Dr. Al Dushaishi research area focuses on drilling operations to optimize drilling to be more energy efficient and cost effective. Summary of Dr. Al Dushaishi research interest includes: • Drill stem vibration and software development of vibration models • Drilling optimization • Drilling mechanics • Drilling automation • Bit design • Drilling fluid • Drilling fluid interaction with drill stem and wellbore wall • Wellbore integrity

Aladasani, A., Qutaiba, O., Nandkumar, A., Ali., A., and Al Dushaishi, M. 2017. Corrosion Control in Oil & Gas Installations. Presented at the SPE/IATMI Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition held in Bali, Indonesia, 17-19 October 2017. SPE-186208-MS. https://doi.org/10.2118/186208-MS 2017

Aladasani, A., Qutaiba, O., Nandkumar, A., Ali., A., and Al Dushaishi, M. 2017. Managing Mature and Unconventional Fields. Presented at the SPE/IATMI Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition held in Bali, Indonesia, 17-19 October 2017. SPE-186442-MS. https://doi.org/10.2118/186442-MS 2017

Alsaba, M., Al Dushaishi, M., Jeennakorn, M., Nygaard, R., Saasen, A., and Nes, O. 2017. Sealing Pressure Prediction Model for Lost Circulation Treatments Based on Experimental Investigations. AADE-17-NTCE-21, AADE National Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, USA, April 12-13. 2017

Al Dushaishi, M., Nygaard, R., Andersen, M., Jeffery, C., Hellvik, S., Sassen, A., and Hareland, G. 2016. Selecting Optimum Drilling Parameters by Incorporating Vibration and Drilling Efficiency Models. Presented at the IADC/SPE Drilling Conference and Exhibition held in Fort Worth, Texas, USA, 1–3 March 2016. IADC/SPE-178834-MS. Full-length conference paper. 2016

Al Dushaishi, M., Nygaard, R., Hoel, E., Hellvik, S., and Andersen, M. 2015. Post Well Vibration Analysis in the North Sea: A tool to understand drilling performance. Proceedings of the ASME 2015 34th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. Newfoundland, Canada, May 31- June 5. OMAE2015-42227. Full-length peer reviewed conference paper. 2015

Al Dushaishi, M., Nygaard, R. and Stutts, D. 2016. Effect of Drilling Fluid Hydraulics on Drill Stem Vibrations. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 35 (2016) pp. 1059-1069. DOI: 10.1016/j.jngse.2016.09.041. 2017

Al Dushaishi, M., Nygaard, R. and Stutts, D. 2017. An Analysis of Common Drill Stem Vibration Models. Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Vol. 140(1) doi:10.1115/1.4037682. 2017

Alsaba, M., Al Dushaishi, M., Nygaard, R., and Olav-Magnar, N. 2017. Updated Criterion to Select Particle Size Distribution of Lost Circulation Materials for an Effective Fracture Sealing. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Vol. 149, pp. 641-648. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2016.10.027 2017