Fowzia H. Abdullah is an Associate Professor in Kuwait University. She joined the Earth and Environmental Department of Kuwait University in 1993. Fowzia obtained a BSc. in Geology and MSc. in Petroleum Geology from Kuwait University and received a PhD and DIC in Organic Geochemistry in Petroleum Exploration from Imperial College-London University, in 1993

Teaching and Research in the field of petroleum geology. Committee serving in the department, community service and international level.

In 2000 she joined Institute Français du Pétrole as a scientific visitor for one year. She is the convener of the Petroleum Geology program. She was the director for the Nanoscopy science center NSC for two years, the director of the joint master program in Petroleum Engineer and GeoScience for 5 years and 8 years as a Faculty Advisor for the AAPG student chapter in Kuwait.

She was the advisor member in the AAPG Middle East Region for 5 years. Fowzia works as a part time consultant in Kuwait Institute of Scientific Research- Petroleum center, for the last eight years.

Fowzia is honored and got the AAPG Distinguished Service Award during the 100 AAPG Anniversaries at ACE 2017. During LEWAS Leadership Excellence for Women Award in October 2019, she was selected as one of the best three Academic Leader Women in Oil Industry. Lately, Fowzia was selected as the best Educator- Award-Grover E. Murry Memorial Distinguished Educator Award) and will be awarded in the next AAPG IMAGE international meeting August 2024.

Fowzia has published more than 15 scientific papers in international journals and more than 30 presentations in local and international conferences. She is a reviewer for many papers in international and local journals. She was a member and a reviewer of the technical committee in many international conferences, (SPE, EAGE, AAPG).

field of interest is organic geochemistry, source rock evaluation, core study, reservoir evaluation, carbonate reservoir and basin modeling.

COURSES TAUGHT:

Courses Taught

         a)  Undergraduate Courses

         Geol 100 Principle of Geology (4 hours/week)

         Geol 101 Physical Geology for Education (3 hours/week)

         Geol 101 Physical Geology for Science & Engineering (3    

                          hours/week)

          Geol 111 Earth and Universe for Education & Art (3 

                          hours/week)

         Geol 351 Petroleum Geology of the Middle East for 

                         Education (3 hours/week)

         Geol 304 Field Geology (summer course field study in 

                         Oman)

         Geol 371 Subsurface Mapping (3 hours/week)

         Geol 403 Arabian Peninsula (2 hours/week)

         Geol 406 Petroleum Geology (3 hours/week)

         Geol 407 Origin of Petroleum (2 hours/week)

         Geol 408 Applied Petroleum Geology (summer course) 

         Geol 410 Petroleum Geology of the Arabian Gulf (3 

                         hours/week)

         Geol 451 Computer Applications in Petroleum Geology (3  

                         hours lab/week)

         Geol 491 Scientific Report

         Geol 495 Petroleum Field Geology (3 hours/lab)

b) Graduate Courses

           Geol 556 Petroleum Exploration Method (3 hours/week)

           Geol 590 Graduate Seminar (2 hours/week)

           2090-500 Petroleum and Sedimentology (3 hours/week) for Joint master 

          program petroleum Engineer and geology.

.  LIST OF PUBLICATIONS:

1. Publications from Ph.D. Thesis:

 Abdullah, F.H.A., and R.R.F. Kinghorn, 1996 "A preliminary evaluation of Lower and Middle Cretaceous source rocks in Kuwait".  Journal of Petroleum Geology, Vol. 19 (4), pp 461-481.

2. Other Publications

F. Abdullah, F. Shaaban, F. Khalaf, F. Bahman and B. Akbar, 2023, Petrography, Sedimentology, Palynomorphs and Diagenesis of the Paleozoic Khuff and Unayzah formations in Kuwait, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoen.2023.211430, Geoenergy Science and Engineering, Volume 223, April 2023, 211430.

Fatma K. Bahman, Fowzia H. Abdullah , Abbas Saleh , Hossein Alimi, 2022, Organic geochemical and petrographical characteristics of the major lower cretaceous petroleum source rock (Makhul Formation) in Kuwait - Arabian Gulf, Kuwait J.Sci., Vol.49, No.(1),January.2022, pp(1-25).

Fowzia Abdullah, 2021, Geology of the Arabian Gulf and Failaka Island-Review, Dilmun Journal, Bahrain Historical & Archeological Society, Kingdom of Bahrain, V. 29,  p. 7-26.

F. Abdullah, 2021, Porosity and Permeability of a Karst Carbonate Rocks along Unconformity Outcrop: A case study from the Upper Dammam Formation Exposure in Kuwait, Arabian Gulf, Heliyon, V. 7, e07444, p. 1-14

F. Abdullah, F. Shaaban, A. Al-Khamis, F. Khalaf, F. Bahman, B. Akbar, 2021, Evaluation of Paleozoic Source Rocks in Kuwait, AAPG Bull, V. 105, No. 4, p. 721-748 

F. Abdullah, F. Shaaban , F. Khalaf, F. Bahaman, B. Akbar , A. El-Khamis, 2017, Petrophysics and Hydrocarbon potential of Paleozoic Rocks in Kuwait, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, v. 15, pp. 105-120

Khalaf, F., Abdullah F.H., Gharib, I.M., 2017, Petrography, diagenesis and isotope geochemistry of dolostones and dolocretes in the Eocene Dammam Formation, Kuwait, Arabian Gulf, Carbonates and Evaporites, DOI 10.1007/s13146-016-0330-5, pp. 1-19.

Abdullah F.H., and T. El Gezeery, 2016, Organic geochemical evaluation of hydrocarbons in Lower Cretaceous Middle Minagish reservoir, Kuwait, Marine and Petroleum Geology, Vol 71, p. 41-54.

 Alsharhan, A. S., C. J. Strohmenger, F. H. Abdullah, and G. Al Sahlan, 2014, “Mesozoic stratigraphic evolution and hydrocarbon habitats of Kuwait”, in L. Marlow, C. Kendall, and L. Yose, eds., Petroleum systems of the Tethyan region: AAPG Memoir 106, p. 541– 611.

 Khalaf, F. and Abdullah F.H., 2014, Occurrence of diagenetic alunites within karst cavities infill of the Dammam Formation, Ahmadi, Kuwait: an indicator for hydrocarbon gas seeps. Arab J GeoScience, p 1-8. 

Khalaf, F. and Abdullah F.H., 2013, Cavity-fill dolocrete in the karstified Eocene Dammam Formation, Kuwait, GeoDerma, 207-208, p 58-65.

Rao, K.S., H.K. Al-Jassar, F.H. Abdullah, J. Al-Kanderi, M. Al-Saeed and A. Al-Kandari, 2011, Least square approach for time series analysis of land subsidence ober Greater Burgan Oil Field, Kuwait, using Syntheric Aperture Radar Interferometry, Kuwait Journal of Science & Engineering, No 1A, Vol 38, pp. 141-171. 

Qabazard, S., Abdullah, F.H. and A. Al-Temeemi, 2009, Geochemistry and Nature of Organic matter of Pleistocene/Holocene Carbonate-Evaporite sediments in the Khiran area, southern coast of Kuwait, in: A. Alsharhan and C.G.St.C. Kendall, "Evaportie stratigraphy, structure and geochemistry, and their role in hydrocarbon exploration". Sedimentology, Special Issue.

Abdullah, F.H., Saad, H.R., Farhan, A.R., Sharma, M.M., 2008, Investigation of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) in oil fields and oil Lakes in Kuwait , Society of Petroleum Engineers - 9th International Conference on Health, Safety and Environment in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production 2008 - "In Search of Sustainable Excellence" 1, pp. 456-461

Abdullah, F.H., B. Carpentier, I. Kowalewski, F. van Buchem, A.Y. Huc, 2005, Organic matter identification in source and reservoir carbonate in the Upper Cretaceous Mauddud Formation in Kuwait, GeoArabia: Middle East Petroleum Geosciences, v. 10, no. 4, p 17-34

Abdullah, F.H., B. Carpentier, I. Kowalewski, A.Y. Huc, 2005, Organic geochemical approach in carbonate-clastic source-reservoir succession, Kuwait Journal of Science and Engineering, v. 2, pp. 101-117

Abdullah, F.H. and J. Connan, 2002, Geochemical study of some Cretaceous rocks from Kuwait: comparison with oils from Cretaceous and Jurassic reservoirs, Organic Geochemistry, Vol. 33 (2) pp. 125-148
 

Abdullah, F.H., 2001, A preliminary Evaluation of Jurassic Source Rock Potential in Kuwait, Journal of Petroleum Geology, Vol 24 (3), pp 361-378

Abdullah, F.H.A., P.J.R. Nederlof, M.P. Ormerod, R.R. Kinghorn, 1997: Thermal history of the Lower and Middle Cretaceous source rocks in Kuwait, GeoArabia: Middle East Petroleum Geosciences, v. 2, no. 2, pp. 151-164