Dr. Rami 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 (NL TC #67), and provided strategic consultancy to the Lebanese Army regarding maritime border disputes and petroleum sector.

Earned his B.E. in Petroleum 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 SPE magazine and received the 2023 Outstanding Lead Content Creator Award from SPE International.

Journal Publications

1. Munthe, F.A., Lee, W.J. & Harkouss, R. (2026). Smoothing Techniques Improve Trend Detection in Rate-Transient Analysis (RTA) of Tight Gas Reservoirs. Arab J Sci Eng (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-026-11553-y
2. Harkouss, R., Lee, J. & Doughan, Z. (2026). Integrated Advanced Scaling Method with Hybrid Deep Belief Net for Forecasting Flow Regime Transition in Unconventional Oil Reservoirs. Arab J Sci Eng., 2026. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-026-11331-w
3. Doukeh, R.; Ghet,iu, I.V.; Chis, , T.V.; Stoica, D.B.; Brănoiu, G.; Ramadan, I.N.; Gavrilă, S.A.; Petrescu, M.G.; Harkouss, R. (2025). Hydrogen–Rock Interactions in Carbonate and Siliceous Reservoirs: A Petrophysical Perspective. Appl. Sci. 2025, 15, 7957. https://doi.org/10.3390/ app15147957  
4. Harkouss, R., Habli, S. & Dimassi, A. (2025). Carbon Criminal: A Literature Review Chasing the Smooth Break of Renewable Energy into the Power Spectrum. Arab J Sci Eng. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-024-09920-8
5. Harkouss, R., Jha, H. & Lee, J. (2024). Improved Flow Regime Identification and Novel Scaling Approach to Construct Type Wells for Multiply-Fractured Horizontal Wells. Arab J Sci Eng (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-024-09315-9  
6. Harkouss, R., Jaafar, A., Ghannam, Z. (2024). Membrane-Based Technologies: A Comprehensive Review for Efficient and Environmentally Friendly Treatment of Produced Water in Oil and Gas Industries, J.sustain. dev. energy water environ. syst., 12(4), 1120527, 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.13044/j.sdewes.d12.0527  
7. Harkouss, R., Jha, H., & Lee, W. J. (2024). Optimizing Type Well Construction: A New Approach for Scaling in Multiply Fractured Horizontal Wells. The Eurasia Proceedings of Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics, 29, 81-91.
8. Harkouss, Rami. (2022). Pipeline Modelling for the Lebanese Offshore: Cases in the Oil and Gas Industry. JORDANIAN JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING AND CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES (JJECI). 5. 59-70. 10.48103/jjeci582022.  
9. Harkous, Rami (2021) "OVERVIEW ON THE LEBANESE ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE SYSTEM: MAIN HAZARDS IN THE OIL AND GAZ SECTOR," BAU Journal - Science and Technology: Vol. 3: Iss. 1, Article 5.  
10. Farsakouri R. and R. Harkouss "Influence of Temperature on CO₂ and H₂S Corrosion Rates of Steel Pipelines Using Alloy-Select Software in the Lebanese Oil & Gas Offshore Environment" Jordanian Journal of Engineering and Chemical Industries, Vol. 4, No.2, pp:44-51 (2021).  
11. Harkouss, Rami (2020). Essential control to environmental regulations for oil and gas industry: spotlight on drilling processes in Lebanon. BAU Journal-Science and Technology: Vol. 2: Iss. 1
12. Abou Alfa, Khaled; Harkouss, Rami; and Khatib, Jamal (2019). Siderite as a weighting material in drilling mud. BAU Journal - Science and Technology: Vol. 1: Iss. 1, Art. 1  
13. Harkouss, R. et al., (2018). Development of a multi-physical finite element-based model that predicts water and salt transfers, proteolysis and water activity during the salting and post-salting stages. Journal of Food Engineering, 218, 69-79  
14. Harkouss, R. et al., (2015). Quantitative study of the relationships among proteolysis, lipid oxidation, structure and texture throughout the dry-cured ham process. Food Chemistry, 166, 522-530  
15. Harkouss, R. et al., (2014). Building phenomenological models that relate proteolysis in pork muscles to temperature, water and salt content. Food Chemistry, 151, 7-14  
16. Harkouss, R. et al., (2014). Development of a "Numerical ham" model that couples water and salt transfers to proteolysis during the dry-cured ham process.  
17. Harkouss, R, et al., (2012). Development of a rapid, specific, and efficient procedure for the determination of proteolytic activity in dry-cured ham: Definition of a new proteolysis index. Meat Science, 92, 84–88 

 Conference Proceedings 

Peer-review

1. « An Analytical-Numerical Study on the Integration of Partial Oil Reinjection and Downhole Water Sink Technologies for Water Coning Mitigation in Oil Wells», Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering (2026).
2. «Development of a ZnO-Co3O4/SiO2 Hybrid Membrane: A Robust Solution for Oil-in-Water Separation in Harsh Acidic and High-Salinity Oilfield Water», Emergent Materials (2026).
3. « Oil and Gas in Lebanon: History, Prospects and Implementation Challenges », Architecture & Planning Journal, Beirut Arab University (2019)
4. « Analysis of Complex Deep-well’s Drill-string Stick-slip Vibration and Its Soft-torque Control», Second International Conference on Mechanical, Electric and Industrial Engineering, China MIE2019, May 25-27, 2019.

• Head of the committee in the Lebanese governmental organization LIBNOR for Oil and Gas engineering field: (NL TC #67 Materials, equipment and offshore structures for petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries)
• Member of the Lebanese Order of Engineers and Architects 
• Member in the Lebanese Military Academy Committee and in the Lebanese Ministry of Education and Higher Education Committee for Oil and Gas sectors
• Member of Society of Petroleum Engineers and American Institute for Chemical Engineers