The Scientific Assistant of the Department of Oil and Gas Engineering, Prof. Dr. Najm Abdul Kadhim Al-Rubaie while he was in the city of Sulaymaniyah/Kurdistan Region as a lecturer at the Arab Petroleum Institute, Department of Petroleum and Energy Engineering/College of Technical Engineering at Sulaymaniyah Technical University. During the visit, he met with the Dean of the College of Engineering, Prof. Dr. Sifan Hisham Taher, Head of the Department of Oil and Gas Engineering, Prof. Dr. Sarkout Abdul Rahman Saeed, and a number of the teaching staff in the department. The two parties reviewed the prospects for cooperation between the two departments. The scientific assistant also conveyed the desire of the Department of Oil and Gas Engineering, headed by the head of the department, Prof. Dr. Fadel Sarhan Kazem in opening the horizons of joint scientific cooperation in all academic and research fields in a way that achieves the goals of the two universities.

Within the cooperation and joint committees between the Department of Oil and Gas Engineering and the Iraqi Ministry of Oil / Al-Wasat Refineries, a delegation from the joint committee visited Al-Wasat Oil Company / Al-Ahdab field in Wasit Governorate for two days, 1/30-31/2024, for the purpose of taking samples of crude oil, visiting field laboratories, and starting In the process of improving the properties and specifications of field crude oil, which is considered a heavy oil.

The delegation, headed by Administrative Assistant Prof. Dr. Ramzi Sayhoud Hameed, and the head of the Studies and Planning Division, Prof. Dr. Ali Abdel-Wahab Ati and Prof. Dr. Haider Hassan Alwan / Oil Refineries Company and Chief Engineer Ali Mahmoud Abbas / Central Oil Company with the Director General of Al-Ahdab Field, Mr. Azhar Majeed Ghalib, for the purpose of clarifying the work of the joint committee between the department and the Iraqi Ministry of Oil