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Jonathan Craig

Jonathan Craig

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Earth Science

D-Index
31
Citations
3744
World Ranking
8944
National Ranking
368

Overview

Jonathan Craig is affiliated with Eni in Italy, contributing to research primarily in the fields of Engineering, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Environmental Science. Their work spans across several subfields, including Ocean Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Global and Planetary Change, and Analytical Chemistry.

Craig has contributed actively to topics such as Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Global Energy and Sustainability Research, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Petroleum Processing and Analysis, Marine and Offshore Engineering Studies, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, and Evolution and Paleontology Studies.

The scientist has published research in a variety of reputable venues, with notable frequency in EPJ Web of Conferences, arXiv (Cornell University), Renewable Energy, AAPG Bulletin, and Journal of Asian Earth Sciences.

Several frequent coauthors have collaborated with Jonathan Craig, including Bindra Thusu, Mehrshad Gholami Anjiraki, Ali Khosronejad, G. M. Bhat, and Mustafa Meriç Aksen.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Craig include:

  • "Source potential and reservoir characterization of the Cambay Shale, Cambay Basin, India: Implications for tight gas and tight oil resource development" (2020, AAPG Bulletin)
  • "Large eddy simulation of a utility-scale horizontal axis turbine with woody debris accumulation under live bed conditions" (2024, Renewable Energy)
  • "An assessment of the source potential and reservoir characterization for tight gas exploration in the Subathu Formation shale, Himalayan Foreland Basin, Northwestern India" (2022, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences)
  • "The oil & gas upstream cycle: Exploration activity" (2020, EPJ Web of Conferences)
  • "TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHIC EVOLUTION AND HYDROCARBON PROSPECTIVITY SOUTH OF GWADAR BAY, MAKRAN ACCRETIONARY WEDGE, OFFSHORE SW PAKISTAN" (2022, Journal of Petroleum Geology)

Craig's research reflects an emphasis on hydrocarbon exploration, reservoir characterization, and sustainability in energy studies. Their work on energy systems and environmental dynamics integrates engineering principles with geological and environmental sciences. The contributions to ocean engineering and offshore studies demonstrate engagement with the interface of mechanical and environmental challenges in marine contexts.

Best Publications

  • Lower Silurian `hot shales' in North Africa and Arabia: regional distribution and depositional model

    S Lüning;J Craig;D.K Loydell;P Štorch

  • Calibrating the Late Ordovician glaciation and mass extinction by the eccentricity cycles of Earth's orbit

    Owen E. Sutcliffe;Julian A. Dowdeswell;Robert J. Whittington;Johannes N. Theron

  • Ancient glaciations and hydrocarbon accumulations in North Africa and the Middle East

    Daniel Paul Le Heron;Jonathan Craig;James L. Etienne

  • First-order reconstructions of a Late Ordovician Saharan ice sheet

    D.P. Le Heron;J. Craig

  • The palaeobiology and geochemistry of Precambrian hydrocarbon source rocks

    J. Craig;U. Biffi;R.F. Galimberti;K.A.R. Ghori

  • The origins of glacially related soft-sediment deformation structures in Upper Ordovician glaciogenic rocks: implication for ice-sheet dynamics

    D.P. Le Heron;O.E. Sutcliffe;R.J. Whittington;J. Craig

  • Global Neoproterozoic petroleum systems: The emerging potential in North Africa

    Jonathan Craig;Juergen Thurow;Bindra Thusu;Andy Whitham

  • The Tectonic and Climatic Evolution of the Arabian Sea Region

    P. D. Clift;D. Kroon;C. Gaedicke;J. Craig

  • Sedimentary architecture of Upper Ordovician tunnel valleys, Gargaf Arch, Libya: Implications for the genesis of a hydrocarbon reservoir

    Daniel Le Heron;Owen Sutcliffe;Khalid Bourgig;Jonathan Craig

  • Hot springs and the geothermal energy potential of Jammu & Kashmir State, N.W. Himalaya, India

    J. Craig;A. Absar;G. Bhat;G. Cadel

  • The structure, stratigraphy and petroleum geology of the Murzuq Basin, Southwest Libya

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  • Marine and Petroleum Geology

    O. Catuneanu;G. Abbott;I. S. Al Aasm;D. Alessi

  • Petroleum systems and hydrocarbon potential of the North-West Himalaya of India and Pakistan

    J. Craig;N. Hakhoo;G.M. Bhat;M. Hafiz

  • Re-evaluation of the petroleum potential of the Kufra Basin (SE Libya, ne Chad): does the source rock barrier fall?

    Sebastian Lüning;Jonathan Craig;Bill Fitches;Juma Mayouf

  • The development of an atypical Hirnantia-brachiopod Fauna and the onset of glaciation in the late Ordovician of Gondwana

    Owen E. Sutcliffe;David A. T. Harper;Abdallah Aït Salem;Robert J. Whittington

  • Reconstruction of the original organic richness in weathered Silurian shale outcrops (Murzuq and Kufra basins, southern Libya)

    Sebastian Lüning;Sadat Kolonic;David K. Loydell;Jonathan Craig

  • Identification and preservation of landforms diagnostic of past ice-sheet activity on continental shelves from three-dimensional seismic evidence

    Julian A. Dowdeswell;Dag Ottesen;Leif Rise;Jonathan Craig

  • Late Ordovician glaciogenic reservoir heterogeneity: An example from the Murzuq Basin, Libya

    Daniel Paul Le Heron;Jonathan Craig;Owen E. Sutcliffe;Robert Whittington

  • From global geology to hydrocarbon exploration: Ediacaran–Early Cambrian petroleum plays of India, Pakistan and Oman

    Andrea Cozzi;Giuseppe Rea;Jonathan Craig

  • Geology and hydrocarbon potential of Neoproterozoic–Cambrian Basins in Asia: an introduction

    G. M. Bhat;J. Craig;M. Hafiz;N. Hakhoo

  • The history of the European oil and gas industry (1600s-2000s)

    Jonathan Craig;Francesco Gerali;Francesco Gerali;Fiona MacAulay;Rasoul Sorkhabi

  • Keeping warm: a review of deep geothermal potential of the UK:

    JG Gluyas;CA Adams;JP Busby;J Craig

  • Glaciogenic reservoirs and hydrocarbon systems: an introduction

    M. Huuse;D.P. Le Heron;R. Dixon;J. Redfern

Frequent Co-Authors

David K. Loydell
David K. Loydell University of Portsmouth
Daniel Paul Le Heron
Daniel Paul Le Heron University of Vienna
Julian A. Dowdeswell
Julian A. Dowdeswell University of Cambridge
Dick Kroon
Dick Kroon University of Edinburgh
Mads Huuse
Mads Huuse University of Manchester
Peter D. Clift
Peter D. Clift University College London
Adolf Seilacher
Adolf Seilacher Yale University
Dag Ottesen
Dag Ottesen Geological Survey of Norway
David A. T. Harper
David A. T. Harper Durham University
John R. Underhill
John R. Underhill University of Aberdeen

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