Petroleum Geology of India: Exploration, Prospect Generation, Drilling, Evaluation and Assessment
by Rao, G N
ISBN: 9789354617058
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Imprint : Daya Publishing House
Year : 2023
Price : Rs. 28295.00
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Author Profile
Dr. G.N. Rao was born in Vizianagaram on 17th April 1953 and graduated in Geology from the Maharajah’s College. He obtained his Masters in Applied Geology from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam in 1975 with first rank. He joined in Oil and Natural Gas Commission in 1976 as Geologist. He served in the organization for more than 34 years in different capacities which made him obtain experience in oil Exploration and Development right from basic geological data collection in an exploratory well to generation of a drillable prospect. His experience started in Assam and in Bengal Mahanadi, Krishna Godavari and Cauvery Basins. He obtained M.Tech., in Petroleum Exploration from IIT (ISM) in 1984. He was the person for complete understanding the Basin analysis of Krishna Godavari Basin which also made him to devise the Litho-startigraphic nomenclature of the Basin. He worked in foreign basin wing in the KDMIPE and also obtained experience in technical Docket preparation for offered exploration Blocks by the Government. He obtained Doctorate on the Sub-surface Geology of the Krishna-Godavari Basin from the Andhra University in 1994. He was awarded Energy award by The Geological Society of India in 2001and published paper award by ONGC. He was trained in the Asian Institute of Management in Manila and in the operation of mud-logging unit of M/s Geoservices in France. He worked also as Country Manager of ONGC-Videsh Limited in Libya to take care of exploratory activity. He worked as General Manager (Exploration and Production) in Star Oil Company in Sudan. Later he was consultant for the National Oil Company of Angola to make plan and monitor the Brown fields of the nation. Presently on professional front he is teaching for post graduate students in Petroleum Exploration as Honorary Professor and guest Lecturer in Andhra University, Aditya College and JNTU, Kakinada. He is also Board of Studies Member for Petroleum Engineering in Aditya College (Autonomous). His Technical publications are about 25 in different national and International Journals, which includes one in AAPG about KG Basin.
About The Book
The book on Petroleum Geology of India an attempt of its kind, to be useful for postgraduate students of Science (Geology and Geophysics) and graduate students of Engineering and Technology studying the courses in petroleum science and technology in various Institutions. It is also useful to geoscientists, engineers and technologists working in the oil industries dealing with exploration, production. The book provides information on petroleum exploration processes involved in petroleum generation, migration and accumulation in sedimentary basins, maturation of source rocks, and evaluation of their genetic potential. It deals with the principles and applications of sub-surface geological, geochemical, and geophysical including both surface and logging methods and also drilling technologies for both hydrocarbon exploration and production prospecting of hydrocarbons for prioritising targets for further exploration. In addition to basic principles, the book deals with the occurrence and distribution of petroleum in all sedimentary basins of India with reference to categorization based on their present potential. It also deals with principles of reservoir engineering for optimal and safe oil and gas production based on reservoir characterizations following geological principles. It also elaborates knowledge based role in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) operations. Since oil and gas industry is more vulnerable to price scenario briefly it informs the nature of political up and downs related to oil sales. Though the oil exploration dates back in India dates more than one and of century it is difficult for students to have the attempts made in different sedimentary basins of India with all available statistical data at a place. It is the first attempt of that kind to provide the learners on the subject. In all subjects where ever possible case studies of Indian oil and gas fields are provided for better understanding. This also helps the geologists, geophysicist, engineers and technologists working in various oil companies engaged in hydrocarbon exploration and production to have fair inter-disciplinary knowledge on the subject.
Table of Contents
Foreword vii
Preface ix
1. Introduction 1
2. Sedimentary Environments-Basin Classification 15
3. Petroleum Generation and Expulsion 47
4. Hydrocarbons Entrapment and Petroleum System 71
5. Surface Geophysical Methods: Oil Exploration 91
6. Drilling Engineering 145
7. Well-Logging in Oil and Gas Exploration 197
8. Reservoir Engineering 249
9. Petroleum Economics: Development of Oil and Gas field 307
10. Petroliferous Basins of India 335
Category I
Upper Assam Basin 341
Assam Arakan Fold Belt 370
Cambay Basin 387
Cauvery Basin 427
Krishna Godavari Basin 461
Mumbai Offshore Basin 509
Rajasthan Basins 539
Category II
Andaman and Nicobar Basin 555
Kutch-Saurastra Basins 571
Mahanadi Basin 585
Category III
Bengal Basin 601
Vindhyan Basin 622
Kerala-Konkan Laccadive Basin 630
Himalayan Foreland Basins 642
Punjab Basin 657
Ganga Basin 662
Category IV
Pranhita – Godavari Basin 667
Palar–Pennar Basins 675
Purnea Basin 683
Satpura Basin 688
South Rewa Basin 694
Proterozoic Basins 699
References 703
Index 785