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The first website in Azerbaijan, created in 1995

Address:

H.Javid Av., 29A, Baku AZ1143, Azerbaijan

Phone: (994 12) 5372287
Fax:

(994 12) 5372285

E-mail:

gia@azdata.net

Director:

Ali-Zadeh Akif Aga Mehdi
Doctor in geological-mineralogical sciences, academician of ANAS
Tel.: (994 12) 5105620  Fax: (994 12) 537 22 85  Email: gia@azdata.net

Deputy directors:

Guliyev Ibrahim Said
Scientific deputy director, doctor in geological-mineralogical sciences, academician of ANAS
Tel.: (994 12) 53702284  Fax: (994 12) 537 22 85  Email: gia@azdata.net

Sadikhov Nazim Magerram
General matters Deputy Director
Tel.: (994 12) 5393440

 
Scientific secretary:

Matanov Fikret Ahmed 
Doctor in geological-mineralogical sciences
Tel.: (994 12)
5372334  Email: gia@azdata.net

Main area of activity of organization:

Study of the evolution of sedimentary basins and the formation of hydrocarbons at great depths. Study of catastrophic processes of natural and anthropogenic origin, prediction of geological hazards and the establishment of monitoring systems. Development of scientific basis for environmental management, environmental evolution and research on the development of a new approach methodology for solving problems of analysis of oil and gas fields development.

 

Main scientific achievements made over the last five years:

On the basis of 3h-dimensional modeling evolution of thermal conditions, oil and gas formation sites in space and time was reproduced; reservoir characteristics and phase state of fluids were estimated. The features of various forms of hydrocarbon migration, covering the whole cycle of their ontogenesis in relation to the geological conditions of the South Caspian basin (SCB) were considered.

Spatial nonuniformity of conditions of hydrocarbon migration from source rocks was established, the presence of power sites of structures by hydrocarbons of underlying sediments was revealed, range of subvertical migration of oil and gas was estimated, the processes of reformation and destruction of oil and gas deposits were studied.

The new method and software package "REZAYR" were prepared.  Geothermal energy resources of the Pliocene-Quaternary deposits of Azerbaijan depression zones were estimated. New data on deformation processes was obtained by GPS monitoring and geodynamic studies.

As a result of microtremor measurements with using seismic system GURALP the distribution of resonance frequencies, gain factor for soil, point increment for major earthquake was determined.

Established geotechnological base allows to simulate the leaching processes of gold and associated with it elements from the ore in place of their occurrence.

The database on mud volcanoes of the world for compiling the catalogue is being prepared.

Brief information on the organization's history:

In 1926 the Research and Study Society of Azerbaijan (investigations in a filed of geology and geophysics) was established.

In 1932 Azerbaijan subdivision of Transcaucasian branch of Academy of sciences of USSR (AzSTBAS) (study of natural resources of Azerbaijan) was established on the basis of this society.

In 1935 AzSTBAS was reorganized to Azerbaijani branch of Academy of Sciences of USSR (ABAS USSR) with a number of institutions, including geology sector. 

In 1938 the geology sector was reformed into an independent research institution – Geology Institute

Total number of employees: 600
Information about structural units of the organization:

Department of oil and gas geology and geochemistry

Department of oil and gas geology and geophysics

Department of mud volcanism

Department of genesis and oil-gas fields formation

Department of basin modeling and geotechnologies

Department of well drilling technology

Department of tectonophysics and geomechanics

Department of hydrogasdynamics of layer

Department of development of oil and gas deposits

Department of gas-condensate fields development

Department of technology of oil and gas production

Department of physics and chemistry of strata

Department of methods of increase of oil recovery beds

Department of oil-gas-mining geology and geophysics

Department of petrology

Department of metallogeny

Cabinet of mineralogy and geochemistry

Department of paleontology and stratigraphy

Department of hydrogeology and engineering geology

Department of ecogeology

Department of petrophysics

Department of geomagnetism

Department of gamma-spectrometry of the geologic environment

Department of geodynamics and seismology

National Information Center in department status

Department of history of geological-geophysical sciences

Department of innovative projects coordination

Centre of common use of the analytical devices and equipment

Department of scientific-metric analysis and intellectual property protection

Department of Public Relations

Doctors of Sciences