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Simsima Formation varies considerably both
laterally and vertically. The goal of the project
is to unravel the conditions and parameters
controlling the distribution of diagenetic
alterations.
Project title: Fracture-Related Diagenesis
Evaluation Study
Name of sponsor: ADCO
Team members: Dr. Sadoon Morad
Dr. Manhal Sirat (ADCO)
Duration: August 2012-April 2013
Amount awarded: USD 480,000
Summary of the project: The project aims to
unravel the role of structural deformation on
diagenesis, and consequently on porosity and
permeability of carbonate deposits.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Sandra Vega
Project Title: Rock Physics Model for Fluid
Substitution in Carbonates
Name of sponsor: ADNOC Upstream
Research Oil-Subcommittee
Team members: Dr. Sandra Vega
Dr. Soufiane Jouini (Research Associate)
Mr. El Amin Mokhtar (Research Lab Engineer)
Dr. Jyotshana Prajapat (PI collaborator)
Duration: 3 years (extended to 5 years)
Amount awarded: USD875,100 (2007-2012)
Summary of the project: The primary objective
of this project is to develop an improved
quantitative model that relates seismic
response to changes in fluids and pressure in
carbonate reservoirs.
Project Title: Validation and Optimization of
Digital Rock Physics in UAE Carbonates
Name of sponsor: ADNOC Upstream
Research Oil-Subcommittee
Team members: Dr. Sandra Vega (Principal
investigator)
Dr. Soufiane Jouini (Research Associate)
Mr. El Amin Mokhtar (Research Lab Engineer)
Dr. Jyotshana Prajapat (PI collaborator)
Duration: 3 years (starting January 2013)
Amount awarded: USD1,002,900 (2013-
2015)
Summary of the project: The major objectives
of this project are to: 1) Optimize and validate
our new home-made codes of Digital Rock
Physics that model porosity, permeability, and
elastic properties in carbonate rocks; 2) Create
a comprehensive rock physics experimental
database that can help to validate and calibrate
the codes on objective 1; and 3) Optimize and
validate the new analytical models that can
predict elastic properties in UAE carbonate
rocks.
Sponsored Projects with International
Research Collaboration
Principal Investigator Dr. Mohammed Ali
Project Title: The Structure and Evolution of
the UAE Mountains and Foreland Basins
Name of sponsor: Emirates Foundation
Team members: Dr. Mohammed Ali
(Principal investigator), Dr. David Cooper and
Prof. Mike Searle (Oxford University)
Duration: 3 years
Amount awarded: USD38,000
Summary of the project: The objective of the
project is to better understand the structure
of the leading edge of the Arabian plate and
the mechanisms by which oceanic plates are
emplaced onto continents and continental
plates collide and mountains form.
Principal investigator Dr. Sadoon Morad
Project Title: Quantifying Diagenesis at the
Reservoir Scale: Predictive Modeling of the
Field-Wide Impact of Diagenesis on Reservoir
Quality and Heterogeneity
Name of sponsor: ADNOC Upstream Research
Oil-Subcommittee
Team members: Dr. Sadoon Morad
Dr. Ihsan Al-Aasm
Dr. Fadi Nader (IFP, France)
Amount awarded: USD 65,000
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