Sarfraz Solangi

• PhD
• Professor at University of Sindh

Role of the statistical calculation is very important in petroleum exploration business. It is used to calculate the associated risk and determines the chances of geological success prior to drilling of an exploratory well in mapped prospect area. This manuscript is focusing on the geological modelling of Zindapir Anticline, Sulaiman Fold Belt, Ind...

10 years back, my Ph.D. Professor Dr. Sarfraz Hussain Solangi introduced me with French Team. They have provided me G-Plate Software for Plate Reconstruction of Pakistan. After 2-3 years, I have provided software to Zulkifil Ahmad to use shape files to understand plate reconstruction at the time Paleogene and as part of academic interest. He used h...

Khewra Sandstone of Early Cambrian age is proven reservoir rock of Potwar Plateau, Upper Indus Basin, Pakistan. It is largely considered as deposit of deltaic environment. Whereas few geologists are of the view that Khewra Sandstone is part of coastal plain. The distinction between the depositional environments is often very difficult in the absenc...

Khewra Sandstone of Early Cambrian age is proven reservoir rock of Potwar Plateau, Upper Indus Basin, Pakistan. The Khewra Sandstone is largely considered as deposit of deltaic environment. Whereas few geologists are of the view that Khewra Sandstone is part of coastal plain. The distinction between the deposits of above two environments is often v...

Khewra Sandstone of Early Cambrian age is proven reservoir rock of Potwar Plateau, Upper Indus Basin, Pakistan. The Khewra Sandstone is largely considered as deposit of deltaic environment. Whereas few geologists are of the view that Khewra Sandstone is part of coastal plain. The distinction between the deposits of above two environments is often v...

Khewra Sandstone of Early Cambrian age is proven reservoir rock of Potwar Plateau, Upper Indus Basin, Pakistan. It is largely considered as deposit of deltaic environment. Whereas few geologists are of the view that Khewra Sandstone is part of coastal plain. The distinction between the depositional environments is often very difficult in the absenc...

We report the discovery of remains of a large chelonian from the base of the early Paleocene Khadro Formation exposed in the Ranikot Fort area (Ranikot Group, Sindh Province, Southern Pakistan). This formation already yielded the snake Gigantophis Andrews, 1901, studied by our friend Jean-Claude Rage. The chelonian specimens consist of a large cara...

We report the discovery of remains of a large chelonian from the base of the early Paleocene Khadro Formation exposed in the Ranikot Fort area (Ranikot Group, Sindh Province, Southern Pakistan). This formation already yielded the snake Gigantophis Andrews, 1901, studied by our friend Jean-Claude Rage. The chelonian specimens consist of a large cara...

The core samples of B member of upper sand reservoir rocks of the lower Goru Formation from three wells of the Badin block were studied using thin section, XRD, and SEM techniques to investigate the diagenetic trends and their effect on reservoir quality. Microscopic study indicates that the B sand unit is mature with quartz as the predominant mine...

Poster Presented in GeoConvention 2019, Calgary, Canada (13-17 May, 2019) Abstract subsurface of Southern Sindh Monocline, Lower Indus Basin of Pakistan. The basic structures identified in the study area are calatlogued into the following eight types (1) Large (2) small (3) Spoon shape (4) Master (5) Vertical (6) Rider (6) Folding (7) Flexure, and...

Lithological mapping of rocks by using Landsat7 Images is carried out in Thano Bula Khan area in southern Indus Basin. The area is mainly composed of various sedimentary rocks of various formations are well exposed in Thano Bula Khan area. The areas composed of the exposed different geologically formations include Dada Conglomerate, Manchar Fm, Gaj...

Background: Regions characterized by collisional /compressional tectonics are important in the context of entrapment and progression of hydrocarbons. Faults formedas a result of collisional tectonic settings are contributing in the entrapment of hydrocarbons or pathways for the hydrocarbon migration (Allan, 1997; Halbouty, 2001; Klett and Schmoker;...

THE PALAEO-SALINITIES OF THE DESPOSITIONAL WATERS DURING THE DEPOSITION OF “KUSSAK FORMATION” OF CAMBRIAN AGE, EXPOSED AT SALT RANGE, PUNJAB, PAKISTAN Taj Mahmood Rana*, Abdul Rahim Rajpar**, Sarfraz Hussain Solangi*** Muhammad Hassan Agheem***, Aamir Yaseen**and Ashfaq Ahmad Solangi** ABSTRACT The elemental sulphur was investigated in 128 sample...

Abstract: Eleven samples of Warchha Sandstone exposed at Katha area, Salt Range, Pakistan were collected for their clay mineral studies. Qualitative and semi-quantitative analyses were carried out on less than 2 µ fraction size using X-ray diffraction technique. The studies reveal the occurrence of illite, kaolinite and illite- vermiculite as the m...

The natural gas in several gas fields in Pakistan is associated with varying percentages of inert gases (e.g., CO2, N2, and H2S). The heating capacity of such natural gas is measured in British thermal units (BTU) in Pakistan and is based on the combustion of the natural gases. The study area of this work belongs to the Middle Indus Basin, which al...

This paper describes various morphological features of continental shelf and their present-day analogues both present in surface and subsurface data. Most of the examples are taken from Pakistan Offshore. Identification of subsurface features from wireline logs and seismic data is very significant for the application of facies identification in the...

Lithological mapping of rocks by using Landsat7 Images is carried out in Thano Bula Khan area in southern Indus Basin. The area is mainly composed of various sedimentary rocks of various formations are well exposed in Thano Bula Khan area. The areas composed of the exposed different geologically formations include Dada Conglomerate, Manchar Fm, Gaj...

The Bara Formation at Bhit Nala Section (BHNS) deposited during Middle Paleocene in southern Indus basin is evaluated for its provenance based on petrography, major element geochemistry and heavy mineral analysis. Lithologically, the Bara Formation is mainly composed of sandstone which is interbedded with conglomeratic sandstone, siltstone, carbona...

There are a number of structures and structural styles found in extensional tectonic settings of the world, and it is a big challenge to study the evolution of these structures. Evolution of structures formed in extensional tectonic settings have been studied by researchers on different extensional basins of the world. Southern Sindh Monocline lies...

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Pakistan is energy deficient and underdeveloped country but it processes huge resources of lignite coal. The contemporaneous models for Coal Bed Methane (CBM) in low-rank coals have changed dramatically in recent years due to the growth of commercial CBM activity in the Powder River Basin (PRB). The CBM models are still evolving because the CBM eva...

The aim of the present study is to demarcate the fluvial reservoir sands using the seismic attributes on 2D seismic reflection of the Sinjhoro gas field in the Lower Indus Basin, Pakistan. Seismic interpretations identify a prospective zone of 30 m at the NW area favorable for the future hydrocarbon exploration. The performance of full spectrum sei...

Pakistan is energy deficient and underdeveloped country but it contains wide resources of low quality coal. The contemporaneous models for Coal Bed Methane (CBM) in low-rank coals have changed dramatically in recent years due to the growth of commercial CBM activity in the Powder River Basin (PRB). The CBM models are still evolving because the CBM...

Sedimentological characteristics of the Bara Formation sandstone which is exposed at BhitNala Section (BHNS), Laki Range, Lower Indus Basin are studied based on textural and petrographic attributes in order to determine depositional environment,provenance and tectonic setting. The Bara Formation of middle Paleocene is dominantly composed of sandsto...

Sedimentological characteristics of the Bara Formation sandstone which is exposed at BhitNala Section (BHNS), Laki Range, Lower Indus Basin are studied based on textural and petrographic attributes in order to determine depositional environment,provenance and tectonic setting. The Bara Formation of middle Paleocene is dominantly composed of sandsto...

Rocks and most type of soils emit Gamma Ray (GR) in varying amount. The emitting elements of primary gamma radiations include potassium 40, uranium, and thorium which are associated with rocks forming minerals in variable amount. GR log is used to predict the varying lithology in borehole by measuring the spontaneous emission of GR radiation from r...

Textural evaluation of Nari Formation based on the grain size analysis is carried out in order to identify its textual signatures and depositional environment. Nari Formation, potential hydrocarbon and water reservoir is exposed at Kari ButhiSection, Northern Laki Range, Southern Indus Basin. Twenty two (22) loose and friable sandstone samples of N...

Textural evaluation of Nari Formation based on the grain size analysis is carried out in order to identify its textual signatures and depositional environment. Nari Formation, potential hydrocarbon and water reservoir is exposed at Kari Buthi Section, Northern Laki Range, Southern Indus Basin. Twenty two (22) loose and friable sandstone samples of...

This study investigates the depositional environments of B-sand of Upper sands of Early Cretaceous Lower Goru Formation in the subsurface of the Southern Sindh Monocline, Lower Indus Basin, Pakistan. The B-sand is being investigated essentially by various sediment logical, mineralogical and wireline log techniques. These included subsurface facies...

This research encompass the study of structural styles and evaluation of the hydrocarbon potential of Kotrum and Drigri anticlines located in Rajanpur Area, Midddle Indus Basin of Pakistan with the approach of geophysical data integration. The study area is situated between the Sulaiman Foldbelt on the west and Indus River in the east. It is an ant...

Seismic attribute analysis approach has been applied for the interpretation and identification of fault geometry of Zamzama Gas Field. Zamzama gas field area, which lies in the vicinity of Kirthar fold and hrust belt, Southern Indus Basin of Pakistan. The Zamzama fault and its related structure have been predicted by applying the Average Energy Att...

This Study is concerned with the general geology, Hydrogeology, Fossils and Economical Significance of Cut Stone of Thano Bula Khan. Study of general geology and structures of the study was carried by intensive observation from all sides of topography; hydrogeological study was also carried out by the detailed collection of parameters, while the fo...

This paper discusses Petroleum Potential of Zindapir Anticlinorium by utilizingS Seismic Attributes and Rock Properties of Chiltan Limestone in detail. With the aid of the Attributes; properties like lithological boundary delineation, Hydrocarbon presence indication, Thin Bed Detection are evaluated in Dhodak Anticline. Then Rock Properties of Zind...

Unconventional reservoirs mostly consist of fine-grained wealthy with organic shales trapped gas are considered as source, seal, and the reservoir rock. Integration of well logs played an important contribution in evaluation of unconventional reservoirs in order to identify the shale deposited basinward on the basis of their position in Basin, Tota...

This research endeavor to provide a workflow that may open the ways to explore the clastic reservoirs by the application of continuous wavelet transform technique of spectral decomposition and conventional seismic attributes such as average energy, reflection strength to a 3D seismic data set of Miano gas field, Lower Indus Basin of Pakistan. Miano...

Structural styles evolved in various tectonic settings are extremely important and most prolific in the accumulation of hydrocarbons. Variety of structural styles or broadly interrelated structures are associated with unified mechanism of their formation. The study area is the southern part of Sindh Monocline located in Lower Indus Basin of Pakista...

This research encompass the study of structural styles and evaluation of the hydrocarbon potential of Kotrum and Drigri anticlines located in Rajanpur Area, Midddle Indus Basin of Pakistan with the approach of geophysical data integration. The study area is situated between the Sulaiman Foldbelt on the west and Indus River in the east. It is an ant...

Folded and faulted structures commonly form migration, trapping & accumulation of hydrocarbons. Seismic data is a signicant source for the understanding of subsurface structural trend and lithology in the subsurface. For this purpose 2 D seismic lines have been interpreted to get stratigraphical and structural information of subsurface. Sakhi Sarw...

Folded and faulted structures commonly form migration, trapping & accumulation of hydrocarbons. Seismic data is a signicant source for the understanding of subsurface structural trend and lithology in the subsurface. For this purpose 2 D seismic lines have been interpreted to get stratigraphical and structural information of subsurface. Sakhi Sarw...

Protection and survival of cultural heritage depends on their preservation and availability to the public. Great nations do not let their cultural heritage be destroyed. Pakistan is bestowed with enormous wealth of cultural heritage. Sindh is one of four provinces of Pakistan; rich with cultural heritage from centuries that needs preservation and e...

This paper presents the study over the structural style and hydrocarbon potential of Jabo field located in Southern Sindh Monocline, Southern Indus Basin of Pakistan with the help of integration of seismic data and wireline logs. Seismic interpretation reveals that the structure Jabo field and in surroundings there are tilted normal fault which are...

The coal resources of Sindh are encased into two stratigraphic horizons; Bara Formation (Middle Paleocene) and Sonhari member of Laki Formation (Eocene). Being coal bearing Formation of Thar coalfield, the Bara Formation warrants a detailed geochemical study of its sediments for better understanding of depositional environment and sedimentary proce...

Folded and faulted structures commonly form migration, trapping & accumulation of hydrocarbons. Seismic data is a signicant source for the understanding of subsurface structural trend and lithology in the subsurface. For this purpose 2 D seismic lines have been interpreted to get stratigraphical and structural information of subsurface. Sakhi Sarw...

The study area is the part of Southern Sindh Monocline. Sindh Monocline is an important hydrocarbon producing area of Pakistan from where a large number of hydrocarbon fields have been discovered in the tilted fault blocks. The area is highly deformed and is characterized by extensional tectonic activities which are related to rifting phases experi...

Detailed account of Bara formation Lithofacies is carried out at Wadi Sawri Nala Section (WSNS) on basis of physical characteristics such as color, texture, lithology, sedimentary structures and contact relationship. The two hundred eighty (280) meters thick Bara Formation at (WSNS) is conglomeratic sandstone, sandstone, siltstone, shale, and mudst...

Publicly available seismic and well data are used to study the subsurface structure and stratigra-phy of an area on the southern margin of the Central Indus Basin (CIB), Pakistan. Study area includes southern parts of the Punjab Platform and Sulaiman Foredeep tectonic units of the CIB. A regional scale East-West depth cross-section is prepared in S...

This study involves the interpretation of structural styles and stratigraphy of an area named Drazinda in Zindapir Inner Folded Zone, Sulaiman sub-basin based on the Seismic reflection data and well information. The seismic reflection method has advantage over other methods due to a greater penetration, higher resolution and accuracy. Depths to the...

These anticlines lie in the south of Zindapir anticline, a part of Safed Koh trend (N-S trending), which is a first line of folding on the folded flank of Sub-Sulaiman Foredeep. In the East of area, Punjab Monocline is present and Sulaiman Fold and Thrust belt is present in west. This area is a Frontal fault propagation folded zone. Research area l...

The paleobiodiversity of the Volutidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Ranikot Group (Sindh, Pakistan) and particularly of the Lakhra Formation (SBZ 5 biozone, Earliest Eocene), is reconsidered on the basis of new material collected during recent field trips. Ten new species are described (Mitreola brohii sp. nov., Lyrischapa vredenburgi sp. nov., L....

The paleobiodiversity of the Volutidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Ranikot Group (Sindh, Pakistan) and particularly of the Lakhra Formation (SBZ 5 biozone, Earliest Eocene), is reconsidered on the basis of new material collected during recent field trips. Ten new species are described (Mitreola brohii sp. nov., Lyrischapa vredenburgi sp. nov., L....

The computed tomography (CT) is a non-destructive technique that can provide information of internal structure of coal in 2D, this technology is now widely used in geoscientific research. This technique is used for the measuring cleat dimension and pore width of the coal. The slicing study of Thar coal shows that the length of cleats in various sea...

The synthesis of biostratigraphic information from Well X-1 geochemical data from Zindapir-1 well, wireline logs of Well X-1 and Zindapir-1 in eastern Sulaiman Fold Belt, in middle Indus basin and Sequence Stratigraphic studies of Lower-Middle Indus bBasin indicate that Lower Cretaceous Sembar Formation, considered to be the principal source rock o...

Hyderabad is seventh largest city of Pakistan and second largest city of Sindh located on the left bank of Indus River with rapid growth of infrastructure and automobiles. Recently the city holds a large number of automobiles in the total area of 3198 square kilometers. Road deposited and suspended air sediments were collected and analyzed to chec...

Bara Formation (Middle Paleocene) at Ranikot area is investigated for the purpose to interpret its environments of deposition, grain texture and textural maturity. Out of sieving data statistical parameters are calculated which are used to determine textural maturity and are plotted on interpretation diagrams. With multiple approaches such as the...

Eleven samples of Warchha Sandstone exposed at Katha area, Salt Range, Pakistan were collected for their clay mineral studies. Qualitative and semi-quantitative analyses were carried out on less than 2 μ fraction size using X-ray diffraction technique. The studies revealed the occurrence of illite, kaolinite and illite- vermiculite as the most domi...

The detailed joint analysis and economical importance of Lakhra Formation is carried out from the study area which belongs to the southern part of Lower Indus basin and lies in the east of Kirthar range. The present work is carried out from the nine locations existing in the exposed rocks of Lakhra Formation, in the vicinity of Khanu Brohi district...

A set of Paleocene and Eocene decapod crustaceans is described from the Sulaiman and Kirthar Ranges of Pakistan. The fossil crabs Proxicarpilius planifrons Collins and Morris, 1978 and Pakicarcinus orientalis (Collins and Morris, 1978), already known in the Eocene of northern Pakistan, are reported for the first time in the Paleocene of southern Pa...

Detailed studies of lithologic successions of upper sands of Lower Goru Formation in the subsurface of X Field of Sindh monocline were investigated by Zoom Stereo Binocular examination and thin section study of well cuttings in conjunction with the wireline log and core analysis to understand the depositional environment. The sedimentological studi...

Abstract This paper develops a Geographic Information System (GIS) based geodatabase for improved assessment of Thar coalfield of Pakistan (Fig. 1). Based on the existing data the GIS database in the form of spatial maps and tables provide effective means of data analysis, quantitative resource assessment and effective management. A number of repo...

Petrography and geochemistry of basalts from Ranikot and Bara Nala sections, Laki Range, Lower Indus Basin, Pakistan Muhammad Hassan Agheem1, M. Qasim Jan2, Sarfraz Hussain Solangi1, Amanullah Laghari1, Imdad Ali Brohi1 and Abdul Shakoor Mastoi1 1Centre for Pure and Applied Geology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh 2National Centre of Excellenc...

The elemental sulphur was investigated in 128 samples collected from Kussak Formation exposed at Salt Range, Punjab, Pakistan. The sulphur was analysed in Carbon-Sulphur analyzer to know the local and regional variations of sulphur in the Kussak Formation. It varies from 0.01% to 0.96% in the Formation. The sulphur gradually increases from the east...

Major element geochemical studies have been carried out on samples obtained from Cretaceous/Tertiary exposed section of basalt at Ranikot, a part of Laki Range in lower Indus basin, to classify these basalts and determine their origin. The whole-rock geochemical data confirm the rock type either as the basalts or basanites. Major elements data base...

The Geological and stratigraphical studies belonging to Ranikot Group and Laki Formation, ranging in age from upper Paleocene (Lakhra Formation) to Early-Middle Eocene (Meting limestone) of Laki Formation, have been carried out with special reference to Dimension and Cutstone potential of the lower Tertiary rocks exposed in Khanu Brohi and Khadhar...

The innovation of this research is the development of new model called fast moving landslide risk analysis model by modifying one of the previous prominent landslide risk algorithms focusing on the fast moving type of the landslides (such as mudslides, mud flows, block slide, rock fall and topple) based on the qualitative approach using Heuristic m...

Cleats are joints and fractures or linear discontinuities forming a structural fabric that develops in coal as a result of physical and chemical changes and tectonic stresses during coalification. The cleats are known to influence the occurrence, migration, and production of coal bed methane. Cleats provide the permeability for fluid flow and succe...

Major element geochemical studies have been carried out on samples obtained from Cretaceous/Tertiary exposed section of basalt at Ranikot, a part of Laki Range in lower Indus basin, to classify these basalts and determine their origin. The whole-rock geochemical data confirm the rock type either as the basalts or basanites. Major elements data base...

The Paleocene/Eocene boundary and biostratigraphy of the Ranikot Group in the Karachi Arch (Sindh, Pakistan) Grégoire Métais (1), Pierre-Olivier Antoine (2), (3), Laurent Marivaux (4) & Jean-Loup Welcomme (5) (1) Centre de Recherches sur la Paléobiodiversité et les Paléoenvironnements (CR2P), UMR 7207 du CNRS, Département Histoire de la Terre, Musé...

The Tertiary rocks ranging from Eocene (Laki Formation) to Pleistocene (Dada Conglomerate) in age are well exposed at the eastern flank of famous Surjan Anticline, district Jamshoro, Sindh, which in past remained focus for hydrocarbon exploration. In the present study, regional geology, including stratigraphy, structure, basinal division and tecton...

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wales (U.C.N.W., Bangor: Ocean Sciences), 1992.

BLDSC reference no.: DX170373. Thesis (doctoral)--University of Wales, 1992.