Riyadh · Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

ASBAR Geosciences

Geoscience consulting and field services for the Kingdom’s mining, water and construction sectors — exploration, surveys, drilling and well logging, groundwater and geothermal studies.

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ASBAR is a Saudi geoscience consultancy. Our teams carry out surveys, drilling, logging and sampling in the field, analyse the results and report them to clients in the Kingdom’s mining, water and construction sectors.

Services

Service 01 / 07Layer · Target zones

Mineral Exploration

Exploration programmes and fieldwork for licence holders, from targeting and mapping to trenching, sampling and drilling.

  • Target generation and mineral-system modelling
  • Geological mapping and quartz-vein tracing
  • Trenching, soil geochemistry and QA/QC
  • Daily field reporting to the licence holder
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Service 02 / 07Layer · Survey lines

Surveys & GIS

Ground geophysical surveys, including induced polarisation, and geomatic surveying licensed by GEOSA, with GIS mapping and analysis.

  • Magnetic, VLF, electrical and electromagnetic surveys
  • Induced polarisation (IP) and resistivity surveys
  • Licensed geomatic surveying, aerial mapping and lidar
  • Geodatabases, cartography and spatial analysis
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Service 03 / 07Layer · Borehole strip logs

Drilling & Well Logging

Core, DTH and water-well drilling with ASBAR’s own rigs, and logging, imaging and integrity testing of boreholes and wells.

  • Diamond-core and DTH drilling with our own rigs
  • Water wells, piezometers and monitoring wells
  • OPTV and ATV televiewer imaging of boreholes
  • CBL/CCL integrity and flowmeter logging
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Service 04 / 07Layer · Water table

Groundwater

Groundwater and geothermal hydrogeology, water-well condition surveys, well testing and monitoring networks.

  • Aquifer assessment, including alluvial aquifers
  • Water-well condition surveys
  • Pumping, injection, airlift and slug tests
  • Geothermal hydrogeology and monitoring networks
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Service 05 / 07Layer · Sampling grid

Testing & Analysis

Field sampling by ASBAR, with laboratory and radiological analysis delivered by the Technology Experts group.

  • Sampling of water, soil, rock and sludge
  • Geochemistry and water quality in the group’s laboratories
  • Radiological analysis and NORM work by the group
  • Spectral-gamma surveys and radiological risk assessment
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Service 06 / 07Layer · Site rehabilitation

Environment & Rehabilitation

Environmental studies and rehabilitation for mining and industry, delivered with the Technology Experts group.

  • Environmental permit applications and impact assessment
  • Environmental audits and management plans
  • Rehabilitation plans for degraded sites
  • Contaminated-soil treatment
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Service 07 / 07Layer · Reading the map

Training

Specialist programmes in geology and mining, delivered with international partners.

  • Field geology and geological mapping
  • Geophysical methods, acquisition to interpretation
  • Geophysical well logging and borehole imaging
  • Remote sensing, GNSS and GIS
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Field operations

Logging units, survey crews and the company’s own drilling rigs, run by ASBAR’s field teams across the Kingdom.

  • Operator running a logging probe into a well beside the logging unit
    Wireline logging at a water well
  • Surveyor carrying a GNSS receiver across the desert
    GNSS traverse, open desert
  • Drilling rig with blue well casing laid out on site
    Monitoring-well construction

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Projects across the Kingdom

Selected projects for government bodies, mining and construction companies and international agencies, from Tabuk and AlUla to Riyadh, Najran and the gold belts of the Arabian Shield, with the wider track record of the Technology Experts group.

Arabian Shield AlUlaAl JoufAl JalamidWa’ad Al ShamalDhahranRiyadhAl Majma’ahMahd Ad DahabTabukHa’ilDawadmiAbhaNajran

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Selected clients

Government bodies and water utilities, mining companies, international agencies and contractors. BRGM, the French geological survey, is both a client and a partner under cooperation agreements.

  • Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture
  • Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources
  • Saudi Geological Survey
  • National Water Company
  • Ma’aden
  • Ma’aden Gold and Base Metals
  • Gold & Minerals Co.
  • BRGM, client and partner
  • Arabian Castles for General Contracting

Enquiries about surveys, wells and studies

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