Homepage (North Africa Research Group - The University of Manchester)

NARG

The North Africa Research Group (NARG) conducts multi-disciplinary basin analysis research with a petroleum geoscience theme in Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Libya and Tunisia. The research includes projects with integrated sedimentology, geochemistry, seismic interpretation, petrophysics and reservoir engineering. The group involves collaboration between Manchester, Heriot-Watt, Cardiff and Bremen Universities, all of whom have an established record of petroleum geology research, supported by a group of international oil companies with the desire to promote research in this area.

Interested in sponsoring NARG research?

NARG is currently open to new sponsor companies. For information, see our flyer detailing our current research, facilities and staff (pdf link).

About us

The North Africa Research Group has dedicated facilities including seismic, petrophysical and engineering workstations, software and laboratory expertise to address basin and reservoir research problems. The project will make particular use of GIS systems to allow integration of databases.

News and events

Get the latest NARG news items or events and conferences information.

October 2009: Busy with fieldtrips, plus new publications (link)

Our Sponsors

The North Africa Research Group is sponsored by 9 leading oil companies in the North African zone.

NARG consultancy services

NARG Consulting offers proprietary fieldwork and consultancy reports to the oil industry.

NARG Fractured Hydrocarbon Reservoir Workshop (January 2010)

Thanks to all who attended and contributed to the fracture workshop which was a great success. A Geological Society special publication, based on the meeting entitled Advances in the study of fractured reservoirs, is being compiled with publication date set for 2012. The dealine for submission to the special publication is July 2010. If you are interested in contributing then please contact Dr Guy Spence (guy.spence@manchester.ac.uk).

This website will look much better in a web browser that supports web standards, but it is accessible to any browser or Internet device.

Welcome