Candidate for Advisory Councilor
(2020-23)

Anwar Al-Beaiji

Business Development, International Gas
  • 2016: Master of Energy Economics, Rice University, Houston, Texas
  • 2009: M.Sc. Petroleum Geosciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
  • 2002: B.Sc. Geosciences, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma
  • 2018-Present: Saudi Aramco, Business Development, International Gas, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
  • 2014-15: Saudi Aramco, Exploration Resources Assessment Department, Team Leader, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
  • 2008-14: Saudi Aramco, Upstream Projects Economist, Upstream Ventures Department, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
  • 2003-07: Saudi Aramco, Reserves & Resources Assessment, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
  • Joined AAPG 2007
  • AAPG Middle East Region Officer, 2008-Present; MER President 2019-21; MER President-Elect, 2017-19; MER Founder & Ex-chairman of Young Professional & Students Support (YPSS), 2008-14; MER Imperial Barrel Award Coordinator (IBA) 2008-14
  • Regions Committee, President, 2019-21; President-Elect, 2017-19
  • Treasurer Candidate, AAPG Executive Committee, 2016
  • Imperial Barrel Committee, 2008-15
  • International Visiting Geoscientist, 2011-14
  • Membership Young Professionals Committee, 2009-13
  • Laid the groundwork for an annual IBA – MER competitions by visiting universities and contacting industry companies to convey the benefits of the IBA to both students and universities; 1st Regional competition, 2010
  • Students Chapters Liaison, AAPG Middle East Region, 2008-14
  • Middle East Geoscience Conference and Exhibition (GEO); GEO 2020, Technical Program Committee Co-Chair; GEO 2012, GEO 2014; Young Professional-Student Services (YPSS) Committee Chairperson & Technical Program Committee Member, Session Chair; GEO 2010: Imperial Barrel Award Coordinator

  • AAPG Distinguished Service Award, 2017
  • AAPG Middle East Region Young Professionals Award, 2016
  • IBA International Finals, Imperial College, London, 2nd Place Participant, AAPG ACE San Antonio, Texas, USA, 2008
  • IBA, European Region Semi-finals, Imperial College, London, 1st Place Participant, 2008
  • Professional Affiliations:
    • Dhahran Geological Society (DGS) 
    • Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) 
  • Professional Honors and Awards: 
    • Co-authored and reviewed multiple reports and publications


  • Evolution of Salt structures and their impact on the Tertiary deepwater channels, Lower Congo Basin, Northwest offshore Angola (master thesis, 2008)
  • Unconventional Gas Resources: Economics and Development, AAPG/EAGE Tight Reservoirs in the Middle East, an AAPG/EAGE GTW, October 2013
  • Co-authored and reviewed more than 30 proprietary reports and presentations about integrated reservoir studies and geological modeling, Kingdom’s gas strategy, unconventional gas initiative – economics and development, joint ventures gas monetization analysis, Kingdom’s oil and gas resources and reserves updates, Kingdom’s yet-to-find resources, production sharing contract reviews and economic analysis of Kingdom’s gas supply cost.

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