Dr. Muhsan Ehsan
Category: Faculty
Published on: October 15, 2019
Last updated on December 21st, 2024
Personal Information
Campus Islamabad
Department Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Designation Associate Professor
Name Dr. Muhsan Ehsan
Email muhsan.buic@bahria.edu.pk
Phone (Office EXT) +92519259500 Ext. 3059
Research Area Exploration Geophysics, Hydrogeology, Petrophysics, Shale Gas & Earthquake Seismology
Number of Publications Journals = 15
Conferences = 0

 

Qualification
Degree Passing Year Majors University
Ph.D. 2016 Geophysics China University of Geosciences Wuhan, Hubei 430074 P. R. China

 

Teaching Experience
Designation From To Organization
Senior Associate Professor January 2024 Till Date Bahria University Islamabad
Associate Professor January 2022 December 2023 Bahria University Islamabad
Senior Assistant Professor July 2020 December 2021 Bahria University Islamabad
Assistant Professor June 2017 July 2020 Bahria University Islamabad
Research Assistant September 2013 December, 2016 China University of Geosciences Wuhan, Hubei 430074 P. R. China
Publications
Journals
1 Ehsan, M., Munir, R. W., & Latif, M. A. U. (2024). An Integrated Approach for the Assessment of Hydrocarbon Potential in Carbonate Reservoirs: Potwar Plateau, Pakistan. Journal of GeoEnergy, 2024(1), 7167665.
2 Elbeltagi, A., Srivastava, A., Ehsan, M., Sharma, G., Yu, J., Khadke, L., . . . Jinsong, D. (2024). Advanced stacked integration method for forecasting long-term drought severity: CNN with machine learning models. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 53, 101759. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2024.101759
3 Ehsan, M., Chen, R., Latif, M. A. U., Abdelrahman, K., Ali, A., Ullah, J., & Fnais, M. S. (2024). Unconventional Reservoir Characterization of Patala Formation, Upper Indus Basin, Pakistan. ACS Omega, 9(13), 15573-15589. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.4c00465
4 Sohail, J., Mehmood, S., Jahandad, S., Ehsan, M., Abdelrahman, K., Ali, A., . . . Fnais, M. S. (2024). Geochemical Evaluation of Paleocene Source Rocks in the Kohat Sub-Basin, Pakistan. ACS Omega, 9(12), 14123-14141. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.3c09457
5 Ullah, J., Li, H., Soupios, P., & Ehsan, M. (2024). Optimizing geothermal reservoir modeling: A unified bayesian PSO and BiGRU approach for precise history matching under uncertainty. Geothermics, 119, 102958. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2024.102958
6 Ehsan, M.;  Zaheer, A. M.; Abbasi, M. U. H., Estimating Total Organic Carbon (TOC) Content and Porosity of the Ranikot Formation in the Central Indus Basin, Pakistan, Using Seismic Inversion and Well Log Analysis. Journal of GeoEnergy 2024, 2024, 5568380.
7 Ehsan, M., Shabbir, H., Al-Quraishi, A.M.F. et al. Groundwater delineation for sustainable improvement and development aided by GIS, AHP, and MIF techniques. Appl Water Sci 14, 23 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13201-023-02065-3
8 Ullah, J.;  Li, H.;  Ashraf, U.;  Ehsan, M.; Asad, M., A multidisciplinary approach to facies evaluation at regional level using well log analysis, machine learning, and statistical methods. Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources 2023, 9 (1), 152.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s40948-023-00689-y
9 Akhtar Malik Muhammad, Rabia Akhtar, Muhammad Tayyab Sohail, Muhsan Ehsan, Tanzeel Khan, 2023. GIS-based multi criteria decision analysis techniques used to identify potential groundwater recharge zones in Quetta Valley, Pakistan. Desalination and Water Treatment, 302, 91-103. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5004/dwt.2023.29765.
10 Ali, M., Zhu, P., Jiang, R., Huolin, M., Ehsan, M., Hussain, W., Zhang, H., Ashraf, U. and Ullaah, J., 2023. Reservoir characterization through comprehensive modeling of elastic logs prediction in heterogeneous rocks using unsupervised clustering and class-based ensemble machine learning. Applied Soft Computing, 148, p.110843.
11 Ehsan, M., Latif, M.A.U., Ali, A. et al. Geocellular Modeling of the Cambrian to Eocene Multi-Reservoirs, Upper Indus Basin, Pakistan. Natural Resources Research, (2023) 1-29.. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11053-023-10256-7
12 Qadri SMT, Hamdan A, Raj V, Ehsan M, Shamsuddin N, Hakimi MH, Mustapha KA. Assessment of Land Surface Temperature from the Indian Cities of Ranchi and Dhanbad during COVID-19 Lockdown: Implications on the Urban Climatology. Sustainability. 2023; 15(17):12961. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151712961
13 Alqahtani F, Ehsan M, Abdulfarraj M, Aboud E, Naseer Z, El-Masry NN, Abdelwahed MF. Machine Learning Techniques in Predicting Bottom Hole Temperature and Remote Sensing for Assessment of Geothermal Potential in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Sustainability. 2023; 15(17):12718. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151712718
14 Amjad, M. R., Shakir, U., Hussain, M., Rasul, A., Mehmood, S., & Ehsan, M. (2023). Sembar Formation as an Unconventional Prospect: New Insights in Evaluating Shale Gas Potential Combined with Deep Learning. Natural Resources Research, 1-29.
15 Ahmed, M.; Huan, W.; Ali, N.; Shafi, A.; Ehsan, M.; Abdelrahman, K.; Khan, A.A.; Abbasi, S.S.; Fnais, M.S. The Effect of Energy Consumption, Income, and Population Growth on CO2 Emissions: Evidence from NARDL and Machine Learning Models. Sustainability 2023, 15, 11956. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151511956
16 Zafar, W. A., Javed, F., Ahmed, R., Ehsan, M., Abdelrahman, K., Fnais, M. S., & Qureshi, M. A. Mechanics of the Kalabagh Fault, Northwest Himalayan Fold and Thrust Belt (Convergence Zone of India and Eurasia) Using SAR Interferometry and CFS. Frontiers in Earth Science, 11, 1231408. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2023.1231408
17 Shafi, Ahsan, Zhanqi Wang, Muhsan Ehsan, Faizan Ahmed Riaz, Muhammad Rashid Ali, and Feng Xu. A game theory approach to land acquisition conflicts in Pakistan. Land Use Policy 132 (2023): 106802. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106802
18 Manzoor, Umar, Muhsan Ehsan, Muyyassar Hussain, Muhammad Khizer Iftikhar, Kamal Abdelrahman, SM Talha Qadri, Farooq Arshad, Komal Ashraf, and Mohammed S. Fnais. Harnessing Advanced Machine-Learning Algorithms for Optimized Data Conditioning and Petrophysical Analysis of Heterogeneous, Thin Reservoirs. Energy & Fuels, 37, 10218-10234. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.3c01293
19 Ullah, Jar, Huan Li, Umar Ashraf, Pan Heping, Muhammad Ali, Muhsan Ehsan, Muhammad Asad, Aqsa Anees, and Tao Ren. Knowledge-based machine learning for mineral classification in a complex tectonic regime of Yingxiu-Beichuan fault zone, Sichuan basin. Geoenergy Science and Engineering (2023): 212077. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoen.2023.212077
20 Alqahtani, F.; Aboud, E.; Ehsan, M.; Naseer, Z.; Abdulfarraj, M.; Abdelwahed, M.F.; El-Masry, N. Geothermal Exploration Using Remote Sensing, Surface Temperature, and Geophysical Data in Lunayyir Volcanic Field, Saudi Arabia. Sustainability 2023, 15, 7645. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15097645
21 Ehsan, M., Toor, M. A. S., Hajana, M. I., Al-Ansari, N., Ali, A., and Elbeltagi, A., 2023, An integrated study for seismic structural interpretation and reservoir estimation of Sawan gas field, Lower Indus Basin, Pakistan: Heliyon, v. 9, no. 5, p. e15621. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15621
22 Shah, M.; Shahzad, R.; Ehsan, M.; Ghaffar, B.; Ullah, I.; Jamjareegulgarn, P.; Hassan, A.M. Seismo Ionospheric Anomalies around and over the Epicenters of Pakistan Earthquakes. Atmosphere 2023, 14, 601. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos14030601.
23 Alqahtani F, Ehsan M, Aboud E, Abdulfarraj M and El-Masry N (2023), Integrated approach using petrophysical, gravity, and magnetic data to evaluate the geothermal resources at the Rahat Volcanic Field, Saudi Arabia. Front. Earth Sci. 11:1135635. doi: 10.3389/feart.2023.1135635.
24 Ud Din S, Wimalasiri R, Ehsan M, Liang X, Ning F, Guo D, Manzoor Z, Abu-Alam T and Abioui M (2023), Assessing public perception and willingness to pay for renewable energy in Pakistan through the theory of planned behavior. Front. Energy Res. 11:1088297. doi: 10.3389/fenrg.2023.1088297.
25 Hussain, W.; Ehsan, M.; Pan, L.; Wang, X.; Ali, M.; Din, S.U.; Hussain, H.; Jawad, A.; Chen, S.; Liang, H.; Liang, L. Prospect Evaluation of the Cretaceous Yageliemu Clastic Reservoir Based on Geophysical Log Data: A Case Study from the Yakela Gas Condensate Field, Tarim Basin, China. Energies 2023, 16, 2721. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16062721.
26 Sohail MT, Manzoor Z, Ehsan M, Al-Ansari N, Khan MB, Shafi A, Ullah J, Hussain A, Raza D, Usman U, Akbar S and Elbeltagi A (2023), Impacts of urbanization, LULC, LST, and NDVI changes on the static water table with possible solutions and water policy discussions: A case from Islamabad, Pakistan. Front. Environ. Sci. 11:1018500. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2023.1018500.
27 Manzoor, U.; Ehsan, M.; Radwan, A. E.; Hussain, M.; Iftikhar, M. K.; Arshad, F. Seismic driven reservoir classification using advanced machine learning algorithms: A case study from the Lower Ranikot/Khadro sandstone gas reservoir, Kirthar Fold Belt, Lower Indus Basin, Pakistan. Geoenergy Science and Engineering 2023, 222, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoen.2023.211451.
28 Tounkara F, Ehsan M, Nasar Iqbal M, Al-Ansari N, Hajana MI, Shafi A and Elbeltagi A (2023), Analyzing the seismic attributes, structural and petrophysical analyses of the Lower Goru Formation: A case study from Middle Indus Basin Pakistan. Front. Earth Sci. 10:1034874. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.1034874.
29 Amjad, M. R.; Ehsan, M.; Hussain, M.; Al-Ansari, N.; Rehman, A.; Naseer, Z.; Ejaz, M. N.; Baouche, R.; Elbeltagi, A. Carbonate Reservoir Quality Variations in Basins with a Variable Sediment Influx: A Case Study from the Balkassar Oil Field, Potwar, Pakistan. ACS Omega 2023, 8 (4), 4127-4145. DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c06773.
30 Munir, M.N., Zafar, M. & Ehsan, M. Comparative and Statistical Analysis of Core-Calibrated Porosity with Log-Derived Porosity for Reservoir Parameters Estimation of the Zamzama GAS Field, Southern Indus Basin, Pakistan. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-022-07523-9.
31 Manzoor, Z.; Ehsan, M.; Khan, M. B.; Manzoor, A.; Akhter, M. M.; Sohail, M. T.; Hussain, A.; Shafi, A.; Abu-Alam, T.; Abioui, M., Floods and flood management and its socio-economic impact on Pakistan: A review of the empirical literature. Frontiers in Environmental Science 2022, 10, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.1021862
32 Sohail, M. T., A. Hussan, M. Ehsan, N. Al-Ansari, M. M. Akhter, Z. Manzoor, and A. Elbeltagi (2022), Groundwater budgeting of Nari and Gaj formations and groundwater mapping of Karachi, Pakistan, Applied Water Science, 12, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13201-022-01795-0
33 Aziz, H., J. Hussain, M. Tariq, M. Ehsan, S. Khurshid, S. Khan, and W. Anwar (2022), Sedimentological and diagenetic analysis of Early Eocene Margalla Hill Limestone, Shahdara area, Islamabad, Pakistan: implications for reservoir potential, Carbonates and Evaporites, 37(4), 75. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13146-022-00822-0
34 Shafi, A., Wang, Z., Ehsan, M., Riaz, F. A., Ali, M. R., Mamodson, Z. A., and Abbasi, S. S., 2022, A game theory approach to the logic of illegitimate behavior induced during land conflict litigation in urban and peri-urban areas of Pakistan: Cities, v. 130, p. 103990. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2022.103990
35 Khalil Khan H, Ehsan M, Ali A, Amer MA, Aziz H, Khan A, Bashir Y, Abu-Alam T and
36 Abioui M (2022), Source rock geochemical assessment and estimation of TOC using well logs and geochemical data of Talhar Shale, Southern Indus Basin, Pakistan. Front. Earth Sci. 10:969936. doi: 10.3389/feart.2022.969936
37 Khan, M. A., Khattak, N. U., Hanif, M., Al-Ansari, N., Khan, M. B., Ehsan, M., and Elbeltagi, A., 2022, Health risks associated with radon concentrations in carbonate and evaporite sequences of the uranium-rich district Karak, Pakistan: Frontiers in Environmental Science, v. 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.1020028
38 Raza, D., Shu, H., Khan, S. U., Ehsan, M., Saeed, U., Aslam, H., Aslam, R. W., and Arshad, M., 2022, Comparative geospatial approach for agricultural crops identification in interfluvial plain-A case study of Sahiwal district, Pakistan: Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences, v. 59, no. 4, p. 567-578. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/natrespapers/1522/
39 Shah, M., Abbas, A., Arqim Adil, M., Ashraf, U., Francisco De Oliveira-Júnior, J., Arslan Tariq, M., Ahmad, J., Ehsan, M. & Ali, A., 2022. Possible seismo-ionospheric anomalies associated with Mw > 5.0 earthquakes during 2000-2020 from GNSS TEC. Advances in Space Research, DOI: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0273117722002885. (Impact Factor = 2.152)
40 Sohail, M. T., Ehsan, M., Riaz, S., Elkaeed, E. B., Awwad, N. S., and Ibrahium, H. A., 2022, Investigating the Drinking Water Quality and Associated Health Risks in Metropolis Area of Pakistan: Frontiers in Materials, v. 9, p. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmats.2022.864254 (Impact Factor= 3.34)
41 Naveed Ahmad, Sikandar Khan, Muhsan Ehsan, Fayaz Ur Rehman and Abdullatif Al-Shuhail (2022). Estimating the Total Volume of Running Water Bodies Using Geographic Information System (GIS): A Case Study of Peshawar Basin (Pakistan). Sustainability 2022, 14, 3754. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14073754 (Impact Factor= 3.25)
42 Amna Hafeez, Muhsan Ehsan, Ayesha Abbas, Munawar Shah and Rasim Shahzad. (2022). Machine learning-based thermal anomalies detection from MODIS LST associated with the Mw 7.7 Awaran, Pakistan earthquake: Natural Hazards, v. 111, no. 2, p. 2097-2115. doi:10.1007/s11069-021-05131-8. (Impact Factor= 3.10)
43 Atif Mehmood, Anwar Qadir, Muhsan Ehsan, Abid Ali, Danish Raza, Haroon Aziz. Hydrogeological studies and evaluation of surface and groundwater quality of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Desalination and Water Treatment (2021). doi: 10.5004/dwt.2021.27913 (Impact Factor= 0.86)
44 Amer, M. A., Ehsan, M., and Akhtar, M. J., 2021, Significance of real-time petro-physical data for an optimal remote geosteering operation in complex geological reservoirs: Geology, Geophysics and Environment, v. 47, no. 3, p. 125-130. https://journals.agh.edu.pl/geol/article/view/4508
45 Shah, M., Abbas, A., Ehsan, M., Aiber, A. C., Adhikari, B., Tariq, M. A., . . . Jamjareegulgarn, P. (2022). Ionospheric–Thermospheric Responses in South America to the August 2018 Geomagnetic Storm Based on Multiple Observations. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 15, 261-269. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9647982 (Impact Factor= 3.74)
46 Satti, M. S., Ehsan, M., Abbas, A., Shah, M., de Oliveira-Júnior, J. F., & Naqvi, N. A. (2022). Atmospheric and ionospheric precursors associated with Mw ≥ 6.5 earthquakes from multiple satellites. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 227, 105802. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2021.105802. (Impact Factor= 1.735)
47 Amna Hafeez; Munawar Shah; Muhsan Ehsan; Punyawi Jamjareegulgarn; Junaid Ahmed; M. Arslan Tariq; Shahid Iqbal; Najam Abbas Naqvi “Possible atmosphere and ionospheric anomalies of the 2019 Pakistan earthquake using statistical and machine learning procedures on MODIS LST, GPS TEC and GIM TEC,” in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (2021), vol. 14, pp. 11126-11133, doi: 10.1109/JSTARS.2021.3119382. (Impact Factor= 3.74)
48 Shah, Munawar,  Muhsan   Ehsan,   Ayesha Abbas,   Arslan   Ahmed   and   Punyawi
49 Jamjareegulgarn. “Possible Thermal Anomalies Associated with Global Terrestrial Earthquakes During 2000-2019 Based on Modis-Lst.” IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, (2021): vol. 19, pp. 1-5. 10.1109/LGRS.2021.3084930 (Impact Factor= 3.8)
50 Faizan Dawood, Malik Muhammad Akhtar and Muhsan Ehsan. Evaluating urbanization impact on stressed aquifer of Quetta Valley, Pakistan. Desalination and Water Treatment (2021). doi: 10.5004/dwt.2021.27068 (Impact Factor= 0.86)
51 Muhsan Ehsan, Hanming Gu, Abid Ali, Malik Muhammad Akhtar, Saiq Shakeel Abbasi, Muhammad Armaghan Faisal Miraj and Munawar Shah. An integrated approach to evaluate the unconventional hydrocarbon generation potential of the Lower Goru Formation (Cretaceous) in Southern Lower Indus Basin, Pakistan. Journal of Earth System Science (2021) 130, 90. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12040-021-01584-4(Impact Factor= 1.423)
52 Bashir, Yasir, Muhammad Amir Faisal, Ajay Biswas, Amir Abbas Babasafari, Syed Haroon Ali, Qazi Sohail Imran, Numair Ahmed Siddiqui, and Muhsan Ehsan. “Seismic
53 expression of miocene carbonate platform and reservoir characterization through geophysical approach: application in central Luconia, offshore Malaysia.” Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production (2021): 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13202-021- 01132-2
54 Adil, Muhammad Arqim, Ayesha Abbas, Muhsan Ehsan, Munawar Shah, Najam Abbas Naqvi and Amjad Alie. Investigation of Ionospheric and Atmospheric Anomalies Associated with Three Mw > 6.5 Eqs in New Zealand.”Journal of Geodynamics, (2021): 101841. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jog.2021.101841 (Impact Factor= 1.855)
55 Shah, Munawar, Rizwan Ullah Qureshi, Nangyal Ghani Khan, Muhsan Ehsan, and Jianguo Yan. “Artificial Neural Network based thermal anomalies associated with earthquakes in Pakistan from MODIS LST.” Journal of Atmospheric and Solar- Terrestrial Physics (2021): 215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2021.105568 (Impact Factor= 1.503)
56 Malik Muhammad Akhtar, Rabia Akhtar, Muhsan Ehsan, Abida Dost Mohammad, Jalil ur Rehman, Zaira Manzoor. “Water resources of Balochistan, Pakistan—a review”. Arabian Journal of Geosciences (2021) DOI: 10.1007/s12517-021-06502-y (Impact Factor= 1.327)
57 Danish Raza, Muhsan Ehsan, Sami Ullah Khan, Ahmad Raza, Urooj Saeed, Farkhanda Akmal, Haroon Aziz. (2020). Dire situation of covid-19 in Pakistan and its impact on aerosol optical depth: A case study. Bahria University Research Journal of Earth Sciences, 5(1), 1-4.
58 Aziz, Haroon, Muhsan Ehsan, Abid Ali, Humayun Khalil Khan and Abdullah Khan. Hydrocarbon Source Rock Evaluation and Quantification of Organic Richness from Correlation of Well Logs and Geochemical Data: A Case Study from the Sembar Formation, Southern Indus Basin, Pakistan. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering 81, (2020): 103433. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2020.103433 (Impact Factor= 4.99)
59 Shah, Munawar, Arslan Ahmed, Muhsan Ehsan, Majid Khan, Muhammad Arslan Tariq, Andres Calabia and Zahid ur Rahman (2020) vol 175, pag 268-276 Total electron content anomalies associated with earthquakes occurred during 1998–2019. Acta Astronautica doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2020.06.005 (Impact Factor= 2.83)
60 Munawar Shah, Samed Inyurt, Muhsan Ehsan, Arslan Ahmed, Muhammad Shakir, Saleem Ullah, Muhammad Shahid Iqbal. Seismo ionospheric anomalies in Turkey associated with Mw ≥ 6.0 earthquakes detected by GPS stations and GIM TEC. Advances in Space Research (2020) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2020.03.005 (Impact Factor= 2.177)
61 Muhsan Ehsan, Hanming Gu. An integrated approach for the identification of lithofacies and clay mineralogy through neuro-fuzzy, cross plot, and statistical analyses, from well log data. Journal of Earth System Science (2020) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12040- 020-1365-5 (Impact Factor= 1.423)
62 Muhsan Ehsan, Hanming Gu, Zulfiqar Ahmad, Malik Muhammad Akhtar, and Saiq Shakeel Abbasi. A modified approach for volumetric evaluation of shaly sand formations from conventional well logs: a case study from the Talhar Shale, Pakistan. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering (2019) 44 (1): 417–428 DOI: 10.1007/s13369-018- 3476-8 (Impact Factor= 2.334)
63 Zubair Ahmed, Malik Muhammad Akhtar, Aimal Khan Kasi, Muhsan Ehsan, Muhammad Ibrahim, Rabia Akhtar, Jalil Ur Rehman. Evaluation Of Groundwater Vulnerability to Contamination by Drastic Risk Mapping in Quetta Valley, Balochistan, Bahria University Research Journal of Earth Sciences (2019) 4 (1): 78-88
64 Mahmood Muhammad Fahad, Zulfiqar Ahmad, Muhsan Ehsan and Beenish Aslam. Total organic carbon content and total porosity estimation in unconventional resource play using integrated approach through seismic inversion and well logs analysis within the Talhar Shale, Pakistan. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering 52 (2018): 13-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2018.01.016 (Impact Factor= 3.85)
65 Muhsan Ehsan, Hanming Gu, Malik Muhammad Akhtar, Saiq Shakeel Abbasi, Zaheen Ullah. The Identification of Hydrocarbon Potential of Talhar Shale Member of Lower Goru Formation by Using Well Logs Derived Parameters, Southern Lower Indus Basin, Pakistan. Journal of Earth Science (2018) 29 (3) 587–593 doi:10.1007s12583-016-0910-
66 2. http://en.earth-science.net (Impact Factor= 2.209)
67 Saiq Shakeel Abbasi, Jiangping Liu, Nayima Hameed and Muhsan Ehsan. A modified approach for Elastic Impedance Inversion due to the variation in the value of K. Earth Sciences Research Journal Vol. 22, No. 3 (September 2018): 205-213 doi: https://doi.org/10.15446/esrj.22n3.61135 (Impact Factor= 0.541)
68 Muhsan Ehsan, Hanming Gu, Malik Muhammad Akhtar, Saiq Shakeel Abbasi and Umair Ehsan. A geological study of reservoir formations and exploratory well depths statistical analysis in Sindh Province, Southern Lower Indus Basin, Pakistan. Kuwait Journal of Science (2018) 45(2): 84-93 https://journalskuwait.org/kjs/index.php/KJS/article/view/3290 (Impact Factor= 0.519)
69 Akhtar Malik Muhammad, Tang Zhonghua, Sissoua Zakari, Mohamadi Bahaa, Muhsan Ehsan. Analysis of Geological Structure and Anthropological Factors Affecting on Arsenic Distribution in Lahore’s Aquifer. Hydrogeology Journal (2016) 24 (7): 1891- 1904 doi:10.1007/s10040-016-1453-4 (Impact Factor= 2.641)
70 Yu Peng, Tang Zhonghua, Akhtar Malik Muhammad, Muhsan Ehsan. Study on the Temperature Distribution of High Pour Point Oil by Integrated Method Based on Well Log, Geological Data and Experiment. Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology (2014) 7(23): 4945-4965
Research Projects
1 Dr. Muhsan Ehsan received a project Ref No. 20-14925/NRPU/R&D/HEC/2021 2020 under NRPU-HEC program with the title “Seismic Driven Stochastic Reservoir Facies Classification of Lower Ranikot Sandstone, Kirthar Fold Belt, Lower Indus Basin, Pakistan” and it’s worth is Rs. 8394000/-(eight million three hundred ninety four thousand)- as principal investigator (PI).
2 Dr. Muhsan Ehsan received a Startup Research Grant of PKR 287500/- from Higher Education Commission against Project# 2255 titled Using well logs and Rock-Eval Pyrolysis for Studying the Source Potential of the Sembar Formation in the Southern Lower Indus Basin, Pakistan as principal investigator.
3 Dr. Muhsan Ehsan received a project 9474/Punjab/NRPU/R&D/HEC/2017 under NRPU-HEC program with the title “Evaluation of groundwater system and explore recharge zone of depleting aquifer at Quetta valley” and it’s worth is Rs.4210702/- as co-principal investigator.

PHD , MS and BS Students

S/NO. Year Theses Title Degree Name
1 2024 Seismic driven thin reservoir facie classification using advanced machine learning algorithms: A research on Lower Ranikot Sandstone Reservoir, Kirthar Foldbelt, Lower Indus Basin, Pakistan PhD Umar Manzoor
2 2024 Geochemical analysis and source rock evaluation of Paleocene Ranikot Formation of Kirthar Fold Belt, Lower Indus Basin, Pakistan MS Malik Noman Ashraaf
3 2023 Comparative analysis of sedimentological characteristics of the Lockhart Limestone in Upper Indus Basin and Hazara Basin, Pakistan MS Hasnain Ibrahim
4 2023 Geochemical Analysis and Source Rock Evaluation of Paleocene Formations in Kohat Sub-Basin, Pakistan MS Mehboob Ul Haq Abbasi
5 2023 Impact of small dam construction on groundwater potential and quality assessment of Muzaffarabad area of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan MS Syed Qadeer Hussain Shah Bukhari
6 2023 3D Seismic Interpretation, Petrophysics And Machine Learning-Based Quantitative Interpretation Of Gambat Latif Block Middle Indus Basin, Pakistan MS Saman Fatima
7 2023 Geophysical Characterization & Machine Learning-Based Quantitative Interpretation of Lower-Goru Formation of Kadanwari Block, Middle Indus Basin Pakistan MS Amber Latif
8 2022 Porosity Distribution and Differentiation Of Different Types Of Fluids In Reservoir Of Panjpir Field, Central Indus Basin, Pakistan MS Muhammad Hashim Ali
9 2022 Unconventional reservoir characterization by utilizing seismic and well data: a case study from the Talhar Shale, Southern Indus Basin, Pakistan MS Aman Ullah
10 2021 The role of the salt tectonic for petroleum system development in Eastern Potwar Sub-Basin, Pakistan MS Shahzad Hussain
11 2021 Evaluation of hydrocarbon potential and Geocellular Modeling of Minwal-Joyamair Fields, Upper Indus Basin, Pakistan MS Muhammad Ali Umair Latif
12 2021 Integrated reservoirs simulation study and subsurface fracture networking analysis in carbonate reservoirs: Potwar Plateau, Pakistan MS Raja Waqas Munir
13 2021 Hydrocarbon Potential of Ghazij Formation, North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan MS Muhammad Abid Ullah
14 2021 Estimating the total volume of running water body: a case study of Peshawar Basin, Pakistan MS Naveed Ahmad
15 2021 Comparison of Surface and Subsurface Reservoir (Sakesar Limestone) Properties: A Case Study from Fimkassar Oil Field, Pakistan MS Gohar Hammayun Khan Raja
16 2021 Petrophysical Analysis and Petrographic Studies of Tobra Formation, Potwar Sub Basin, Pakistan MS Afifa Tassaduq
17 2020 2D Structural Interpretation and Seismic attribute analysis of Sawan area, Lower Indus Basin, Pakistan MS Muhammad Nasar Iqbal
18 2020 Hydrogeological studies and groundwater chemistry of selected areas of district Haripur, Khyber Pukhtunkhawa, Pakistan MS Atif Mehmood
19 2020 Groundwater Mapping and Budgeting of Site Industrial Area, District West, Karachi, Pakistan MS Asrar Hussain
20 2020 GIS based landslide susceptibility mapping along the national highway (N 15), Pakistan MS Saeed ur Rehman
21 2020 Multiattribute Inversion and AVO Analysis for Reservoir Characterization of Gambat and Latif block, Southern Indus Basin, Pakistan MS Alma Rasool
22 2020 Integrated study for reservoir characterization using geophysical methods for Mehar Block Lower Indus Basin Pakistan MS Abdul Moiz
23 2019 Integration of Well Logs with Geochemical Data to Evaluate Source Rock: A Case Study from The Talhar Shale, Southern Indus Basin, Pakistan MS Humayun Khalil Khan
24 2019 Estimation of source rock potential of the Sembar Formation by integration of well logs and well cuttings data in the Southern Indus Basin, Pakistan MS Haroon Aziz
25 2019 Seismic Structural Interpretation and Reservoir Characterization of Sawan gas Field, Lower Indus Basin, Pakistan MS Muhammad Arslan Shakeel Toor
26 2019 2D Seismic and Petrophysical Analysis of Ghauspur Area, Central Indus Basin, Pakistan BS Hassan Abbas,

Mansoor Aziz Qureshi,

Muhammad Ghalib Wasee

27 2018 2D Seismic Interpretation and Petrophysical Analysis of Badin Area, Lower Indus Basin, Pakistan BS Sadaqat Ali,

Faheem Hussain, and

Syed Hassan Haider

28 2018 2D Seismic Interpretation and Petrophysical Analysis of Sanghar Area, Lower Indus Basin, Pakistan BS Ali Khan,

Ghuzanfar Ali, and

Saad Akram Shami

29 2018 2D Seismic Interpretation, Velocity Modeling, Rock Physics and Petrophysical Analysis of Bijnot-1 Fort Abass Area, Central Punjab, Pakistan BS Ahsan Saeed Khan Jadoon, and

Shanza Babar