Al Rostaq Environmental Services (ARES)
CR: 1335147
ARES, an Omani consulting company, is providing Geological, Hydrological, Hydrogeological and Environmental consultancy services. ARES started the consultancy services in 2019 with a mission to provide highly professional services in the academic, public and private sectors of Oman. ARES is currently registered with Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) to provide a complete range of geological, hydrogeological and environmental consultancy services to a wide range of technical projects throughout Oman. It is also intended to register the company both with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources as well as the Environment Authority.
ARES Services
ARES technical staff members have in-depth knowledge of Oman's geology, hydrology, and hydrogeology as well as environmental regulations of Oman. ARES provides:
- Geological services
- Hydrological services
- Hydrogeological services, and
- Environmental services (soil & water)
ARES services include
• Database Management: Development of MS Access structured environmental, hydrological and hydrogeological database
• Analysis and interpretation of hydrogeological data: QA/QC of the data, prepare maps and cross sections
• Surface water and groundwater monitoring: designing of monitoring network, monitoring and sampling of surface water and groundwater systems
• Regional and local hydrogeological studies
o Electrical resistivity survey
o Supervision of drilling for water wells
o Aquifer (pump) test
o Borehole geophysical logging
- Gamma Ray, Self-Potential, Single Point Resistance
- Short Normal Resistivity and Long Normal Resistivity (in 8, 16, 24 and 48 inches holes)
o Interpretation of wireline geophysical logs
o Designing water supply and water disposal well fields
o Cross flow potential between aquifers
o Potential groundwater supply and disposal sites
o Hydrogeological and hydrogeochemical assessment
• Conceptual hydro(geological) models
• Water balance studies
• Surface water and groundwater vulnerability
• Groundwater flow and contaminant transport modelling using modflow+MT3D/RT3D and feflow
• Wellhead protection areas
• Hydrological studies (e.g. flood estimates)
• Contaminated site assessment, clean-up and remediation
• Impact of landfill leachate on the soil, surface water and underlying aquifers
• Aquifer storage and recovery (managed aquifer recharge)
• Technical training courses
• Recycling of plastic bottles, glass containers and papers
In-Country Value
ARES is fully committed to contribute to ICV in all projects and encourage national employment and enhancing the technical skills of Omani staff. ARES has more than 65 percent of Omanisation and endeavors to include and train young Omanis in all the projects.
Team
ARES has a highly professional team.
Team Members
Mohamed Al Lamki
Senior Hydrogeologist
Mohamed Al Lamki Graduated from University College London with an MSc. In Hydrogeology is an experienced Hydrogeologist/Geologist who worked for more than 35 years in the field of Hydrogeology, Geology and Environment. During his tenure he was involved in strategic planning, management, execution and monitoring of various Hydrogeological projects in Petroleum Development Oman (The engine of Oman’s economy). He led a team of Hydrogeologists and Engineers for more than 2 decades. His expertise centres on Hydrogeology basin analysis, exploration, investigation and monitoring. His interaction with oil industry broadened his knowledge of Economics and always imprinted on him the need to work within budget and deliver projects on time. His major task was to explore for, extract water and supply it in a responsible manner, thus ensuring that such important renewable resource was not wasted unnecessarily, especially in an arid environment. Hydrogeology management is never complete without exposure to environmental issues. During his tenure with PDO there were many environmental issues which had to be dealt with. He rose to the challenge and performed satisfactorily even under emergency oil spill conditions which were many during his long and satisfactory career.
Dawood Shahid Muhammad
Senior Hydrologist
Senior Hydrologist with over 32 years of experience in groundwater resource management. Areas of expertise include database management, hydrological, hydrogeological and geochemical assessment, source water protection, groundwater flow and contaminant transport modelling and development of groundwater related policies. Dawood has vast working experience in various hydrogeological conditions; conducted projects in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Canada. Teaching and delivering training courses at international level under the IHE-UNESCO program as well as university level undergraduate/graduate courses. The main areas of interest are conceptual site models, flood risk assessment, well/aquifer vulnerability, water balance, groundwater modelling and peer review of hydrological reports.
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