Dr. Abdel Sattar Dahab (Egypt), PhD. , MSc. , BSc. , is an International Expert in Petroleum & Drilling Engineering with over 35 years of extensive experience in the field. He has delivered sought-after lectures and seminars on Oil Well Drilling Engineering , Drilling Optimization & Well Planning , Underbalanced Drilling , Well Stimulation & Hydraulic Fracturing , Practical Well Control & Management , Well Completions & WorkOver , Prediction of Well Performance , and Cementing Operations in Oil Wells.

Currently, Dr. Dahab is a Drilling Consultant for Belayim Petroleum Company and at the same time a Professor of Petroleum Engineering at the University of Cairo .

During his long career life, Dr. Dahab had been the Consultant Engineer in the Drilling Department for the Gulf of Suez Petroleum Company ( GUPCO ), the SPE Education Chairman for Cairo University , a Professor in the National Polytechnical Institute of Lorraine . He also participated in the evaluation of many petroleum engineering projects and technical papers in the area of drilling engineering , formation damage and engineering geology for national and international journals , and has been invited to talk or lecture on Drilling Engineering issues by local and international petroleum companies from all over the Middle East.

Dr. Dahab has PhD , Masters and Bachelors Degrees in Petroleum Engineering from the National Polytechnical Institute of Lorraine ( France ). He has earned notable awards , scholarships and membership with numerous organizations such as his fellowship with the NHS of Applied Geology & Minerals Prospection and the National Polytechnical Institute of Lorraine , Society of Petroleum Engineers of AIME , the Egyptian Society of Engineering Professions , SPE Continuing Education & Scholarship.