Shaya Movafaghian

Shaya Movafaghian received his M.S degree from University of Tulsa Petroleum Engineering Department in 1997. He completed his M.S. dissertation on “The Effect of Geometry, Fluid Properties and Pressure on the Hydrodynamics of Gas Liquid Cylindrical Cyclone Separator. His dissertation has been published by the prestigious International Journal of Multiphase Flow. He carries B.S degree in Chemical Engineering with focus on Natural Gas Processing from University of Tehran, and his M.B.A from Keller Graduate School of Management.

 He has held many engineering positions in several Engineering and Consulting companies. He joined Baker Hughes Process Systems in Houston TX in 1998. Currently he is a Sr. Process Engineer in the Process Technology group at Process Systems division of Cooper Cameron Corp. He specializes in upstream oil, water and gas treatment technologies and downstream desalting operations. In his capacity at Process Technology group, he has designed many small and large scale treatment facilities for variety of oil field projects. He has conducted several research activities on oil and water treatment equipment. He has been conducting product development and standardization activities and has registered several patents.

He has authored many papers and presentations for gas flotation technology in produced water treatment and electrostatic technology in oil treatment. He serves as Technical Editor for SPE Production and Facilities and maintains active membership with AIChE.