Melvin Hidalgo is a Senior Petroleum Engineer with over 22 years of experience in oil and gas production optimization, specializing in Digital Oil Field implementation and Artificial Lift Systems (SRP, PCP, ESP, and Gas Lift). He currently leads the Heavy Oil Digital Transformation initiative under the KOC RFS-12 – Digital Oil Field Optimization Project, focusing on real-time well monitoring, integrated surface-subsurface modeling, and intelligent workflow automation through the ForeSite platform.

His work emphasizes the integration of advanced analytics, machine learning, and exception-based surveillance to enhance production performance and operational efficiency. Melvin has been instrumental in implementing digital workflows such as Steam Well Selection, Dynacard Validation, Well Test Automation, and Integrated Production Optimization (IPO) across North Kuwait Heavy Oil fields.