An exploration geologist with over thirteen years of experience in academia and industry related projects. Have worked in clastic/carbonate and unconventional projects in South Asia, Middle East and South East Asia. Expert in facies description, analysis, depositional settings, sequence interpretation and chemostratigraphic. Creator of several conceptual models for sediments with reference to Tectonics/Sea Level changes, that can be used as input for forward stratigraphic models. In Future Facies in ML/AI. Prior to it Dr. Haroon has done MS in Geology from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Before that, he completed MSc and BSc in Petroleum Geology and Geotectonics from University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan with distinction. His future interests include on project management, entrepreneurship and commercialization of various geological products.

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Research Journal




• Abd El Aal, A., Abdullah, G. M., Radwan, A. E., Ali, S. H., & Shoukat, N. , 2023 , Linking the sedimentary cyclicity with mechanical and physical properties of limestone and marl rocks, Dam Formation, Eastern Saudi Arabia: Implications for hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir development , Journal of Asian Earth Sciences , 251, .,
• Shoukat, N., Ali, S. H., Siddiqui, N. A., Wahid, A., & Bashir, Y. , 2023 , Diagenesis and Sequence Stratigraphy of Miocene, Nyalau Formation, Sarawak, Malaysia: A case study for clastic reservoirs , Kuwait Journal of Science , ., .,
• Naseem, A. A., Anjum, M. N., Yaseen, M., Ali, M., Inam, W., Ali, S. H., Ahmad, J., Bangash, A. A. , 2023 , Preliminary Geoheritage Assesment of the Garam Chashma Granitic Batholith (GCGB), Southern Margin of Asian Plate, NW Pakistan: multiple Constraints From Field Evidence, Petrology And Physico-Mechanical Properties , Geoheritage , 15, 1,
• Qadri, S. M., Mirza, M. Q., Raja, A., Yaghmaei-Sabegh, S., Hakimi, M. H., Ali, S. H., & Khan, M. Y. , 2023 , Application of Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment to Understand the Earthquake Hazard in Attock City, Pakistan: A Step towards Linking Hazards and Sustainability , Sustainability , 15, 2,
• Qadri, H. A., Wahid, A., Siddiqui, N. A., Ali, S. H., El Aal, A. A., Rashid, A. Q. B. A., & Temizi, M. N. B. , 2022 , Prospect Analysis of Paleocene Coalbed Methane: A Case Study of Hangu Formation, Trans-Indus Ranges, Pakistan , Geofluids , ., .,
• Rashid, A., Siddiqui, N. A., Ahmed, N., Jamil, M., EL-Ghali, M. A., Ali, S. H., Zaidi, F.K.& Wahid, A. , 2022 , Field attributes and organic geochemical analysis of shales from early to middle Permian Dohol Formation, Peninsular Malaysia: Implications for hydrocarbon generation potential. , Journal of King Saud University-Science , 34, 8,
• Mateen, A., Wahid, A., Janjuhah, H. T., Mughal, M. S., Ali, S. H., Siddiqui, N. A.,Shafique, M.A.,Koumoutsakou, O., Kontakiotis, G. , 2022 , Petrographic and geochemical analysis of Indus sediments: implications for placer gold deposits, Peshawar Basin, NW Himalaya, Pakistan. , Minerals , 12, 8,
• Ali, S. H., Shoukat, N., Bashir, Y., Qadri, S. M. T., Wahid, A., & Iqbal, M. A. , 2022 , Lithofacies and Sedimentology of Baghanwala Formation (Early-Middle Cambrian), Eastern Salt Range, Pakistan. , Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research (PJSIR) , 65A, 2,
• Wahid, A., Rauf, A., Ali, S. H., Khan, J., Iqbal, M. A., & Haseeb, A. , 2022 , Impact of complex tectonics on the development of geo-pressured zones: A case study from petroliferous Sub-Himalayan Basin, Pakistan , Geopersia , 12, 1,
• Rehman, N., Ali, D. S. H., Ullah, Z., Kashif, M., Abid, M. A., Saleem, A., Ali., & Yaseen, M. , 2022 , The evaluation of Khyber limestone in Pakistan for using as road aggregate based on geotechnical properties , Iranian Journal of Earth Sciences , ., .,
• Ali, A., Sheng-Chang, C., & Ali, S. H. , 2022 , Integration of Density-Based Spatial Clustering with Noise and Continuous Wavelet Transform for Feature Extraction from Seismic Data. , Pure and Applied Geophysics , 179, 4,
• Ali, S. H., Poppelreiter, M. C., Saw, B. B., Shah, M. M., & Bashir, Y. , 2021 , Facies, diagenesis and secondary porosity of a Miocene reefal platform of Central Luconia, Malaysia , Carbonates and Evaporites , 36, 3,
• Javed, A., Wahid, A., Mughal, M. S., Khan, M. S., Qammar, R. S., Ali, S. H., & Iqbal, M. A. , 2021 , Geological and petrographic investigations of the Miocene Molasse deposits in sub-Himalayas, district Sudhnati, Pakistan , Arabian Journal of Geosciences , 14, .,
• Ali, S. H., Abdullatif, O. M., Babalola, L. O., Alkhaldi, F. M., Bashir, Y., Qadri, S. T., & Wahid, A. , 2021 , Sedimentary facies, depositional environments and conceptual outcrop analogue (Dam Formation, early Miocene) Eastern Arabian Platform, Saudi Arabia: a new high-resolution approach. , Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology , 11, 6,
• Ali, S. H., Abdullatif, O. M., Abioui, M., Bashir, Y., Wahid, A., & Yasin, Q , 2021 , Dolomitization and paleoenvironment of deposition of the lower and middle rus formation (early Eocene, dammam dome, eastern Saudi arabia) , Journal of Sedimentary Environments , 6, .,
• Bashir, Y., Faisal, M. A., Biswas, A., Babasafari, A. A., Ali, S. H., Imran, Q. S., ... & Ehsan, M. , 2021 , Seismic expression of miocene carbonate platform and reservoir characterization through geophysical approach: application in central Luconia, offshore Malaysia , Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production , 11, .,
• Yasin, Q., Baklouti, S., Khalid, P., Ali, S. H., Boateng, C. D., & Du, Q. , 2021 , Evaluation of shale gas reservoirs in complex structural enclosures: A case study from Patala Formation in the Kohat-Potwar Plateau, Pakistan , Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering , 198, .,
• Bashir, Y., Babasafari, A. A., Alashloo, S. M., Muztaza, N. M., Ali, S. H., & Imran, Q. S. , 2021 , Seismic wave propagation characteristics using conventional and advance modelling algorithm for d-data imaging , Journal of Seismic Exploration , 30, 1,
• Ahmed, N., Siddiqui, N. A., Jamil, M., bin Ismail, M. S., Salim, M. H. A., Sajid, Z., Usman, M., Gul, Z., Kasim, S.A., Haq, I., Imran1, Q.S., Haroon Ali, S. , 2021 , Deep Marine Turbiditic Belaga Formation of Late Cretaceousâ Late Eocene in Central Sarawak, Malaysia: Implications for Sediment Transport and Distribution of Total Organic Carbon (TOC) , Petroleum and Coal , 63, 1,
• Qadri, S. T., Islam, M. A., Shalaby, M. R., & Ali, S. H , 2020 , Integration of 1D and 3D modeling schemes to establish the Farewell Formation as a self-sourced reservoir in Kupe Field, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand. , Frontiers of Earth Science , ., .,
• Ahmed, N., Ali, S. H., Ahmad, M., Khalid, P., Ahmad, B., Akram, M. S., & Din, Z. U , 2020 , Subsurface structural investigation based on seismic data of the north-eastern Potwar basin, Pakistan , Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences , 49, 7,
• Bashir, Y., Mohd Muztaza, N., Moussavi Alashloo, S. Y., Ali, S. H., & Prasad Ghosh, D. , 2020 , Inspiration for seismic diffraction modelling, separation, and velocity in depth imaging. , Applied Sciences , 10, 12,
• Ghazi, S., Ali, S. H., Shahzad, T., Ahmed, N., Khalid, P., Akram, S., & Sami, J. , 2020 , Sedimentary, structural and salt tectonic evolution of Karoli-Nilawahan area, Central Salt Range and its impact for the Potwar Province. , Himalayan Geology , 41, 2,
• Abioui, M., Ali, S. H., Kostyuchenko, Y., & Benssaou, M , 2020 , Petar Milanović, Nikolay Maksimovich, and Olga Meshcheriakova: Dams and Reservoirs in Evaporites , Carbonates and Evaporites , 35, 4,
• Shoukat, N., Siddiqui, N. A., Rahman, A. H. A., & Ali, S. H , 2019 , SEDIMENTOLOGY AND DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS OF THE EARLY MIOCENE NYALAU FORMATION, BINTULU AREA, SARAWAK, MALAYSIA , Petroleum & Coal , 61, 5,
• Saw, B. B., Schlaich, M., Pöppelreiter, M. C., Ramkumar, M., Lunt, P., Gamez Vintaned, J. A., & Ali, S. H. , 2019 , Facies, depositional environments, and anatomy of the Subis build-up in Sarawak, Malaysia: implications on other Miocene isolated carbonate build-ups. , Facies , 65, .,
• Rankey, E. C., Schlaich, M., Mokhtar, S., Ghon, G., Ali, S. H., & Poppelreiter, M , 2019 , Seismic architecture of a Miocene isolated carbonate platform and associated off-platform strata (Central Luconia Province, offshore Malaysia). , Marine and Petroleum Geology , 102, .,
• Ali, S. H., Poppelreiter, M. C., Shah, M. M., Saw, B. B., & Schlaich, M. , 2018 , Diagenetic understandings based on quantitative data, Miocene carbonate buildup, Offshore Sarawak, Malaysia , Petroleum and Coal , 60, 6,
• Iqbal, M. A., Salim, A. M. A., Siddiqui, N. A., Baioumy, H., & Ali, S. H. , 2017 , Petrographic investigations and reservoir potential of shallow marine sandstone: a case study from Nyalau formation, Sarawak Basin, Malaysia. , ARPN J Eng Appl Sci, , 12, 22,
• Ghazi, S., Ali, S. H., Sahraeyan, M., & Hanif, T. , 2015 , An overview of tectonosedimentary framework of the Salt Range, northwestern Himalayan fold and thrust belt, Pakistan. , Arabian Journal of Geosciences , 8, .,

Conference Proceeding




• Ibad, S. M., Ali, S. H., (2023). Shale Gas Adsorption Mechanisms: Implication from Thermodynamics Study of Methane Adsorption. In PAPG-SPE Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition (pp. 1- 12) . PAPG Proceedings.
• Rauf, A., Wahid, A., Ali, S. H. (2022). Identification of geo-pressured zones by using wireline logs in petroliferous Bonaparte Basin, offshore Australia,. In PAPG-SPE Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition, (pp. 1- 12) . PAPG Proceedings.
• Ali, S. H.,, Ali, S.F., Shoukat, N., Wahid, A., Bashir, Y., Abd El-Aal, A. A., (2022). Sedimentology and depositional environment of Neoproterozoic Stromatolitic Limestones of Langrial and Miranjani areas, Lesser Himalayas, Pakistan,. In International Conference on Applied and Pure Sciences (pp. 1- 12) . ..
• Ali, S. H., Ahmad, B., Hamza, M., Wahid, A., Shoukat, N., Bashir, Y., (2022). Facies, sedimentary structures in Sharaban Formation, Neoproterozoic Kirana Complex, Sargodha, Punjab,. In Pakistan, 6th International Conference on”Earth Sciences Pakistan 2022” (pp. 1- 12) . Baragali Summer Campus, Abbottabad, Pakistan.
• Shoukat, N., Siddiqui, N. A., Ismail, M.S.B., Ali, S. H. (2022). Depositional environment and diagenesis of early Miocene Nyalau Formation, Sarawak, Malaysia,. In International Conference on Earth Resources 2020 (ICER2020) ESTCON ICER Virtual Congress organized by Department of Geosciences, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610 Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia, (pp. 1- 2) . ..
• Zaib, M. A., Wahid, A., Siddiqui, I., Ali, S.H., Shami, B.A., Ahmed, R. Q (2021). Identification and Formation Evaluation of Unconventional Shale Gas: A case study of Sembar Formation, Southern Indus Basin, Pakistan,. In Conference: SPE Annual Technical Conference, (pp. 1- 2) . ..
• Ali, S. H., Poppelreiter, M. C., Schlaich, M., Bing, S. B., Mubin, M., & Rosli, R. (2018). Sedimentological and diagenetic processes on Miocene carbonates, a comparison of proximal EX-buildup vs. distal JX mega-platform, Central Luconia Province, offshore Sarawak,. In 31st NATIONAL GEOSCIENCE CONFERENCE Proceedings (pp. 155- 155) . Bayview Hotel, Georgetown, Penang.
• Ali, S.H., Poppelreiter, M.C., Shah, M.M., Schlaich, M., & Saw, B.B. (2018). Quantitative Comparison of Diagenesis in Two Miocene Carbonate Buildups, Central Luconia.. In Maximising Carbonate Asset Values through Collaboration and Innovative Solutions, (pp. 1- 2) . ..
• Ghon, G., Rankey, E. C., Baechle, G. T., Schlaich, M., Ali, S. H., Mokhtar, S., & Poppelreiter, M. C. (2018). Carbonate Reservoir Characterisation of an Isolated Platform Integrating Sequence Stratigraphy and Rock Physics in Central Luconia.. In 80th EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2018 (pp. 1- 5) . ..
• Ghon, G., Baechle, G., Rankey, E. C., Schlaich, M., Ali, S.H., Mokhtar, S., Poppelreiter, M.C. (2018). Carbonate Rock Physics and Sequence Stratigraphy in Central Luconia, Malaysia: Towards an Integrated Acoustic Facies for Partially Dolomitized Platforms. In AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition (pp. 1- 2) . ..
• Rankey, E. C., Schlaich, M., Ghon, G., Mokhtar, S., Ali, S.H., Poppelreiter, (2018). Wings and Wedges: Architecture of a Miocene Carbonate Buildup and Associated Basinal Strata: Central Luconia Province, Offshore Sarawak, Malaysia. In AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition, (pp. 1- 2) . ..
• Ali S.H., Poppelreiter, M.C. (2017). Quantitative Diagenesis of a Miocene Carbonate Platform, Malaysia.. In Asia Petroleum Geoscience Conference and Exhibition, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, (pp. 1- 5) . ..
• Saw, B. B., Poppelreiter, M., Vintaned, J. A. G., & Ali, S. H (2017). Anatomy of an Isolated Carbonate Platform: Subis Limestone Outcrop, Early Miocene, Niah, Sarawak, Malaysia,. In 30th National Geological Conference (pp. 1- 2) . ..
• Ali, S. H., Abdullatif, O., & Babalola, L. O. (2016). Sedimentary facies, sequence stratigraphy of mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments (early middle Miocene dam formation, eastern Saudi Arabia).. In In International Conference and Exhibition, Barcelona, Spain, (pp. 294- 294) . ..
• Ali, S. H., & Abdullatif, O. (2015). High-resolution stratigraphic architecture and sedimentological heterogeneity within the Miocene Dam Formation,. In 11th International Conference for Geosciences, (pp. 1- 2) . ..
• Ali, S. H. (2014). Shale Gas-An Overview,. In 2nd SEG Middle East Geoscience Student Symposium (pp. 1- 2) . ..
• Ali, S. H. (2014). Pakistan Shale Gas Candidates- An Overview: A case study from Lower Indus Basin,. In 1st DGS Students Symposium, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia, (pp. 1- 2) . ..
• Khalid, P., Ahmed, N., Yasin, Q., Ali, S.H. (2012). Seismic sequence stratigraphy and facies analysis to delineate the reservoir potential in Cretaceous—Tertiary unconformity of Middle Indus Basin, Punjab Platform, Pakistan. In In KSEG International Symposium on Geophysics for Discovery and Exploration, (pp. 19- 21) . ..
• Ali, S. H. (2009). “Reservoir Characteristics of Early-Middle Cambrian Baghanwala Formation, Eastern Salt Range Pakistan”. In SPE and PAPG Annual Technical Conference" Maximize Reserves–Optimize Exploitation" (pp. 1- 2) . ..

Chapters Contributed




• Ali, S.H., Poppelreiter, M.C., Shah, M.M., and Saw, B.B. (2023). Facies, Stratigraphy and Diagenesis of a Miocene Buildup, Central Luconia Province, Malaysia. In Cenozoic Isolated Carbonate Platforms—Focus Southeast Asia ( pp. 244- 267 ).
• Saw, B.B., Ramkumar, Mu., Rai, J., Vintaned, J.A.G., Jimenez, G., Ali, S.H., Poppelreiter, M.C., (2023). The evolution of Carbonate systems During the Oligocene-Miocene Transition: An Example of Subis Limestone, Malaysia. In Cenozoic Isolated Carbonate Platforms—Focus Southeast Asia ( pp. 164- 178 ).

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