Sajjad Ahmad

Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Khyber

Pukhtunkhwa, Pakistan, 25000. Ph: Office: +92 -91-9216744; Cell: +92-336-7107681

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  1. Professional Preparation
  2. FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR (Postdoc), The University of Houston, USA,

COMMONWEALTH Fellowship (Postdoc), The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 2013-14.

COMMONEALTH award for the Doctor of Philosophy,The University of Edinburgh,UK, November 2011.

Master of Science in Geology, University of Peshawar, Pakistan, 2003

Bachelor of Sciences (Hons) Geology, University of Peshawar,2001.

International Computer diving License (ICDL), Certification 2005

PhD thesis Title:Paleogene foraminiferal biostratigraphy and facies distribution: implications for the tectonic-stratigraphic evolution of the Kohat Basin, Potwar Basin and the Trans Indus Ranges (TIR), northwest Pakistan.

Specialization: Bio-Sequence Stratigraphy/Sedimentology

  1. Appointments

Associate Profesor: :Department of Geology, University of Peshawar, Pakistan, 2015-Present

Assistant Professor: Department of Geology, University of Peshawar, Pakistan, 2014-Present

Tutor/demonstrator: The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 2007-2010.

Lecturer: Department of Geology, University of Peshawar, Pakistan, 2004-2010

  1. Publications (In the HEC recognized National and International journals)

Rehman, K, Ali.A, Ahmad. S, Ali,W, Ali. A, Khan.M.Y. 2015; Spatio-temporal variations of b-value in and around north Pakistan, Journal of Earth System Science: Volume 124, Issue 7 (2015), Page 1445-1456

Saboor. A , Ali. F ,Ahmad. S , Haneef. M , Hanif. M , Imraz. M, Ali. N, Swati. A.F , Zahid. M and Sadiq. I. 2015. A preliminary account of the Middle Jurassic plays in Najafpur Village, southeastern Hazara, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences Volume 48, No. 1, 2015 pp.41-49

Rehman. K, Jadoon, T, Hussain. M., Ali. A, Ali. A,Ahmad.S., 2015, Tsunamigenic Analysis in and Around Makran, Journal of Earthquake engineering, 19:2, 332-355, DOI:10.1080/13632469.2014.982835.

Ahmad. S, Waqas. M, Khan.S. , Swati. M.A, Jan. I.U, Ali. F, Yaqoob. M, Sadiq. A, Khan. S and Rehman. I.U; 2015. Facies analysis and dynamic depositional modelling of the Upper Permian Chhidru Formation, Salt Range, Upper Indus Basin, Pakistan. Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences Volume 48, No. 1, pp.64-80.

Ali. T. H, Ali. F, Ali. F, M, Hanif., Haneef. M, Ahmad. S, Rehman. G and Fida. S. 2015.Microfacies analysis and diagenetic fabric of Lockhart Limestone exposed along Nathiagali-Murree Road, District Abbottabad, Pakistan. Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences Volume 47, No. 2, 2014, pp. 99-114

Ahmad. S, Wahid Jalal, Hanif, M, Ali. Fahad, Jan. I. U., Khan. S, 2014. Using larger benthic foraminifera for the paleogeographic reconstruction of Neo-Tethys during Paleogene, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, DOI 10.1007/s12517-014-1549-x.

Ahmad. S, Kroon. D, Rigby. S, Hanif . M, Imraz. M, Ahmad. T, Jan. I. U, Ali. A, Zahid. M, Ali. F, 2014. Integrated paleoenviromental, bio- and sequence stratigraphic analysis of the late Thanetian Lockhart limestone in the Nammal Gorge Section, Western salt range, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences, Vol 47 (1), 9-24.

Zahid. M, Khan. A, Rashid. M, Saboor. A, Ahmad. S,201 4. Structural interpretation of the Joya Mir Oil Filed, southern Potwar, Upper Indus Basin Pakistan: Using 2 D seismic data and petrophyical analysis, Pakistan Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences, Vol 47 (1), 73-86.

Jehangiri. M, Hanif. M, Arif. M, Jan. I.U & Ahmad. S. 2014. The Early Cambrian Khewra Sandstone, Salt Range, Pakistan: endorsing southern Indian provenance. Arab J Geosci DOI 10.1007/s12517-014-1649-7.

Sadiq. I , Ahmad. S, Hanif. M, Ali. F, Latif.K, Farooq. A Swati, Saboor. A, Hussain. S, Jan. I and Ali. F ;2014. Implication of the diagenetic evolution for the diagnosis of reservoir potential of the Amb Formation, western Salt Range, Pakistan; Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences Volume 47, No. 2, pp. 75-98.

Farooq. A Swati, Haneef. M, Ahmad. S, Latif. K, Naveed. Y, Zeb. W, Akhtar. N, Owais. M. 2014; Diagenetic analysis of the Early Eocene Margala Hill limestone, Pakistan: A synthesis for thin section porosity; 2014. Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences Volume 47, No. 2, pp. 49-61

Ahmad, S.,2014. Facies analysis and dynamic depositional modelling: Implications for hydrocarbon prospecting in the Early Jurassic Datta Formation, Salt ranges, Northwest Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Hydrocarbon Research, Vol 22, 11-22.

Khan. S, Ahmad. S, Hanif. M, Swati. A. F, Khan. S., Saboor. A, 2014. Lihofacies, Paleoenvironments and sequence stratigraphic modelling of the Wargal Limestone: Implications for the reservoir characterization in the Salt Ranges, Northwest Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences, Vol 47 (1), 41-60.

Hanif. M, Imraz. M, Ali. F, Saboor. A, Ali. S, Ahmad. S.2013. The inner ramp facies of the Thanetian Lockhart Formation, Western salt Range Indus Basin Pakistan; 2013. Arabian Journal of Geosciences DOI 10.1007/s12517-013-1099-7.

Ahmad. S, Ahmad. S (Sr), Waheed. K, Ali. A, 2013; Facies analysis and dynamic depositional modeling: implications for Hydrocarbon prospecting in the early Jurassic Datta Formation, Salt Ranges, Northwest Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Hydrocarbon Research, Vol. 22 & 23 pp. 63-71.

Ahmad, S, Rigby, S., Kroon, D, Khan, S. & Abbasi, I. A. 2012. Paleogene larger benthic foraminiferal stratigraphy of the Potwar basin and Trans Indus Ranges, northwest Pakistan:A comparison with the Paleogene biozonation of northern Oman. GeoArabia, v. 17, no. 3, 182-184.

Hersi, O. S., Abbasi, I. A., Ahmad, S. and Al-Raisi, T. 2012. Geology of the Sultan Qaboos university campus, Wilayat Seeb, Muscat, Oman. GeoArabia, v. 17, no. 3, 231-232.

Ali.A, Khan.N, wazir,T, Ahmad.S, 2012, Fracture analyses of the Early Cambrian Ambar Formation, at Ambar Village, district Swabi, Pakistan: In regional tectonic perspective, Pakistan Journal of Hydrocarbon Research. V.20. PP. 1-16.

Ahmad, S., Rigby, S., Kroon, D., Khan. S. 2011. Integrated Paleogene sequence stratigraphy of the Kohat Basin, northwest Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Hydrocarbon Research, Vol. 21, p. 41-47, 06 Figs.

Ahmad, S., Rigby, S., Kroon, D, 2009; Integrated sequence stratigraphy of the Eocene rocks of the Kohat Basin, northwest Pakistan (Proceedings of the international conference on Geological Problems solving with Microfossils II, University of Houston USA).

Ahmad, S., Rigby, S., Kroon, D, 2008. Early Eocene agglutinated foraminifera from the Panoba Formation of the Kohat Basin, northwest Pakistan. Proceedings of the 3rd International workshop on agglutinated foraminifera Babes Bolyai University, ClujNapoca, Romania

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  1. Professional Experience (12 Years)

COMPLETED PROJECT (Hydrocarbon Exploration SECTOR)

Project 1 ( 2016-17)

Geological Mapping, Biostratigraphy, Facies depositional modelling and Petroleum System Characterization Tiah and Orakzai Blocks.

Client: OGDCL

Status: Completed

Project 2 (2015)

Geological Mapping and Tectono-Stratigraphic evolution of the Northern Kalat Block, Baluchistan.

Duration: 3 Months

Client: Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL)

Status: Completed

Project 3 (2014)

Geological Mapping, Biostratigraphy, Facies depositional modelling and Petroleum System Characterization Peshawar East Block.

Duration: 6 Months

Client: Mari Petroleum Company Limited (MPCL)

Status: Completed

Project 4 (2013-14)

Geological mapping and diagentic analysis of the Palaeocene rocks: Implications for better hydrocarbon characterization in the Upper Indus Basin of Pakistan

Duration: 1 Year

Client: Commonwealth Scholarship Commission and the University of Edinburgh Postdoctoral Academic Staff Research Fellowship in UK

Status: Completed

Project 5 (2013)

Geological Mapping, Biostratigraphy, Facies depositional modelling, Digenesis and Reservoir rock Characterization of the Jurassic-Palaeocene rocks of the Margalla North Block, Upper Indus Basin of Pakistan.

Duration: 6 Months

Client: MOL Pakistan Oil & Gas Co B.V.

Status: Completed

Project 6 (2013)

Geological mapping, Biostratigraphy, Sedimentology, Source and Reservoir Rock Characterization of the Jurassic-Paleogene rocks of the MEHAR Block, Khuzdar area, Baluchistan, Pakistan.

Duration: 6 Months

Client: OMV (PAKISTAN) Exploration GmbH

Status: Completed

Project 7 (2013)

Geological mapping, Biostratigraphy, Sedimentology, Source and Reservoir Rock Characterization of the Jurassic-Paleogene rocks of the D.G Khan Block, Pakistan.

Duration: 6 Months

Client: Pakistan Oilfields Limited

Status: Completed

Project 8 (2012)

Sedimentological investigation of the Zindan Block

Duration: 4 Months

Client: Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL)

Status: Completed

Project 9 (2007-2010)

Geological mapping and integrated Paleogene sequence Stratigraphy of the Kohat Basin, Potwar Basin and the Trans Indus Ranges (TIR), northwest Pakistan.

Client: Commonwealth Scholarship Commission and the University of Edinburgh

Duration: 3 Years

Status: Completed

OILFIELD PROJECTS

Project 1 (2015)

Comprehensive Sedimentological study of the Pariwali Oilfield, Potwar Basin.

Duration: 2 Months

Client: Pakistan Oilfield Limited (POL)

Status: (Completed)

Project 2 (2014)

Palynostratigraphy of the Pindori Oil well

Duration: 4 Months

Client: Pakistan Oilfield Limited (POL)

Status: Completed

Project 3 (2014)

Palynofacies analysis of Sofia X-1 well

Duration: 2 Months

Client: OMV (PAKISTAN) Exploration GmbH

Status: Completed

HOTSHOT BIOSTRATIGRAPHY PROJECTS

I have been involved in hotshot Biostratigraphic/palyonostratigrphic Analysis of the well cuttings from various Oilfield of the Indus and Baluchistan Basin i.e. Adhi, Tolanj, Makori, Mamikhel, Sadkal, Dakhni, Pindori, Balkassar 1-7, Karkh X-1, Sofia X-1, Pariwali 1-5, Domial 2, Margalla North-1 and many others.

Clients: MOL, PPL, OGDCL and POL

Duration: (From 2004- Till date)

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

Project 1 2017

Shale gas prospects: A case study from the Cambrian-Triassic rocks of the Potwar basin, Pakistan

Client: Research and Development (R&D), Higher Education Commission, Pakistan

Status: In progress.

Project 2 (2015)

Implications of advanced biostratigraphic and Sedimentological investigation for Cretaceous Hydrocarbon Prospects of the Indus basin

Client: Research and development (R&D), Higher Education Commission, Pakistan

Status: (Co- PI with Dr. Suleman Khan, in progress)

Project 3 (2012)

Geological mapping and application of Permian foraminiferal biostratigraphy and Facies Analysis: implications for hydrocarbon Exploration in the Salt Range, Northwest Pakistan

Duration: 2 Years

Client: University of Peshawar

Status: Completed

Project 3 (2008-2011)

Application of foraminiferal biostratigraphy and ecology to Hydrocarbon Exploration in Palaeocene rocks of the Upper Indus Basin of Pakistan

Duration: 3 Years

Client: Research and Development (R&D), Higher Education Commission, Pakistan

Status: Completed

Project 4 (2006-2007)

Application of foraminiferal biostratigraphy and ecology to Hydrocarbon Exploration in Paleocene Lockhart Formation of the Upper Indus Basin of Pakistan

Client: Research and development (R&D), Higher Education Commission, Pakistan and the University of Edinburgh, UK

Status: Completed

  • Computer Skills/ Experience: ICDL (International Computer Driving License)
  • Well versed in using BasinMod, Well Plot, Smart Draw, Corel Draw, 2-3 D Move, Global Mapper and MS Office
  1. Distinction
  • FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR
  • Received the prestigious Commonwealth scholarship for PhD studies and Academic Staff Fellowship for PostDoctoral research at the Univesrity of Edinburgh, UK.
  1. Coferences, Workshops and training

Participated and presented in the World reknowned AAPG, GSA and NAMS conferences held in USA (2017)

  1. National Conference on “Economic and Environmental Sustainability of

Mineral Resources of Pakistan (July 20-22, 2004), University of Peshawar

Summer Campus Baragali, Pakistan.

  1. International workshop on agglutinated foraminifera Babes Bolyai University, Cluj Napoca, Romania, 7-13 September 2008)
  2. “Petroleum Exploration” course and Workshop organized by the Department of Geology, University of Peshawar and The Hydrocarbon Development Institute of Pakistan (September 11-21, 2000).
  3. · “Project Cycle Management and Logical Framework Approach” training

course organized by ASIA LINK (EuropeAID; November 2005).

  1. “HEC’s Self-Assessment Model of University Programmes” workshop

Organized by the Quality Enhancement Cell, University of Peshawar at Bara

Gali Summer Campus (June 19-20, 2006).

  1. Thesis Supervisor

List of MS leading to PhD students Enrolled/under supervision

(HEC Approved PHD Supervisor)

  1. Faizan Ahmad (in progress) working on shale –gas prospects of the Indus and Baluchistan Basins of Pakistan.

List of Mphil Geology students supervised

MS graduates FAHAD ALI and IMRANUDIN from the NCEG UOP in 2017.

  1. Sajjad Khan (2013-14) from NCEG, University of Peshawar. Has worked on the Facies analysis and Sequence Stratigraphy and Hydrocarbon reservoir characterization of the of the middle to Late Permian Wargal Limestone, Salt, Range Pakistan.
  2. Izhar Sadiq (2013-14) from NCEG, University of Peshawar, has worked on the Integrated Sequence Stratigraphy of Permian Amb Formation, In the Salt Ranges, Northwest Pakistan.
  3. Asad Zia (2014-2015), from NCEG, University of Peshawar, has worked on the facies depositional modelling and hydrocarbon reservoir characterization of the Sakessar Limestone in the Salt Ranges, Northwest Pakistan.
  4. Natasha Khan (at the Department of Geology, University of Peshawar) has worked on the Bio-sequence stratigraphic integration with the seismic data for understanding the hydrocarbon prospectively of the Offshore Indus Basin, Pakistan

List of International students under Co-supervision

  1. Amanuallah (University of Regina, Canada) is currently working on the Application of Paleogene foraminiferal biostratigraphy and facies analysis: Implications for the sequence stratigraphic modelling and hydrocarbon exploration in the Salt Range, Upper Indus Basin, northwest Pakistan.

List of MS students supervised

  1. Imran Khan (2013-14) at the Department of Geology, University of Peshawar has worked on the Facies and diagetic study of the Pab-Rannikot Group in the Rakhi Goge Section: Implications for better hydrocarbon reservoir characterization.

List of MS students under Supervision

  1. Adnan Saleem (at the Department of Geology, University of Peshawar) is studying the diagenesis and hydrocarbon reservoirs characterization of the Sheikhan Limestone in the Kohat Basin.
  2. Hafiz Nasir Iqbal (at the Department of Geology, University of Peshawar), is working on the source rock geochemistry of the Palaeocene deposits in the Salt Ranges, Northwest Pakistan.

References

1.Professor Dr Sajjad Ahmad, Chairman

Department of Geology, University of Peshawar, Pakistan

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2. Dr. Suleman Khan, Assistant Professor,

Department of Geology, University of Peshawar, Pakistan

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