Dr. Harkouss is an oil and gas expert currently an Associate Professor at BAU. He served as the Head of the Chemical and Petroleum Department at BAU between 2017 and 2023, chaired the LIBNOR committee on petroleum structures, and provided strategic consultancy to the Lebanese Army regarding maritime border disputes and petroleum sector. Earned his B.E. in Petroleum from PUT, and holds an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in Process Chemical Engineering from France. He conducts advanced research on unconventional oil and gas reservoirs in collaboration with Texas A&M University. Nominated as editorial board member of the International SPE magazine and received the 2023 Outstanding Lead Content Creator Award.

Research focuses on unconventional reservoir evaluation, integrating Rate-Transient Analysis (RTA), machine learning, and advanced smoothing techniques for production data scaling and flow-regime identification in tight/shale oil and gas wells. Additional interests include petrophysical hydrogen-rock interactions, pipeline engineering, corrosion analysis, and produced water treatment within the petroleum and energy sectors.

Education: Ph.D. in Process Chemical Engineering, INRA-UBP, France (2014) M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, ENSCCF, France (2010) B.E. in Petroleum Drilling Engineering, Petroleum University of Technology, Ahvaz - Iran (2008) Qualifications & Leadership: Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Texas A&M University (2023) Editorial Board Member: The Way Ahead (SPE) & Trends in Petroleum Engineering Former Department Head, Chemical & Petroleum Eng., BAU (2017–2023) Head of LIBNOR National Technical Committee #67 for Oil & Gas (2017–2022)

I teach diverse courses across Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, including Drilling Technology, Production Engineering, Well Testing, Reservoir Fluids, Reservoir Characterization, Transportation of Hydrocarbons, Hydrogen Energy and Research Methodology. My instruction integrates hands-on training and specialized workshops using industry-standard software tools, such as DrillSim-20 and KAPPA Saphir.

2026 SPE MENA PetroBowl Regional Championship 3rd place for SPE-BAU out of 29 universities teams 2023 Fulbright Visiting Scholarship from USA Embassy 4 persons were nominated from Lebanon and around 80 worldwide. 2023 Outstanding Lead Content Creator Award THEWAYAHEAD magazine of SPE International 2019 and 2022 SPE Student Chapter Excellence Award ADIPEC2017 university program in Abu Dhabi: 1st place out of 16 projects Engineering Projects Day 2015 at BAU: 1st place out of 48 projects