Dr. Mohammad Alsuwaidi has more than 15 years of experience in the field of carbonate sedimentary geology in both industry and academia. He earned his PhD in Geology from Colorado School of Mines in 2015, Professional Masters, Petroleum Reservoir Systems from Colorado School of Mines in 2013, and Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Geosciences from the Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi in 2009. Dr. Mohammad worked as a Geologist and a researcher in ADNOC Onshore between 2009-2016 in Operations and in the Research and Development (R&D) Divisions. Dr. Mohammad is an active member of SPE, EAGE, SEPM and AAPG professional societies
CIRA 2021-013: Carbonate terrains of the Arabian Gulf of Abu Dhabi as a “natural micritization laboratory”
The intertidal and shallow-water lagoon offshore Abu Dhabi comprise a “natural laboratory” for studying on-going micritization processes. Micritization, describes the conversion of the carbonate particles e.g., ooids and shell fragments into micrite (<4 µm size) peloids. The changes in grain size distribution of the carbonate particles impact the porosity of hydrocarbon reservoirs in ancient carbonate rocks. However, the early diagenetic micritization process is still poorly understood.
The objective of this project is to decipher the main biogeochemical mechanism/process and the environmental (depositional/hydrological/hydrochemical) conditions of micritization by studying Recent shallow-marine grain-dominated (ooids and shell fragments) carbonate sediments along the coastline of Abu Dhabi.
RIG-2023-061 Late Quaternary sea-level change as an analogue for future evolution of the Abu Dhabi coastline
The Quaternary sedimentary deposits of Abu Dhabi shape the coastal geomorphology and contain information about the history of sea-level and climate change of the Arabian Gulf. This geological archive has not yet been fully explored because of the lack of a consistent chronology and detailed sedimentological and geochemical studies. Establishing a precise chronology has proven difficult because of the scarcity of materials suitable for age-dating. Environmental conditions of alternating humid and arid phases will be constrained. The reconstructed environmental conditions will be used as an analog to predict the impact of future environmental change in coastal regions of the UAE.
