efficient than other methods and improved well operation by 12 percent to 15 percent. Al-Humam's research was presented at the Reservoir Microbiology Forum, held by the British Energy Institute in London, and at the Corrosion Conference held by NACE International, according to a press release of Saudi Aramco. Al-Humam first joined Saudi Aramco in 1993 after receiving his bachelor's degree in microbiology from King Saud University in Riyadh. He began working in the R&D Center, where he studied the microbiology found in petroleum facilities. He is with the Biotechnology Group, where he works on methods to control microorganisms that cause problems in water injection systems and oil field reservoirs.
