MOHAMMAD ‘WAHID’ RAHMAN
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Summary
Geologist| Basin Modeler| Geochemist and Petroleum Systems Analyst with over 18 years of industry, research, and academic experience in the field of organic geochemistry, environmental geochemistry, geology and petroleum engineering. Specific experience in
• Basin modeling, geological mapping, petroleum geochemistry, geochemical fingerprinting, biomarkers analysis,
inorganic geochemistry, petroleum systems analysis, prospect risking, petrophysical log interpretation and calibration,
building structural frameworks, structural and regional geology, seismic interpretation, fluid inclusion studies, oil shale,
igneous petrology/basalt geochemistry, rifted margins, and probabilistic play assessment (conventional
and unconventional).
• Led a team effort to tie geological, geochemical, reservoir engineering, and petrophysical signatures using different
dataset and analytical techniques such as core data, log data, geophysical attributes, geochemistry and
PVT datasets and made successful correlations that led to facies modeling, basin modeling, earth modeling, play
fairway mapping, pay identification, stacking patterns, and thus deliverability to many exploration and developments.
• Developing predictive models (based on big data) to forecast hydrocarbon phases, oil API gravity, viscosity, and gas-
to-oil ratio (GOR), condensate-to-gas ratio (CGR), water-to-oil ratio (WOR), rock-fluid interaction, evaluate origin of
gases (hydrocarbon or non-hydrocarbon (e.g., H2S, He, H2 etc.)).
• Years of direct US unconventional/conventional experience in the following plays and basins: Permian, Eagle ford,
Austin Chalk, Anadarko, Arkoma, Rockies basins (e.g., Uinta, Powder River, DJ, Wind River), Gulf of Mexico, Bakken,
Marcellus Shale, Utica Shale, Haynesville Shale and others.
Employment History
Geoscience and Petroleum Research Inc, Houston, Texas 2019 - Present Geological Adviser| Basin Modeler| Petroleum Systems Analyst (Full Time)
• Provide geochemistry, petroleum systems analysis, basin modeling, production allocation, production forecasting
and reservoir monitoring services at very cheapest price for private equity investment, and E & P companies (operators
from DJ basin, Anadarko basin, Permian basin, Eagle Ford, and Bakken).
• Interpret mud/produce gases compositional and isotope data to predict reservoir fluids (e.g., API gravity, hydrocarbon
phases, BTU and specific gravity), origin of hydrocarbon and non-hydrocarbon gases, assessments of sources through
rock eval analysis, organic petrology, source rocks kinetics, GC fingerprinting, biomarkers from oil/extracts, and
production allocation and reservoir monitoring based on mud and produced gases.
• Provide geochemistry services on source rock deposition, hydrocarbon generation, expulsion migration, and thermal
maturity assessment.
• Solve problems like determining wax, scaling issues, H2S prediction and formation damage issues.
• Interpret the formation water chemistry, water isotope analysis, assessments of rock-water interaction, advise and
design geochemically optimized frac fluids for better EOR and optimized drilling fluids to make seamless drilling and well
bore stability.
• Teach classes for geologist, geophysicists, petrophysicists, and petroleum engineers.
Paladin Geological Services, Houston, Texas 2019 - 2020 Chief Geologist| Geochemist (Full Time)
• Advising and leading a phenomenal team of geologists and geochemists.
• Interpreting geochemistry data (oil, gas, rock, and water) for production allocation, reservoir motoring, production
prediction, geochemistry-based completion and frac design, monitoring formation water/flow back/completion water
chemistry.
• Advise and design geochemically optimized frac fluids for better EUR, EOR, and optimized drilling fluids to make
seamless drilling, well bore stability and predicting pore pressure.
Pioneer Natural Resources, Irving, Texas 2017 – 2019 Staff Geologist| Basin Modeler| Petroleum Systems Analyst
• Provided extensive oils, source rocks and produced gas chemistry-based services to the production reservoir engineers
to better predict the production trends, production allocation, gas-to-oil ratio, and water-to-oil ratio, EOR and optimize
the production and predict hydrocarbon fluid phase.
• Provided technical research and support including Petroleum Systems Analysis and Basin Modeling (Trinity 3D, Hotspot,
and Genesis), source rock deposition, hydrocarbon generation, expulsion and retention, PVT properties of fluid/fluid
phases, hydrocarbon migration, accumulation, alteration, biodegradation, kinetics of hydrocarbon and kerogen types,
thermal maturity assessment, oil typing, family classification, and correlating between oil-oil and oil-source rocks, mud
gases, produced gases and water geochemistry, application of geochemistry for petrophysicists, geologists, reservoir
and completion engineers.
• Provided chemistry services to the facilities engineering team to solve scaling problems in pipelines in the sub-surface
and surface facilities.
• Provided SME (subject matter expert) services to investigate various vendor technologies such wax removing tools from
the production stream, gas detector technologies while drilling.
• Worked as SME to review many explorations, development and production projects, vendor technologies, enhanced oil
recovery (EOR), hydraulic fracturing and completion projects.
• Mentored geology, geophysics, hydrogeology, and reservoir engineering interns and early career industry professionals.
• Taught geochemistry and basin modeling classes for geologist, petrophysicist, petroleum engineers.
Devon Energy, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 2014 – 2017 Senior Geologist| Basin Modeler| Petroleum Systems Analyst
• Provided technical support to multiple North American onshore conventional/unconventional petroleum plays,
hydrocarbon migration, kinetics of hydrocarbon and kerogen types, thermal maturity assessment, worked on carbon
isotopes, and saturates and aromatics biomarkers, GC, GCMS, GCMSMS data, oil typing, family classification, grouping,
and correlating between oil-oil and oil-source rocks on a daily basis.
• Evaluated of source rocks, produced hydrocarbon, and formation water and their relationships to total organic carbon
(TOC), kerogen types, bitumen, thermal maturity, level of organicmaturation (LOM), porosity, permeability, kerogen
density, resistivity (Rw), water saturation (Sw), oil saturation (So), gas-to-oil ratio (GOR), oil volume factor (Bo) and
petrophysical models.
• Led a team effort to tie lithofacies from core to petrophysical signatures using different log and data analysis
techniques. Successful correlations then led to facies modeling, which improved our understanding of pay identification,
stacking patterns, and thus deliverability.
• Generated a detailed, 3D Petrel Earth Model covering a core leasehold area.
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 2009 – 2014 Research Fellow| Lecturer
• Performed research on petroleum/organic geochemistry, organic petrology on organic-rich unconventional source rocks
(Barnett, Marcellus, Green River, Monterey, Fayetteville, Bakken, Niobrara formations and other US onshore shale gas),
coals and on other petroleum/organic matter. Applied and worked on many geochemical instrumentations and
techniques such as gas chromatography (GC), Gas chromatograph mass spectrometer GC-MS), Source rock analyzers,
vitrinite reflectance analyses, Raman spectroscopy, organic petrography, SEM, and x-ray diffraction analyses on
different organic and inorganic mixed materials.
• Researched on unconventional sources rocks (such as: oil shale, coal bed methane, etc.), kerogen, dispersed organics,
coal macerals, coal gasification, converting complex organic molecules (e.g., coals) to biodegradable polymers, CO2
sequestration, and global warming in Deep Time.
• Taught classes at undergraduate level: Physical Geology, Historical
Geology, Environmental Chemistry, and Mineralogy; in graduate level: Petroleum Geology, Sedimentary Geology,
Disperse Organics, Organic Geochemistry and Organic Petrology, Sandstone petrology, Coal Geology, Unconventional
Resources, and X-ray Diffraction.
City University of New York; LDEO, Columbia University, NY 2008 – 2008 Adjunct Faculty| Geochemistry Research Fellow
• Worked on groundwater and arsenic geochemistry on Bangladesh groundwater and sediments in collaboration with
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, New York, NY.
• Taught classes on environmental geochemistry, chemistry, microbiology, physical geology and environmental sciences.
Department of Geological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 2006 – 2008 NSF Research Fellow| Research Fellow
• Researched on geochemistry of Himalayan sediments and taught introductory geology courses.
• Taught physical geology, mineralogy, historical geology and physical sciences.
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, NY 2001 – 2006 Team Lead| Manager
• Worked at Dhaka University, Bangladesh in a joint research project funded by the ‘Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
(LDEO)’ of Columbia University, NY, USA and Department of Geology, Dhaka University, Bangladesh.
• Responsibilities: Research on arsenic geochemistry, wire-line logging (gamma-gamma, conductivity), geophysical
survey (seismic, resistivity, electromagnetic etc), worked as team leader to organizing field teams, conducting field
works, communicating between parties, writing manuscripts, presenting reports to national and international scientific
and government agencies.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.): Geology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, USA Masters of Science (M. S.): Geology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA Masters of Science (M. S.): Geology, Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh Bachelor of Science (B. S.): Geology, Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Computer Coding and Software Experience
Regular Office Suites: MS word, Excel, Power point, Access, Adobe Illustrator Mapping and Logging: Petra, Petrel, Geographix, Decision Space, Global mapper, iPoint, ArcGIS 10.1, ArcView 3.3, Rockworks 2010, Golden Softwares: Surfer and Grapher Geochemical Data and Instrumental Software: GC ChemStation, ChromEdge, Geochemist’s Workbench@, LogBox, ChromBox, IsoBox, Delta plot, Isologica-gas and oil data analysis, Aquachem 4.0, Rigaku Jade 9.4 for XRD, OMNIC Basin Modelling: Zetaware Trinity 3D and Genesis, 3D Petrel Earth Model, Hotspot, PetroMod, Basin Mod, Flow Modeling: Modflow and Argus one, PHREEQC, Visual MINTEQ 3.1, Seismic Processing Workshop (SPW) Data Automation/Analysis: TIBCO Spotfire, SPSS, MS Access, Excel-Stat; Python, SAS, Machine Learning, Others: MS word, PowerPoint, Excel, Illustrator, Photoshop and others
Classes Taught for Industry Professionals
• AAPG Geochemistry short course 2019: “Geochemistry as the most useful tool for evaluating conventional and
unconventional resource plays”. This course is for Geoscientists, Petroleum Engineers, and Petrophysicists, at AAPG Mid-
Con Section meeting at Wichita, Kansas.
• AAPG Geochemistry short course 2017: “Geochemistry as Useful Tool for Evaluating Unconventional Resource (UCR)
Plays”. This course is for Geoscientists, Petroleum Engineers, and Petrophysicists, at AAPG Mid-Con Section meeting at
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
• 1 Day Introductory Geochemistry and Petroleum Systems Analysis class: Thermal Maturity and Basin Modeling for
Geologist, Geophysicists, Petrophysicists, and Petroleum Engineers, at Pioneer Natural Resources, Las Colinas, Irving,
Texas.
Invited Talks
• Technical Presentation on June 30, 2020 at SPWLA Permian Basin Chapter, Midland, Texas, USA (Webinar). Title of the
presentation: “Geochemistry for Unconventional: Production Allocation, Reservoir Monitoring, and Hydrocarbon Phase
(e.g., API Gravity, GOR) Prediction”
• Technical Presentation on April 7, 2020 at Tulsa Geological Society, Tulsa, OK, USA (Webinar). Title of the presentation:
“Geochemical Evaluation, Assessment, and Fingerprinting of Produced Hydrocarbons from Meramec and Woodford
Reservoirs from the SCOOP/STACK Area, Anadarko Basin”
• Technical Presentation on November 12, 2019 at Dallas Geological Society, Dallas, TX, USA. Title of the presentation:
“Application of Geochemistry on Assessment of Petroleum Fluid Phase Behavior, Migration, Production Allocation,
Reservoir Monitoring, and Petroleum Systems Analysis: Case Studies from Several US On-shore Unconventional Shales
and Tight Reservoirs”.
• Technical Presentation on September 20th 2019 at the Earth and Environmental Sciences Department, University of Texas
at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA; Title of the presentation: “Organic Geochemistry Driven Interpretation of Assessment of
Fluid Behavior and Hydrocarbon Migration within the Unconventional Shale (e.g., Woodford) and Tight Reservoir (e.g.,
Meramec)”.
• Technical Presentation on September 12, 2019 at Houston Organic Geochemists Society, Houston, TX, USA. Title of the
presentation: “Organic Geochemistry Driven Interpretation and Assessment of Fluid Behavior and Oil Migration within the
Unconventional Shale (e.g., Woodford) and Tight Reservoir Rock (e.g., Meramec)”.
• Technical Presentation on July 11, 2019 at Energy and Geoscience Institute (EGI), University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT,
USA. Title of the presentation: “Application of Organic Geochemistry on Assessment of Fluid Behavior and Oil Migration
within the Unconventional Shale”
• Technical Presentation on August 30th 2018 at the Earth and Environmental Science Department, New Mexico
Technology, Socorro, NM, USA; Title of the presentation: “Application of Organic Geochemistry on Assessment of
Petroleum Systems and Hydrocarbon Phases”.
• Technical Luncheon on the September 27, 2017 at Oklahoma City Geological Society, Oklahoma City, OK; Title of the
presentation: “Application of Organic Geochemistry on Assessment of Fluid Behavior and Oil Migration within the
Woodford Shale in the Anadarko Basin”.
• Technical Presentation on March 22, 2014 at Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Oklahoma City, OK. Title of the
Presentation: “Geochemistry and Organic Petrography of Organic-Rich Shales in the Illinois Basin”.
• Technical Presentation on September11, 2013 at CoreLab, Houston, Texas, USA. Title of the Presentation: “Geochemistry
and organic Petrology of Indigenous vitrinite, Coal Macerals, Solid Hydrocarbon/Bitumen and Pyrobitumen”.
Professional Society Affiliations
• American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
• European Association of Organic Geochemists
• The Society of Organic Petrology
• Geochemical Society
• Geological Society of America (GSA)
• Dallas Geological Society
• Oklahoma City Geological Society
• Houston Geological Society
• Bangladesh Geological Society-Life time member
Honors Awards and Research Grants
• Dissertation and Research Award, Southern Illinois University, 2012-2013 ($45,000)
• Best paper award, Geological Society of America, Energy Geology Division, 2012
• Geological Society of America, Energy Geology Division’s Antoinette Lierman Medlin Scholarship as an Outstanding
Research Student in the GSA annual meeting in Charlotte, NC, 2012
• Six travel grant awards, Geological Society of America, Annual meeting, 2007-2013
• The Society of Organic Petrology Spackman Student Research award, 2011
• Geological Society of America, Energy Geology Division’s Antoinette Lierman Medlin Scholarship as an Outstanding
Research Student in the GSA annual meeting in Portland, OR, 2009
• Research Grant, Geological Society of America, 2007 ($26,00)
• First prize at the 4th GIS symposium paper presentation at Troy University, AL, 2007
• Gold Medal – Awarded by the Prime Minister of Bangladesh for the outstanding result in B. Sc. in Geology, Dhaka,
Bangladesh, 2003
Professional Trainings
1. Well Completions and Design by Pioneer Completion Engineering Team, March, 2019.
2. PetroSkills Class: Reservoir Engineering for Non-Reservoir Engineers by November 2018.
3. RPS Nautilus: Advanced Pore pressure prediction by Peter Flemings, September 2018.
4. Oil Geochemistry for the Geoscientist by Harold Illich, Geomark Research, Houston Texas, March 2018.
5. RPS Nautilus I422DV: Reservoir Engineering for Non-Reservoir Engineers by Jerry Hadwin, June 2017.
6. RPS Nautilus 014: Petroleum Economics and Risk Analysis, by David Palmer May 2017.
7. Nautilus 087: Play Fairway Analysis and Exploration Prospecting, October 24-29, 2016.
8. Risk Analysis, Prospect Evaluation and Exploration Economics - Rose and Associates, July 19-22, 2016.
9. Nautilus I084DV Petroleum Generation and & Migration by Chris Clayton in May 2016
10. Nautilus N250a: Evaluation Methods for Shale Reservoirs by Jeff May, Rick Lewis, Dan Jarvie, George King, and
Sudhendu Kashikar, April 25-29, 2016.
11. Nautilus I313DV: Evaluating Resource Plays: The Geology and Engineering of Shale, Tight, and Coal Seam Gas Plays,
taught by Creties Jenkins, April 15-19, 2016.
12. Petroleum System and Basin Modelling Analysis in Trinity and Genesis organized by Zetaware and taught by Dr. Zhiyong
He, November, 2015.
13. Oil and Gas Finding Hydrodynamics Seminar taught by Hugh W. Reid and offered by Devon Energy, October 19th to
22nd, 2015.
14. Practical Drillstem Test (DST) Interpretation taught by Hugh W. Reid and offered by Devon Energy, October 12th to 15th,
2015.
15. AAPG Basic Well Logging Analysis short course for a week organized and offered by Devon Energy, September 28th to
October 2nd, 2015.
16. Nautilus N010 Training: Geochemistry and Petroleum System Modeling taught by Chris Clayton, June 22nd to 26th,
2015.
17. Geoscience Foundations Course II for Emerging Professionals (EP) offered by Devon Energy, May 8th to 21st, 2015.
18. One Day Short Course: “Carbonate Sequence Stratigraphy”: by Art Saller at OCGS, April 13, 2015.
19. Geoscience Foundations Course I for Emerging Professionals (EP) offered by Devon Energy, March 2nd to 5th, 2015.
20. Petroleum System Modeling of Conventional and Unconventional Resources By Dr. Kenneth Peters, NExT,
Schlumberger Company, February 16th to 20th, 2015.
21. One day short course: “old” (pre-1958) electric logs: a quick review by Dr. George B. Asquith at OCGS, February 10,
2015.
22. Introduction to Wellbore Positioning offered by Devon Energy, November, 2014.
23. Basin Modelling software BasinMod, November, 2014.
24. Basic application of Petra though a short course on the overview of Petra by IHS, September 2014.
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed Journals:
• Rahman, M.W., Rimmer, S., Rowe, H.D., 2018, The impact of rapid heating by intrusion on the geochemistry and
petrography of coals and organic-rich shales in the Illinois Basin: International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 187, pp. 45-
52. (Citation: 8 as of Aug 2019).
• Rahman, M.W., Hull, D., Chapman, P., Riggs, G., 2018, Organic Facies and Reservoir Characterization of Eagle Ford
Shale as Determined by Stratigraphy, Source Rocks, and Oil Geochemistry: In AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition,
April, 2016, Houston, TX, USA (Citation: 1 as of June 2018). Search and Discovery Article #10939.
• Rahman, M.W., Veach, D., Jayakumar, R., and Esmaili, S., 2017, Application of Organic Geochemistry on Assessment of
Fluid Behavior and Oil Migration within the Woodford Shale in the Anadarko Basin: In Unconventional Resources
Technology Conference, Austin, Texas, 24-26 July 2017. Society of Exploration Geophysicists, American Association of
Petroleum Geologists, Society of Petroleum Engineers. (DOI 10.15530-urtec-2017-2688342).
• Rahman, M.W., Peryum, T., Veach, D., Homan, M., Anderson, J., and Price, B., 2017, Geochemical Fingerprinting and
Fluid Phase behavior of Produced oils from Meramec and Woodford Reservoirs from the STACK Play, Anadarko Basin:
AAPG Datapages/Search and Discovery Article #90309 ©2017 AAPG Mid-Continent Section Meeting, Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma, September 30 – October 3, 2017.
• Rahman, M.W., Rimmer, S.M., Rowe, H.D. and Huggett, W.W., 2017, Carbon isotope analysis of whole-coal and vitrinite
from intruded coals from the Illinois Basin: No isotopic evidence for thermogenic methane generation: Chemical Geology
453, pp. 1-11. (Citation: 7 as of Aug 2019).
• Rahman, M.W., Olson, K.R., Symcox, C., and Bingham, P. S., 2016, Geochemistry of Cretaceous Oils and Source Rocks
in the Powder River Basin: In Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, San Antonio, Texas, 1-3 August 2016
(pp. 496-508). Society of Exploration Geophysicists, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Society of Petroleum
Engineers. (DOI 10.15530-urtec-2016-243233). (Citation: 1 as of Aug 2019)
• Kvale, E., and Rahman, M.W., 2016, Depositional Facies and Organic Content of Upper Wolfcam Fm (Permian) Delaware
Basin and Implication for Sequences Stratigraphy and Hydrocarbon Source: Unconventional Resources Technology
Conference, San Antonio, Texas, 1-3 August 2016 (pp. 496-508). Society of Exploration Geophysicists, American
Association of Petroleum Geologists, Society of Petroleum Engineers. (DOI 10.15530-urtec-2016-2457495).
• Jung, H.B., Zheng, Yan, Rahman, M.W., Rahman, M.M., and Ahmed, K.M., 2015, Redox zonation and oscillation in the
hyporheic zone of the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta: Implications for the fate of groundwater arsenic during
discharge: Applied Geochemistry, v. 63, p. 647-660. (Citation: 15 as of Aug 2019)
• Rahman, M.W., and Rimmer, S.M., 2014, Effects of rapid thermal alteration on coal: Geochemical and petrographic
signatures in the Springfield (No. 5) Coal, Illinois Basin: International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 131, p. 214-226.
(Citation: 24 as of Aug 2019)
• Radloff, K.A., Zheng, Y., Michael, H.A., Stute, M., Bostic, B.C., Mihajlov, I., Bounds, M., Huq, M.R., Chowdhury, I.,
Rahman, M.W., Schlosser, P., Ahmed, K.M., and van Geen, A., 2011, Arsenic migration to deep groundwater in
Bangladesh influenced by adsorption and water demand: Nature Geoscience, v. 4, pp. 793-798. (Citation: 99 as of Aug
2019)
• Woobaidullah, A.S.M., Chowdhury, S.H., Ahmed, K.M., Rahman, M.W., Arafin, K.S., and Al-Ejaz, O., 2008, Geo-electric
Resistivity Survey in the Evaluation of Hydrogeological Condition in HaziganjUpazila, Chandpur District, Bangladesh:
Journal of the Geological Society of India, v. 72, no. 6, pp. 753-763. (Citation: 1 as of Aug 2019)
• Métral, J., L. Charlet, S. Bureau, S. B. Mallik, S. Chakraborty, K.M. Ahmed, Rahman, M.W., Z. Cheng, and A.vanGeen,
2008, Comparison of dissolved and particulate arsenic distributions in shallow aquifers of Chakdaha, India, and Araihazar,
Bangladesh: Journal of Geochemical Transactions, v. 9.1, p. 1-16. (Citation: 41 as of Aug 2019)
• Dhar, R.K., Y. Zheng, M. Stute, A. van Geen, Z. Cheng, M. Shanewaz, M. Shamsudduha, M.A. Hoque, Rahman, M.W.,
and K.M. Ahmed, 2008, Temporal variability of groundwater chemistry in shallow and deep aquifers of Araihazar,
Bangladesh: Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, v. 99, no. 1-4, p. 97-111. (Citation: 114 as of Aug 2019)
• Radloff, K.A., Z. Cheng, Rahman M.W., Ahmed, K.M., Mailloux, B.J., Juhl, A.R., Schlosser, P., and van Geen, A., 2007,
Mobilization of arsenic during one-year incubations of grey aquifer sands from Araihazar, Bangladesh: Environmental
Science and Technology, v. 41, p. 3639-3645. (Citation: 65 as of Aug 2019)
• van Geen, A., Z. Cheng, Q. Jia, A. A. Seddique, M. W. Rahman, M. M. Rahman, and K. M. Ahmed, 2007, Monitoring 51
deep community wells in Araihazar, Bangladesh, for up to 5 years: Implications for arsenic mitigation: Journal of
Environmental Science and Health, v. 42, p. 1729-1740 (Citation: 104 as of Aug 2019)
Conference papers and extended abstracts:
• Peryum, T., Parks, S., Veach, D., and Rahman, M.W., 2018, Multiple Generations of Hydrocarbon Charge in the
Mississippian Reservoirs of the Stack Play, Central Oklahoma: Evidence from Structural, Production and Geochemical
Data: AAPG Datapages/Search and Discovery Article ©2018 AAPG ACE 2018 Meeting, Salt Lake, Utah, USA, July
23-25, 2018
• Peryum, T., Rahman, M.W., Anderson, J., Parks, S., and Veach, D., Woodford-Sourced Oil in the
Mississippian STACK Play: A Two-Phase Migration Model: AAPG Datapages/Search and Discovery Article #90309
©2017 AAPG Mid-Continent Section Meeting, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, September 30 – October 3, 2017
• Rahman, M.W., Rimmer, S.M., and Rowe, H., 2014, The impact of rapid heating by intrusion of the geochemistry and
petrography of coals and organic-rich shales in the Illinois Basin. 2014 Annual Meeting Geological Society of America,
October 19-22, 2014, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Abstracts with Programs v. 46, No. 6, p. 605
• Rahman, M.W., Rimmer, S.M., and Rowe, H., 2013, Geochemistry and petrology of thermally altered coals: 13c
signatures of whole coal and vitrinite concentrates suggest no evidence of methane generation from the Springfield (no.
5) coal, Illinois basin: Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America, v. 45, no. 7.
• Srinivasaraghavan, V., Rimmer, S. M., Tobin, A., and Rahman, M.W., and Anderson, K., 2013, Influence of coal lithotype
composition on the oxidative hydrothermal dissolution (OHD) process: Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of
America, v. 45, no. 7.
• Uddin, A., Hames, W. E., Sitaula, R. P., Mandal, S., and Rahman, M.W., and Sarma, J.N., 2013, 40Ar/39Ar Detrital
muscovite geochronology of Cenozoic stratigraphic sequences of the Assam-Bengal System: Abstracts with Programs,
Geological Society of America, v. 45, no. 7 (Citation: 1 as of January 2018).
• Rimmer, S.M., Anderson, K.B., Crelling, J.C., Huggett, W., and Rahman, M.W., Srinivasaraghavan, V., Tobin, A., and
Howard, S., 2013, The Influence of Maceral Composition and Coal Rank on Oxidative Hydrothermal Dissolution (OHD)
Processing of Coal: The 38th International Technical Conference on Clean Coal & Fuel Systems, The Clearwater Clean Coal
Conference, Clearwater, Florida, USA (June, 2013).
• Rahman, M.W., and Rimmer, S.M., 2012, Effects of thermal alteration on coal geochemistry: implications of geochemical
and petrographic signatures from the Springfield (No. 5) coal, Illinois Basin: Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society
of America, v. 44, no. 7.
• Rahman, M.W., Moorehead, A., Flora, C., and Rimmer, S.M., 2011, Geochemistry of thermally altered coals: A case
study of the Springfield (No. 5) coal, Illinois Basin: Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America, v. 43, no. 5,
p. 575.
• Lefticariu, L., Rahman, M.W., and Singh, R., 2009, Distribution and mode of occurrence of mercury and sulfur in Illinois
coal. Proceedings to the 26th Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference. 10 pp.
• Rahman, M.W., Singh, R., and Lefticariu, L., 2009, Concentration and distribution of trace elements in coals from Illinois
Basin: Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America, v. 41, no. 7, p. 33.
• Singh, R., Rahman, M.W., and Lefticariu, L., 2009, Sulfur in Illinois coals: Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of
America, v. 41, no. 7, p. 33.
• Rahman, M.W. and Uddin, A., 2008, Mineralogical, Geochemical, and Geochronological Evidences of Evolution of the
Eastern Himalayan Foreland Basins: Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America, v. 40, no. 6, p. 287.
• Zahid, A., van Geen, A., Stute, M., Rahman, M.W., Rahman, M.M., Huq, M.R., and Ahmed, K.M., 2008, the Hydrology of
shallow aquifer in Araihazar, Bangladesh: A potential link to temporal variability in dissolved arsenic concentrations:
Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America, v. 40, no. 6, p. 459.
• Rahman, M.W., and A Uddin, 2008, Sedimentation and Tectonics of Cenozoic sequences from Assam and Bengal
foreland Basins of Eastern Himalayas: Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America, v. 40, no. 4, p. 9.
• Rahman, M.W., Uddin, A., and Marzen, L.J., 2007, Stratigraphic Boundary Delineation Using Sand Composition, Heavy
Minerals, and SRTM DEM Data: Ulahtaung Structure, Southeastern Bengal Basin: Abstracts with Programs, Geological
Society of America, v. 39, no. 6, p. 152.
• Rahman, M.W., Ahmed, K.M., and Uddin, A., 2007, Geomorphic and Hydrogeologic Characters of the Tista Alluvial Fan
Area, Northwest Bangladesh: Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America, v. 39, no. 2, p. 29.
• Zahid, A., van Geen, A., Stute, M., Cheng, Z., Rahman, M.W., Rahman, M.M., and Ahmed, K.M., 2006, Temporal
variability in arsenic concentrations in shallow groundwater: the role of geology: Abstracts with Programs, Geological
Society of America, v. 38, no. 7, p. 421.
• Radloff, K.A., Z. Cheng, Rahman, M.W., Ahmed, K.M., Schlosser, P., and van Geen, A., 2006, Abiotic mobilization of
arsenic in Bangladesh aquifers? Abstracts with Programs, The American Chemical Society, v. 231.
• Zheng, Y., Datta, S., Stute, M., Dhar, R., Hoque, M.A., Rahman, M.W., Ahmed, K.M., Schlosser, P., van Geen, A., 2005,
Stable Isotope (18O, 2H) and Arsenic Distribution in the Shallow Aquifers in Araihazar, Bangladesh, American Geophysical
Union (AGU), Fall Meeting 2005, abstract #H31B-1305 (Citation: 5 as of January 2019).