Mohammed Al-Sahlawi, Economics

Curriculum Vitae

Name: Dr. Mohammed A. Al-Sahlawi

Nationality: Saudi

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EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

- Ph.D. (1985),University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA, Economics, Energy Economics, Industrial Organization/Urban Economics, Econometrics.

Dissertation Title: Special Analysis of World Energy Markets: Estimation of the Demand for Energy and Variable Supply Simulation

-MBA (1980), King Fahd University of Petroleum & MineralsDhahran, Saudi Arabia, Marketing.

-B.S. (1978), King Fahd University of Petroleum & MineralsDhahran, Saudi Arabia, Chemical Engineering

Additional Qualification:

-Economic Institute Bolder, CO, U.S.A (1980), Certificate course in Economics

-International Program in R&D Management Battelle, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A. (1990), Certificate in Project Management.

-Arab Society of Certified AccountantsUniversity o f Bahrain (1999), Certificate on Environmental Accounting & Reporting For Environmental Costs and Liabilities.

-High level Seminars & Workshops in the fields of Management and Economics.

RESEARCH & TEACHING INTEREST:

Energy Economics
Petroleum Economics
Industrial Organization
Managerial Economics
Urban Economics
Micro Economics
Macro Economics
International Economics
Econometrics
Water Management.
Human Resources.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Administrative:

Director General, Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF) (2001 to October 2006) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Member of Advisory Board, Supreme Economic Council (1999-2002), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Dean, College of Industrial Management (September 1996 to

September 2000) King Fahad University of Petroleum and

Minerals Dhahran,Saudi Arabia

Head (July 1991 to Sept 1994), OPECNA and Information

Department Organization of Petroleum ExportingCountries

(OPEC) Vienna, Austria)

Manager (August 1986 to July 1991),Economics & Industrial

Research Division VI Research Institute King Fahad

University of Petroleum and Minerals Dhahran 31261,

Saudi Arabia.

Academic

Professor of Economics (June 1998 to present), Department ofFinance

and Economics, College of Industrial Management, King

Fahd University of petroleum Minerals Dhahran 31261,

Saudi Arabia.

Associate Professor of Economics (Sept 1990 to June 1998)

Department of Finance and EconomicsCollege ofIndustrial

ManagementKing Fahd University of Petroleum& Minerals

Dhahran31261, Saudi Arabia

Assistant Professor of Economics (April 1985 to August 1990)

College of Industrial Management King Fahd University of

Petroleum and MineralsDhahran31261, Saudi Arabia.

Lecturer (July 1980 to January 1981) College of Industrial

ManagementKing Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

Dhahran31261, Saudi Arabia.

Graduate Assistant (June 1978 to July 1980) College of

Industrial ManagementKing Fahd University of Petroleum

and Minerals,Dhahran31261, Saudi Arabia.

PUBLICATIONS:

1. Research Papers Published in Refereed Journals

Al sahlawi, M "Saudi and Gulf Cooperative Council Oil Supply: An Econometrics

Analysis," The Journal of Energy and Development, Vol. II, No-2,

Spring 1986, pp 263-272.

Al sahlawi, M "EnergyDemandin DevelopingCountriesThirdWorld response

&Boyd,R to Changes in the International Oil Market", The Journal of

Energy Development, Vol. 12, No.2, 1987, pp 225-243.

Al sahlawi, M "G.C.C Energy Demand Outlook to 2000", Energy Economics, Vol

10, No. 1, 1988, pp 42-46.

Al sahlawi, M "Gasoline Demand: The Case of Saudi Arabia," Energy Economics

Vol. 10, No.4, 1988.

Al sahlawi, M "The Demand for Natural Gas: A Survey of Price and Income

Elasticities,'! The Energy Journal, January, 1989, pp 77-91.

Al sahlawi, M "Oil Price Changes and Non-OPEC Oil Supply: An Empirical

Analysis," OPEC Review, Spring 1989, Vol. XIII, No.1, pp 11-19

Alsahlawi, M "Forecasting the Demand for Electricity in Saudi Arabia," The

Energy Journal, January 1990, Vol, 11(1), pp 119-125.

Alsahlawi, M "The Future Role of OPEC in the World Oil Market," TheJournal

Of Energy and Development, Vol. 14, No.2, Spring 1989,

(published in 1990), pp 213-220.

Alsahlawi, M "Development Planning in Saudi Arabia," Al- Tawon Al-Sina'e,

GOIC, No. 44,1991.

Alsahlawi, M "The Impact of Oil Price Changes on Saudi Arabia's Public

Finances," Journal of Administrative Sciences and Economics,

College of Economics and Management, No. 3, University of

Qatar, 1992.

Alsahlawi, M. "Expanding OPEC Production Capacity: Some Legal and

Environmental Aspects," OPEC Review, Vol. XVI, No.3, 1992.

Alsahlawi, M. "OPEC and the New Challenges," JIME Review, No.6, Spring 1992

Alsahlawi, M. "Discriminate Analysis Models: An Application to World's Oil

Market," Pakistan Journal of Statistics, May 1992.

Alsahlawi, M. "Econometric Modeling and Forecasting the Impact of Real Oil

Export Changes on the Saudi Economics," Submitted for

publications to Economic Modeling, 1994.

Alsahlawi, M. "The Future Role of Oil in the Global Energy Mix," OPEC Review,

Vol. XVIV, No.3, Autumn, 1994.

Alsahlawi, M. "The Real Prospect of Non~OPEC Oil Supply," Journal of Energy

And Development, Vol. 18, No.2, 1995.

Alsahlawi, M. "Oil and the U.S. Dollar, Structural and Empirical Analysis," the

Journal of Perspectives in Energy. Vol. III, No.4. 1996.

Alsahlawi, M. "The Demand for Oil Products in Saudi Arabia," OPEC Review:

No.1, March 1997.

Alsahlawi, M. "An Alternative Oil Pricing Currency to Improve OPEC's

Elbek, .M. Balance of Trade," The Journal of Energy and Development,

Boulder, USA, Vol. 22, Spring 1997, No.2, pp. 187-197.

Alsahlawi, M. "The Dynamics of Oil Inventories," Journal of Energy Policy, Vol.

26, No. 6, pp. 461-463, 1998, UK.

Alsahlawi, M. "Seawater desalination in Saudi Arabia: Economic Review and

Demand Projections," The International Journal on the Science

and Technology of Desaltingand Water Puri.fication, Elsevier,

Italy, Desalination 123 (1999)pp.143-147.

Alsahlawi, M. "Oil and Non-Oil Sectors in Saudi Arabian Economy",submitted to

& Choudhry OPEC Review, ViennaAustria in August 1999.

M.A

Alsahlawi, M. "The Cost Structure of Saudi Electricity: Prospects for

Privatization," submitted to Journal of UtilitiesPolicy, University

of Cambridge, Dept. of Applied Economics, U.K, November 1999.

Alsahlawi, M. "Electricity Planning with Demand Forecasting in Saudi Arabia"

Journal of Energy Studies Review, (2000).University of Ottawa, Canada,

Alsahlawi, M. "Edeitorial, Managerial Prespectives Interrelating Organization

& Choudhry Finance and Economics" Managerial Finance, Vol. 27, No. 10/11,

M.A 2000.

Alsahlawi, M. "Foreign Investment in Saudi Arabia; Prospects and Challenges, Business Journal, Southern Connecticut State University, USA, February 2000 .

Alsahlawi, M. "Oil and Non-Oil Sectors in Saudi Arabian Economy",OPEC

& Choudhry Review, Vienna, Austria, Sept. 2000 (Applied).

M.A

Alsahlawi, M / "Oil and water Do Mix the cause of Saudi Arabia, Economic Journal, Government College, Lahore, Pakistan, Vo. XXXIV No. 1&2, 2001.
Alsahlawi, M / "The Effects of World Trade Agreements on Small Industries in GCC Countries" Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting, Feb. 2004
Alsahlawi, M. & Ramady, M. / "Education As a Force for Economic Change in an Oil-Based
Economy: a Case Study of Saudi Arabia" Vo. 30, No.2, 2005.
Alsahlawi, M / "An Alternative Oil-Pricing and OPEC’s Foreign Assets" The Journal for Energy and Development, Vol. XXXIII, No. 1, 2009.
Alsahlawi, M / ”The future prospect of world oil supply: depletion of resources or price trends” OPEC Energy Review, Vol. XXXIV, No. 2, June 2010.

2 - Research papers presented in International Conferences

Alsahlawi, M. "OPEC Pricing and Market Stability," a paper presented at Adam,

P. the 9th Annual InternationalAssociation of Energy Economics

(IAEE), Calgary, Canada, July 1987published in Conference.

Alsahlawi, M. "Natural Gas Supply and Demand Prospects," presented at Charles

H. The 11th Annual International conferenceof the International

Associationfor Energy Economics Caracas, Venezuela, June 26 -

1989.

Alsahlawi, M. "Discrimination Analysis Models: An Application on World

ZulfiqarAli Oil Market," presented at the 2nd Islamic Countries

Conference on Statistical Sciences, University of Technology,

Johor Bahru, Malaysia, August 26-30, 1990.

Alsahlawi, M. "The New World Order, the Middle East and Oil," presented atthe

5th JIME –Cairo International Symposium, February 24, 1992.

Alsahlawi, M. "OPEC's Role as a Major Oil Supplier to Europe," delivered at the

MARTIN Conference (Marine Resources, Technologies and

Industries) in Hamburg, Germany, October 14, 1993.

Alsahlawi, M. "OPEC's Emerging Relationship with CIS Oil Producers,"

Delivered at the Oil and Gas Exploration Fair in Kazan,

November 3-7, 1993.

Alsahlawi, M. "Oil Market Prospects: An OPEC Perspective," delivered at the

Bergen Conference on Oil and Economics, Bergen, Norway,

May 9-10, 1994.

Alsahlawi, M. "Discussion Remarks on the paper " The Pros and Cons of a

Vertically and a Horizontally Integrated Strategy: A Case Study

of the Kuwait Petroleum Company" submitted by Mr. Wael Al

Mazeedi atthe second Annual ECSSR Energy Conference, Abu

Dhabi, UAE, October 26-27, 1996.

Alsahlawi, M. "As a discussant, attended an International Conference entitled

"Oil and the Middle East Economies" at Wilton Park, Sussex,

United Kingdom from March 17 - 21, 1997.

Alsahlawi, M. "As a discussant, attended a conference on "EconomicChange and

Management Education" held in Manama, Bahrain from June 3-4

1997. The Conference was hosted by Arabian Gulf University,

Bahrain in Coordination with Euro-Arab. Management School,

Granada – Spain.

Alsahlawi, M. "Business Incubators: A Model for Saudi Arabia,"presentedin International Conference on "Administrative Sciences: New & Ashban A. Horizons and Roles in Development," KFUPM, Dhahran,Saudi Arabia, March 16-18, 1998.

Alsahlawi, M. "Economies of Sea Water Desalination: The Case of Saudi Arabia"

accepted for presentation at "The FourthGulf Water Conference

organized by Water Science & Technology Association, Manama,

Bahrain on 13-18 February 1999.

Alsahlawi, M. "As a session Chairman, attended the 26th Annual International

Energy Conference on, "Back to the Basics on Energy Supply

and Demand," held on 18-20, April 1999. Boulder, U.S.A. The

topic of the session was " Structural Change in Energy Industry

"Speakers include:Dr. Eugene M. Khartutkov,Forecasting Group

MGIMO, Moscow (The Internationalization of Russian Oil and

Gas). Mr. Michael C. Lynch, Executive Director, Working Group

On Asian Energy and Security, Center for International Studies,

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (Globalization

And the Oil Industry: Market Impacts and Behavior Change).

Alsahlawi, M. As a session Chairman, attended the Conference on "HRD Role in

Developing High Performance Organizations," which was held on

12-13 October 1999. The Conference was jointly organized by

SCECO-East and Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Eastern

Province, Dammam. The topics of the session were (1)

"Education & Training on the Job in the Health Care" by Dr.

Zohair Ahmed Al-Sabai, Al-Sabai Training Institute and (2)

"Change of Training Philosophy & its Effect upon the District

Culture of the General Organization for Technical and VocationalTraining" by Drs. Ahmed Bin Mohammed Al-Essa, Dean, Technical College, Riyadh and MohammedAl-Dhallan, Director General, Research,Riyadh.

Alsahlawi, M. / "Saudi Arabia and WTO in the Light of Mena Experience",ERF
7th international Conference, Cairo March. 2000.
Alsahlawi, M. / “Production Analysis of Saudi Industrial Sector”, ERF 14th Annual Conference, Cairo, Egypt, 28 December 2006
Alsahlawi, M. / “Europe and Gulf Cooperation Council Interdependence in Energy and Environment” Abstract, 4th European Congress, Economic and Management of Energy in Industry, Porto, Portugal, 27-30 November 2007.
Alsahlawi, M. / “The Educational Development in Saudi Arabia: Knowledge Formation and Integration”, IFTDO world conference & Exhibition, Dubai, UAE, 6 March 2008
Alsahlawi, M. / The US Dollar and Oil Pricing”, The 35th Annual International Energy Conference, International Research Center for Energy and Development, Boulder, Colorado, USA, April 2008.
Masih, M. & Alsahlawi, M. / “What drives Co2 emissions: Income or Electricity Generations? Evidence from Saudi Arabia”,
Alsahlawi, M. / “European Union (EU) Energy and Environment Policies and GCC Economic Relations with Europe”, The Fourth International Energy, Energy and Environment Symposium, AUS, Sharjah, UAE, 19-23 April 2009.
Alsahlawi, M. / “Energy Security in the Gulf and the U.S. Dollar” 15th annual Energy Conference, ECSSR, Abu Dbabi, 16-18 Nov., 2009.
Alsahlawi, M. / “Water Demand in Saudi Arabia: Structural Analysis”, Arab Healthy Water Association, The 4th International Conference on Healthy Water in Arab World, 21-22 June 2010, Cairo International Conference Center, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt

3 - Research Papers Published in Trade and Industrial Journals

Alsahlawi, M. "OPEC –Aims, Achievements, and FutureChallenges," The

Courier, No. 130, Commission on European Communities,

Brussels, 1991.

Alsahlawi, M. "Saudi Arabia's Oil Industry – On Course for 21st Century,"

OPEC Bulletin, July/August 1992 Issue.

Alsahlawi, M. "Qatar Prepares to Move into the Gas Export Market,"

OPEC Bulletin, September 1992.

Alsahlawi, M. "Stability Depends on OPEC," Petroleum times EnergyRe-

Port January 1993, Vol. 13.

Alsahlawi, M. "OPEC Policy and the Oil Business – What Future for Petro

leum Engineering," OPEC Bulletin, May 1993.

Alsahlawi, M. "OMAN: Building a Future on Hydrocarbons – Country

Saiki, K. Profile, "OPEC Bulletin, No. 2, February 1994.

Alsahlawi, M. "UAE: On the Way to a New Post – Oil Era of Prosperity,"

Saiki, K. OPEC Bulletin, No. 4, April 1994.

Alsahlawi, M. "Indonesia Encourages Petroleum exploration While Diversifying

Garay, F. its Energy Sources," OPEC Bulletin, no. 8, Sept. 1994.

Alsahlawi, M. "Malaysia to Fuel its by Strengthening Energy Sector,"OPEC

Bulletin, No. 9, October 1994.

Alsahlawi, M. "OPEC'S Keywords: Trust and Cooperation," East West

Forum (EWF), No. 1, 1994.

4 - Public Lectures

Alsahlawi, M. "Middle East and Japan," presented to members of Japan Co-

Operation Council Center for the Middle East (JCCME),

Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum and

Minerals June 1990.

Alsahlawi, M. "OPEC: Anatomy of a Unique Organization," Presented at the

Johann Goethe University – Frankfurt, February 4, 1992.

Alsahlawi, M. "OPEC Policy and the Oil Business–What future for Petroleum

Engineering, delivered at the Mining University in Leoban,

Austria, May 1993.

Alsahlawi, M. "Oil in War and Peace," delivered at "The School and Center for

Logistic Supplies," The Royal Saudi Ground Force, Taif, Saudi

Arabia, September 1996.

Alsahlawi, M. "GCC and Japan: Prospects for Cooperation," delivered at Qatar

Center for FuturisticsStudies, Doha, Qatar, November 2, 1998.

Alsahlawi, M. "Saudi Economy and Foreign Investment", delivered at Dhahran

Materials Management Society, Dhahran, Aramco, on September

28, 1999.

Alsahlawi, M.“The GGC economists” the twenty first century chances, KingFahadUniversity _ Al-Ahsa. Januard, 2001.

Alsahlawi, M. “Managing Training centers and Consultancy in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – Present and Future”, the Chamber of Commerce_ Jeddah. October, 2001.

Alsahlawi, M.“Developing Human Resources” , Management and Economic College_ Jeddah, October 2001

Alsahlawi, M.“Local and International Practices of Job Developments Programs” The First Job Developments Conference_ Kuwait _ November 2002

Alsahlawi, M. “The roll of HRDF In Jobs Localizations” KingAbduazizUniversity - October 2003.

Alsahlawi, M. Human Resources Development and Increasing Productivity in Madinah Regains. 2003

Alsahlawi, M / “The Travel Agencies Ninth Conference” Sponsored by Saudi Air Lines. 2003.
Alsahlawi, M / “ Recruitment and Saudization” the Third Conference for investors in People_ Chamber of Commerce- Riyadh. 2003
Alsahlawi, M / “ The Role of Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF) in Saudization" the First Contractors Saudization forum Aramco _ December 2003 – Dammam
Alsahlawi, M / “ e- Government" ERP Forum" , September 2006 – Riyadh, KSA.
Alsahlawi, M / "Resettlement of jobs in the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council" Bahrain, September 2006.
Alsahlawi, M. / “Labor Market and Education in Saudi Arabia”, Career Day, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, KSA, 2007.

5 - Book

Alsahlawi, M. "Petroleum Economics and Engineering," 2nd Edition, Co edited

with Dr. H.K. Abdel – Aal and Dr. Bakr A. Bakr. And author of

Chapters 1, 2 and 15, 1992, Marcel Dekker, Inc. New York.

CHAPTER – 1

"World Supply Demand,"Ch. 1, Petroleum Economics

Engineering, 2nd Edition, Marcel Dekker Inc. New York,1992

CHAPTER – 2

"Structure ofOilindustry,"Ch. 2, Petroleum Economics

Engineering,2nd Ed., Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 1992.

CHAPTER – 15

"Oil Transportation," Ch. 15, Petroleum Economics and

Engineering, 2nd Ed., Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 1992.

Alsahlawi, M. Managerial Economic, Saudi Cases in Managerial Economic, (2003), King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals Dhahran,Saudi Arabia

Alsahlawi, M. "Job Security", KingFaisalUniversity - Ahsa, (2004)

6 - Refereed Papers Review:

[1] For the Energy Journal, the paper entitled: "The Impact of Price

Foreign Import Changes on the Gulf Countries," Aug, 1996

[2] On the Author's personal request: "OPEC Stability: Empirical

Assessment," by Professor Albert L. Danielsen, University of

Georgia, U.S.A., April 1987.

[3] ForKingAbdul-AzizUniversity,Jeddah:"Studying the Economic

Impacts of Oil Pollution in Arabian Gulf,"1988 (in Arabic)

[4] For King Abdul-Aziz University, Jeddah: "Air Pollution and

Housing Prices in Jeddah,"1988 (in Arabic).

[5] For the Energy Journal,the paper entitled:"An EconometricStudy

of the Demand for Gasoline in the Gulf Cooperation Council

Countries," October 1993.

[6] For Saudi Economic Association, the paper "Energy Policy in

European Economic Union,"January 1995.

[7] For the Energy Journal, the paper entitled "A Co-integrating

Relationship in the Demand for Energy: The Case of Electricity

in Kuwait,"October 1996.

[8] For Riyadh College of Technology, the paper entitled, "Industrial

Colleges & Human Resources Development in Saudi Arabia,"

December 1996.

[9] For the Graduate Studies, KFUPM, research proposal entitled"The

Demand for Petroleum Refined Products in Saudi Arabia:

Estimation and Forecasting",supported by the British Council

Research Grants, June, 1997.

[10] For the International conference on Administrative Sciences:New