SpecialReport: Horizontal Wellbore Construction SHAHAB D. MOHAGHEGH Shahab D. Mohaghegh is a professor of petroleum and natural gas engineering at West Virginia University and founder of Intelligent Solutions Inc., which specializes in artificial intelligence and data mining applications in upstream oil and gas. Mohaghegh also is director of the WVU's Petroleum Engineering and Research Laboratory. He holds a B.S. and an M.S. in natural gas engineering from Texas A&I University, and a Ph.D. in petroleum and natural gas engineering from Pennsylvania State University. RAZI GASKARI Razi Gaskari is chief technology officer at Intelligent Solutions Inc. He began his career as a research assistant professor in the petroleum engineering department at West Virginia University, and conducted several research projects on applying artificial intelligence to solve complex nonlinear problems in the petroleum industry. Gaskari holds a B.S. from Sharif Institute of Technology and an M.S. and Ph.D. in civil and environmental engineering from West Virginia University. MOHAMMAD MAYSAMI Mohammad Maysami is petroleum data analytics engineer and chief project officer at Intelligent Solutions Inc. He holds a B.S. in petroleum engineering from Sharif University of Technology, an M.S. in geophysics from the University of British Columbia, and an M.S. in earth, energy and environmental sciences from Stanford University. What you're reading is more than just copy. It's also copyrighted. So before you head over to the photocopier, make sure you have permission. Contact the publisher or visit www.copyright.com. 76 THE AMERICAN OIL & GAS REPORTERhttp://www.copyright.com