Dr.
Shaker established G.A.S. in the year to focus on evaluating
the implication of geopressure compartmentalization, seal integrity
and salt-sediment interaction on leads and prospects on the Shelf
and in Deep Water of the Gulf of Mexico. Pre and Post drilling risk
assessment of a prospect is his specialty. As a pioneering geoscientist,
his recent interest is building the geological foundation for pore
pressure prediction.
He has been the first to recognize:
- Geopressure
transgression and regression due compartmentalization
- The disparity
between predicted pore pressure and measured pore pressure.
- Supra
and subsalt geopressure models
- Pitfalls of converting PP from psi
to ppg mwe in reservoir rocks
- The qualification of centroid
phenomenon in the subsurface geopressure.
- His new method of NCT (normal
compaction trend) calculation will eliminate a serious mistakes and
mishandling of pore pressure prediction modeling.
- Velocity crossover
due geopressure and AVO assessments
He is an active member of
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), Society of Exploration
Geophysicists (SEG), Houston Geological Society (HGS), Geophysical
Society of Houston (GSH), Geological Modeling Society of Houston (GMSH),
and American Association of Drilling Engineers (AADE).
Dr. Shaker
is the Co-Chair of the AAPG Deep Water Workshop
He has published
numerous papers and articles regarding pore pressure predictions and
the impact of geological settings on subsurface geopressure profile
and risk assessments (see publications)
