Imad Mohammad Alatiqi

Imad Mohammad Alatiqi (Arabic: عماد محمد العتيقي, born 1956) is a current Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Oil in Kuwait, as well as an influential oil expert, researcher, and academic who has made significant contributions to the fields of petroleum research studies and oil policy-making in Kuwait through various leadership positions and membership in the Supreme Petroleum Council (SPC) of Kuwait.

He played a key role in rebuilding Kuwait’s academic infrastructure after the end of the Gulf War, initiating several funding programs to reestablish major research facilities and projects at Kuwait University that were discontinued during the devastation of the war. He was also responsible for the establishment of several private universities in Kuwait for which quality assurance and accreditation systems based on international standards were implemented under his guidance.

Alatiqi has contributed widely to the fields of academic and scientific research. He has authored and co-authored over a hundred research articles, technical reports, and conference presentations. His research interests include process control, petroleum refining, petrochemical processes, and industrial economics. He is also a chartered market analyst; hence his analyses of the oil market are followed closely by local and international news agencies alike.