A lecturer/Research team from the University of Basrah published a paper indexed at Scopus/Web of Science database.

Dr. Zainab Munther Abdulwahhab and Dr. Mohanad H. Al-Jaberi published a paper entitled Microfacies and Depositional Analysis of Mauddud Formation in Selected Wells at Three Oilfields -Southern Iraq in the Advance in science, Technology and Innovation, which is indexed in Scopus Q1 database. the study aims to 41 core samples and one hundred fifty thin sections were studded in Mauddud Formation in Ratawi, oilfield, southern Iraq. The mineralogy of this formation is limestone and dolomite. The microfacies analysis, including mudstone, wackestone, packstone, grainstone, and dolostone. These facies are indicated to be shallow restricted, lagoon, shoal, open marine, and mid-ramp environments.