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Geert Bontekoe has worked for over 20 years in the oil and gas industry. Before joining Quest Integrity in 2010, Geert worked in Seismology and fiber optic network installation in Europe and performed ILI inspections and development for A. Hak and Dacon. He also worked for TechCorr to develop new inspection applications and manage In-Service Robotic Tank inspections. Geert specializes in unscrappable pipeline inspections, developing the procedures for the cleaning, batching, ILI inspections as well as managing projects worldwide. Since January 2019 he has been taking on the role of Service Line Manager InVista® and PIMS for Quest Integrity.

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Mr. Pawan Kumar Agarwal, Vice President, HMEL (HPCL- Mittal Energy Ltd), India is directly responsible for end-to-end streamlined operation of the SPM and entire stretch of the 1,017 km long pipeline operating at 130% of designed capacity. He has over four decades of experience in operations, maintenance and projects in oil pipeline and storage tanks. He has optimized energy consumption by usage of oil cooled transformer in VFD, maintain power factor near to unity, usage of diffuser in pumps for better efficiency. He has executed projects of ‘Installation of two SPM & hook up with existing SPM in operation, Crude oil storage tanks, Pipeline and de-bottlenecking of pump station feeding two major refineries in India. He has ensured to maintain pipeline in healthy condition by way of self-designed pigs, various survey of pipeline and updating CP System. Mr. Agarwal is a B.Tech. (Hons.) in Electrical Engineering and M. Tech. in Management and Systems.

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Ahmed Farouk is a seasoned professional with over 17 years of comprehensive experience in the oil and gas industry, specializing in business development, digital transformation, and pipeline integrity management. He has a proven track record in identifying and pursuing new business opportunities, driving growth, and building strong client relationships. Ahmed holds an MBA in Digital Transformation and has led several high-impact projects to optimize operational efficiency. As a former Director of Digital Transformation Projects for Egypt's petroleum sector modernization, he played a pivotal role in advancing strategic initiatives. His experience also extends to aerospace and defense, having contributed to key projects at Raytheon, demonstrating his versatile expertise across various sectors.

Dr. Muhammad Tayab has over 25 years of experience in the Oil & Gas industry, specializing in exploration, drilling, and production with a strong focus on safe and greener operations. He is an expert in sustainability, operational excellence, compliance, process safety, and risk management, particularly in incident investigation and root cause analysis. Dr. Tayab has worked with major operators in the UAE, Qatar, Oman, and Iraq. He holds a Ph.D. and is a Chartered Engineer and Chartered Environmentalist, with numerous publications on incident prevention and human behavior. Currently he is working as Advisor, incident investigation and prevention with ADNOC, UAE.

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Saleh Al-Lajam is a highly experienced capital program planner with over 10 years in the oil and gas sector, specializing in the planning and execution of mega capital projects. He has played a leading role in the pipeline scope development for significant crude production increments, including Zuluf, Berri, and Marjan fields, demonstrating exceptional expertise in delivering strategic infrastructure to support upstream growth. Additionally, Saleh spearheaded the development of the largest Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) pipeline network in the MENA region.

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Luis Ortiz is currently a senior Engineering Specialist for Process and Control Systems Department at Saudi Aramco where, he specializes in the design and analysis of water and oil and gas distribution systems, with interests in infrastructure renewal, steady, dynamic states and surge analysis. He has served as vice-chairman for Saudi Aramco flow assurance standards committee and for the utility systems standards committee He has a M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees both in hydraulics engineering and, he registered as professional engineer in Canada (Alberta) and, Saudi Arabia, Mexico and in Colombia. He is passioned about hydraulics engineering consultancy, teaching and mentoring.

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Abdulmohsen, a Supervisor working for Saudi Aramco Project Management, with extensive experience in the design and construction of large-scale Oil & Gas projects. He holds a Master degree in Construction Management (1st Honor) from the University of Southern California and Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering (2nd Honor) from KFUPM. Also, Abdulmohsen is certified by Project Management Institute as Project Management Professional (PMP®) & Risk Management Professional (RMP®). Abdulmohsen, successfully, managed the completion of different projects across his career and currently is part of the team managing Jubail CCS Hub, one of the larges Carbon Capture & Sequestration Hubs in the world.

He has a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Newcastle UponTyne. Matthew joined PROTEGO® in 2023, having worked in the industry since 2017. He is a member of the ISO28300 / API2000 (VENTING OF ATMOSPHERIC AND LOW- PRESSURE STORAGE TANKS) joint committee. Prior to working at PROTEGO® he worked in Technical Management roles, gaining over 17 years’ experience, with companies including General Electric and Siemens. Matthew is a member of the British Standards Institute (BSI), Institute of Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP) and International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

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Kamran Hussain is Smart-ePipe Solution Lead & Initiative Champion from Pipelines Distribution & Terminals (PD&T) Technical Support Department, Aramco. He holds a Bachelor of Computer Science degree and secured a range of international certifications. He has 20+ years of experience in data science, business analysis, geographic information system (GIS), software development and project management.

Shodayed Al-Qahtani is a Reliability supervisor who works with Saudi Aramco, Hawiyah Gas Plant under maintenance division. Shodayed is responsible of providing technical support to the plant rotating equipment machinery operation. Shodayed has 9 years of experience and CMRP, Vibration Cat-2, Thermography & Taproot certified and holds a Mechanical Engineering bachelor degree from King Fahd University Petroleum and Minerals.