The Geosystems Program targets to focus on geological studies addressing challenges related to the petroleum system of both conventional and unconventional resources integrating traditional and advanced techniques (e.g. AI and stratigraphic forward modelling).
Program Mission & Vision
We are also dedicated to education and consistently help all researchers in all programs at CIPR and faculty members and graduate students at both departments with field and lab support, as well as extensive student supervision.
Outcrop Study Fieldwork investigation Laboratory investigation Construction of carbonate platform & clastic Depositional model One of the main thrust areas of the program is to understand the controls on reservoir quality of clastic and carbonate sequences. This is done through an integrated approach involving different areas: -Outcrop and subsurface sedimentologic and stratigraphic studies.
Program Outcomes
- Diagenetic and petrophysical studies
- Basin and petroleum system modeling: Organic geochemistry
- Stable isotope and Inorganic geochemistry
- Provenance, Tectonic and Structural studies
- Paleoclimate and Paleoceanographic studies
Sedimentology & Stratigraphy Laboratory
Supervisor: Murtada Al-Hashem
List of instrumentation available:
- ZEISS Axio Scan.Z1
- XRF S4 T-STAR
- Helos Particle Size Analyser - range 0.1 µm – 3500 µm
- Olympus PX51 Petrographic Microscope
- LEICA Stereo Microscope
FIB-SEM Advanced Correlative Microscopy Laboratory
Supervisor: Dr. Abduljamiu Olalekan Amao
List of instrumentation available:
- ZEISS SEM 450
- ZEISS Laser-FIBSEM 550
Automated Mineralogy Laboratory
Supervisor: Abdullah M. Alqubalee
The Automated Mineralogy Lab (AML) is a state-of-the-art petrographic laboratory located at the Center for Integrative Petroleum Research. For more information about the lab, including instruments and recent publications, click hereList of instrumentation available:
- QEMSCAN 650F (Quantitative Evaluation of Minerals by Scanning Electron Microscopy)
- Sampling preperation instruments: Struers Accutom-50 is used to cut samples, Struers Tegramin-30 for polishing, and Q150T Quorum for carbon coating.
Petrography & Scanning Laboratory
Supervisor: Dr. Lamidi O. Babalola, Abdullah M. Alqubalee
List of instrumentation available:
- Petrographic Microscope - Olympus BX53 with stepping stage and PETROG
- Petrographic microscope - Zeiss Axiozoom 5
- Petrographic microscope - Nikon Eclipse ME600
- LINKAM microscope set up with THMS600 stage for fluid inclusion studies
- Stereomicroscope - Nikon SMZ 1500
Stable Isotope Laboratory
Supervisor: Dr. John Humphrey
List of instrumentation available:
- The stable isotopes of hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur are used as tracers of processes in a wide array of fields including geology, geochemistry, planetary science, archeology, ecology, biology, medicine, and pharmaceuticals. This lab uses these light stable isotopes to investigate rock-forming processes, rock-water interaction, petroleum source rocks, and environmental geochemistry.
Heavy Isotope and Element Laboratory
Supervisor: Dr. John Humphrey
List of instrumentation available:
- The distribution of trace quantities of the elements in rocks and fluids can provide clues to their behavior through time. Heavy isotope systematics are key for constraining the age of rocks, timing of rock-forming episodes, and rates and durations of geological processes. Sensitive instrumentation in this lab can detect and measure nearly all the elements of the periodic table down to parts-per-quadrillion levels.
About the Program
Program Mission & Vision
We are also dedicated to education and consistently help all researchers in all programs at CIPR and faculty members and graduate students at both departments with field and lab support, as well as extensive student supervision.
Outcrop Study Fieldwork investigation Laboratory investigation Construction of carbonate platform & clastic Depositional model One of the main thrust areas of the program is to understand the controls on reservoir quality of clastic and carbonate sequences. This is done through an integrated approach involving different areas: -Outcrop and subsurface sedimentologic and stratigraphic studies.
Program Outcomes
- Diagenetic and petrophysical studies
- Basin and petroleum system modeling: Organic geochemistry
- Stable isotope and Inorganic geochemistry
- Provenance, Tectonic and Structural studies
- Paleoclimate and Paleoceanographic studies
Associated Labs
Sedimentology & Stratigraphy Laboratory
Supervisor: Murtada Al-Hashem
List of instrumentation available:
- ZEISS Axio Scan.Z1
- XRF S4 T-STAR
- Helos Particle Size Analyser - range 0.1 µm – 3500 µm
- Olympus PX51 Petrographic Microscope
- LEICA Stereo Microscope
FIB-SEM Advanced Correlative Microscopy Laboratory
Supervisor: Dr. Abduljamiu Olalekan Amao
List of instrumentation available:
- ZEISS SEM 450
- ZEISS Laser-FIBSEM 550
Automated Mineralogy Laboratory
Supervisor: Abdullah M. Alqubalee
The Automated Mineralogy Lab (AML) is a state-of-the-art petrographic laboratory located at the Center for Integrative Petroleum Research. For more information about the lab, including instruments and recent publications, click hereList of instrumentation available:
- QEMSCAN 650F (Quantitative Evaluation of Minerals by Scanning Electron Microscopy)
- Sampling preperation instruments: Struers Accutom-50 is used to cut samples, Struers Tegramin-30 for polishing, and Q150T Quorum for carbon coating.
Petrography & Scanning Laboratory
Supervisor: Dr. Lamidi O. Babalola, Abdullah M. Alqubalee
List of instrumentation available:
- Petrographic Microscope - Olympus BX53 with stepping stage and PETROG
- Petrographic microscope - Zeiss Axiozoom 5
- Petrographic microscope - Nikon Eclipse ME600
- LINKAM microscope set up with THMS600 stage for fluid inclusion studies
- Stereomicroscope - Nikon SMZ 1500
Stable Isotope Laboratory
Supervisor: Dr. John Humphrey
List of instrumentation available:
- The stable isotopes of hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur are used as tracers of processes in a wide array of fields including geology, geochemistry, planetary science, archeology, ecology, biology, medicine, and pharmaceuticals. This lab uses these light stable isotopes to investigate rock-forming processes, rock-water interaction, petroleum source rocks, and environmental geochemistry.
Heavy Isotope and Element Laboratory
Supervisor: Dr. John Humphrey
List of instrumentation available:
- The distribution of trace quantities of the elements in rocks and fluids can provide clues to their behavior through time. Heavy isotope systematics are key for constraining the age of rocks, timing of rock-forming episodes, and rates and durations of geological processes. Sensitive instrumentation in this lab can detect and measure nearly all the elements of the periodic table down to parts-per-quadrillion levels.