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DR NAJEEB ALADWANI

Dr. Najeeb Aladwani
Office Location
Faculty of Science - South Building - 3rd floor
Assistant Professor
Degrees and Certificates

Kuwait University, 

Bachelor of Science in Geology

Minor in Marine Science

Graduated in January 2010

 

Southampton University, UK

Master of Science in Oceanography (Geophysics)

Graduated in November 2014 

 

Southampton University, UK

Doctorate of Philosophy in  Geophysics

Graduated in June 2019

Professional Experience

Kuwait Gulf Oil Company, July 2010-February 2013

Kuwait University, Scholarship, 2013-2019

Kuwait University, Assistant Professor, July 2019 - present

Research Interests

Geophysics

Rock Physics

Environment 

Academic Subjects

Geophysics

Marine Geology 

Applied Geophysics

General Petrology

 

Publications
  1. Aladwani, N.S., Assessment of Petroleum System of Arabian–Iranian Basin in Kuwait, All Earth, 33, 1, 108-123, 2021. 

  2. Aladwani, N.S., Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the crust base structure using Kuwait gravity anomaly maps in the determination of new oil fields, Kuwait Journal of Science, 49, 2, 1-16, 2022. 

  3. Aladwani, N.S., Evaluation of the Hydrocarbon Source Rock and the Reservoir Characterization of the Minagish Formation Using Wireline Logs, Heliyon, 8, 6, 2022. 

  4. Aladwani, N.S., Shoreline Change Rate Dynamics Analysis and Prediction of Future Positions Using Satellite Imagery for the Southern Coast of Kuwait: A Case Study, OCEANOLOGIA, 64, 3, 417-432, 2022. 

  5. Aladwani, N.S., Alenezi, A. and Diab, A., Investigation of the Cretaceous Total Petroleum System Using Wireline Logs, Core, and Geochemical Data in Bahrah Field, Northern Basin, Kuwait, Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology ,13 (1), 381-406, 2023. 

  6. Aladwani, N.S., and Alenezi, A., The geological factors responsible for the compartmentalisation and the heterogeneity phenomena: a case study from the lower Zubair reservoir in Bahrah Field, Kuwait, All Earth, 36:1, 1-20, 2024. 

  7. Aladwani, N.S., LJ North, IH Falcon‐Suarez and AI Best, Shale distribution effects on the joint elastic–electrical properties in reservoir sandstone, Geophysical Prospecting, 72 (2), 633-656,2024.

  8. Aladwani, N.S., LJ North, IH Falcon‐Suarez and AI Best, The Effect of Micrite Content on the Geophysical Properties of Reservoir Carbonate Rocks, American Journal of Geospatial Technology,4 (1) , 22-48, 2025. 

  9. Ashkanani Z, Mohtar R, Al-Momin M, Hetrick S, Al-Enezi S, Aladwani N., Integrating Neural Network Approaches with Remote Sensing for Detection and Prediction of Oil Contamination, Journal of Hazardous Materials. 2025 Jul 14:139245.