Earlier in his career, he was the Chairman for the selection of Artificial Lift Systems and Well Completion Designs and he took charge in the Production System Optimization , Surface Facility Optimization for Wells , Flowline Size Selection , Procedure Design , Start-up & Commissioning of Central Production Facilities and the Wireline and Completion Evaluation & Analysis . Previously, he worked as a Senior Production Operations Engineer where he was responsible for the evaluation of field development plans and performed evaluation of drill steam test results ( DST 's), surface facilities & subsurface completion selection , hydraulic pump ( jet pump ) selection , pipeline size optimization for handling paraffinic crude and site selection for production plan installation .

Mr. El-Sherif has a Masters and Bachelors degrees in Petroleum Engineering and a Diploma in Production Petroleum Engineering . He is also a well-respected member of the Society for Petroleum Engineers ( SPE ), and has presented numerous papers in the Production & Exploration Conference , the BP Subsurface Forum , and the Improved Oil Recovery Middle East Conference .