The British University in Egypt (BUE) is celebrating the publication of the 1st glossary in the Arab world and the Middle East for petroleum rocks, economic ore minerals, future petroleum sites and gold mines in Egypt. The glossary was prepared by Dr. Mostafa Mahmoud Soliman, Professor of Geology, Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering at BUE.
This English-language glossary serves as a guide and reference for workers in all concerned sectors, including field and laboratory images that help the country and researchers in new discoveries.
Dr. Soliman began work on the preparation of this glossary and the museum at BUE for more than 10 years.
The museum houses more than 3000 different rocks and mineral specimens, as well as 1500 thin rock slats, representing all types of rocks and economic minerals found in all Egyptian deserts.
On his part, Mohamed Farid Khamis, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of BUE, dedicated the glossary to President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and all concerned ministries, stressing on BUE‘s keenness to encourage science and scientists as the only way to achieve the desired boom.
On the other hand, Dr. Soliman explained that this glossary will benefit the state in the field of oil, gas and mineral wealth, as well as it is considered a reference for everyone working in this area.
He explained that petroleum is extracted from rocks called “source rocks” and stored in rocks called by specialists “reservoir rocks” and preserved by “caprock”. Hence, any prospector for petroleum must know the nature and qualities of these rocks and how to search for them.
Moreover, the geology professor pointed out that this glossary deals with the Egyptian economic raw materials that are likely to be found during the search process and exploration of oil and drilling wells.
“While drilling for oil, precious raw materials might be found like potassium, which was discovered in the south of Gebel El Zeit and Umm Najjar on the west bank of the Gulf of Suez In 1983,” he noted. “This glossary also includes the types of Egyptian rocks and their mineral ores in pictures with a full explanation of them in addition to their location, as well as oil rocks or the so-called oil shale, which is the future source of oil, and found in large amounts in Galala mountain. ''
Soliman also added that the glossary contains an explanation of all limestone types in Egypt, especially white limestone; it also answers questions such as: Why did the ancient Egyptians build the largest pyramids on a rocky plateau in Giza, noting that Giza and Fayoum is one of the seismic zones, which are witnessing an earthquake nearly every 27 years, yet the Great Pyramids are not affected by these earthquakes.
It is worth mentioning that Dr. Soliman was awarded the State Prize in Science in 1981 and the Order of Science and Arts of the First Class in 1982 and is a member of the Egypt Encyclopedia of Eminent Personalities.
Contributed by Nada Mustafa
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