Message from the Director I am pleased to briefly introduce the Center for Petroleum & Minerals on behalf of our dedicated professional staff members and our many colleagues from the University’s academic departments who together execute some of the most challenging research studies of benefit to the upstream oil and gas, and mining industries. The Center has been recognized as a leading research center in the Gulf primarily serving major oil and gas companies in the region for over more than 30 years.
The Center is organized in three main sections: (i) oil and gas engineering; (ii) petroleum geology and geophysics; and (iii) remote sensing.
In oil and gas engineering, our focused research is on optimizing the production of oil and gas through improved understanding of (i) reservoir characterization; (ii) reservoir engineering; (iii) production engineering; (iv) petrophysics; and (v) petroleum-related rock-mechanics.
In petroleum geology
and geophysics, we are
concerned with maximum utilization of available
knowledge in detection and delineation of oil and gas bearing geologic
strata.
In remote sensing, we have the capability of providing satellite image processing, and image analysis and interpretation expertise for (i) petroleum exploration; (ii) geological mapping; (iii) environmental impact assessment; and (iv) coastal mapping.
Most of the research projects carried out at the Center are interdisciplinary 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.
Dr. Abdulaziz A. Al-Majed
Director
Center for Petroleum & Minerals
P.O. Box 5040, KFUPM
Dhahran 31261
Saudi Arabia
Tel: +966-3-860-3888
Fax: +966-3-860-2266
Email:
cpm@kfupm.edu.sa