Omar Mohammed Shegewi
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Omar Mohammed Shegewi was a distinguished U.S. educated Libyan petroleum geologist
. Omar is best known for his work on the Onshore & Offshore Basins of Northeast Libya and The Paleozoic Sandstones of the Rub Al Khali Basin.
Shegewi's seven years of collective efforts and work on the northeastern basins of Libya provided a comprehensive database of more than 3000 kilometres (1,864.1 mi) of seismic lines, gravity and magnetic data, well logs, and surface geology data. This data was utilized to examine and interpret the sedimentary and tectonic history of the onshore
and offshore parts of northeast Libya and their hydrocarbon
potential, which is considered to be amongst the highest in the region. This immense project was supervised by veteran consultant geologist William Kanes (USA), Kanes is among the first American geologists who worked in Libya during the era of oil-discovery in the 1950s and 1960s. Much of Shegewi's data is used by oil corporations, consultancies and individuals world-wide and is available from multiple online sources.
In 1992 and under the employment of Agip
/Eni
oil, Shegewi returned to Libya to begin what would have been the last stage of his work, discovering the oil. In 1993, he died due to illness. Nearly 12 years after his death (in 2004) at the opening of the National Conference on the Geology of East Libya (held in Benghazi), his work was presented to the public as the opening segment of the conference by his supervisor William Kanes.
He married Kheiria A. El-Figi, a medical microbiologist and immunologist, and had four children. His father was Mohammed Shegewi
. His paternal grandparents were resistance leader Omar Shegewi
and Zuhra Ramdan Agha Al-Awji
.
Petroleum geology
Petroleum geology refers to the specific set of geological disciplines that are applied to the search for hydrocarbons .-Sedimentary basin analysis:...
. Omar is best known for his work on the Onshore & Offshore Basins of Northeast Libya and The Paleozoic Sandstones of the Rub Al Khali Basin.
Shegewi's seven years of collective efforts and work on the northeastern basins of Libya provided a comprehensive database of more than 3000 kilometres (1,864.1 mi) of seismic lines, gravity and magnetic data, well logs, and surface geology data. This data was utilized to examine and interpret the sedimentary and tectonic history of the onshore
Onshore
Onshore is a term used in finance to denote the jurisdiction in which a company is domiciled and in which it pays a significant rate of tax. It is the opposite of offshore, which denotes a tax haven...
and offshore parts of northeast Libya and their hydrocarbon
Hydrocarbon
In organic chemistry, a hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon. Hydrocarbons from which one hydrogen atom has been removed are functional groups, called hydrocarbyls....
potential, which is considered to be amongst the highest in the region. This immense project was supervised by veteran consultant geologist William Kanes (USA), Kanes is among the first American geologists who worked in Libya during the era of oil-discovery in the 1950s and 1960s. Much of Shegewi's data is used by oil corporations, consultancies and individuals world-wide and is available from multiple online sources.
In 1992 and under the employment of Agip
Agip
Agip is an Italian automotive gasoline and diesel retailer established in 1926. It is a subsidiary of the multinational petroleum company Eni.In 2003, Eni S.p.A...
/Eni
Eni
Eni S.p.A. is an Italian multinational oil and gas company, present in 70 countries, and currently Italy's largest industrial company with a market capitalization of 87.7 billion euros , as of July 24, 2008...
oil, Shegewi returned to Libya to begin what would have been the last stage of his work, discovering the oil. In 1993, he died due to illness. Nearly 12 years after his death (in 2004) at the opening of the National Conference on the Geology of East Libya (held in Benghazi), his work was presented to the public as the opening segment of the conference by his supervisor William Kanes.
He married Kheiria A. El-Figi, a medical microbiologist and immunologist, and had four children. His father was Mohammed Shegewi
Mohammed Shegewi
Mohammed Shegewi or Sheghewi was amongst the first Libyan high-school graduates and an educator at the 'Madrasa Al-Islamiya Al-Alia' of Old Tripoli...
. His paternal grandparents were resistance leader Omar Shegewi
Omar Shegewi
Omar Shegewi or Sheghewi was a Libyan resistance leader who fought against Italian colonization. Shegewi came from the town of Hun in central Libya...
and Zuhra Ramdan Agha Al-Awji
Zuhra Ramdan Agha Al-Awji
Zuhra Ramdan Agha Al-Awji or "Al-Khowja" originated from Turkey and was of the Turkish people. She was married to Libyan Muslim resistance leader Omar Shegewi and had three children Mohammed Shegewi, Hassan Shegewi and Idris Shegewi....
.
Education
- Bachelor of Science, Al Fateh UniversityAl Fateh UniversityUniversity of Tripoli , formerly known as the Al Fateh University, is the largest and most important institute of higher education in Libya, providing undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate levels of study. It is located in the capital Tripoli...
, Tripoli - Libya (1977) - Master of Science, Emory UniversityEmory UniversityEmory University is a private research university in metropolitan Atlanta, located in the Druid Hills section of unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The university was founded as Emory College in 1836 in Oxford, Georgia by a small group of Methodists and was named in honor of...
, Atlanta - Georgia (1985) - Doctor of Philosophy/Post Doctoral degrees, University of South CarolinaUniversity of South CarolinaThe University of South Carolina is a public, co-educational research university located in Columbia, South Carolina, United States, with 7 surrounding satellite campuses. Its historic campus covers over in downtown Columbia not far from the South Carolina State House...
, Columbia - South Carolina (1992)