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Dr. John D. Humphrey

Chairman / Associate Professor, Chairman / Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences

Dr. John D. Humphrey is Associate Professor and Chairman of the Department of Geosciences at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals. His appointment is in the College of Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences (CPG). He has a B.S. in Geology from the University of Vermont, and his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Brown University in Geological Sciences. He served on the faculty of Geosciences at the University of Texas at Dallas from 1986 to 1991. Beginning in 1991, Dr. Humphrey was an Associate Professor of Geology and Geological Engineering at Colorado School of Mines. He served as Department Head from 2006 to 2013. He joined CPG-KFUPM in early 2017. He teaches courses in physical geology, field geology, carbonate sedimentology, and carbonate diagenesis. His areas of specialization include carbonate diagenesis and geochemistry, carbonate sedimentology and stratigraphy, carbonate reservoir characterization, unconventional carbonate reservoirs, stable isotope geochemistry, and paleoclimatology. His current research focuses on all aspects of carbonate mudrocks in unconventional petroleum systems, including Mesozoic source rocks of Saudi Arabia.

Educational Qualification

  • Ph.D., Geology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 1987.
  • M.S., Geology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 1985.
  • B.S. (cum laude), Geology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA, 1982.

Research Interests

  • Characterization of carbonate diagenesis, dolomitization, water-rock interaction, and carbonate geochemistry.
  • Unconventional resource petroleum systems.
  • Applications of carbonate diagenesis to petroleum reservoir characterization.
  • Sedimentology and stratigraphy of carbonate sediments and rocks.
  • Applications of stable isotopes to diagenetic, environmental, hydrologic, and paleoclimatic problems.
  • Synergism between Quaternary sea-level history and carbonate diagenesis.
  • Paleoclimatology.

Selected Publications

  • Refaat, A., Eltom, H.A., El-Husseiny, A., Humphrey, J.D., 2024, Modeling porosity and permeability evolution of burrow fillings with packstone fabric in the Upper Jurassic Hanifa Formation, central Saudi Arabia: A diagenetic backstripping study; Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 170, 107075. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.107075
  • Radwan, O.A., Hussein, M.A., Assaggaf, R.A., Humphrey, J.D., Al-Hashem, M., Mahmoud, A.A., 2024, Rebuilding with sand roses: Cold sintering of sand-gypsum mixture for sustainable brick production; Construction and Building Materials, v. 442, 137642. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.137642
  • Saraih, N.A, H.A. Eltom, R.H. Goldstein, A. El-Husseiny, S. Hanafy, S.A. Whattam, J.D. Humphrey, M. Salih, 2024, Controls on fracture propagation in bioturbated carbonate rocks: Insights from the Aruma Formation, central Saudi Arabia; Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 167, 106938. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.106938
  • Rafiq, J., Abu-Mahfouz, I.S., Soupios, P., Humphrey, J.D., Tawabini, B.S., 2024, Hydrochemical characterization, geothermometry, and origin of Ain Al-Harrah hot spring and its relationship to Al-Lith geothermal system, Saudi Arabia; ACS Omega, v. 9, p. 24807-24818. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.4c01343
  • Radwan, O.A., Al-Yaseri, A., Humphrey, J.D., Theravalappil, R., Abdelnaby, M.M., 2024, Evaluating diatomaceous earth for long-term use in hydrogen storage; ACS Omega, v. 9, p. 21580-21586. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.4c02415
  • Benaafi, M., Pradipta, A., Tawabini, B., Al-Areeq, A.M., Bafaqeer, A., Humphrey, J.D., Nazal, M.K., Aljundi, I.H., 2024 Suitability of treated wastewater for irrigation and its impact on groundwater resources in arid coastal regions: Insights for water resources sustainability; Heliyon, v. 10, e29320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e29320
  • Albensaad, B., Chan, S.A., Humphrey, J.D., Alqubalee, A, El-Husseiny, A., Alzayer, Y., 2024, Controls on mechanical properties of a carbonate mudstone: Insights from non-destructive techniques and geochemical data; Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 161, 106702. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.106702
  • Saraih, N.A., Hanafy, S., Eltom, H.A., El-Husseiny, A., Goldstein, R.H., Whattam, S.A., Humphrey, J.D., 2024, Characterizing the attributes of large burrows in the Upper Cretaceous Aruma Formation: Insights form ground penetrating radar, 2024, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing; https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2024.3448223
  • Abdelkarim, A., Humphrey, J.D., 2024Using ANN prediction in carbonate reservoir properties: Implication for large-scale reservoir correlation; SPE/AAPG/SEG URTec 2024, 4054990. (conference paper)
  • Benaafi, M., Al-Areeq, A.M., Tawabini, B., Basaleh, A., Bafaqeer, A., Humphrey, J.D., Aljundi, I.H., 2024, Combined effects of seawater intrusion and heavy metal pollution on the groundwater resources of Tarout Island, Saudi Arabia; Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-024-09184-2.
  • Omar A. Radwan, John D. Humphrey, 2023, Uses of sands in solar thermal technologies, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, v. 261, 112533, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2023.112533.
  • Saraih, N.A, H.A. Eltom, R.H. Goldstein, S.A. Whattam, A. El-Husseiny, S. Hanafy, J.D. Humphrey, 2023, Bioturbated strata in the Upper Cretaceous Aruma Formation, central Saudi Arabia: An analog for aquifers and hydrocarbon reservoirs with large burrows; Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 157,106489: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2023.106489.
  • Alabbad, A., Humphrey, J.D., El-Husseiny, A., Altowairqi, Y., and Dvorkin, J.P., 2023, Rock physics modeling and quantitative seismic interpretation workflow for organic-rich mudrocks; Geoenergy Science and Engineering, v. 227, 211824.
  • Hassan, A.M., Alkhayyal, F.I., Chan, S.A., Abdulraheem, A., Mahmoud, M.A., Humphrey, J.D., 2023, Predicting rock hardness of unconventional shales based on elemental compositions by employing artificial neuron networks, ADIPEC, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
  • Chan, S., Amao, A., Humphrey, J., and Alzayer, Y., 2023, Unsupervised machine learning for sweet-spot identification within an unconventional carbonate mudrock, Proceedings, SPE Middle East Oil and Gas Show and Conference.
  • Benaafi, M., Tawabini, B., Abba, S.I., Humphrey, J.D., Al-Areeq, A., Alhulaibi, S.A., Usman, A.G., and Aljundi, I.H., 2022, Integrated hydrogeological, hydrogeochemical, and isotopic assessment of seawater intrusion in coastal aquifers in Al-Qatif area, eastern Saudi Arabia; Molecules, v. 27, 6841. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27206841
  • Babiker, J., Kaminski, M.A., Humphrey, J.D., Al-Ramadan, K., Payne, J.L., and Alqubalee, A., 2022, First record of shark microremains from the Lower Khartam Member, Khuff Formation: An Upper Permian origin of the genus Lissodus, or a new placement of the Permo/Triassic boundary in Saudi Arabia? Stratigraphy, v. 19, p 179-186.
  • Bashri, M., Kaminski, M.A., Abdullatif, O., Humphrey, J.D., Makkawi, M., Swennen, R., Ali, O., Adam, A., Salih, M., and Babiker, J., 2022, Facies analysis and depositional model for the Oxfordian Hanifa Formation, central Saudi Arabia; Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 146, 105940, 21 pp.

Awards & Honors

  • CSM Alumni Teaching Award, 2014
  • CSM Alumni Teaching Award, 1998
  • Fellow, Geological Society of America, 1997
  • National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1982-1986
  • Sigma Xi, Brown University, 1984 (full member, 1986)
  • Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Brown University, Spring 1984
  • Phi Beta Kappa, University of Vermont, 1982
  • Charles G. Doll Award for Excellence in Geology, University of Vermont, 1982
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