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Norway

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Operational Excellence in Drilling Fluids and Cementing Operations | Expertise in Sustainable Building Materials

Profile Summary

Currently I’m an operational excellence engineer at Intelligent Mud Solutions , Norway. I have offshore drilling fluids and cementing expertise from SLB Norway. I have a PhD in Drilling and Well Technologies focusing on developing alternative cementitious materials (geopolymers) for well cementing/P&A applications.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Petroleum Engineering
• ☆ Health & Safety Engineering
• ☆ Environmental Science
• ☆ Environmental Management & Protection
• ☆ Oil & Petroleum
• ☆ Green Building Design/Sustainable Construction

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Product Development

Writing Technical Writing, Audio Transcription, General Proofreading & Editing

Research Technology Scouting, Fact Checking, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Operations Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting, Regulatory Consulting

Product Development Formulation, Recipe Development, Product Evaluation, Material Sourcing, Product Validation, Manufacturing, Quality Assurance & Control (QA/QC), Product Compliance , Concept Development, Prototyping, Reverse Engineering

Work Experience

Operational Excellence Engineer

Intelligent Mud Solutions

September 2025 - Present

Ph.D Candidate

University of Stavanger

August 2020 - Present

Drilling Fluids Engineer

SLB Norway

September 2023 - September 2025

Education

PhD

University of Stavanger - Norway

August 2020 - August 2023

Master of Sciences (Energy and Petroleum Engineering)

University of Stavanger

August 2017 - June 2019

Bachelor of Sciences (Chemical Engineering)

University of Balamand

September 2013 - June 2017

Certifications

• Managing Innovation: Ambidexterity, Teams and Leading Change

  University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/EMIA7NF6AKVW

  September 2025 - Present

• Leadership Style and Building a High-Performance Team

  University of Colorado Boulder

  https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/HJS7ZDML8E3A

  August 2025 - Present

• Technology Strategy: Creative Destruction

  University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/10WHU22WBKMF

  August 2025 - Present

• Operations Excellence

  Rutgers the State University of New Jersey

  https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/2FABZ0KWHAQU

  August 2025 - Present

• Customer Centric Innovation

  University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/JDMKJ1HYIJ0M

  August 2025 - Present

• Strategic Technology Management Specialization

  Gies College of Business-University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/specialization/O2SWOTTMJGQB

  August 2025 - Present

• Introduction to Operations Management

  University of Pennsylvenia

  https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/7V5Y2148DIW3

  August 2025 - Present

• Mastering Business Essentials: Operations

  Emory University

  https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/ED91FEG5KEMJ

  July 2025 - Present

• Operations Systems Excellence

  University of London

  https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/3SN3QWRUP1X7

  July 2025 - Present

• AI & ML Applications in Oil and Gas Industry

  L&T EduTech

  https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/OR09MKHLCYO0

  July 2025 - Present

• Design Thinking for Human-Centered IoT Solutions

  Learn Quest

  https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/GQO1VZCXJHE2

  July 2025 - Present

Publications

DISSERTATION THESIS

Chamssine, F. 2023. Instituting Retarders for Geopolymers Developed for Downhole Applications. PhD thesis, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway .

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Fawzi Chamssine, Madhan Nur Agista, Mahmoud Khalifeh (2023). Temperature-Dependent Classification of Geopolymers Derived From Granite Designed for Well Cementing Applications . ASME Open Journal of Engineering.

Fawzi Chamssine, Luiz H. S. Gasparotto, Miguel Angelo Fonsecade Souza, Mahmoud Khalifeh, Julio Cezar de Oliveira Freitas (2022). Retarding mechanism of Zn2+ species in geopolymer material using Raman spectroscopy and DFT calculations . Scientific Reports.

Fawzi Chamssine(2022). Effect of Zn2+ and K+ as Retarding Agents on Rock-Based Geopolymers for Downhole Cementing Operations . Journal of Energy Resources Technology. 144. (5). {ASME} International

Fawzi Chamssine(2021). CO2 hydrogenation to methanol over partially embedded Cu within Zn-Al oxide and the effect of indium . Journal of CO2 Utilization. 50. p. 101609. Elsevier {BV}

CONFERENCE PAPER

Fawzi Chamssine, Mahmoud Khalifeh, Arild Saasen (2022). Rheological and Mechanical Properties of Rock-Based Geopolymers Developed for Well Abandonment: Effect of Chemical Admixtures at Elevated Temperatures . Volume 10: Petroleum Technology.

Fawzi Chamssine(2022). Impact of Admixtures on Pumpability and Short-Term Mechanical Properties of Rock-Based Geopolymer Designed for Zonal Isolation and Well Abandonment . Day 3 Wed, May 04, 2022. {OTC}

Fawzi Chamssine(2021). Effects of Temperature and Chemical Admixtures on the Properties of Rock-Based Geopolymers Designed for Zonal Isolation and Well Abandonment . Volume 10: Petroleum Technology. American Society of Mechanical Engineers