Adry Bissada, Research professor
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
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Areas of expertise
- Organic geochemistry
- Hydrocarbon generation and migration analysis
- Hydrocarbon "fingerprinting" for reservoir connectivity analysis.
- Geologic & geochemical controls on organic sedimentation
- Petroleum system studies and basin modeling
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Awards
Not available
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Publications
- Geologic and geochemical systematics of the occurrence of non-hydrocarbon gases: Towards working models to forecast CO2, H2S and N2 in natural Gas
- Ramos, Hillario, Angel F. Callejon, Noel Holguin Quinones, Louis Elrod and K. K. Bissada, 1999, "Reservoir compartmentalization in the Arcabuz field, Burgos Basin: A geochemical approach", Presented at the AAPG/AMPG, Veracruz, Mexico, October 1999.
- Caballero-Garcia, Ernesto, Angel F. Callejon, Noel Holguin Quinones, Louis Elrod and K. K. Bissada, 1999, "Exploration and reservoir heterogeneity implications of the composition of natural gas in the Macuspana Basin, Southern Gulf of Mexico", Presented a
- Heymann, D., B. O. Dressler, K. K. Bissada and E. Szymczyk, 1999, "Biogenic Origin of carbonaceous matter in rocks of the Whitewater Group, Sudbury Impact Structure, Ontario, Canada", Submitted to Science, April 1999.
- Abu-Ali, M. A., J. E. Lacey, K. K. Bissada and J. G. McGillivray, 1998, "Novel approach to integration of geology and geochemistry into basin modeling and exploration risk analysis: Process and case study from Central Saudi Arabia", Presented at the AAPG
- Lacey, J. E., and K. K. Bissada, 1997, "The use of geochemical data to high-grade exploration portfolios through risk analysis", 18th. International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Maastricht, The Netherlands, September 22-26.
- Elrod, L. W., K. K. Bissada, J. E. Lacey, L. Vierma, and P. A. Kelley, 1997, "A multi-parameter statistical approach for geochemical definition of Reservoir Compartments, Centro Lago Field, Venezuela", The Fifth Chemical Congress of North America, Cancun
- Lacey, J. E., and K. K. Bissada, 1996, "RapidVal - A fast and easy method to integrate geochemical information directly into the exploration process", 5th. Latin American Congress on Organic Geochemistry, Cancun, Mexico, October 1996.
- Elrod, Louis W., Luis Vierma, P. A. Kelley, K. K. Bissada and J. E. Lacey, "Using geochemistry to define reservoir compartments: Centro Lago Field, Venezuela", AAPG/EAGE Research Symposium: Compartmentalized Reservoirs: Their Detection, Characterization a
- Robison C. R., and K. K. Bissada, 1996, "Inferred oil migration in the Zhu I Dspression, Pearl River Mouth Basin, South China Sea"', Fifth Circum-Pacific Energy and Mineral Resources Conference Transactions, pp. 595-597.
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Patents
- Mobile system for in situ acquisition of carbon isotope data on natural gas-08/13/2004
- Apparatus for continuous recovery of certain elements from a combustible liquid-08/25/1992
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Funded Research
- Knowledge Reservoir: Petroleum systems and geochemistry program grant - $93,578 (2011)
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Curriculum Vitae
K.K. (Adry) Bissada
Department of Geosciences
University of Houston
College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Science and Research 1. Room 510 E
4800 Calhoun Rd., Houston, TX 77204-5007
Phone: (713)743-743-3399 , Facsimile: (713) 748-7906
Email: abissada@uh.edu
Education:
Ph.D., Geology (Geochemistry), 1967, Washington University, St. Louis.
M.S., Geology (Geophysics), 1965, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.
B.Sc., Geology & Chemistry, 1962, University of Assiut, Egypt.
Professional Management Development (Business and Financial Management).
Area of Expertise:
Organic geochemistry
Hydrocarbon generation and migration analysis.
Petroleum system studies and basin modeling.
Geologic & geochemical controls on organic sedimentation.
Hydrocarbon "fingerprinting" for reservoir connectivity analysis
Employment History:
10/95-9/99: Geotechnology Research Institute, Houston Advanced Research Center:
Director, Geochemistry Unit.
7/69-10/95: Texaco E&P Technology Department, Houston, Texas
1993-1995: Manager, Geochemical Research / Senior Research Consultant
1992-1993: Senior Research Consultant (1-year -Research Sabbatical)
1984-1991: Manager, Geochemical Research
1979-1984: Supervisor - Geologic Research
1969-1979: Sr. Geologist; Research Geologist, Sr. Research Geologist
10/67-7/69: Sinclair Oil & Gas Company, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Professional Activities:
26 professional publications / presentations
3 patents; 4th pending
Lectured and consulted extensively on Applied Geochemistry at numerous universities and
research institutions in the USA, Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, the UK,
Switzerland, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, the Philippines, and Indonesia.
Designed and developed several professional training courses/workshops
Quantitative Hydrocarbon Generation and Migration Analysis for Prospect Ranking and
Play Evaluation
Principles and Practice of Organic Geochemistry in Exploration.
Geochemistry in Reservoir Management & Producing Operations.
Analytical Methods in Petroleum Geochemistry
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