Bio

Dr.Robello Samuel spearheads AI integration initiatives in the oil and gas industry, leveraging deep drilling domain expertise to align technology with operational priorities and broader area of cyber-physical systems..ustainability. Dr. Samuel began his career working on rigs as a field and drilling engineer for nine years with the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and 28 Years at Halliburton. Since then, he has developed more than 43 years of multi-disciplinary experience in domestic and international oil/gas drilling and completion operations, management, consulting, software development and teaching.

Through the years, he held various engineering positions. He is the recipient of several awards including the Gulf Coast SPE Drilling Engineering Award, SPE International Drilling Engineering Award, SPE Distinguished Membership Award and the Distinguished Lecturer award and SPE Honorary award from the Society of Petroleum Engineers and American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers  (AIME). Dr. Samuel has taught on the faculty of various universities and holds an adjunct professor appointment (concurrently) for the past 24 years, at the University of Houston and 8 years at the University of Southern California, LA. He has published more than 270 technical papers, holds 130 Granted US patents, and 150 worldwide patents.

Dr. Samuel serves regularly as a keynote speaker at major conferences and corporate forums and is regarded as one of the world’s most influential contributors to advancement of research and practice in drilling engineering. He is presently serving as a program evaluator, team chair, commissionaire for Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. (ABET) and a representative at Society of Petroleum Engineer’s Research and Development advisory board. Dr. Samuel’s unique blend of skills with broad experience as a field engineer, thinker, thought leader, innovator, researcher, educator and educationist has given him the ability to author fourteen drilling books. He holds BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering, as well as MS and PhD degrees in Petroleum Engineering.