Raphael Team
DALE STEINKUEHLER
Founder and CEO
Mr. Steinkuehler serves as the sole officer and director of Raphael. He has a financial background, reaching the management level with the professional service company KPMG. He has over 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry and has been involved in various aspects of the MaxEx Direct process for over 15 years.
MAHDI ABUALI
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Mr. AbuAli, a former Saudi Aramco Senior Geological Consultant, joined Raphael Energy Group in January 2021. He has more than 30 years of experience in exploration geoscience with expertise in petroleum systems analysis, regional play assessment, prospect risking, and managing exploration portfolios.
Mahdi holds a PhD from RWTH Aachen University, Germany in Geoscience and an MSc from the Colorado School of Mines, USA in Geochemistry. He has a few US patents and is the co-editor of the AAPG Memoir #114 Petroleum Systems Analysis-Case Studies published in 2017.
AFIF ARBI
Exploration Manager and Chief Technology Officer
Mr. Arbi is a PhD level geoscientist with seven years research experience in various geoscience fields. Chevron sponsored his PhD research based on his academic excellence. Before joining Raphael, Mr. Arbi undertook various geomodelling projects for multinational exploration and production companies including ENI and OMV.
DR. RONALD KLUSMAN
Technical Advisor
Dr. Klusman is a retired Colorado School of Mines Emeritus Professor where he focused on geochemical research and the application of soil gas and related methods in petroleum, mineral and geothermal exploration, environmental processes and carbon dioxide sequestration.