Harith Alsaad

• Doctor of Philosophy
• University of Basrah

Received: 29 June 2024 The petrophysical evaluation of the Zubair Formation's Middle Shale member (4th Pay) in the South Rumaila oil field has been conducted to characterize the reservoir and quantify its hydrocarbon prospects. Although the 4th Pay has a substantial oil reserve, it has never been studied. A gamma ray, resistivity, density, and neut...

The presence of clay in the sediments can lead to various engineering problems. For this reason, a study was conducted on both clay minerals and non-clay minerals to determine their distribution spatially and vertically and to analyze the grain size distribution. Sediments were studied in various locations in the Basrah Ring Road, to know the miner...

The study aims to create a geological model of the role of intracontinental volcanism in the northern Arabian Plate and the formation of various phases of silica in carbonate deposits on the surface of the Ratqa Formation (Early-Late Eocene) in the Western Desert of Iraq, as there are significant amounts of silica have previously mistakenly been at...

Mineralogical and geotechnical properties used to analyse the swelling potentials of Al-Hartha City. According to mineralogy, montmorillonite is a dominated clay mineral (33.61%) followed by montmorillonite-chlorite (33.34%), kaolinite (9.18%) and illite (5.38%). While calcite, Quartz, Feldspar, and dolomite are non-clay minerals that are also pres...

The main focus of this paper is on the sandstones from the Upper Cretaceous period found in the Wadi Feiran area. The study aims to investigate various aspects of the sandstones, including their petrographic characteristics such as textural maturity and mineralogical classification, as well as their paleoenvironment, diagenesis, and chemical compos...

Trace elements (Co, Cr, Mn, Mo, Ni, Rb, Th, U, and V) in surface soil of Al-Aslah (NH1), Nasiriyah refinery (NH2), Gharraf (NH3), and Tall Al-Laham (NH4) at Thi-Qar governorate, southeast Iraq, were studied. The study aims to detect their distribution and pollution levels to reduce the subtracted from industrial sources and avoid using contaminated...

The presence of clay minerals of any kind and in any quantity and distribution pattern in hydrocarbon wells causes many problems in the qualitative assessment of the reservoir, A geochemical and mineralogical study are conducted on the reservoir units of the Asmari Group (early Miocene-Oligocene) to identify the clay mineral types present in the re...

Bai Hassan Formation is exposed as remnants of beds from previous formations due to severe erosion that were removed. Results from grain size analysis revealed that most of the studied sediments were coarse-grained sediments ranging from coarse sand to gravel. The study shows that the sediments are poorly sorted. The values of skewed coefficients r...

Received: 9 January 2023 The present paper aims to explore the mineralogy and geochemistry of the mud rocks that have been accumulated during the Late Cretaceous in Wadi Feiran, West-Central Sinai, Egypt. The investigated section comprises three distinct lithostratigraphic units, namely the Raha, Wata, and Matulla Formations. Mineralogical examinat...

Shells are useful in evolutionary biology and paleobiology. Freshwater shells compose the main types of mollusks, and can use as a key for ecological variations. Shell samples in the present study were collected on the highway of Nasyriah city-Samawa city, southern Iraq. The study area contains a large accumulation of shells at 6-7m depths, especia...

Shells are useful in evolutionary biology and paleobiology. Freshwater shells compose the main types of mollusks, and can use as a key for ecological variations. Shell samples in the present study were collected on the highway of Nasyriah city-Samawa city, southern Iraq. The study area contains a large accumulation of shells at 6-7m depths, especia...

The sediments on the banks of Shatt al-Arab and Shatt Al-Basrah have been studied to find out their mineralogical variation. Twenty-two samples were collected from depths of 20 cm of recent sediments Shatt Al-Arab and Shatt Al-Basrah Rivers banks, with approximately equal distances between them, the grain size analysis was conducted, and selected s...

The study was carried out on sub-surface sediments of quaternary deposits in the southern part of the Iraqi highway-east of the Al Warka city, Southern Iraq. This study has been focused on the variety of sedimentary environments in the quaternary period. The variations in mineralogy and texture with depths gave an indicator of environmental change....

The study of mineralogical and geochemical properties of recent sediments included collecting and analyzing thirty one surface samples from fifteen sites in Basrah city. The results of grain size analysis showed that the sand increases towards the west and southern part of Basrah, whilst clay fractions increase towards the north and eastern parts....

31 surface samples were collected from 15 sites distributed in various industrial, agricultural and residential areas in Basrah governorate to study the mineralogical and geochemical properties as well as study the grain size distribution of the recent sediments that cover the study area. The results of grain size analysis shows high percentage of...