Doha: Abeer Hassan Abuhelaiqa, a corporate petroleum reserves and resources coordinator for Qatar Petroleum, has been named the fifth Alumnus of the Year by Texas A&M University at Qatar, a Qatar Foundation partner university.
The award recognises Texas A&M at Qatar graduates with outstanding achievements, engagement with the branch campus, service to the State of Qatar, contributions to its development, and the demonstration of Texas A&M core values of respect, excellence, leadership, loyalty, integrity, and selfless service.
Abuhelaiqa, a Class of 2011 petroleum engineering graduate, was recognised during a private ceremony during which the partner university unveiled a display honouring its outstanding alumni, including Mariam Al Meer ‘12; Dr. Nayef Alyafei ‘09; Yousef Al-Jaber ‘07 and Muna Al-Mohannadi ‘10.
“I am extremely honoured to be selected as the Alumnus of this year and to join the past outstanding recipients of this award,” Abuhelaiqa said. “Indeed, recognising our hard work and organising this gathering today with high precautions for the pandemic shows how always TAMUQ supports their Aggies and celebrates their success.”
“I want to thank the committee for selecting me from other nominees whom I believe all excellent, if not better, than me. I want to dedicate this award to my husband and my parents, who always supported me to be who I am today. To all the great TAMUQ ambassadors who keep the bar high; and to Her Highness Sheikha Moza who had the vision to bring one of the best engineering schools to Qatar,” she added.
After graduating from Texas A&M at Qatar, Abuhelaiqa began her career with Qatar Petroleum as a petroleum engineer in Onshore Field Development, where she was responsible for designing well details for any workovers and drilling new wells. She was then sent to the field for six months to work with drillers and support rig and rigless operations.
She then moved to the Surveillance section as a reservoir engineer. She monitored reservoirs and ensured stability to meet the country’s targets. She was responsible for the main strategic reservoir supplier use for electrical generation. In 2019, she was appointed the corporate petroleum reserves and resources coordinator in a new QP department, the first-of-its-kind in Qatar in a national oil and gas company. In this role, Abuhelaiqa is responsible for guiding and ensuring all reservoirs and hydrocarbon assets owned or shared by QP in Qatar and internationally are compliant with international systems.
She has also stayed connected with her alma mater, serving as a judge in the Petroleum Engineering Program’s annual student paper contest and as a mentor on several senior capstone design projects. She has worked with university students on time management, project management, and preparing to work in any industry in Qatar.
Texas A&M at Qatar dean Dr. César Octavio Malavé congratulated Abuhelaiqa on being a shining example of Qatar’s engineering leaders that the university produces.
“Abeer is an outstanding example of what Aggie engineers can do, and the impact they can have,” Malavé said.
“In everything she does, Abeer embodies the Aggie core values. Aggie engineers are uniquely positioned to help Qatar achieve the goals set out in the Qatar National Vision 2030, and we are proud of what our graduates are achieving.”
