Dr Hani Abul Khair

Biography/ Background

I joined the Australian School of Petroleum in August 2011, following a six months Post Doctoral research position at the University of Adelaide. I worked as a Post Doctor researcher for six years in the University of Jordan and as a petroleum geologist with a petroleum company called Target Explration / UK.

I obtained B.Sc. of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Yarmouk University / Jordan in January 1993, my Master of Geology / sedimentary rocks at the University of Jordan in June 1996, and completed my PhD at the University of Jordan in December 2008 with a dissertation on petroleum potentiality study of the Sirhan Basin in Jordan.

My main research interest lies in the integration of structural geology, geomechanics, seimic interpretation, sedimentolgy, sequence stratigraphy, and petrophysics for the construction of accurate and validated three-dimensional models of the Earth's sub-surface, in particular for petroleum applications.

I recently started to work on a methodology to better image and model natural fracture networks in various tectonic settings, using 3D seismic data, seismic attribute analysis and a combination of geomechanical modelling and structural restoration techniques.

Qualifications

1- Ph.D, 2008, University of Jordan, Al-Sirhan Basin Analysis and its Petroleum Potential, supervisor was Prof. Abed. A., and Amerah, B.

2- M.Sc, 1996, University of Jordan, Facies Analysis, Petrography, and Paleogeography of Jurassic Sediments in Northern Jordan.

3- B.Sc, 1993, Yarmouk University, Earth and Environmental Sciences.

Research Interests

1- 3D geomodelling: Integration of geophysics (e.g, seismic data and potential field data) with geology (satellite imagery, geological maps, structural maps and field work) to construct 3D models of the Earth sub-surface

2- Fracture imaging (amplitude and attribute analysis) and fracture modelling using FMI, FMS, and STAR

3- All aspects of petroleum potentiality studies including sequence stratigraphy, sedimentology, petrophysics, seismic amplitude and attribute interpretation and geohistory analysis of petroleum basins.

4- Geomechanical calculations including predicting pore pressure and direction and magnitude of different stresses.  

Publications

1- Hani Abul Khair, Dennis Cooke, Martin Hand, 2012. Natural fracture networks enhancing geothermal producibility, mapping or predicting! Australian Geothermal Energy Conference, Sydney, Australia.

2- Abdulkader Abed, Abdalla Abu Hamad, Hani Abul Khair, and Ghazi Kraishan, 2012. Development of calcrete and clinoforms during emergence and flooding of the Late Cenomanian carbonate platform, Jordan, Facies.

3- Hani Abul Khair, Dennis Cooke, Rosalind King, Martin Hand, and Mark Tingay, 2012, Preliminary workflow for subsurface fracture mapping using 3D seismic surveys. A case study from the Cooper basin, South Australia. Geothermal Energy Council, 2012 conference.

4- Hani Abul Khair, Guillaume Backé, Rosalind King, Simon Holford, Mark Tingay,  Dennis Cooke, Martin Hand, 2012. Factors influencing fractures networks within Permian shale intervals in the Cooper Basin, South Australia. APPEA 2012 conference exhibition.

5- Guillaume Backé, Ernest Swierczek, Justin MacDonald, Adam Bailey, David Tassone, Hani Abul Khair, Simon Holford, Rosalind King, 2012. Seismic attributes and structural interpretation – it takes two to tango, APPEA conference, Poster.

6- Hani Abul Khair, Dennis Cooke, Guillaume Backé, Rosalind King, Martin Hand, Mark Tingay, Simon Holford, 2012. Subsurface mapping of natural fracture networks; a Major challenge to be solved. Case study from the shale intervals in the Cooper Basin, South Australia. Thirty-Seventh Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 

7- King, R., Abul Khair, H., Bailey, A., Backe, G., Holford, S., and Hand, M., 2011. Integration of In-Situ Stress Analysis and Three-Dimensional Seismic Mapping to Understand Fracture Networks in Australian Basins. Australian Geothermal Energy Conference / Melbourne.

8- Backé, G., Abul Khair, H., King, R. and Holford, S., 2011. Fracture mapping and modelling in shale-gas target in the Cooper basin, South Australia.  Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association Journal,  51, 397-410.

9- Abed, A.M., Kuisi M., and Abul Khair, H., 2009. Characterisation of the Khamaseen (spring) dust in Jordan. Atmosperic Environment, Elsivier, vol. 43, Issue, 18, p. 2868-2876.

10- Dill H.G., Kus J., Abed A.M., Sachsenhofer R.F., and Abul Khair H., 2009. Diagenetic and epigenetic alteration of Cretaceous to Paleogene organic rich sedimentary successions in northwest Jordan, typical of the western margin of the Arabian Plate. Geoarabia, vol. 14, No. 2, 101-140.

11- Abul Khair, H., Abed, A., and Amireh, B., 2008. Hydrocarbon prospectivity of Al-Sirhan Basin, southeast Jordan, Dirasat, vol. 35, No. 2, 161-174.

 

Entry last updated: Monday, 25 Feb 2013