Research Interests
• Pore Pressure Predictions
• Petroleum System (Seismic Interpretation and Log Analysis)
o Source Rock Assessment
o Shale Gas Potential Evaluation
o Reservoir Evaluation
• Groundwater Exploration using Electrical Resistivity Technique
Journal Publications
2025
Ahmad, W., Khan, M.A., Amjad, M.R., Zafar, M., Corbella, M., Navarro-Ciurana, D., and Rahim, H. U. (2025). Diagenetic heterogeneities in the Jurassic Samana Suk Formation, Foreland Sedimentary Fold and Thrust Belt, Pakistan: an integrated approach for reservoir behavior. Carbonates and Evaporites, 40(2), 70.
Naseer, Z., Ehsan, M., Ali, M., Amjad, M.R., Latif, M.A.U., and Abdelrahman, K. (2025). Lithofacies and sandstone reservoir characterization for geothermal assessment through artificial intelligence. Results in Engineering, 105173.
Basit, A., Qadir, A., Amjad, M.R., Ahmad, T., and Khattak, S.A. (2025). Petroleum Reservoir Potential of Cretaceous Siliciclastic Rocks of Tando Allahyar Field, Lower Indus Basin, Pakistan: Inferences from Petrophysics, Sequence Stratigraphy and Paleogeography. Doklady Earth Sciences 520(1), 2.
2024
Shakir, U., Ali, A., Hussain, M., Radwan, A.E., Aal, A.A.E., Amjad, M.R., and Mahmood, M.F. (2024). Data-driven exploration in complex basins: A critical aspect of new prospect delineation in thin sands using simultaneous seismic inversion. Journal of Earth System Science, 133(4), 229.
Journal of Earth System Science
Khan, M.A., Amjad, M.R., Iltaf, K.H., Ahmed, A., and Awan, R.S. (2024). Structural inheritance through 3D reservoir modeling and ant-tracking attribute implications for structural configuration of Upper Cretaceous Pab Sandstone, Kirthar Fold Belt, Pakistan. Journal of Natural Gas Geoscience, 9(2), 123-137.
2023
Amjad, M.R., Shakir, U., Hussain, M., Rasul, A., Mehmood, S., and Ehsan, M. (2023). Sembar Formation as an Unconventional Prospect: New Insights in Evaluating Shale Gas Potential Combined with Deep Learning. Natural Resources Research. doi: 10.1007/s11053-023-10244-x.
Amjad, M.R., Zafar, M., Malik, M.B. & Naseer, Z. (2023). Precise geopressure predictions in active foreland basins: An application of deep feedforward neural networks. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 245: 105560.
Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
Amjad, M.R., Ehsan, M., Hussain, M., Al-Ansari, N., Rehman, A., Naseer, Z., Ejaz, M.N., Baouche, R., and Elbeltagi, A. (2023). Carbonate Reservoir Quality Variations in Basins with a Variable Sediment Influx: A Case Study from the Balkassar Oil Field, Potwar, Pakistan. ACS Omega 8(4): 4127-4145.
2022
Amjad, M.R., Zafar, M., Ahmad, T., Hussain, M., & Shakir, U. (2022). Overpressures induced by compaction disequilibrium within structural compartments of Murree Formation, Eastern Potwar, Pakistan. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10.
Amjad, M.R., Khan, S., Bin Nisar, U., Shakir, U., & Ahmed, K.A. (2022). Exploring the untapped gas potential of Ghazij shale in Pirkoh area, Pakistan: Integrated approach of attribute analysis and maturity modeling. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences, 31(1), 1-9.
2021
Shakir, U., Ali, A., Amjad, M.R., & Hussain, M. (2021). Improved gas sand facies classification and enhanced reservoir description based on calibrated rock physics modelling: A case study. Open Geosciences, 13(1), 1476-1493.
2020
Shakir, U., Hussain, M., Mahmood, M.F., Amjad, M.R., Zafar, W.A., Mehmood, S., Abideen, Z.U., Tahir, A.R., & Haroon, M. (2020). Prospect Generation Studies of Cretaceous Sands, Khipro Area by Integrating Seismic and Well Data. The Nucleus, 57(2), 67-76.
2019
Shakir, U., Amjad, M.R., Mehmood, M. F., Hussain, M., Abuzar, M. K., Ahmad, T., Aftab, F. and Tahir, A.R., 2019. Structural Delineation and Hydrocarbon Potential Evaluation of Lockhart Limestone in Basal Area, Upper Indus Basin, Pakistan. The Nucleus, Vol 56 (2), 55-62.
2018
Qadir, A., Amjad, M.R., Khan, T., Zafar, M., Hasham, M., Khan, U.A., Ahmed, U., Khatttak, S.A. and Ahmad, I., 2018., Demarcation of Groundwater Potential Zones by Electrical Resistivity Survey (ERS) Islamabad, Pakistan. International Journal of Economic and Environmental Geology. Vol 9 (4), page 39-44.
2017
Amjad, M.R., Hameed, M.S., Mujtaba, M. and Munir, M.N., 2017. Petrophysical and Geochemical Analysis of Chichali Formation: A case study of Chanda-01 well, Upper Indus Basin, Pakistan. International Journal of Economic and Environmental Geology. Vol 8 (3), page 32-39.
International Journal of Economic and Environmental Geology
Shakir, U., Ali, M., Hussain, M., Mehmood, M.F., Abuzar, M.K., Khan, M.A., Amjad, M.R.., Siyar, S.M. and Tahir, A.R., 2017. Hydrocarbon Evaluation and New Well Prognosis Based on Seismic and Petrophysical Analysis of Ghauspur Area, Central Indus Basin, Pakistan. The Nucleus Vol 54, (1), page 38-45.
Mehmood, M.F., Amjad, M.R., Shakir, U. and Taimur, A., 2017. Structural Style and Hydrocarbon Potential Evaluation of Badin Block, Lower Indus Basin, Pakistan. Bahria University Research Journal of Earth Sciences. Vol 2 (1), page 30-34.
2016
Shakir, U., Hussain, M., Azhar, R., Zafar, A., Asghar, S. and Amjad, M.R., 2016. 2D Seismic Interpretation and Well Log Analysis of Missakaswal Area, Upper Indus Basin, Pakistan, Bahria University Research Journal of Earth Sciences. Vol 1 (1), page 1-6.
Bahria University Research Journal of Earth Sciences
Khan, M.S., Qadir, A., Javed, A., Mahmood, K.., Amjad, M.R. and Shehzad, S., 2016. Assessment of aquifer intrinsic vulnerability using GIS based Drastic model in Sialkot area, Pakistan. International Journal of Economic and Environmental Geology. Vol 7 (1), page 73-84.