Rizwanullah Khan

Research Projects

 

(Abbreviations used for role;  PM: Project Manager, C: Coordinator, TL: Task Leader, M: Member)

1.      Solid Waste Management Planning Guide for Aramco Communities.  Funded by Saudi Aramco, 1984, PN 24065.

Duration           : 01 Mar 198431 Dec 1984

Project Cost     : SR 685,000

Role                 : TL

2.      Yanbu Ballast Evaluation Project.  Funded by Saudi Aramco, 1983-85, PN 24038.

Duration           : 01 Nov 198313 Jul 1985

Project Cost     : SR 564,794

Role                 : M

3.      Hazardous Waste Management Plan for the University of Petroleum and Minerals.  In-house project, 1987-88, PN 14087.

Duration           : 12 months

Project Cost     : In-house study

Role                 : TL

4.      Environmental Database Management for the Arabian Gulf.  As part of the Aramco sustaining studies project, 1984-1989, PN 24079.

Duration           : 01 Oct 198430 Oct. 1990

Project Cost     : SR 9,450,000

Role                 : M

5.      Northern Area Biological Study. Funded by Saudi Aramco, 1984-86, PN 24059.

Duration           : 01 Feb 198430 Sep 1986

Project Cost     : SR 3,753,350

Role                 : M

6.      MEPA/ROPME Pilot Research Monitoring Program.  Jointly sponsored by MEPA and ROPME. 1985-88, PN 24066.

Duration           : 16 Mar 198515 Dec 1988

Project Cost     : SR 5,481,987

Role                 : M

7.      Environmental Database Management .  An in-house study, 1986-87, PN 14096.

Duration           : 1986 – 1987

Project Cost     : Not specified.

Role                 : M

8.      Saudi Aramco Sustaining Research Project - Environmental Studies Phase I – Numerical Modeling.  Funded by Saudi Aramco, 1984-1989. PN 24079.

Duration           : 01 Oct 198430 Oct. 1990

Project Cost     : SR 9,450,000

Role                 : M

9.      An Assessment of Jeddah Oil Refinery’s Air Pollution Emissions and its Impact on Ambient Air Quality. Funded by JORC, Jeddah, 1988-1989, PN 24111.

Duration           : 17 Sep 198816 Mar 1989

Project Cost     : SR 221,447

Role                 : TL

10.  Marine Environment Impact Study of the Safaniya GOSP-IV Offshore facility. Funded by Saudi Aramco, 1989-1990, PN 24129.

Duration           : 11 Dec 198930 Sep 1990

Project Cost     : SR 1,930,00

Role                 : M

11.  Greenhouse gas emission inventory for Saudi Arabia.  Funded by Saudi Aramco, 1989-90, PN 24127.

Duration           : 22 Nov 198915 Jan 1990

Project Cost     : SR 281,250

Role                 : M

12.  Wave Climate Study.  Funded by Saudi Aramco, 1989-1991, PN 24120.

Duration           : 15 Aug 198915 Aug 1991

Project Cost     : SR 375,000

Role                 : M

13.  Oil Spill Studies: Software development of GULFSLIK, a software package for predicting movement of oil spills in the Arabian Gulf, 1986-93, In-house project.  This software was used extensively in 1991 Gulf War.

Duration           : 1986 – 1993

Project Cost     : Not specified.

Role                 : M

14.  Arabian Gulf Oil Spill Research Program.  Sponsored by BECHTEL, 1991–1992, PN 24137: Simulating the fate and transport of oil spilled at Al-Ahmadi in Kuwait over the period of January - May 1991 on daily basis during the Gulf war.

Duration           : 01 Feb 199130 Sep 1992

Project Cost     : SR 2,683,912

Role                 : TL

15.  Saudi Aramco Sustaining Research Project - Environmental Studies Phase II – Numerical Modeling.  Funded by Saudi Aramco, 1990-1994, PN 24131.  Worked for the development of the following hydrodynamic and environmental models:

HYDRO1: Three-dimensional hydrodynamic model for the Arabian Gulf.

HYDRO2: Three-dimensional hydrodynamic model for a user-defined sub-region in the Arabian Gulf.

OILPOL: Oil spill fate and transport model for the Arabian Gulf.

PASPOL: Pollutant transport model for a user-defined sub-region in the Arabian Gulf.

GULFTHRM : A model to predict temperature field due to continuous thermal discharge in the Arabian Gulf.

Duration           : 18 Aug 199030 Sep 1994

Project Cost     : SR 8,185,167

Role                 : M

16.  Groundwater table rise in the land force area.  Sponsored by Ministry of Defense and Aviation, 1993, PN 23068.

Duration           : 1991 – 1993

Project Cost     : 1,100,000

Role                 : M

17.  Ras Tanura refinery/terminal upgrade environmental impact assessment.  Sponsored by Saudi Aramco, 1992-1993.  Development of a three-dimensional hydrodynamic model for wind-driven and tidal circulation to analyze the thermal plumes in the Ras Tanura sea area for typical seasonal wind conditions, PN 24142.

Duration           : 15 Aug 199215 April 1993

Project Cost     : SR 1,098,000

Role                 : M

18.  Assessing the risk of oil pollution to the west coast of Bahrain.  Sponsored by BAPCO, Bahrain.  Modeling of the likely trajectories and fate of oil spill originating from an underwater pipeline near Bahrain, 1995, PN 24132(SQ 4295).

Duration           : 1 month

Project Cost     : SR 9,823

Role                 : M

19.  An assessment of SO2 emission from Jeddah oil refinery using dispersion model. Sponsored by Saudi Aramco, 1996, PN 24132(SQ4430).

Duration           : 2 months

Project Cost     : SR 200,000

Role                 : M

20.  Develop a mathematical model to determine the trajectories and fate of any surface oil spill  in the Red Sea.  Sponsored by Protection of Environment for Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (PERSGA), 1996, PN 24132(SQ4443).

Duration           : 6 months

Project Cost     : SR 93,750

Role                 : M

21.  Meteorological and air quality baseline studies. Funded by SCECO-East, Dhahran, 1994-96, PN 24149.

Duration           : 10 Aug 94 – 20 Jan 96

Project Cost     : SR 1,680,046

Role                 : M and Coordinator for report writing.

22.  Saudi Aramco sustaining research project - environmental studies phase III – produced water modeling.  Funded by Saudi Aramco, 1995-2000, PN 24154.

Duration           : 01 Jul 95 – 31 Dec 00

Project Cost     : SR 7,200,004

Role                 : TL

23.  National inventory of anthropogenic emissions by source and removal by sinks of greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol.  Funded by Saudi Aramco, 1997-1999, PN 24163.

Duration           : 01 Oct 97 – 23 May 99

Project Cost     : SR 576,698

Role                 : TL

24.  Development of environmental modeling software packages for the Arabian Gulf (In-house study).  Under this scheme the following software packages were developed.

HYDRO1: Three-dimensional hydrodynamic model for the Arabian Gulf. Version 2.0 (1996).

HYDRO2: Three-dimensional hydrodynamic model for a user-defined sub-region in the Arabian Gulf. Version 2.0 (1996).

GULFTRAK: Oil spill trajectory model for the Arabian Gulf. Version 1.0 (1995) and Version 2.0 (1996).

OILPOL: Oil spill fate and transport model for the Arabian Gulf. Version 2.0 (1996).

OILPOL-S: Oil spill fate and transport model for a user-defined sub-region in the Arabian Gulf. Version 2.0 (1996).

PASPOL: Pollutant transport model for a user-defined sub-region in the Arabian Gulf. Version 2.0 (1996).

GULFTHRM : A model to predict temperature field due to continuous thermal discharge in the Arabian Gulf. Version 1.0 (1994).

GULFSAL:  A model to predict salinity field due to continuous saline discharge in the Arabian Gulf. Version 1.0. (1998).

GULFDISP:  A model to predict salinity and thermal field due to continuous heated brine discharge in the Arabian Gulf. Version 1.0. (1999).

Demos:  Development of PC-based demos for all above software packages for marketing purpose.

Duration           : Open

Project Cost     : Unspecified

Role                 : TL (for GULFTHRM, GULFSAL, and GULFDISP)