Geothermal Cooling: Prospects and Challenges in the Middle East and Beyond

This panel features:
Dr. Rahul-Mark Fonseca, Senior Specialist, Technology & Innovation, ADNOC
Imad Al Hamlawi, Senior Specialist, Technology & Innovation, ADNOC
Alvaro Escorcia, Advisor, Technology & Innovation, ADNOC
Ahmad Jalboot, Senior Engineer, Tabreed

About the Speakers:

Rahul-Mark is a senior Technology and Innovation specialist working at ADNOC since 2021. He is passionate about the energy transition and focuses on the efficient utilization the subsurface through new innovations. He holds a MSc and PhD in Petroleum Engineering from Delft University of Technology.

Imad is a senior Technology and Innovation specialist working at ADNOC for the last 13 years. He is passionate about new innovations in drilling technology and decarbonizing drilling operations for the energy transition. He holds an MSc in Mechanical Engineering from Khalifa University.

Alvaro has been an advisor to senior management in ADNOC’s Technology & Innovation team for the last few years. Before ADNOC he had an illustrious global career spanning three decades in Halliburton and is passionate about scaling-up new technologies that will enable an economic energy transition across the upstream value chain.

Ahmad is an infrastructure professional who provides technical and development support to major district cooling projects. He has been working at Tabreed, one of the largest district cooling companies in the world, for the last 15 years.