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Al-Ghamdi, A.

Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Abdullah Al-Ghamdi is an Engineering Consultant with the rotating equipment division of the consulting services department of Saudi Aramco. He has worked with the company for 28 yr, starting as a mechanical engineer with Saudi Arabian Marketing and Refining Co. (SAMAREC) in 1992 and joining Saudi Aramco in 1994. He served as Standards Committee Chairman for pumps, seals and mixers for 5 yr, as well as Responsible Standard Agent (RSA) for 3 yr. Mr. Al-Ghamdi received a BS degree in mechanical engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia and an MS degree in mechanical engineering and dynamic systems from the Florida Institute of Technology in Florida, U.S.

Valves, Pumps and Turbomachinery: Using 3D metallic printing for manufacturing refinery pump impellers

Hydrocarbon Processing / February 2021
Al-Ghamdi, A., Al-Dossary, S. H., Al-Dhafiri, A., Al-Zahrani, M., Saudi Aramco; Navrotsky, V., Siemens Energy

Additive manufacturing (AM), also known as 3D metallic printing, is identified as one of the game-changing technologies in recent years for the oil and gas industry.