Personal Information

Name: Fadhil Ahmed Amin

Position: Professor – Department of Geology, University of Sulaimani

Date of Birth: January 7, 1957

Nationality: Iraqi

Languages

Kurdish: Mother Tongue

Arabic: Advanced

English: Advanced

Skills

Teamwork and Problem Solving
Geological Survey of Metallic Minerals
Geological Survey of Raw Materials
Geological Survey of Oil Pipeline Routes
Geological and Hydrogeological Studies
Geology of the Kurdistan Region and Iraq
Geological Explorations For Hydrocarbons

Academic Achievements

PhD (2004): University of Sulaymaniyah – Sequence Stratigraphic Analysis of Paleocene and Eocene Successions in the Sulaymaniyah Region Using Fossil and Sedimentary Evidence and Depositional Facies

Master’s (1983): University of Mosul

Bachelor’s (1980): College of Science, University of Sulaimani

Academic Experience

1992–present: Professor, University of Sulaimani

1985–1991: Senior Geologist, Iraqi Geological Survey

Geological Consulting

TOTAL – Biogeochemical Analysis of the Baranan-1 Well

Gazprom – Integration of Surface and Drilling Data for Exploration

Western Zagros – Sequence Stratigraphic and Sedimentary Analysis of the Hasira and Sarqala Wells

Oil Search – Facies Analysis of the Oligocene Reservoir in the Taza Area

KNOC, Heritage, Genel, Sterling, NIKO, PetOil, and Others

Major Geological Projects

Geological and Hydrogeological Mapping of the Kurdistan Region
Supervising the Drilling of Over 300 Water Wells
Selecting Sites for the Construction of Small and Medium-Sized Dams
Geological Survey of the Sulphur (Mosul), Copper (Mawt), and Lead and Zinc (Zakho) Areas
Environmental Study Social impact plans for several oil sites in the region

Scientific publications (selected)

• Lawa, F.A. et al. (2014). “Tectonostratigraphic evolution of the NW Zagros fold-thrust belt” – Journal of Petroleum Geology
• Lawa, F.A. et al. (2015). “Sequence Stratigraphy of Late Campanian–Maastrichtian” – Journal of Petroleum Exploration
• Lawa, F.A. et al. (2020). “Biostratigraphy and Systematic Palaeontology of Heterohelicidae” – Iraqi National Journal of Earth Sciences
• Mohammed, I.Q., Lawa, F.A. et al. (2021). “Lithofacies and Depositional Model of Maastrichtian–Danian Successions” – Journal of African Earth Sciences
• Jaff, R. & Lawa, F.A. (2022). “Foraminiferal Biozones in NE Iraq” – GeoArabia

• All published scientific publications and research

• Fadhil Ahmed Ameen (LAWA)
• LAWA FA: Thamer,Al Ameri and Fadhil Lawa,1986: Paleoecological& faunalociety of Iraq.Vol.19 ,No.3,pp7-27
• – LAWA FA: Al-Omeri and M.T.AlRarhdwani:1986:Restudy of the genus Gyroconulina Shroder and darmoian Journal of the geological society of Iraq
• – LAWA FA: Origion Of tripolites in Sulfur district1986. (8th Iraqi geological congress Baghdad _ Iraq.
• LAWA FA: 1995.Marine and Non arin Ichnofossils From From Miocene sediments9 N-Iraq).J.Geol.Society of Iraq.vol 28,No.5.PP.185-194.
• LAWA FA: -Al-Surdashy ,A.M and Fadhil .A,Lawa:1993:Stratigraphy
• – LAWA FA: Bakhtair Qadir Aziz, Fadhil,A.Lawa and Baker ,M.Said: 2001.Sulaimnay seismic swarm during spring 1999. journal of Zankoy Sulaimany.Vol.4,No.1.pp87-100.
• – LAWA FA: Kamal .H,Karim,Fadhil,A,lawa and Bakhtaiar M .amin.2001.Upper cretaceous glauconitic Surface at the boundary between kometan and shiranish formation from Dokan _ Sulaimany ( NE-Iraq).Kurdistanian Academician journal(KAJ),Vol1(No.1),Part A(1-13)
• . LAWA FA:,Amanj .Fatah. K.M Ismail 1998:An interfingering of upper cretaceous sequence from imbricated zone Sulaimany area NE- Iraq. J. Geol. Society of Iraq .vol 32,No.5.PP.185-194.
• LAWA FA :Kamal .H.karim. and I .M. Ghafoore:2003:New discovery of carnivorous mammalian Skeleton fossils of late Miocene- early Pliocene age from chamchmal area. N Iraq. Journal of zankoy Sulaimany (JZS).Vol. 6- no.1 pp.61-73.
• LAWA FA   :  Biostratigraphy,Microfacies  and  depositional  environments  of  Aqra Formation.1989: J. Geol. Society of Iraq .vol 22,No.1.LAWA FA. Al-Omari and Radwani .
• LAWA FA:Hemin Koyi1, Abbas Bahroudi1, Maura Sans2, and Fazil A. Lawa3. Modeling the Role of Multiple Salt Horizons on Deformation in Fold-Thrust Belts
• LAWA FA :Tectonostratigraphic evolution of the NW segment of the Zagros foldthrust belt, Kurdistan, NE Iraq.FA Lawa, H Koyi, FAA Ibrahim, A Journal of Petroleum Geology 36 (1), 75-96.
• LAWA FA : Sequence stratigraphic analysis of the Middle PaleoceneMiddle Eocene in the Sulaimani district (Kurdistan region).FA Lawa.Unpublished Ph. D. thesis, University of Sulaimani.
• LAWA FA :A refined foraminiferal biostratigraphy for the late Campanianearly Maastrichtian succession of northeast Iraq.RBN Jaff, M  Williams, IP Wilkinson, AAF Lawa, S Lee, J Zalasiewicz.GeoArabia 19 (1), 161-180.
• LAWA FA :Biostratigraphy and palaeoceanography of the early Turonianearly Maastrichtian planktonic foraminifera of NE Iraq.RBN Jaff, IP Wilkinson, S Lee, J Zalasiewicz, F Lawa, M Williams.Journal of Micropalaeontology 34 (2), 105-138
• LAWA FA :Biostratigraphy of the Tethyan cretaceous successions from northwestern Zagros foldthrust belt, Kurdistan region, NE Iraq FA Ameen, H Ameen, F.A, Gharib .Arabian Journal of Geosciences 7 (7), 2689-2710.
• LAWA FA :Mineralogy and origin of Mlakawa albitite from Kurdistan region, northeastern IraqYO Mohammad, H Maekawa, F Ahmmad LawGeosphere 3 (6), 624-645.
• LAWA FA :Tectonostratigraphic and structural imprints from balanced sections across the north-western Zagros fold-thrust belt, Kurdistan region, NE Iraq. AA Omar, FA Lawa, SH Sulaiman. Arabian Journal of Geosciences 8 (10), 8107-8129.
• LAWA FA :An interfingering of the upper cretaceous rocks from chwarata- Mawat region, NE-Iraq AIFKMI Fadahil Ahmed Ameen lawa Iraqi Bulletin of Geology and Mining 13 (1), 1-14.
• LAWA FA :Sequence stratigraphy and biostratigraphy of the prolific late Eocene, Oligocene and early Miocene carbonates from Zagros fold-thrust belt in Kurdistan region. FAA Lawa, AA Ghafur .Arabian Journal of Geosciences 8 (10), 8143-8174.
• LAWA FA :Late CampanianMaastrichtian sequence stratigraphy from Kurdistan foreland basin, NE/Iraq. FAA Lawa. Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology 8 (3), 713-732.
• LAWA FA :Biostratigraphy of Aqra limestone formation (upper cretaceous), northern Iraq.FS Al-Omari, MA Al-Radwani, FA Lawa. Journal of the Geological Society of Iraq 22, 44-55.
• LAWA FA :Palaeoenvironmental signature of the Late Campanian-Early Maastrichtian benthonic foraminiferal assemblages of Kurdistan,  Northeast Iraq. FAA LAWA. Rawand jaff . Journal of African Earth Sciences 151, 255-273.
• LAWA FA :Palynological and Stratigraphical Evidences on the Age of the Outcropped Khabour Formation near Chalki Nasara Village, Kurdistan Region, Northern Iraq.FAA Lawa.Journal of ZANKOY sulaimani PART A 17 (2), 293-318.
• LAWA FA :An interfingering of upper Cretaceous sequence from imbricated zone Sulaimany area, NE-Iraq.FA Lawa, IF Amanj, KM Ismail. Journal of the Geological Society of Iraq 32, 185-194.
• LAWA FA :Suraqalatia brasieri n. gen., n. sp.(larger Foraminifera) from the Maastrichtian of Sulaimani area in northern Iraq.M Görmüş, FAA Lawa, QAM Al Nuaimy.Arabian Journal of Geosciences 10 (16), 1-10.
• LAWA FA :Restudy of the genus Gyroconulina Shroder and Darmoian/ FA Lawa, FS Al-Omari, MT Al-Radhwani Journal of the Geological Society of Iraq 19 (3), 77-82.
• LAWA FA :Quantitative data on the genus Loftusia from the Zagros Mts., northern Iraq M Görmüş, QAM Nuaimy, FA Ameen Lawa Acta Geologica Polonica 68 (2).
• LAWA FA :Upper Cretaceous wedge-top to foredeep architecture in the United Arab Emirates: Insights from the Faiyah Anticline IQMSFFALMASM Fadhil A. LAWA Geological journal 56 (12), 23
• LAWA FA :Marine and non Marine ichnofossils from the middle and upper Miocene sediments in the area between Mosul and Qayarah , North of iraq F A. LAWA.Iraqi geological journal 28 (2), 185-195.
• Lawa FA : Biostratigraphic Analysis of the Oligocene-Early Miocene Successions from Sulaimani Area, Kurdistan Region-IRAQ Fadhil A. A. Lawa*Othman and fataha AI Iraqi geological journal 53 (2D), 19-41
• Lawa FA : Structural and tectonic study of Qara Sard anticline and Choplagh syncline, from Sulaimaniya area, Kurdistan region, Northeastern Iraq SE Al- Khatony, NK Al-Azzawi, FA Lawa .Iraqi National Journal of Earth Science 19 (1).
• 38- LAWA FA. Sequence stratigraphy, facies assocations and Petroleum system   of Maastrchtian-Selandian-Thanetian-Yepressian  and   Lutetian   succeccions, from Kurdistan Region, NE-Iraq Geoerabia CONFERENCE .  2006  Manamah BEHRAIN.
• Lawa FA : Modelling the role of multiple salt horizons on deformation in fold- thrust belts HA Koyi, A Bahroudi, M Sans, F A Lawa
• Lawa FA : Microfacies analysis, planktonic foraminifera, and calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy in the Campanian sequences, Kurdistan region, NE Iraq SH Al-Hazaa, RBN Jaff, FAA Lawa, A Mahanipour, K Al-Kahtany. Arabian Journal of Geosciences 14 (2), 1-15.
• Lawa FA:-Kurdistan foreland basin and Kurdistan ramp models : correlation and critical review of their generations and evolution . AAPG conference 2011
• Lawa FA : Biostratigraphy and Systematic Palaeontology of Late Cretaceous Heterohelicidae Foraminifera from Kurdistan Region North-eastern Iraq LAWA FA,RBN Jaff. Iraqi National Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 33-63, 2020.
• Lawa FA : Stratigraphic Correlation between Subsurface Maastrichtian Digma Formation and Safra Unit from Outcrop Sections, Western Desert of Iraq. IQ Mohammed, FA Lawa. International Journal of Geosciences 8 (9), 1192-1209.
• Lawa FA : Sequence stratigraphy and basin modeling of the Eocene succession from Kurdistan region, northeastern Iraq.FA Ameen LAWA.GEO 2008, cp-246-00065.
• Lawa FA : Organic petrography of Ordovician-Silurian rocks and their implications to hydrocarbon generation in the Akkas-1 well, western Iraq: New evidence for the Ordovician WA Makled, S Farouk, AH Al-Hadidy, IQ Mohammed, FAA LawaMarine and Petroleum Geology 128, 105053.
• Lawa FA : A Review and Evaluation of KH Karim and M. Al-Bidrys 2020 Study Zagros Metamorphic Core Complex: Example from Bulfat Mountain, Qala Diza Area, Kurdistan Region, Northeast .S Ali, Y Mohammad, N Aziz, A Aqrawi, F Lawa, R Aziz, M Ghazal, M Sofy, JJEES, 92.
• LAWA FA:-Palynological and Stratigraphical Evidences on the Age of the Outcropped Khabour Formation near Chalki Nasara Village, Kurdistan Region, Northern Iraq Dler H. Baban & Fadhil A. Lawa University of Sulaimani – School of
• Lawa FA : Microfacies and depositional environment of the upper Oligocene and lower Miocene successions from the Iraqi Kurdistan Region.FA Ameen1. kwait journal of science 47 (4), 127-136.
• Lawa FA : New paleoshorelines of the prolific Oligocene/Aquitanian sequence from zagros fold thrut belt. Kurdistan Region/N. Iraq..F Ameen, P Othman. First EAGE Workshop on Iraq-Hydrocarbon Exploration and Field Development
• Lawa FA : Hydrocarbon Evaluation of Liassic age in Kurdistan: Source Rock Characterization of Northern Iraq.LAWA FA Mustafa karwan. AMAZONE LAKOMBET PUBLICATIONS. BOOK ONLINE.
• Lawa FA : Cretaceous Sequence Stratigraphy of Westrenzagros Outcrops from Kurdistan Region, N. Iraq FA Ameen, H Gahrib. GEO ARABIA CONFERENCE 2010, cp-248-00338. MANAMAH ABAHRIAN.
• Lawa FA : Tapping and managing a highly productive semi-confined karstic aquifer Swerawa near Sulaimaniyah (Iraq). Proceed. Of the Int conference and field seminars BelgraDE. LAWA FA , zoran Stevanovic. PROCEEDING OF CONFERENCE Proceed. Of the Int conference and field seminars
• Lawa FA : Early Cretaceous calciturbidites facies from Zagros FoldThrust belt: a key to paleogeography and environment of northeast Arabian Platform Passive Margin, example. YOMFALMMBAIAJ Sarmad A. Ali1 ,LAWA  ,Carbonates and Evaporites 35 (81).
• Lawa etal 2020.Biostratigraphic Analysis of the Oligocene-Early Miocene Successions from Sulaimani Area, Kurdistan Region-IRAQ. Iraqi geological Journa;. V53, 2D, 19-41.
• Al-Hazaa SH, , RBN Jaff, FAA Lawa, A Mahanipour, K Al-Kahtany 2021.Microfacies analysis, planktonic foraminifera, and calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy in the Campanian sequences, Kurdistan region, NE Iraq.Arabian Journal of Geosciences 14, 1-15.
• brahim Q. Mohammeda, Sherif Faroukb, ∗, Anwar Mousac, Fadhil A. Lawa 2021 :Lithofacies types, mineralogical assemblages and depositional model of the Maastrichtian–Danian successions in the Western Desert of Iraq and eastern Jordan.Journal of African Earth Sciences Available online 11 October 2021, 104397
• JAFF R. AND LAWA A, 2022 Biostratigraphy and Systematic Palaeontology of Late Cretaceous Heterohelicidae Foraminifera from Kurdistan Region North-eastern Iraq.Iraqi National Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 33-63.
• Lawa A, . S Al-khatony, N Al-Azzawi, 2019. Structural and tectonic study of Qara Sard anticline and Choplagh syncline, from Sulaimaniya area, Kurdistan region, Northeastern Iraq.Iraqi National Journal of Earth Science 19 (1), 39-58
• FARUK S ,.Lawa  A. Astronomical time scale of the lower Miocene depositional sequences (Aquitanian-Burdigalian) in the Jambour Field, northern Iraq.S Farouk, FA Lawa, A Abdeldaim, IQ Mohammed, K Al-KhatanyMarine and Petroleum Geology 151, 106182.
• Fadhil A. Lawa, Anwar K. Mousa, Ibrahim Q. Mohammed, Salam I. Al-Dulaimi. . Stratigraphic Analysis and Depositional Environment of the Newly Recorded Umm Er Rhadhuma Formation (Paleocene) from the Borehole K.H12/7, South Anah City, Western Iraq.Iraqi Geological Journal 56 (1c), 94-109.
• Lawa, F A., Al-Khafaf 2022. Biostratigraphy of Dokan and Gulneri formations from Kosrat Anticline, Sulaimani Area, Kurdistan Region-Iraq.IRAQI BULLETIN OF GEOLOGY AND MINING 18 (2), 25-42.
• Ali,S., Y Mohammad, N Aziz, A Aqrawi, F Lawa, R Aziz, M Ghazal, M Sofy 2021 A Review and Evaluation of KH Karim and M. Al-Bidry’s 2020 Study “Zagros Metamorphic Core Complex: Example from Bulfat Mountain, Qala Diza Area, Kurdistan Region, Northeast ….. JJEES, 92
• Lawa FA. : 2000. Geological and hydro geological survey of Sulaimanyiah and kirkuk area. Part one22o Page and 20 maps. cross-sections.FAO .UN agency Baghdadd .Iraq
• Lawa FA: 2000. Geological and hydro geological survey of Sulaimanyiah and kirkuk area. Part two 311Page and 20 maps. Cross sections.UN agency Baghdadd
• Lawa ,F.A. and Baban DH.2002:Geological survey of 40 well sites in Sulaimanyiah area .200pages and 80 figs. .UN agency Baghdadd .Iraq
• LAWA FA :Geological survey of the Hemrin mountain D.G Geological survey of Iraq:reporNo.1801baghdada .Iraq.
• Lawa FA : Geological survey of the Mosul Qyairah mountain .D.G Geological survey of Iraq:reporNo.1801baghdada .Iraq
• Lawa FA : Detail geological survey and investigation For Pb-Zn Ore deposits in Zakho area. D.G Geological survey of Iraq:Repor No.1801baghdada
• Lawa FA : Detail geological survey and investigation for Cupper Ore deposits in Mawa tarea. Sulaimanyiah (NE-Iraq).D.G Geological survey of Iraq:reporNo.1801baghdada .Ira.1990.Report No,2111
• Lawa FA : Report on the geological investigation for native sulfur in the northern sector of the Fat’haMosul sulfur district 16.KA Ma’ala, AH Mahdi, SF Fouad, FA Lawa, W Philip, N Al-Hassany 17.GEOSURV, report 2155
• Lawa FA :Geology and hydrogeology of Kurdistan region report. FAO(UN). REPORT. 2002 GOUNDER WATER DEPARTMENT
• Lawa FA Geological mapping of Erbil and Dhouk area . FAO(UN). REPORT. 2002 GOUNDER WATER DEPARTMENT Report. 2001/
• Lawa FA GEOLOGY OG GRAMAIN Chmachamal Kalra area. AREA. Report Westren zagros co.
• Lawa FA Geohazrads and geological setting of the route of oil pipeline p line from kormor to Turkish border (FESH KHABOUR ) . 2015,topography, geology and geotechnical investigations
• Lawa FA Geology Of Bamo Maidan Quratoo. Parwezh Khan AREA Western Zagros Report. .
• Lawa FA Geology And Hydrogeology Of Sulaimani Basin FAO(UN)Report 2000.
• Lawa FA Geology Of Chamchamal- Sangaw Basin Fao Report 2000.
• Lawa FA Geological setting and Hazards Along The of Sangaw kalar road 2012.
• Lawa FA Environmental and social impact assessment for Meran blosk. Hertage company 2009
• Lawa FA Environmental and social impact for SMIRAT block , Dhouk area. Gulf key stone company.
• Lawa FA -Environmental impact assessment for well site in Qaradagh by Niko well.
• Lawa FA Environmental and social impact for GARAMINA AREA . GAS PROM COMPANY.
• LAWA FA: Geological reports about Chamchamal Kirkuk raw material for construction industry
• LAWA FA: Geological investigation for raw material for cement plant in bazian area Sulaimani 2012.
• Ali ss , Lawa Fadhil  2001 Geological  factors controlling    study of Zalim spring, Sharazoor- Sulaimanyia, Iraq. Iraqi. FAO –UN REPORT.

Key Environmental and Advisory Reports

Environmental and Social Impact Assessment of the Khormala to Fishkhabur Oil Pipeline – 2018 – Andra-lab Company.
Environmental Impact Assessment of the Semirat-3 Well – Hunt Company – 2013.
Environmental Impact Assessment of the Miran Seismic Survey – Heritage Company – 2012.
Environmental Impact Assessment of the Chamchaml Seismic Survey – 2019.
Environmental Impact Assessment of the Garmain Seismic Survey – Western Zagros Company – 2008.
Environmental Impact Assessment of the Qaradagh-1 Well – Niko Company – 2012.
Environmental Impact Assessment of the Quleijan Well – Garmian Region – Crescent/DNO Company – 2019.
Environmental Report on Groundwater Resources in the Qaywan Region – 2019.
Environmental and Social Report on the Garamina Region –
Environmental Impact Assessment of the Miran Block Seismic Survey – Heritage Company – 2012.
Environmental Impact Assessment of the Chia Surkh-11 Well – Pet Oil Company – 2012.

Key Geological and Hydrogeological Reports

Geological Survey Hydrogeology of the Sulaymaniyah and Kirkuk Regions (Part I) – FAO (United Nations) – 2000 – 220 pages, 20 maps, and sections.
Geological and Hydrogeological Survey of the Sulaymaniyah and Kirkuk Regions (Part II) – FAO (United Nations) – 2001 – 311 pages, 20 maps, and sections.
Geological Survey of 40 Well Sites in the Sulaymaniyah Region – FAO – 2002 – 200 pages, 80 figures.
Geological and Hydrogeological Mapping of 16 Water Basins in Kurdistan.
Supervising the Drilling of More Than 300 Water Wells in the Sulaymaniyah and Garmian Regions.
Geological and hydrogeological mapping of the Kurdistan Region – FAO – 2002.
Geological mapping of the Erbil and Duhok areas – FAO – 2002.
Geological mapping of the Garmian area – Western Zagros Company.
Geological hazard study along the oil pipeline route from Kormor to the Turkish border – Fishkhabur – 2015.
Geological and hydrogeological study of the Sulaymaniyah Basin – FAO – 2000.
Geological study of the Chamchamal-Sangaw Basin – FAO – 2000.
Geological and hydrological study of the Sangaw-Kalar road – 2012.
Geological report on the Zalim Cave springs – Sharah-Zor area – FAO – 2001.
Hydrogeological report on water resources in the Azmar and Goizha areas – Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation in Kurdistan.

Geological Survey, Mineral, and Industrial Exploration Reports

Exploration geological survey of sulfur deposits in the Mosul area – Iraqi Geological Survey.
Geological investigation of copper deposits in the Mawt area, northeastern Iraq.
Geological investigation of lead and zinc deposits in the Zakho area, Dohuk Governorate.
Geological survey and geotechnical studies of power plant sites in Iraq.
Geological investigation of building materials in the Chamchamal area, Kirkuk.
Geological investigation of raw materials required for a cement factory in the Bazian area, Sulaymaniyah – 2012.
Geological survey of Mount Hamrin and selected sites for power generation – 600 pages – Iraqi Geological Survey.
Geological survey of lead and zinc formations in Zakho – Iraqi Geological Survey Library Report.
Exploration geological survey of copper deposits in the Waraz area, Mawt, northern Iraq.
A study of the geological factors affecting the Zalim Spring in the Sharazor area of ​​Sulaymaniyah. FAO (United Nations) report, 2001.
A report on the nature of caves and springs in the Aj-Dagh area of ​​Garmian District, Kurdistan Region.