancing petrophysical modeling using Agentic AI, automation of reservoir management ML workflows, optimization of field development planning, AI reservoir surveillance and autonomous Geosteering.
Ankit Kumar
Mr. Ankit is a Geophysicist, master’s from IIT-Roorkee, India with 19 years’ industry experience. Currently working with Beicip Franlab Asia KL office, where he is leading the Geophysics department. Ankit is staying in Malaysia with his family since 2014 and before this he was in India with Reliance E&P company.
Jamari Mohd Shah
Hj Jamari has over 25 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. As Custodian of Petrophysics and Group Technical Authority at PETRONAS, he provides technical oversight across all project phases, from exploration to abandonment. He specializes in reservoir characterization for both conventional and unconventional reservoirs, with evaluation experience in over 40 countries. Hj Jamari leads innovation in advanced Petrophysics, particularly the integration of Artificial Intelligence, and has delivered several first-in-PETRONAS technologies. He holds a BSc in Petroleum Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.
