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Research Interests

·         Near-Surface Geophysics

·         Ground-Penetrating Radar

·         Seismic Characterization of Fractured Reservoirs

 

Research Projects

1.      Structural Development of the Ghawar Field (Client: Saudi Aramco) in 1999 - 2000 - Co-Investigator.

2.      Removal of Backscattered Noise from Shot Records by Forward Modeling (Client: Petroleum Development Oman) in 2000 - Principal Investigator.

3.      Using the H∞ Operator to Deconvolve Near-Surface Statics from Horizon Velocity Analyses (Client: Saudi Aramco) in 2001 - 2002 - Co-Investigator.

4.      Mapping Groundwater Surface using GPR and Geostatistical Methods (Client: RI/KFUPM) in 2003 - Co-Investigator.

5.      Design and Performance of the Vertical Moving-Coil Geophone (Client: Saudi Geophysical Consulting Office) in 2003 - Principal Investigator.

6.      Wavelet Phase-Preserving Estimation using Fourth-Order Cumulant for Deconvolution Enhancement (Client: Saudi Aramco) in 2004 - 2005 - Co-Investigator.

7.      Member of the Reservoir Characterization Consortium at the RI/KFUPM in 2005/2006 - Co-Investigator.

8.      Semblance Analysis of Seismic Velocity in V(z) Media (Client: KACST) in 2006-2007 - Principal Investigator.

9.      Mapping of Stratigraphy by Ground-Penetrating Radar (Client: Engineering and Technology Services) in 2006 - Principal Investigator.

10.  Founder and Principal Investigator of the Near-Surface Seismic Investigation Consortium (NSSIC) at the Department of Earth Sciences and the RI/KFUPM in 2006-2008 - Principal Investigator.

11.  Hydrogeology and Economic Importance of Inland and ‎Coastal Sabkhat of Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia (Client: KACST) in 2007-2009 - Co-Investigator.

12. Mapping LNAPL in Soil using the Ground-Penetrating Radar (Client: Global Suhaimi Company) in 2008 - Co-Investigator.

13. King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Project Holy Mosque Expansion Area Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – GPR and Seismic Refraction Investigations (Client: Saudi Geophysical Consulting Office) in 2009 - Co-Investigator.

14. Using GPR Technology to Locate Underground Utilities in a Residential Area in Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia  (Client: Maeen Consulting Office) in 2009 - Principal Investigator.

15. Two-dimensional Microgravity Survey to Determine the Presence of Cavities under a Confined Water Tunnel in Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia (Client: Maeen Consulting Office) in 2009 - Principal Investigator.

16. A Pilot Project: Passive Seismic Experiment (Client: KACST) in 2009-2011 - Co-Investigator.

17.  Enhancement of First Arrivals using Seismic Interferometry (Client: Saudi Aramco) in 2010 - 2012 - Principal Investigator.

18.  Analysis of Passive Seismic Data for Reservoir Monitoring and Characterization (Client: Saudi Aramco) in 2010 - 2013 - Co-Investigator.

19. Prediction of Permeability Profiles Using 3D Seismic Data and Openhole Logs (Client: Saudi Aramco) in 2010 - 2012 - Co-Investigator.

20. A Prototype for Ultrasound Imaging of Geological Cores: Principles, Acquisition, Processing, and Interpretation (Client: KACST) in 2010-2012 - Co-Investigator.

21. Reservoir Characterization by Active and Passive Seismic Integration (Client: KFUPM) in 2011-2013 - Co-Investigator.

22. A Proposal for Creating a Red Sea Synthetic Seismic Model (Client: KAUST) in 2012-2014 - Co-Investigator.

23. CO2 Leakage Detection using Geophysical Methods under Arid Near-surface Conditions (Client: KACST) in 2014-2015 - Principal Investigator.

24. Application of Advanced Signal Processing Techniques to Enhance the Signal-to-Noise Ratio and Localization of Microseismic Events (Client: KFUPM) in 2014-2017 - Principal Investigator.

25. Microseismic and Geomechanical Integrated Characterization of a Shale Gas Reservoir (Client: Saudi Aramco) in 2013 - 2015 - Co-Investigator.

26. Removal of sand dune effects from seismic data through parallax processing (Client: Saudi Aramco) in 2018 - 2020 - Principal Investigator.

27. Characterization of the near-surface aquifers using integrated geological and geophysical techniques (Client: CPG) in 2019 - 2021 - Principal Investigator.

28.      First Arrival Picking using Machine Learning. (Client: Saudi Aramco) in 2021 - 2024 - Co-Investigator.

29.      Passive Seismic Mapping of Fractures within Unconventional Resources. (Client: CPG) in 2022 - 2024 - Co-Investigator.

30.      Exploring Natural Hydrogen Accumulation in Saudi Arabia (ENHANS), (Client: KFUPM) in 2023 - 2026 - Co-Investigator.

 

Patents

  1. 1. Mousa, W. M. and Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2015. Method of first arrival picking of seismic refraction data: (U.S. Patent and Trade Office number: US009103935) - Co-Inventor.

  2. 2. Alshuhail, Abdulrahman, Aldawood, Ali, and Al-Shuhail, Abdullatif, 2017. Machines, systems, and methods for super-virtual borehole sonic interferometry (U.S. Patent and Trade Office Number US009612352B2 - Co-Inventor.

  4. 3. Al-Shuhail, A.A., 2017. Method of monitoring carbon dioxide leakage in carbon capture and storage reservoirs (U.S. Patent and Trade Office Number 9,835,763) - Sole-Inventor.

  5. 4. Al-Shuhail, A. A. and Abdullah, F., 2018. Method and system for characterization of subsurface cavities using joint inversion of gravity and ground penetrating radar data (U.S. Patent and Trade Office Number US9977124B2) - Co-Inventor.

  6. 5.  Mousa, W., Latif, A., and A. A. Al-Shuhail, 2018. System and method for acquisition and processing of seismic data using compressive sensing (U.S. Patent and Trade Office Number US10094941B2) - Co-Inventor.

  7. 6. Khan; Sikandar, Khulief; Yehia Abel, Al-Shuhail; Abdullatif, 2022. Method and alarming system for CO2 sequestration (U.S. Patent and Trade Office Number US011353621B2) - Co-Inventor.

7. Abdullatif Al-Shuhail, Mohamed Mahmoud, Rakan Fadhel, 2023. Modified sonic tool for advanced formation evaluation (U.S. Patent and Trade Office Number US011795813B2) - Co-Inventor.

Books

 

 

Introduction to Carbon Capture and Sequestration; Smit, Reimer, Oldenburg, and Bourg; World Scientific Publishing; 2014.

- محمد الصالح، هاشم الموسوي، عبدالله المشهور، و عبداللطيف الشهيل،( تحت الإعداد ). المعجم الموسوعي للجيوفيزياء التطبيقية، ترجمة إلى العربية لكتاب:

Encyclopedic Dictionary of Applied Geophysics; Robert Sheriff; Society of Exploration Geophysicists; 2002.

 

Consulting

1.     Part-time consultant to Petroleum Development Oman in Summer of 2000.

2.     Part-time consultant to King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology in 2003-2004.

3.     Part-time consultant to Saudi Geophysical Consulting Office in Summer of 2003.

4.     Part-time consultant to Engineering and Technology Services in Summer of 2006.

5.   Part-time consultant to Global Suhaimi Company in Summer of 2008.

6.   Part-time consultant to Maeen Consulting Office in Summer of 2009.

7.     Part-time consultant to Saudi Geophysical Consulting Office in Summer of 2009.

8.   Part-time consultant to Technical Higher Institute for Engineering and Petroleum (Thiep) in 2010-2011.

 

Seminars and Public Lectures

                1.      Al-Shuhail, A. A., “Using Azimuthal P-wave AVO to Determine the Principal Fracture Orientations”, Seminar presented at the Earth Sciences Department

                         (KFUPM), September, 2000.

2.      Al-Shuhail, A. A., “Estimation of Fracture Porosity from Azimuthal P-wave AVO”, Seminar presented at the Earth Sciences Department (KFUPM), November, 2001.

3.      Al-Shuhail, A. A., “Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Principles and Applications”, Seminar presented at the Civil Engineering Department (KFUPM), April, 2003.

4.      Al-Shuhail, A. A., “Estimation of Thickness in a Sand Dune with a Vertical Velocity Profile”, Seminar presented at the Earth Sciences Department (KFUPM), April, 2004.

5.      Al-Shuhail, A. A., “The Potential of Ground Penetrating Radar in Groundwater Contamination Detection and Monitoring”, Seminar presented at the Earth Sciences Department (KFUPM), October, 2004.

6.      Al-Shuhail, A. A., “Ground Penetrating Radar: Principles and Applications”, Seminar presented at Saudi Aramco, December, 2005.

7.      Al-Shuhail, A. A., “Ground Penetrating Radar: Principles and Applications”, Seminar presented at the Earth Sciences Department (KFUPM), December, 2006.

8.      Al-Shuhail, A. A., “Ground Penetrating Radar: Principles and Environmental Applications”, Seminar presented at Saudi Aramco, September, 2007.

9.   Mousa, W. M. and Al-Shuhail, A. A., "Automatic First-Arrival Picking using Color Segmentation Techniques", Seminar presented at Saudi Aramco, October, 2008.

10. Al-Shuhail, A. A. and Alshuhail, A. A., “Joint inversion of electrical conductivity and seismic P-wave velocity to monitor CO2 leakage”, Seminar presented at the Earth Sciences Department (KFUPM), November, 2014.

 

Thesis Supervision

1.      Osman, S., “Geological and Petrophysical Modeling of the Arab-D Reservoir, Southeast Uthmaniyah Area, Ghawar Field, Saudi Arabia”, MS Thesis Committee Member (Finished on December 2001).

2.      Al-Sufyani, A., “The 3D Seismic Interpretation of Arab-D Reservoir, Uthmaniyah Area, Eastern Saudi Arabia”, MS Thesis Committee Member (Finished on December 2004).

3.      Eltoum, H., “Sedimentology and Sequence Startigraphy of the Cretaceous Lacustrine/Fluvial Abu Gabra and Bentiu Formation, Muglad Rift Basin,Sudan ”, MS Thesis Committee Member (Finished on December 2006).

4.      Al-Hokail, I., “Study of the Surface Noise Correlation in Seismic Receiver Arrays ”, MS Thesis Committee Chair (Finished on January 2007).

5.      Akram, J., “Seismic Array Response in the Presence of Laterally Varying Thickness of the Weathering Layer”, MS Thesis Committee Chair (Finished on May 2007).

6.      Siddiqi, S., “Depositional Environments and Facies Reservoir properties of the Devonian-Carboniferous Khusayyan Member, Wajid Sandstone, Saudi Arabia”, MS Thesis Committee Member (Finished on May 2007).

7.      Mutlaq, M., “Integration of 3-D Seismic and Well-Log to Characterize the Unayzah Reservoir in Central Saudi Arabia”, MS Thesis Committee Co-Chair (Finished on May 2007).

8.      Al-Ghamdi, A., “Automatic First Arrival Picking Using Energy Ratios”, MS Thesis Committee Member (Finished on May 2007).

9.      Al-Rowaili, T., “Residual Statics Estimation via Deconvolution of Horizon-based Velocity Profile”, MS Thesis Committee Chair (Finished on June 2007).

10.  Al-Lehyani, A., “Data-Driven Mapping and Attenuation of Near-Surface Diffractors”, MS Thesis Committee Chair (Finished in June 2008).

11.  Adetunji, A., “Using Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) and Seismic Attributes to Map Subtle Features in the Khuff Reservoir Outcrop Near Buraydah, Saudi Arabia”, MS Thesis Committee Member (Finished in June 2008).

12. Al-Qahtani, F. "Fault Detection using Azimuth Coherence Attribute", MS Thesis Committee Chair (Finished in June 2009).

13.  Balhareth, H., “Using Azimuthal P-Wave Amplitude Variation with Offset (AVOA) to Map Fractures in a Saudi Arabian Oil Reservoir”, MS Thesis Committee Chair (Finished in September 2009).

14. Sitouah, M., "Estimation of Reservoir Properties From Seismic Attributes And Well log Data using Artificial Intelligence", MS Thesis Committee Chair (Finished in December 2009).

15. Al-Moqbel, A., "An Innovative Model-based Velocity Integration Procedure with an Application in Eastern Saudi Arabia", MS Thesis Committee Chair (Finished in June 2010).

16. Tawadros, E., "Resolving the Cycle Skip Introduced by the Multi-Layer Static Model using a Hybrid Method", MS Thesis Committee Chair (Finished in December 2011.

17. Al-Otaibi, S., “Development of Advanced GPR Simulation System”, EE MS Thesis Committee Member (Finished in January 2012).

18. Abdullah, F., “Joint Inversion of Gravity and Ground Penetrating Radar Data to Characterize Subsurface Cavities”, MS Thesis, Committee Chair (Finished in May 2010).

19. Popoola, A., "Transmission Amplitude Variation with Offset (TAVO)", MS Thesis Committee Chair (Finished in January 2014).

20. Naseer, M., "The Design of Finite Impulse Response (FIR) Wavefield Extrapolation Filters", EE MS Thesis Committee Member (Finished in December 2013).

21. Latif, A., "Towards a novel paradigm of seismic signal processing", EE MS Thesis Committee Member (Finished in May 2014).

22. Al-Gawas, A. "Fracture Detection using 3D Full-Azimuth Broadband Seismic Data in Eastern Saudi Arabia: A Focus on the Carboniferous Unayzah-C Member", MS Thesis Committee Chair (Finished in December 2014).

23. Afif, O., "Inversion of Reservoir-Fluid Properties though Fluid-Substitution Modeling: Case Study in Saudi Arabia", MS Thesis Committee Chair (Finished in December 2014).

24. Adetokunbo, P. "3D seismic edge detection using magic squares and cubes", MS Thesis Committee Chair (Finished in May 2015).

25. Edigbue, P. "Three-dimensional supervirtual seismic refraction interferometry", MS Thesis Committee Chair (Finished in December 2015).

26. Khan, S. "Numerical Modeling of the Geomechanical Behavior of a Carbonate Petroleum Reservoir Undergoing CO2 Injection", ME PhD Dissertation Committee Co-Chair (Finished in December 2016).

27. Abas, H., "PERFORMANCE AND DESIGN OPTIMIZATION OF STONE COLUMN IN SABKHA SOILS", CE PhD Dissertation Committee Member, (Finished in May 2015).

28. Abdulsalam, S., "PRESTACK DEPTH MIGRATION-EXPLICIT DEPTH WAVEFIELD EXTRAPOLATION FIR SPARSE AND WEIGHTED FILTER DESIGN FOR VISCO-ACOUSTIC MODEL", EE MS Thesis Committee Member (Finished in December 2015).

29. Naveed, M., "TOWARDS ACCURATE SEISMIC IMAGING USING PHASE SHIFT PLUS INTERPOLATION FOR VISCO-ACOUSTIC MEDIA", EE MS Thesis Committee Member (Finished in December 2014).

30. SHAHABUDDIN, M., "EFFICIENT SEISMIC IMAGING OF HEXAGONALLY SAMPLED DATA", EE MS Thesis Committee Member (Finished in December 2015).

31. Naeem, M., "An integrated approach for thin bed reservoir delineation using well logs and 3D seismic based reservoir characterization", PhD Dissertation Committee Member, King Saud Univ., (Finished in December 2014).

32. Aldawood, A., "Linearized inversion frameworks toward high-resolution seismic imaging", PhD Dissertation Committee Member, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, (Finished in December 2016).

33. Ashadi, A., "Ground Motion Prediction Equations (GMPEs) for Subduction-Zone Earthquakes in Java Island, Indonesia", MS Thesis Committee Member (Finished in May 2015).

34. Ali, A., "Characterizing Fluid Contacts from Seismic Data by Joint Inversion of Acoustic Velocity and Impedance", MS Thesis Committee Chair (Finished in December 2016).

35. Putra, R., "EFFECTS OF ELEMENT ELEVATION AND POSITION ERRORS ON THE RESPONSE OF SEISMIC ARRAYS", MS Thesis Committee Chair (Finished in December 2017).

36.Ali Ahmed Mohamed, "Full waveform inversion for complex near-surface imaging using SEG SEAM II synthetic model", MS Thesis Committee Chair (Finished in February 2018).

37. Khalid Ahmed Abdulrahman, "Relation between offset and velocity determination: Application on a synthetic seismic data set from northern Ghawar field, Saudi Arabia", MS Thesis Committee Chair (Finished in May 2017).

38. Ghada Sindi (KAUST, Saudi Arabia), "Seismic modeling and imaging using duplex-wave and lowrank approximation", PhD Dissertation Committee Member, (Finished in December 2018).

39. Ahmed Al-Dawood, "Rock Physics modeling and inversion in glacial Ordovician reservoirs", MS Thesis Committee Chair (Finished in November 2019).

40. Tamer Mohamed Abdallah Ibrahim, "Managing depth to basement uncertainty by integrating magnetic and seismic data", MS Thesis Committee Chair (Finished in May 2020).

41. Saleh Saeed Al-Zahrani, "Linear Semblance Velocity Analysis in the t2–x2 Domain: Concept and Applications to Synthetic and Real Seismic Data", MS Thesis Committee Chair (Finished in May 2020).

42. Abdullah Abobakr Al-Mashhor, "FIRST ARRIVAL PICKING USING TWO DIFFERENT METHODS: MDPE AND DBSCAN", MS Thesis Committee Chair (Finished in December 2020).

43. Hossein Seraj (Curtin University, Australia), "Detection of Solids in a Flow Stream Using Ultrasonics and
Advanced Algorithms", PhD Dissertation Committee Member, (Finished in December 2021).

44. ADNAN BASEL HAMIDA (EE-KFUPM), “SUPER-RESOLUTION FOR SEISMIC IMAGES: A DEEP LEARNING APPROACH”, MS Thesis Committee Member (Finished in December 2021).

45. Ahmed Khaled Eleslambouly (Khalifa University, UAE), "SEISMIC PROPERTIES AND ROCK PHYSICS ANALYSIS OF SABKHA", MS Thesis Committee Member (Finished in December 2022).

46.Amen Bargees, "FIRST ARRIVAL PICKING OF ZERO-PHASE SEISMIC DATA BY HILBERT ENVELOPE EMPIRICAL HALF WINDOW (HEEH) METHOD", MS Thesis Committee Chair (Finished in May 2023).

47. Paul Edigbue, "Joint Inversion of Seismic And DC Geophysical Data using Local And Global Optimization Algorithms", PhD Dissertation Committee Chair, (Finished in May 2023).

48. Alsahwan, A., "Estimation of water saturation in a sand dune from diving direct seismic P-waves", MS Thesis Committee Chair (Finished in May 2023).

49. Mohammad, M., "​Velocity Estimation from Surface Consistent Statics", MS Thesis Committee Chair (Finished in May 2023).

50. Said Khalid Said AL Farsi (Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman), "Machine Learning and Deep Learning for elastic properties prediction from seismic: Application on Gharif Formation from Central Oman", MS Thesis Committee Member (Finished in August 2023).

 

 

Publications

Papers in Refereed Journals

1.      Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2002. Refraction Static Correction in a Layer of Unconsolidated Sand: Effect of a Vertical Velocity Profile: Journal of Seismic Exploration, 11:383-396.

2.      Al-Shuhail, A. A., Hariri, M.H., and Makkawi, M.H., 2004.  Using Ground Penetrating Radar to Delineate Fractures in the Rus Formation, Dammam Dome, Eastern Saudi Arabia: International Geology Review, 46:91-96.

3.      Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2004.  A FORTRAN Program to Determine Fracture Principal Axes from Multi-azimuthal Seismic P-wave AVO Data: Computers & Geosciences, 30:313-318.

4.      Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2004.  Estimation of Fracture Porosity Using Azimuthal P-Wave AVO: A Case Study in the Austin Chalk, Gonzales County, Texas: Journal of Seismic Exploration, 12:315-326. 

5.      Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2004.  Estimation of Sand Dune Thickness with a Vertical Velocity Profile: The Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 29 (2A):145-153. 

6.      Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2006.  Mapping the Surface of a Shallow Groundwater System using the GPR: A Case Study in Eastern Saudi Arabia: The Leading Edge, 25:738-740.

7.      Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2007.  Fracture Porosity Inversion from P-wave AVOA Data along 2-D Seismic Lines: An Example from the Austin Chalk of Southeast Texas: Geophysics, 72:B1-B7. 

8.      Makkawi, M.H. and Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2007.  A Cost-Effective Method to Map the Top of Shallow Groundwater Systems: Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research, 25:67-70.

9.   Adetunji, A. Q., Al-Shuhail, A. A., and Korvin, G., 2008. Mapping the internal structure of sand dunes with GPR: A case history from the Jafurah sand sea of eastern Saudi Arabia: The Leading Edge, 27: 1446-1452.

10.  Al-Shuhail, A. A. and Al-Shaibani, A. M., 2009. Seismic investigation of two coastal sabkhas, eastern Saudi Arabia: Journal of Seismic Exploration, 18: 329-345.

11.  Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2011.  Direct-Arrival Velocity Estimation by the Linear Moveout: Case Studies in Saudi Arabia: Journal of Geophysics and Engineering, 8:524-530. 

12.  Mousa, W. M., Al-Shuhail, A. A., and Al-Lehyani, A. F., 2011. A new technique for first-arrival picking of refracted seismic data based on digital image segmentation: Geophysics, 76:V79-V89.

13.  Mousa, W. M. and Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2012.  Enhancement of first arrivals using the τ-p transform on energy-ratio seismic shot records: Geophysics, 77: V101–V111.  

14.  Alqahtani, F. and Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2012.  Imaging subtle faults using azimuthal coherence attribute: a case study from Central Saudi Arabia: GeoArabia, 17: 43-54. 

15. Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2013. Estimation of Velocity Function Parameters in Unconsolidated Sands using Semblance Velocity Analysis: Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 6: 549-556.

16.  Al-Shuhail, A. A. and Al-Shaibani, A. M., 2013. Characterization of Sabkha Jayb Uwayyid, eastern Saudi Arabia using Seismic Refraction Profiling: Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 6: 845-855.

17. Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2013. Seismic Array Response in the Presence of a Dipping Shallow Layer: Signal, Image and Video Processing, 7: 263-274.

18. Al-Shuhail, A. A., Kaka, S. I, and Jervis, M., 2013. Enhancement of Passive Microseismic Events Using Seismic Interferometry: Seismological Research Letters, 84: 781-784.

19. Omar K M Ouda, Abdullatif A. Al-Shuhail, Tawfiq Qubbaj And Rana Samara, 2013. Assessing the Applicability of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Techniques for Estimating Soil Water Content and Irrigation Requirements in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia: A Project Methodology. International Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering and Technology (IJARET), 4: 114-123.

20. Al-Lehyani, A. F. and Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2014. Mapping and attenuation of surface waves side scattered by near-surface diffractors: Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 7: 757-771.

21. Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2015. Improving automatic first-arrival picking by supervirtual interferometry: Examples from Saudi Arabia: Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 8: 8731–8740.

22. Fatai Anifowose, Suli Adeniye, Abdulazeez Abdulraheem, Abdullatif Al-Shuhail, 2016. Integrating seismic and log data for improved petroleum reservoir properties estimation using non-linear feature-selection based hybrid computational intelligence models: Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 145: 230–237.

23. Peter Adetokunbo, Abdullatif A. Al-Shuhail, and Saleh Al-Dossary, 2016. 3D seismic edge detection using magic squares and cubes: Interpretation, 4: T271-T280.

24. Al-Shuhail, A. A. and Adetunji, A., 2016, Joint Inversion of Ground-Penetrating Radar and Seismic Velocities for Porosity and Water Saturation in Shallow Sediments: Journal of Environmental & Engineering Geophysics, 21:105-119.

25. Akram, J. and Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2016. Performance of seismic arrays in the presence of weathering layer variations: Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 9:522-529.

26. Edigbue, P. and Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2016. Three-dimensional supervirtual seismic refraction interferometry: Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 9:537-549.

27. Khan, S., Al-Shuhail, A., and Khulief, Y., 2016. Numerical modeling of the geomechanical behavior of Ghawar Arab-D carbonate petroleum reservoir undergoing CO2 injection: Environmental Earth Sciences, 75:1499.

28. Naveed Iqbal , Azzedine Zerguine, SanLinn Kaka and Abdullatif Al-Shuhail, 2016. Automated SVD fltering of time-frequency distribution for enhancing the SNR of microseismic/microquake events: Journal of Geophysics and Engineering, 13:964-973.

29. Al-Shuhail, A., Mousa, W., and Alkhalifah, T., 2017. KFUPM-KAUST Red Sea Model: Digital viscoelastic depth model and synthetic seismic data set: The Leading Edge, 36:507-511.

30. Khan, S., Khulief, Y., and Al-Shuhail, A., 2018. The effect of injection well arrangement on CO2 injection into carbonate petroleum reservoir: Int. J. of Global Warming, 14(4):462-487.

31. Khan, S., Khulief, Y., and Al-Shuhail, A., 2017. Numerical modeling of the geomechanical behavior of Biyadh reservoir undergoing CO2 injection: ASCE International Journal of Geomechanics, 17 (8):.

32. Liu, E., Zhu, L., Govinda Raj, A., McClellan, J., and Al-Shuhail, A., 2017. Microseismic events enhancement and detection in sensor arrays using autocorrelation based filtering: Geophysical Prospecting.

33. SanLinn I. Kaka, Juan M. Reyes-Montes, Abdullah Al-Shuhail, Abdullatif A. Al-Shuhail, Michael Jervis , 2017. Analysis of microseismic events during a multi-stage hydraulic stimulation experiment at a shale gas reservoir: Petroleum Geoscience, 23 (3): 386-394.

34. Naveed Iqbal, Abdullatif A. Al-Shuhail, SanLinn I. Kaka, Entao Liu, Anupama Govinda Raj, James H. McClellan, 2017. Iterative interferometry-based method for picking microseismic events: Journal of Applied Geophysics, 140:52-61.

35. Ali H. Al-Gawas and Abdullatif A. Al-Shuhail, 2017. Fracture detection via correlating P-wave AVOA analysis and well data in eastern central Saudi Arabia: Interpretation, https://doi.org/10.1190/int-2016-0128.1.

36. Ali, A. & Al-Shuhail, A.A., 2017. Characterizing fluid contacts by joint inversion of seismic P-wave impedance and velocity: Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13202-017-0394-3.

37. J. H. McClellan, L. Eisner, E. Liu, A. A. Al-Shuhail, S. Kaka, N. Iqbal, 2018. Array processing in microseismic monitoring: IEEE Signal Processing Magazine.

38. Abdullatif A. Al-Shuhail, Mohammed Hussain Alsaleh, Oluseun A. Sanuade, 2018. Analysis of time-depth data in sand dunes from the Empty Quarter desert of southeastern Saudi Arabia: Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering.

39.  Naveed Iqbal, Azzedine Zerguine, SanLinn Kaka, Abdullatif Al-Shuhail, 2018. Observation-Driven Method Based on IIR Wiener Filter for Microseismic Data Denoising: Pure and Applied Geophysics.

40. Sikandar Khan, Yehia Abel Khulief, and Abdullatif Al-Shuhail, 2018. Mitigating climate change via CO2 sequestration into Biyadh reservoir: geomechanical modeling and caprock integrity: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change.

41. N. Iqbal, E. Liu, J. H. McClellan, A. Al-Shuhail, S. L. I. Kaka and A. Zerguine, 2018. "Detection and Denoising of Microseismic Events using Time-frequency Representation and Tensor Decomposition," in IEEE Access.

42. Sikandar Khan, Y. A. Khulief, and A. A. Al‑Shuhail, 2018. Alleviation of pore pressure buildup and ground uplift during carbon dioxide injection into Ghawar Arab-D carbonate naturally fractured reservoir: Environmental Earth Sciences, 77:449.

43. M. Farfour, A. Al-Shuhail, S. Gaci and M.A. El-Gelif, 2018. Amplitude variation with offset application history in Middle East and North African basins: Journal of Seismic Exploration, 27: 301-318.

44. Anifowose, F., Abdulraheem, A., Al-Shuhail, A. , 2019. A parametric study of machine learning techniques in petroleum reservoir permeability prediction by integrating seismic attributes and wireline data: Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, pp. 762-774

45. Iqbal, N., Liu, E., McClellan, J.H., Al-Shuhail, A.A., 2019. Sparse multichannel blind deconvolution of seismic data via spectral projected-gradient: IEEE Access 7: 23740-23751.

46. Abdullatif A Al-Shuhail, Abdullah A Alshuhail, Yehia A Khulief, Syed Abdul Salam, Septriandi A Chan, Abdul Latif Ashadi, Ayman F Al-Lehyani, Adnan M Almubarak, Mohammed Zia Ullah Khan, Sikandar Khan, Salem G AlJuhani, Khalid A Abdulrahman, 2019. KFUPM Ghawar digital viscoelastic seismic model: Arabian Journal of Geosciences 12 (7), 1-12.

47. FMS Abdullah, AA Al-Shuhail, OA Sanuade, 2019. Characterization of subsurface cavities using gravity and ground penetrating radar: Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics 24 (2), 265-276.

48. N Iqbal, B Liu, M Deriche, A Al-Shuhail, SL Kaka, A Zerguine, 2019. Blind noise estimation and denoising filter for recovery of microquake signals: Exploration Geophysics 50 (5), 502-513.

49. AA Al-Mashhor, AA Al-Shuhail, SM Hanafy, WA Mousa, 2019. First Arrival Picking of Seismic Data Based on Trace Envelope: IEEE Access 7, 128806-128815.

50. AK Popoola, AA Al-Shuhail, OA Sanuade, 2019. Transmission Amplitude Variation with Offset (TAVO): JOURNAL OF SEISMIC EXPLORATION 28 (5), 413-424.

51. Al-Shuhail, A.A., Alshuhail, A.A., Khulief, Y.A., Sanuade, O.A., Al-Lehyani, A.F., Chan, S.A., Ashadi, A.L., Khan, M.Z.U., Khan, S., Almubarak, A.M., Al-Juhani, S.G. and Salam, S.A., 2020. Digital viscoelastic seismic models and data sets of central Saudi Arabia in the presence of near-surface karst features: Journal of Seismic Exploration, 29: 15-28.

52. S Khan, Y Khulief, A Al-Shuhail, S Bashmal, N Iqbal, 2020. The Geomechanical and Fault Activation Modeling during CO2 Injection into Deep Minjur Reservoir, Eastern Saudi Arabia: Sustainability 12 (23), 9800.

53. M Benaafi, SM Hanafy, A Al-Shuhail, A El-Husseiny, J Dvorkin, 2020. Integrated Geological, Hydrogeological, and Geophysical Investigations of a Barchan Sand Dune in the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia: Water 12 (3), 682.

54. A Al-Shuhail, Y Bouzidi, S Al-Dossary, Y Li, 2020. Introduction to this special section: Middle East: The Leading Edge 39 (6), 381-381.

55. S Khan, YA Khulief, AA Al-Shuhail, 2020. Effects of reservoir size and boundary conditions on pore-pressure buildup and fault reactivation during CO2 injection in deep geological reservoirs: Environmental Earth Sciences 79, 1-23.

56. SM Hanafy, A El-Husseiny, M Benaafi, A Al-Shuhail, J Dvorkin, 2020. P-wave velocity profile at very shallow depths in sand dunes: Geophysics 85 (5), U129-U137.

57. X Liu, H Li, AA Al-Shuhail, B Liu, Z Ren, 2021. Reflection and transmission of plane waves at an interface separating two poro-viscoelastic materials with continuity and elastic consistence: Geophysical Journal International, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggab009.

58. P Edigbue, A Al-Shuhail, SM Hanafy, 2021. Three-dimensional supervirtual seismic refraction interferometry: a case study in western Saudi Arabia: Geophysics 86 (3), 1-53.

59. Chan, Septriandi A.; Edigbue, Paul; Khan, Sikandar; Ashadi, Abdul L.; Al-Shuhail, Abdullatif A., 2021. Viscoelastic Model and Synthetic Seismic Data of Eastern Rub’Al-Khali: Appl. Sci. 11, no. 4: 1401. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041401.

60. Paul Irikefe Edigbue, Abdullah Abobakr Al-Mashhor, Anastasios Plougarlis, Pantelis Soupios, Markos Tranos, SanLinn Kaka, Abdullatif Al-Shuhail, Mansour Al-Garni, 2021. Geological and geophysical investigations of an engineering site characterization for construction purposes in Western Saudi Arabia: Journal of Applied Geophysics, 188: 104307.

61. Naveed Ahmad, Sikandar Khan, Abdullatif Al-Shuhail, 2021. Seismic Data Interpretation and Petrophysical Analysis of Kabirwala Area Tola (01) Well, Central Indus Basin, Pakistan: Applied Sciences, 11: 2911.

62. Ahmad, N.; Khan, S.; Noor, E.F.; Zou, Z.; Al-Shuhail, A., 2021. Seismic Data Interpretation and Identification of Hydrocarbon-Bearing Zones of Rajian Area, Pakistan: Minerals, 11: 891. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11080891. 

63. Ali A Dawood, Abdullatif Al-Shuhail, Abdulrahman Alshuhail, 2021. Enhancing the Signal-to-Noise Ratio of Sonic Logging Waveforms by Super-Virtual Interferometric Stacking: Journal of Seismic Exploration, 30: 237-255.

64. Sherif M Hanafy, Pantelis Soupios, Alexandros Stampolidis, Christian Bender Koch, Khalid Al‐Ramadan, Abdullatif Al‐Shuhail, Theis Solling, Ignatius Argadestya, 2021. Comprehensive Geophysical Study at Wabar Crater, Rub Al‐Khali Desert, Saudi Arabia: Earth and Space Science, 8 (9). https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2020EA001432.

65. Huijian Li, Xu Liu, Bo Liu, Stewart Greenhalgh, Abdullatif A. Al-Shuhail, and Yangkang Chen, (2022), "Bandwidth-insensitive extended centroid frequency-shift method for near-surface Q estimation," GEOPHYSICS 87: V75-V86. https://doi.org/10.1190/geo2021-0110.1.

66. Ahmad, Naveed, Sikandar Khan, Muhsan Ehsan, Fayaz U. Rehman, and Abdullatif Al-Shuhail. 2022. "Estimating the Total Volume of Running Water Bodies Using Geographic Information System (GIS): A Case Study of Peshawar Basin (Pakistan)" Sustainability 14, no. 7: 3754. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14073754.

67. Al-Dawood, A., Al-Shuhail, A. Reservoir characterization analysis in glacial reservoirs. J Petrol Explor Prod Technol (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13202-022-01505-1.

68. Surachman, Lutfi M., and Abdullatif Al-Shuhail. 2022. "Common Transmission Point (CTP) Gathers: A New Domain for Amplitude Variation with Offset" Energies 15, no. 13: 4825. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15134825.

69. Harishidayat, Dicky, Abdullatif Al-Shuhail, Giovanni Randazzo, Stefania Lanza, and Anselme Muzirafuti. 2022. "Reconstruction of Land and Marine Features by Seismic and Surface Geomorphology Techniques" Applied Sciences 12, no. 19: 9611. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12199611. 

70. Bargees, Amen, and Abdullatif A. Al-Shuhail. 2022. "First Arrival Picking of Zero-Phase Seismic Data by Hilbert Envelope Empirical Half Window (HEEH) Method" Sensors 22, no. 19: 7580. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22197580. 

71. Edigbue, Paul, Ismail Demirci, Irfan Akca, Hamdan Ali Hamdan, Panagiotis Kirmizakis, Pantelis Soupios, Emin Candansayar, Sherif Hanafy, and Abdullatif Al-Shuhail. 2022. "A Comprehensive Study of Local, Global, and Combined Optimization Methods on Synthetic Seismic Refraction and Direct Current Resistivity Data" Applied Sciences 12, no. 22: 11589. https://doi.org/10.3390/app122211589. 

72. Edigbue, Paul, Ismail Demirci, Irfan Akca, Hamdan Hamdan, Panagiotis Kirmizakis, Pantelis Soupios, Markos Tranos, Israa S. Abu-Mahfouz, Emin Candansayar, Sherif Hanafy, and Abdullatif Al-Shuhail 2022. "Application of Combined Local and Global Optimization Algorithms in Joint Interpretation of Direct Current Resistivity and Seismic Refraction Data: A Case Study of Dammam Dome, Eastern Saudi Arabia" Sensors 22, no. 23: 9337. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22239337. 

73. Hanafy, Sherif Mohamed, Abdullah Al-Mashhor, and Abdullatif Abdulrahman Al-Shuhail. 2022. "Removal of Intra-Array Statics in Seismic Arrays Due to Variable Topography and Positioning Errors" Applied Sciences 12, no. 24: 12810. https://doi.org/10.3390/app122412810.

74.  Edigbue, P., Akca, I., Demirci, I., Abdullatif Al-Shuhail,  Hamdan Ali Hamdan,  Panagiotis Kirmizakis,  Emin Candansayar,  Sherif Hanafy &  Pantelis Soupios . Testing Different Stochastic Methods to Model Direct Current Resistivity and Seismic Refraction Geophysical Data Using a Combined Local and Global Optimization Algorithm. Arab J Sci Eng 48, 7925–7938 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-023-07690-3. 

75. Amen Bargees, Dicky Harishidayat, Naveed Iqbal, Abdullatif A Al-Shuhail. 2023. Automatic gas chimney detection from 3D seismic reflection data using a single amplitude attribute: Marine and Petroleum Geology, 152: 106231. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S026481722300137X.  

76. Emily Barnabas Kiswaka, Dicky Harishidayat, Elisante Elisaimon Mshiu, Abdullatif Al-Shuhail. 2023. Architectural element variations across the offshore basin of Tanzania continental margin: influence of local factors in sedimentary processes and their implications for petroleum prospectivity: Marine Geophysical Research, 44 (2): 7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11001-023-09518-z.   

77. A. Hamida, M. Alfarraj, A. A. Al-Shuhail and S. A. Zummo, "Facies-Guided Seismic Image Super-Resolution," in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 61, pp. 1-13, 2023, Art no. 4503213, doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2023.3289151.

78.  Moosa Al-Jahdhami and Abdullatif Al-Shuhail, (2023), "Workshop Review: Recent workshop explores near-surface modeling and imaging," The Leading Edge 42: 506–509. https://doi.org/10.1190/tle42070506.1 .

79. Alfuraidan, M.R., Al-Shuhail, A., Hanafy, S.M., and Sarumi, Ibrahim O.  Approximation of seismic velocities from the spectrum of weighted graphs. Int J Geomath 14, 5 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13137-023-00214-z. 

80. H. Li, B. Liu, X. Liu, A. A. Al-Shuhail, S. M. H. Mahmoud and Y. Chen, "Frequency-Independent Centroid Frequency Shift Method for Signal Attenuation Estimation," in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 61, pp. 1-12, 2023, Art no. 4504212, doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2023.3293645. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10177196.

 

Papers in Conferences

1.      Al-Shuhail, A. A., and Gangi, A. F., 1994. The effect of topography on the wavelet response of seismic arrays: SEG Expanded Abstracts, pp. 895-898.

2.      Al-Shuhail, A. A., and Watkins, J. S., 2000. Using azimuthal P-wave AVO to determine the principal fracture orientations in the Austin Chalk, Gonzales County, Texas: SEG Expanded Abstracts, pp. 206-209.

3.      Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2003.  A Proposed Field Experiment to Evaluate the Impact of Velocity-Depth Profiles in Sand Dunes on the Seismic Data: KFUPM-Schlumberger Technical Exchange Meeting on “Carbonate Reservoirs from Exploration to IOR”, paper no. CARB05.

4.      Makkawi, M.H. and Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2005.  A Cost-Effective Method to Map the Top of Shallow Groundwater Systems: The 7th Gulf Water Conference, pp. 270-275.

5.      Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2006.  Refraction Statics Correction in Sand Dunes: The 68th EAGE Conference & Exhibition in Vienna.

6.   Alhukail, I. and Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2008.  The correlation distance of incoherent seismic noise in geophone array: The 78th SEG Annual Meeting in Las Vegas.

7.   Barajas-Olalde, C., Al-Shuhail, A. A., Aqel, M., Al-Shuhail, A., Nova, A., Al-Lehyani, A., Donadille, J-M., and Saner, S., 2009.  Integration of geoelectric and seismic data to characterize the near surface of the Dammam dome, Saudi Arabia: EAGE Non-Seismic Methods Workshop, Bahrain.

8. Kaka, S. I., Al-Shaibani, A. M., and Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2009. Hands-on teaching through a student senior project in Geophysics at KFUPM: GSA Annual Meeting, Portland, USA.

9. Sitouah, M., Korvin, G., Al-Shuhail, A., Osman, A. and AbdulRaheem, A., 2010. Estimation of Reservoir Properties from Seismic Attributes and Well Log Data using Artificial Neural Networks: EAGE Saint Petersburg 2010, Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 05 - 08, 2010. 

10. Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2010. Two-way Academia-Industry Collaboration to Enhance KFUPM Student Learning Experience: OGEP2010 Conference, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. 

11. Sitouah, M., Korvin, G., Al-Shuhail, A. A., Osman, A., Abdulraheem, A., and Zerguine, A., 2010. Application of Artificial Neural Network for Reservoir Characterization, Case Study from Oil Field in South Algeria: OGEP2010 Conference, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. 

12. Al-Shuhail, A. A. and Mousa, W. A., 2012. Processing of Seismic Reflection Data Using MATLAB™: A Promising Book Opening the Gateway between Geophysics & Electrical Engineering: Extended Abstract number O11, 74th EAGE Conference & Exhibition incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2012, Copenhagen, Denmark, 4-7 June 2012.

13.  Al-Shuhail, A. A. and Popoola, A. K., 2013. Transmission Amplitude Variation with Offset (TAVO): EAGE Borehole Geophysics Workshop II, St. Julian, Malta, 21 - 24 April 2013.

14. Anifowose, F. A., Abdulraheem, A., Al-Shuhail, A. A., and Schmitt, D. P., 2013. Improved Permeability Prediction From Seismic and Log Data using Artificial Intelligence Techniques: Society of Petroleum Engineers, Paper 164465-MS, DOI: 10.2118/164465-MS.

15. Liu, E., Zhu, L., McClellan, J.H., Al-Shuhail, A.A. & Kaka, S.I., 2016. Microseismic Events Enhancement in Sensor Arrays Using Autocorrelation Based Filtering: Extended Abstract number Tu P6 15, 78th EAGE Conference & Exhibition, Vienna, Austria, 30 May - 2 June 2016.

16. N. Iqbal, E. Liu, J. H. McClellan, A. Al-Shuhail, S. I. Kaka, and A. Zerguine, 2017. Enhancement of microseismic events using tensor decomposition and time-frequency representation, 79th EAGE Conference and Exhibition, Paris, France,  12-15 June 2017.

17. Anupama Govinda Raj, James H. McClellan, Naveed Iqbal, Abdullatif A. Al-Shuhail, and SanLinn I. Kaka (2018). Automatic microseismic event detection using constant false alarm rate processing in time-frequency domain: SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts 2018: pp. 2912-2916.

18. Ali A. Mohamed and Abdullatif A. Al-Shuhail (2018). Full Waveform Inversion for Complex Near-Surface Imaging Using SEG SEAM II Synthetic Model: GEO 2018, 13th Middle East Geosciences Conference and Exhibition March 5-8, 2018, Manama, Bahrain.

19. Ryan Adhi Putra and Abdullatif A. Al-Shuhail, (2018). Seismic Array Response in the Presence of Intra-Array Variations in Element Weights, Elevations, and Positions: GEO 2018, 13th Middle East Geosciences Conference and Exhibition March 5-8, 2018, Manama, Bahrain.

20. S Khan, Y Khulief, A Al-Shuhail, 2019. Reservoir Geomechanical Modeling and Ground Uplift During CO2 Injection Into Khuff Reservoir: Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting 59032, V002T02A046.

21. S Khan, YA Khulief, AA Al-Shuhail, 2020. Reservoir Geomechanical Modeling during CO2 Injection into Deep Qasim Reservoir: A Study Focused on Mitigating Climate Change: World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2020: Groundwater, Sustainability, Hydro-Climate/Climate Change, and Environmental Engineering.

22. S Hanafy, A El-Husseiny, M Benaafi, A Al-Shuhail, J Dvorkin, 2020. P-Wave Velocity at Shallow Depths in Sand Dunes and Its Effect on Static Correction: 82nd EAGE Annual Conference & Exhibition 2020 (1), 1-5.

23. Paul Edigbue, Ismail Demirci, Hamdan Hamdan, Abdullatif Al-Shuhail, Irfan Akca, Pantelis Soupios, Emin Candansayar, 2021. Joint Inversion of Seismic and DC Geophysical Data Using Local and Global Optimization Algorithms: International Petroleum Technology Conference, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, February 2022. Paper Number: IPTC-21877-MS.

24. S Khan, AA Al-Shuhail, 2022.Coupled Geomechanical and Fault Activation Modeling during CO2 Injection into the Dhruma Reservoir: A Study Focused on Mitigating CO2 Emissions: World Environmental & Water Resources Congress 2022.

25. Adnan Hamida, Motaz Alfarraj, Abdullatif A. Al-Shuhail, and Salam A. Zummo, (2022), "Efficient seismic image super-resolution," SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts : 1659-1663. https://doi.org/10.1190/image2022-3746892.1 .

 

Technical Reports

1.      Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2001. Estimation of fracture porosity from azimuthal P-wave AVO: Final Report of the British Council Summer Research Program, KFUPM, 22 p.

2.      Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2003. Design and performance of the vertical moving-coil geophone: Report for the Saudi Geophysical Consulting Office, 36 p.

3.      Makkawi, M. H., and Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2003. Mapping of groundwater surface using GPR and geostatistical methods: Report for the RI/KFUPM project ARI-017, 77 p.

4.      Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2006. Three-dimensional Reservoir Analog Modeling using Ground Penetrating Radar Data: Report for Engineering and Technology Services, 32 p.

5.      Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2007. Laboratory Manual for Seismic Data Processing Courses at KFUPM using the Seismic UN*X Software under the Linux Operating System: Report for the Earth Sciences Department (KFUPM), 43 p.

6.      Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2008. Introduction to Petroleum Seismic Exploration: NSSIC Report, 85 p.

7.      Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2008. Causes of Seismic Data Deterioration in Near-Surface Layers: NSSIC Report, 16 p.

8.      Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2008. Direct-Arrival Velocity Estimation in Noisy Shot Records using Semblance Velocity Analysis: NSSIC Report and Software Code, 20 p.

9.      Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2008. Joint Inversion of GPR and Seismic Velocity Data for Soil Porosity and Water Saturation: NSSIC Report and Software Code, 29 p.

10.      Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2008. Parameter Estimation of Velocity ‎Function in Unconsolidated Sand via ‎Semblance Velocity Analysis: NSSIC Report and Software Code, 33 p.

11.  Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2008. Hydrogeology and Economic Importance of Inland and ‎Coastal Sabkhat of Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, (KACST): Geophysical Progress Report, 37 p.

12. Al-Shuhail, A. A. and Aqel, M. A., 2008. Locating LNAPL Leakage in Shallow Soil in Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia - GPR Survey Results: Final Report, 38 p.

13. Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2009. Hydrogeology and Economic Importance of Inland and ‎Coastal Sabkhat of Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia – Geophysical Final Report, 35 p.

14. Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2009. King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Project Holy Mosque Expansion Area Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – GPR and Seismic Refraction Progress Report, 24 p.

15. Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2009. King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Project Holy Mosque Expansion Area Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – GPR and Seismic Refraction Final Report, 88 p.

16. Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2009. Using GPR Technology to Locate Underground Utilities in a Residential Area in Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia: Final Report, 16 p.

17. Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2009. Two-dimensional Microgravity Survey to Determine the Presence of Cavities under a Confined Water Tunnel in Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia: A Preliminary Report, 12 p.

18. Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2010. Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Survey of the North Rakah Archeological Site in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia: A Preliminary Report, 15 p.

19. Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2010. A Prototype for Ultrasound Imaging of Geological Cores: Principles, Acquisition, Processing, and Interpretation: Progress Report, 5 p.

20. Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2011. Enhancement of Microseismic Events using Seismic Interferometry: Progress Report, 7 p.

21. Kaka, S. I. and Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2012. A Pilot Project: Passive Seismic Experiment: Final Report, 64 p.

22.  Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2012. Enhancement of First Arrivals using Seismic Interferometry: Final Report, 53 p.

23.  Kaka, S. I. and Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2012. Analysis of Passive Seismic Data for Reservoir Monitoring and Characterization: Progress Report, 33 p.

24. Abdulraheem, A. and Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2012. Prediction of Permeability Profiles Using 3D Seismic Data and Openhole Logs: Final Report, 126 p.

25. Al-Shuhail, A. A. and Mousa, W. A., 2012. A Prototype for Ultrasound Imaging of Geological Cores: Principles, Acquisition, Processing, and Interpretation: Progress Report, 7 p.

26. Vesnaver, A., Kaka, S. I., Al-Shuhail, A. A., Vignoli, G., and Menanno, G., 2012. Reservoir Characterization by Active and Passive Seismic Integration: Progress Report, 21 p.

27. Al-Shuhail, A. A. and Mousa, W. A., 2013. A Prototype for Ultrasound Imaging of Geological Cores: Principles, Acquisition, Processing, and Interpretation: Final Report, 66 p.

28.  Kaka, S. I. and Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2013. Analysis of Passive Seismic Data for Reservoir Monitoring and Characterization: Final Report, 92 p.

29. Al-Shuhail, A. and Mousa, W., 2014. KFUPM-KAUST Red Sea synthetic model: Progress Report, 29 p.

30. Alshuhail, Abdullah, Kaka, S.I., and Al-Shuhail, Abdullatif, 2015. Microseismic and geomechanical integrated characterization of shale gas reservoir -  Active seismic results: Final Report, 43 p.

31. Al-Shuhail, Abdullatif, Alshuhail, Abdullah, and Khulief, Yehia, 2016. CO2 leakage detection using geophysical methods under arid near-surface conditions: Final Report, 36 p.

32. Al-Shuhail, A., Kaka, S., Zerguine, A., Iqbal, N., 2017. Application of Advanced Signal Processing Techniques to Enhance the Signal-to-Noise Ratio and Localization of Microseismic Events: Final Report, 111 p.

33. Al-Shuhail, A., Bin Waheed, U., Iqbal, N., Hanafy, S., Kaka, S., 2021. Removal of sand dune effects from petroleum seismic data through parallax processing: Final Report, 47 p.

 

Abstracts in Conferences

1.      Al-Shuhail, A. A., and Gangi, A. F., 1996.  The Effect of Topography on the Wavelet Response of Seismic Arrays: Student Colloquium, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University.

2.      Al-Shuhail, A. A., and Al-Ghamdi, A. M., 2000.  Removal of Backscattered Noise from Shot Records by Forward Modeling: Land Seismic Imaging Forum (Arabian Peninsula), Manama, Bahrain.

3.      Al-Ghamdi, A. M., Atalik, E., and Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2000.  Basement and Paleozoic Sequence Stratigraphy in Ghawar Field, Saudi Arabia: Paleozoic Sequence Stratigraphy Symposium, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

4.      Makkawi, M.H., and Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2004.  Mapping the Spatial Distribution of a Shallow Groundwater System by an Integrated GPR-Kriging Method: Fourth Specialty Conference on Environmental Progress in the Petroleum & Petrochemical Industries, Manama, Bahrain.

5.      Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2004.  Seismic Characterization of Fractures Orientation and Porosity using Azimuthal P-wave AVO: Forum for the Creation of a Consortium on Carbonate Porosity Prediction, Manama, Bahrain.

6.      Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2004.  Estimation of Thickness in a Sand Dune with a Vertical Velocity Profile: GEO2004, Manama, Bahrain.

7.      Makkawi, M.H. and Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2004.  Detecting the Depth to Shallow Groundwater by Integrating GPR and Kriging Methods: Second Saudi Science Conference, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

8.      Al-Shuhail, A. A., and Makkawi, M.H., 2004.  The Potential of Ground Penetrating Radar in Groundwater Contamination Detection and Monitoring: Wastewater Treatment Technical Exchange Meeting, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

9.      Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2005,  Introducing the Near-Surface Seismic Investigation Consortium (NSSIC): 2005 SEG Land Seismic Forum, Manama, Bahrain.

10.  Makkawi, M.H. and Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2005.  Characterizing a Shallow Groundwater System without Extensive Drilling: First Groundwater Protection Technical Exchange Meeting, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

11.  Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2006.  Fracture Porosity Inversion from P-Wave AVOA Data along 2-D Seismic Lines: GEO2006, Manama, Bahrain.

12. Al-Shuhail, A. A. and Adetunji, A., 2008.  Joint Inversion of GPR and Seismic Velocity Data for Soil Porosity and Water Saturation: OGEP2008, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

13. Akram, J. and Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2008.  Effect of Channel in the Weathering Layer on the Seismic Array Response‎: OGEP2008, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

14. Al-Shuhail, A. A. and Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2008:  Parameter Estimation of Velocity Function in Unconsolidated Sand via Semblance Velocity Analysis: GEO2008, Manama, Bahrain.

15. Al-Rowaili, T. Z., Al-Shuhail, A. A., Al-Aslani, A. S., and Korvin, G., 2008.  Estimating Static Shifts by Deconvolving Stacking Velocity Profiles: GEO2008, Manama, Bahrain.

16. Akram, J. and Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2008.  Seismic Array Response in the Presence of Laterally Varying Thickness of the Weathering Layer: GEO2008, Manama, Bahrain.

17. Siddiqi, S. A., Abdullatif, O. M., Al-Shuhail, A. A., and Ahmad, Z., 2008.  Facies, Depositional Environment and Reservoir Properties of the Devonian Carboniferous Khusayyan Member, Wajid Sandstone, Saudi Arabia: GEO2008, Manama, Bahrain.

18. Al-Shuhail, A. A. and Al-Shaibani, A. M., 2009.  Using Seismic Refraction Method to Estimate Bedrock and Watertable Depths in two Coastal Sabkhas, eastern Saudi Arabia: 8th Meeting of the Saudi Society for Geosciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

19. Sitouah, M., Korvin, G., Al-Shuhail, A., Abdullatif, O., Abdulraheem, A., and Zerguine, A., 2010.  Estimation of Reservoir Properties from Seismic Attributes and Well Log Data using Artificial Neural Networks: GEO2010, Manama, Bahrain.

20. Adetunji, A., Al-Shuhail, A., and Korvin, G., 2010.  Mapping the Internal Structure of Sand Dunes in the Jafurah Desert of Eastern Saudi Arabia Using Ground Penetrating Radar: GEO2010, Manama, Bahrain.

21. Al-Qahtani, F., Al-Shuhail, A., and Al-Dossary, S., 2010.  Fault Detection Using Azimuthal Coherence Attribute: Case Study, Central Saudi Arabia: GEO2010, Manama, Bahrain.

22. Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2010.  Common Types of Seismic Noise in the Arabian Peninsula: Workshop on KFUPM-Georgia Tech Joint Research Program on Geo-Signal Processing and Analysis, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

23. Makkawi, M. H., Al-Shuhail, A. A., and Tawabini, B. K., 2010.  Integrating Geophysical and Geochemical Methods to Delineate Contamination Sources and Distribution in a Shallow Aquifer: EnviroArabia 2010 Conference, Manama, Bahrain.

24. Kaka. S. I. and Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2011. Pilot Project: Passive Seismic Experiment for Reservoir Monitoring and Characterization at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals: Geo India 2011, New Delhi, India.

25. Al-Shuhail, A. A., Kaka, S. I., and Jervis, M., 2013. Enhancement of Passive Microseismic Events using Seismic Interferometry: 10th Meeting of the Saudi Society for Geosciences, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

26. Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2014, Using Supervirtual Refraction Interferometry to Enhance First Arrivals of Petroleum Seismic Data from Saudi Arabia: GEO2014 Conference, Manama, Bahrain.

27. Al-Shuhail, A. A. and Al-Dossary, S. A., 2014, Putting Ancient Ideas into Modern Use: 3D Seismic Edge Detection with Magic Cube Operators: GEO2014 Conference, Manama, Bahrain.

28. Abdullah, F. and Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2016, Joint Inversion of Gravity and GPR Data to Characterize Subsurface Cavities: 2nd SEG/DGS Workshop Near Surface Modeling and Imaging, Manama, Bahrain, 6-7 March, 2016.

29. Akram, J. and Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2016, Performance of Seismic Arrays in the Presence of Weathering-layer Variations: GEO2016 Conference, Manama, Bahrain.

30. Ali Aldawood, Ibrahim Hoteit, Abdulrahman Alshuhail, and Abdullatif Al-Shuhail (2016) Enhancing the signal-to-noise ratio of sonic waveforms by Interferometric stacking. International Conference and Exhibition, Barcelona, Spain, 3-6 April 2016: pp. 141-141.

 

Papers in Local Journals

1.      Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2003. Seismic characterization of fractures using azimuthal P-wave AVO: GeoFrontier, 1 (2): 43-46.

2.      Hariri, M. M., Makkawi, M. H., and Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2003. The use of GPR to delineate fractures in Rus Formation, Dammam Dome, Eastern Saudi Arabia: GeoFrontier, 1 (3): 24-27.

3.      Al-Shuhail, A. A., and Al-Ghanim, H., (2004).  Performance of Seismic Arrays in a Heterogeneous Medium: GeoFrontier, 1 (4): 27-30.

4.  "تقنية الرادار الأرضي" - مقال علمي في مجلة العلوم و التقنية الصادرة من مدينة الملك عبدالعزيز للعلوم و التقنية - العدد  96 (2010)  - ص: 10 - 14.

 

 

 

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