Welcome to the Centre for Petroleum & Minerals
Vision
To be recognized as a leading research center in the Gulf primarily serving major oil and gas companies in the region
Mission
The mission of the center is to carry out interdisciplinary projects and allow the rich human and laboratory resources of different centers, as well as those of the University academic departments to be utilized to achieve optimum solutions.
Areas of Focus
Oil and Gas Engineering
- Reservoir characterization
- Reservoir engineering
- Production engineering
- Petroleum-related rock-mechanics
- Petrophysics
Petroleum Geology and Geophysics
This section is mainly concerned with concerned with maximum utilization of available knowledge in detection and delineation of oil and gas bearing geologic strata.
Remote Sensing
- Petroleum exploration
- Geological mapping
- Environmental impact assessment
- Coastal mapping