Biography
Alshawib is a PhD researcher in the iCRAG energy security research spoke. He earned his Bachelor’s degree at Omar Al-Mukhtar University in Libya 2007 and Masters at UTHM Malaysia 2011. He was a trainee in the Arabian Gulf Oil Company (AGOCO), where he also worked as an employee from July 2007 to July 2008, based in the Sarir Oil Field. From 2012 to 2014, he was a lecturer in sedimentology in Omar Al-Mukhtar University. In September 2016, Almahdi joined iCRAG under the supervision of Dr. Chris Nicholas at Trinity College Dublin. His project will dissect high resolution sedimentary fluvio-lacustrine pedofacies and their spectral gamma ray response, developed during early continental rifting in East Africa (Lake Albert), and calibrated against a palaeomagnetic polarity timescale. These data will then be used directly to reinterpret subsurface wells in the North Celtic Sea Basin.
Role
- Postgraduate Researcher
Institution
- TCD
Research Area
- Earth Resources
Expertise
- Offshore basins