ANPERC opened its doors on December 1st from 2 - 4 pm for the entire KAUST community to get to know its facilities and its great student projects.

On November 25th, the entire ANPERC team and their families had an enjoyable evening at the department's end-of-year party.

COP26 has highlighted the critical role of the Arabian Peninsula in addressing climate change towards a net-zero future. Professor J. Carlos Santamarina together with other professors contributed to the development of the regional profile for the region ahead of the conference.

On November 4th, we had the pleasure of being by AEON Strategy to participate in a panel at COP26.

On November 4th, Wardana Saputra, Ph.D. Candidate Supervised by Director and Prof. Tadeusz Patzek successfully presented his defense entitled: Physics-Guided Data-Driven Production Forecasting in Shales.

Save these dates for KAUST Research Open Week: Nov. 28th-Dec. 2nd. The week will be packed full of #Sustainability science and engineering.

On October 27th, Professor Volker Vahrenkamp, leader of the CaResS group, participated along with Professors Daniele Daffonchio and Froukje van der Zwan of the last Sci-Café and they were able to share stories of the “Gems of the Red Sea”.

The 5th edition of the Future Investment Initiative was held in Riyadh from 26th to 28th October. During the event, PhD student Natalia Odnoletkova participated in a panel discussion session on "Preparing cities for a warmer climate". KAUST Professor S. Mani Sarathy chaired the impact session.

Congratulations to Clara Modenesi who successfully her PhD thesis "Hot and Cold Seeps in the Red Sea: Surface and Subsurface Manifestations" on September 16.

From October 3rd to 13th, we had a successful MetaRock Laboratories (MRL) visit to ANPERC.

Baker Hughes delegation visits KAUST and our laboratories

The KAUST Global Fellowship Program will support outstanding emerging research leaders from around the world to build a path to a fully independent career.

The KAUST SEG Student Chapter team composed of Frankstein Arphan and Mohammad Hasyim Taufik put up a spirited performance at the SEG-DGS Middle East Challenge Bowl Competition held on 22nd September 2021

ANPERC team helps keep energy consumption to a minimum compared to other KAUST labs.

Tihana analyzed Sr, O, C, and S isotopes on rock samples from the Red Sea basin to determine the age and environments of deposition.

After successful drilling of 6 cored wells in the exceptionally organic-rich Upper Cretaceous source rock sequence from central Jordan, CaResS group has actively commenced logging and processing of the core samples.

In July 2021, Dr. Jakub Fedorik, a postdoctoral fellow from APG group, visited the analog modeling laboratory at the University of Bern, Switzerland.

We are pleased to announce that Professor Bicheng Yan, a Petroleum engineer with over 4 years of experience in the petroleum industry, has accepted a Faculty position at ANPERC.