Mana Al-Owaidh is an energy systems engineering consultant working with Saudi Aramco since 2001. He has an MS in energy systems engineering from the Univ. of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia. While earning his master’s, Al-Owaidh developed the methodology of the combined heat and power (CHP) simulation and optimization model, which has been deployed in all Aramco facilities. He is a coauthor of six patents filed in the areas of process and utilities simultaneous design and optimization.