Biography

Dr. Nansen G. Saleri is Chief Executive Officer and President of Quantum Reservoir Impact, LLC based in Houston. He joined Saudi Aramco in 1992, and was head of Reservoir Management from 1998-2007. He oversaw the Company’s Maximum Sustained Capability (MSC) commitments at 10.8 million barrels per day, and strategic planning for its oil and gas assets. Previously, Dr. Saleri worked for Chevron (1974-1992), and served as Manager of Reservoir Engineering, Houston, Texas. His opinion editorial “The World Has Plenty of Oil” was published in The Wall Street Journal in March 2008.

Dr Saleri holds M.Sc. and Ph.D. Degrees from the University of Virginia and B.Sc. from the Bosphorus University in Chemical Engineering. He received the 2006 John Franklin Carll Award, given annually by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), for his outstanding contributions to modern reservoir management. He is a Member of the Advisory Board of Petroleum Engineering at the University of Houston and has been an SPE Distinguished Member and Lecturer; Co-Chairman of the SPE European Forum; Keynote Speaker at the Fifth, Sixth and Eighth International Forums on Reservoir Simulation (1994, 2001 and 2005); SPE Speakers Bureau Member (1994-1997); Member of SPE Fluid Mechanics Committee (1996 to 1998).

Has authored numerous technical papers and has been a featured speaker at nearly 100 industry and ‘think-tank’ gatherings, including the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.; MIT; Johns Hopkins School of Strategic and Advanced International Studies, Washington, D.C.; Stanford University; Texas A&M University; Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA); King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals; U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C. and American Petroleum Institute, Washington, D.C.