Research & Supervision

Recently I am working on a number of research major topics including;

• Reservoir Characterization

• Source Rock Evaluation

• Palynology and Maturation Assessment

My pended researches are:

1) Baban, D. H. and Lawa, F.A., Palynological investigation for the Permian beds in Byara area, Kurdistan Region, NE Iraq.

2) Baban, D. H. and Al-Nassery, O.A., Dinoflagellates as a tool for determining the nature of the Cretaceous / Tertiary Boundary in Bm-15 well, Butma          Oil Field, Northern Iraq.

3) Baban, D.H., Log Analysis and Reservoir Characterization of Jeribe Formation (Aquitanian) in Qumar Oil Field, Kurdistan Region/NE Iraq.

Dissertations and Thesis Supervision: 

1) Palynofacies Analysis and Hydrocarbon Generation Potential of Dokan and Gulneri Formations (Upper Cretaceous) from selected sections in Northern Iraq. (MSc thesis submitted by Razawa Hama Rasheed Sarraj in 2006).

2) Source Rock Evaluation of Naokelekan and Barsarin Formations  (Upper Jurassic) Kurdistan Region / N. Iraq, (MSc thesis submitted by Shadan Mahmoud Ahmed in 2007).

3) Source Rock Evaluation of Lower Tertiary Formations in Northeast Iraq, (MSc thesis submitted by Kardo Sardar Ranyayi in 2009).

4) Characterization of the Tertiary Reservoir in Khabbaz Oil Field, Kirkuk Area, Northern Iraq ( MSc thesis submitted by Hussein Soad Hussein in 2015).

5) Reservoir Characterization of the Jeribe Formation (Middle Miocene) from selected wells in Hamrine Oil Field, Northern Iraq ( MSc thesis submitted by Mohamad Burhan Saeed in 2017).

6) Reservoir Characterization of the Miocene Jeribe Formation from selected wells in Kurdistan Region, NE Iraq ( MSc thesis submitted by Asos Sidiq Abdulla in 2017).

7) Geochemistry and Hydrocarbon Generation Potential of Chia Gara Formation (Tithonian-Berriasian) in selected surface and subsurface sections Northern Ira (MSc thesis submitted by Pavil Al-Jabary from Kirkuk University in 2018).

8) Palynostratigraphy and Source Rock Potentiality of Butma Formation in Northern Iraq (PhD dissertation submitted by Mohammad Raoof Mahmood from Mosul University in 2018). 

9) Sedimentology and Reservoir Characterization of the Lower Qamchuqa (Shu'aiba) Formation in Bai Hassan Oil Field-Northern Iraq (MSc thesis submitted by Sabir Sbhi Shahab Barzanji from University of Tikrit in 2019.

10) Reservoir Characterization of the Upper Cretaceous Shiranish Formation from selected wells of Taq Taq Oilfield in Iraqi Kurdistan Region (MSc thesis submitted by Aram Mohammed in 2020).

11) Reservoir Characterization of the Upper Triassic Kurra Chine Formation from selected wells of an Oilfield in Iraqi Kurdistan Region (MSc thesis submitted by Mostafa Mohammed in 2021). 

12) Petroleum System Assessment for part of the Zagros Foreland Basin, Southern Kurdistan Region- NE Iraq (PhD dissertation submitted by Shadan Mahmood Ahmed in 2021).

13) Integration between Well Logging Techniques and Seismic Reflection for Reservoir Characterizations and Structural Analysis, Ajeel Oilfield, Northern Iraq (PhD dissertation submitted by Sabir Subhi Barzinji from Tikrit University in 2023).

 14) Correlating Reservoir Properties of the Jeribe, Dhiban, and Euphrates Formations (Lower-Middle Miocene) from Selected Oil Wells in Northern Iraq (PhD dissertation by Muhamad Burhan Muhamad Saeed, started in May 2024).

15) Reservoir Characterization of the Paleogene Khurmala and Avana Formations from Selected Wells in the Khurmala Oilfield, Northern Iraq ((MSc thesis by Shiraz Kafi Asa’ad from Salahaddin University, started in July, 2024).

16) Log Analysis for the Penetrated Cretaceous Formations by Well Ju-1, Judaida Oilfield, Northern Iraq (MSc thesis by Avin Ali Maulood, started in August 2024).