Professor Ashok Kumar Khurana PhD, DIC, FIEAust (Ex), SPE Distinguished Member is an honorary adjunct professor in the Institute for Sustainability, Energy and Resources at the University of Adelaide. His current research focus is on energy transition.Professor Khurana has held a number of positions in academia and industry across more than 50 years. He has been a consultant and technical advisor to Petronas, involved in all aspects of oil and gas field development and management of Petronas’s extensive worldwide portfolio. Professor Khurana was also General Manager, Petroleum Development, Planning and Environmental Affairs with Santos, responsible for all petroleum development and environmental management for the Santos Group, and a member of the Development Committee responsible for mergers and acquisitions. He is also an ex-director of Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) International representing the Asia Pacific Region, Distinguished Member of SPE and has been recognised in Who’s Who in Australian Science and Engineering. Professor Khurana has provided consulting and industry education services worldwide including to Petronas, EMEPMI, Petro Vietnam, CNOC China and MOGE Myanmar. He has maintained a close involvement with the University of Adelaide since 1998, including as a former Professor of Petroleum Engineering at the Australian School of Petroleum. During this time, he developed the curriculum, established and taught (in part) the Master of Petroleum Business Management and Leadership Development programs. He has also worked at the University of New South Wales, Curtin University and CSIRO as a professor, lecturer and researcher.Professor Khurana also supports several philanthropic causes, including sponsorship of annual Master’s scholarships in Arts, Science and Engineering and Music Performance at The University of Adelaide in perpetuity and at Amity University, India. Some academic career highlights include:- Assisting with the establishment of the Petroleum Engineering Department at Imperial College, London.- Developing the curriculum for undergraduate degree programs at Imperial College, London, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Curtin University, Perth and the University of Adelaide.- Serving on the Advisory Boards of the Australian School of Petroleum, Heriot Watt University and University of Strathclyde.- Being a member of the advisory board of the School of Petroleum Engineering, UNSW, Sydney.- Being involved with developing a landmark solution to predicting the behaviour of Bubble Formation from Submerged Orifices at Intermediate Conditions, still being used widely in the chemical process industry, as a researcher in chemical engineering at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.Some industry career highlights include:- Supervising the evaluation of High Rate Tests and Gas Injection Pilots in the Upper Zakum Reservoir in Abu Dhabi for ZADCO and evaluating Shell’s drilling efficiency in Oman on behalf of the Omani government.- Consulting activities including technical evaluation of the Gas Development Potential of Papua New Guinea for export as LNG or by pipeline to Australia on behalf of the PNG Government, determination of Residual Gas Saturation and evaluation of the development potential of Maui Oil and Gas reservoirs (New Zealand) and the Maharaja Lela field ( Brunei) on behalf of Fletcher Challenge Energy.- Independent industry consultation and advisory services provided to several Australian, New Zealand and Asian petroleum companies as well as to the United Nations. Advisory projects included an evaluation of Research Institution Building projects in India on behalf of the United Nations, plus acting as expert witness as well as judicial referee in legal disputes relating to the oil industry.- Consulting and educational activities conducted in Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Myanmar and India with clients including BHPP, Esso Malaysia, Petronas Carigali, FCE New Zealand and Brunei, Usaha Tegas Sdn. Bhd., APN/Goldwater, MOGE, Petroconsultants, Worley Engineering, Supreme Court of NSW, Arthur Robinson and Hedderswick and Minter Ellison.