Proceedings
of the First Conference and Exhibition on Strategic Challenges and Paradigm
Shift in Hydrocarbon Exploration With Special Reference to Frontier Basins : 28
and 29 September, 2002 Mussoorie, India/edited by S.N. Swamy and P.N. Kapoor. Dehra
Dun, Association of Petroleum Geologists, 2002, x, 516 p., figs., tables, (pbk).
ISBN 81-901729-0-5.
Contents: Vol. I. Structure, Tectonics and Sedimentation Himalayan Orogenic Belt and Foreland Areas Sequence Stratigraphy and Biostratigraphy: Preface. I. Theme lectures: 1. Hydrocarbon exploration in India during twenty first century - the road ahead/Y.B. Sinha. 2. Geological risks in exploration of proterozoic basins/S.N. Talukdar. 3. Looking beyond known frontiers of hydrocarbon exploration : an introspective/P.K. Chandra. II. Keynote Address: 4. Palaeogeographic evolution of India and its implications for hydrocarbon resources: a new approach/Ravi Shanker, Gopendra Kumar and P.K. Maithy. 5. Structural style of Narmada-Son Geofracture and its role in the evolution of Central Indian Gondwana Basins/S.K. Biswas and D. Sati. 6. Himalayan tectonic framework/Anshu K. Sinha. 7. Tectono-sedimentary evolution of Meso-neoproterozoic Vindhyan Basin, South Eastern Rajasthan/S.M. Casshyap, M. Raza, B.D. Bhardwaj and A. Khan. 8. Tectonics of the Himalayas and its bearing on the hydrocarbon potential of its concealed early tertiary Foreland Basin/S.K. Acharyya. 9. Balancing structural cross sections in fold-thrust belts: myths, facts and applications in the Himalayan Foreland/Dilip K. Mukhopadhyay. 10. Advances in sequence stratigraphic applications in pre-drill exploration/Bilal U. Haq. 11. Sequence and bio-chronostratigrapghic sub divisions of the cretaceous and cenozoic of India-with Notes on pre-cretaceous events: an overview/D.S.N. Raju, P. Ramesh, S.G.K. Mohan and S. Uppal. 12. Paradigm shift in E and D activities in India: geochemical perspectives/Kuldeep Chandra. 13. Reservoir management of ageing fields/Lakshman Singh. 14. Evaluating seal potential/John Kaldi. 15. Environmental issues: impact on exploration and production activities/William Harrison. 16. Deccan volcano--sedimentary sequences: their status in hydrocarbon exploration/Ashok Sahni. 17. Deep-water processes and turbidite facies models: a paradigm shift/G. Shanmugam. III. Invited Lectures: 18. Himalayan orogenic model and a strategy outline for hydrocarbon exploration/V. Raviverman. 19. Late proterozoic geotectonic events in the Western Himalaya and Western parts of the India shield and their significance/N.S. Virdi. 20. Thermal structure of Indian and its implications for energy resources: Both renewable and non-renewable/Ravi Shanker. IV. Structure, tectonics and sedimentation: 21. The paradox of Kopili Valley-recent advances/K. Sriram, Roopchand and S.M. Goel. 22. Genetic kinematics of inversion structures in proterozoic Vindhyan sequence and their role in possible petroleum migration and entrapment/Narendra K. Verma, Shishir K. Das, Bamdeo Tripathi and D.K. Pande. 23. Strati-structural anatomy of Jotana field, North Cambay Basin: a classic case of tide-dominated delta/H.L. Kak, S.C. Gawali, G.C. Deb, H.D. Suthar, V. Pratap, D. Kodandapani and V. Siva Rao. 24. Unconventional reservoirs in a trap derived rift fan system/C. Veeresalingam. 25. Evaluation of prospectivity of the Kopili formation in Eastern part of upper Assam Basin/Reba Devi and Y.S. Rathore. 26. Hydrocarbon prospect of the sub-thrust formations associated with the Naga thrust in and around Digboi Oil-field/S. Rath, R. Sharma and N.R. Hazarika. 27. Crustal structure of Kopili valley/S. Tiwari. 28. Geological setup of Sobhasan Pay Sands of Sobhasan complex: a case of lower Delta plain sandstone reservoirs/N.C. Das, N. Koza, C.P.S. Rawat, S.M. Karkare, P.S. Wakkar, Jai Nath Ram and H.L. Kak. 29. Structural interpretation of the Stord Basin, North Sea, Norway: a case study for transfer zones in extensional basin/A.K. Sarkar. 30. Depositional modeling of miocene reservoirs in KD structure, deepwaters of Krishna-Godavari Basin, India/A. Nallapa Reddy, K. Satyanarayana, K.V. Bhaktavatsala, K. Narasimha and M. Nagaraj. 31. Sedimentation mechanism and hydrocarbon prospects in Kuthalam and Kali fields of Cauvery Basin, India/K, Satyanarayana, B. Venkataraman and B. Bhaskaran. 32. Depositional environment and sequence stratigraphy of Neogene sediments for hydrocarbon exploration in Offshore Krishna-Godavari Basin, India/K. Satyanarayana, A. Nallapa Reddy, K.V. Bhaktavatsala, K. Narasimha and J.N. Rao. 33. Depositional model for mio-pliocene delta of Tripura area- an integrated approach/S. Mahanti, P.N. Kapoor, S.N. Swamy and A.K. Mathur. 34. A study of the lineament fabric of the Mikir Hills using satellite remote sensing data, on a GIS system, for inputs to exploration in the Dhansiri Valley, Assam, India/F. Dotiwala, A.K. Mullick, S. Dotiwala and D.S. Mitra. 35. Geology of Aloni-Kharkhari and contiguous area, Vindhyan Basin - a relook through integrated remote sensing and field studies/Rajeev Bhoj and James Peters. 36. Standard Microfacies (SMF) types of proterozoic carbonate Chandi formation, Raipur group, Chhattisgarh Supergroup: implication on its depositional environment/Rajeeva Guhey and Pradeep Thakur. 37. Exploration in lows for yet to find hydrocarbons - a study in the Ahmedabad block of Cambay Basin/G. Chakraborty, H.J. Singh, S. Misra, J. Joshi and A.D. Kararia. 38. Rollover structures and its importance in future exploration in the Northern Cambay Basin especially towards Eastern Margin, Cambay Basin, India/D.S. Ray, M. Singh, A.D. Kararia and S. Boruah. 39. Depositional model and exploration strategy of Nannilam Sands in Southern flank of Karaikal High, Cauvery Basin, India/S. Venkataramaiah, M.C. Das and K. Vijaygopal. 40. Porosity evolution through burial Diagenesis in Bassein limestone of Mumbai Offshore Basin, India/K.C. Das, James Peters, R.R. Sharma and S. Uppal. 41. Rift shoulders of tertiary Cambay Basin - a hidden Mesozoic prospect for hydrocarbon exploration/P.D. Thomas, S.K. Sahu and P.B. Pati. 42. An analysis of timing of structural deformation and geological significance of unconformities of Tripura-Cachar frontal fold belt/P.C. Goswami, K. Viswanath and P. Sangvai. 43. Depositional environment and petroleum habitat of cretaceous reservoirs in Southern Nagapattinam Sub Basin, Cauvery Basin, India/S. Prabhakaran and N. Ganesh. V. Himalayan Orogenic Belt and Foreland Areas: 44. Exploration in the eastern part of the thrust belt of Assam-Arakan Basin-present status and future/S. Rath. 45. Structure of North-west Himalaya, its implication on the development of hydrocarbon play systems in Himalayan foot hills belt/M.S. Rana and K.K.S. Pangtey. 46. Abnormal high pressure occurrences in the Himalayan foreland thrust fold belt in Northwest Himalayas of India/Rajesh Sharma. 47. Surface and subsurface stratigraphy, tectonic model and hydrocarbon prospect of Jawalamukhi Area (Himachal Pradesh), Foothill belt of Himalaya, India/V.B. Prasad and O.P. Dutta. VI. Sequence stratigraphy and biostratigraphy: 48. Biostratigraphy and hydrocarbon prospects of pre-tertiary sediments in Ganga Basin, India/Bijai Prasad, Ramson Asher and S.N. Swamy. 49. Facies and system tract development on a neoproterozoic lowstand shelf: Raipur Sandstone, Chattisgarh Supergroup, India/Soumen Paul, Kartik P. Dongre and Partha Pratim Chakraborty. 50. Sequence stratigraphy and hydrocarbon potential of tura formation in upper Assam -- a promising play for the future/Jayanta Bardalaye, Pinaki Sur, U.C. Pradhan and S.M. Goel. 51. Sequence stratigraphic analysis of oligocene sediments, Bengal Basin/Sribatsa Kumar Das, Subrato Bag and Debdas Pal. 52. Delineation of a middle Bhuban Pay Sand with seismic and Geostatistical techniques/V. Chatterjee, C. Samajdar, T. Saha and P. Mukhopadhyay. 53. Why Indian stages? And what they are in the cretaceous and cenozoic?: A brief summary/D.S.N. Raju. 54. Value of miogypsinids and associated foraminifera and challenges facing finer subdivision and correlation of Oligo-miocene petroleum bearing strata in India and future exploration/D.S.N. Raju. 55. Exploration challenges of hydrocarbon in Western Rajasthan/P.K. Mitra and Md. Salim. 56. Bio-chronostratigraphy and depositional environments of Kamalapuram formation, Nagapattinam Subbasin, Cauvery Basin/P. Ramesh and Jagmohan Singh. 57. Mesozoic dinoflagellate cyst sequence biostratigraphy of Kutch Basin, India/H.S. Aswal, S.N. Swamy, K. Singh and L. Phor. 58. Sequence biostratigraphy of cenozoic sediments in East Godavari Subbasin, Krishna--Godavari Basin, India/Kamla Singh, H.S. Aswal and N.C. Mehrotra. 59. Hydrocarbon sourcing capacity of mesozoics of North-west India/Neelam Niranjan, Harvir Singh and R.K. Shukla. 60. Palynostratigraphy and paleodepositional environment of subsurface sedimentary sequence of the well, Pariya-A, Narmada-Tapti Block, Cambay Basin/R. Grover, Hansa Roy, M. S. Murthy, S.K. Kotnala and M. Shanmukhappa. 61. Dating of unconformities in sedimentary basins: a magnetostratigraphic approach/A.K. Mullick, A. Maithani, K.K.S. Pangtey and D.S. Mitra. 62. Magnetostratigraphic calibration of K/T boundary along Um--sohryngkew river section, Meghalaya, India/A. Maithani and A.K. Mullick.
Vol. II. Reservoir Geology and Petroleum Geochemistry Petroleum Systems Environment, New Concepts and Alternate Energy Sources Deepwater Exploration and Exploration and Exploration Technology: Preface. I. Reservoir geology and petroleum geochemistry: 1. Predicting fracture anisotropy in carbonate reservoirs/U. Das Gupta, S.N. Mehta and R.K. Bhatia. 2. Petrology of Gondwana and tertiary coals of India-implications for oil, gas and CBM exploration/H.K. Mishra, T.K. Mukherjee and B.N. Mishra. 3. New Structural techniques in fractures reservoirs/N. Jaffey, C. McKeown, R.J. Smallshire, S.G. Ablgren, C. Sanders, P.A. Griffiths, A.D. Gibbs, E. Kozlowski and C. Sylwan. 4. Exploration data base for thurst in prioritized Frontier Basin-(Geochemistry of crude oils from Dhansiri Valley, Assam and Assam Arakan Basin, for contiguous basin correlatibility with Schuppen Belt Area future oils finds)/Kamal Nain, D.N. Sharma and A.C. Julka. 5. Geochemical investigations of the Shiala and Yong Formations of Tethyan Garhwal Himalaya/H.N. Sinha, James Peters and S.K. Singh. 6. Exploration through Reservoir characterization, and field optimization-an example from Demulgaon Field/R.S. Bansal, Sanjay Chawla, Sunit Roy, H.C. Dutta and R.N. Chakravorty. 7. Determination of Multi-Porosity System in Carbonate Reservoir for Reservoir Characterization/S.K. Mishra, K.N. Jha and Asha S. Mishra. 8. Addressing geological problems through a holistic approach: a case study from Nad Field/S.R. Gupta and M.K. Ghosh. 9. Delineation of sub-basalt sediments in a part of Onland Kutch Basin, India: an integrated approach/M.K. Maheshwari, Sanjeev Sawai, Kuldeep Prakash and D. Sar. 10. Refined geological model of Lanwa Field-holistic approach/S.S. Prasad, G.N. Rao, G.C. Deb, S.C. Sonare, Vinod Kumar, Y.K. Agrawal, Jai Nath Ram and H.L. Kak. 11. Influence of migration on physico-chemical properties of oil/condenstates and gases--a case study from Kuthalam-Kali Area, Cauvery Basin, India/P. Neeraja, J. Sarkar, B.S. Rana and S.R. Mangotra. 12. Focus on Kommugdem Coal Seams in Mandapeta Area of Krishna Godavari Basin as reservoir for coal bed gases/J. Aravamudhan and S.K. Das. 13. Microbial enhanced oil recovery-status and potential/N.C. Das. 14. Petroprospective geochemical basin modelling-advances in Hydrocarbon maturity and fluid flow prediction/J.P.N. Giri. 15. Geostatiostical methods for reservoir characterization: a critical analysis/Ram Kumar Thakur, A.K. Srivastava, B.S. Josyulu and Mahesh Chandra. 16. Characterization of Jardepahar Porcellanite, unconventional fractured Reservoir in Vindhyan Basin/Narender Pendkar and James Peters. 17. Reservoir characterisation of TS-1 Sand of Lakhmani Field, Assam Arakan Basin with special emphasis on causes of low resistivity/P. Hazarika, R.P. Singh and M.S. Nema. 18. Petrology and thermal maturity of source rocks through Petrographic Image Analysis (PIA)/H.K. Mishra, J. Maitra, Z. Imam, T.K. Mukherjee and B.N. Mishra. 19. Identification of low resistivity gas bearing zones using Sonic Travel Time - Neutron Porosity Overlay - a case study of S-I Sand of Bombay High/Pardeep Kumar, Kamleshwar Rai and R.P. Verma. 20. Depositional process and distribution of Nannilam Gas Sands in Ramnad Sub-Basin/A. Chaudhuri, V.P. Reddy, K. Vasudevan, C.S.V.R. Murthy and G.C. Saha. 21. Reservoir heterogeneity and diagenetic changes in Shallow Marine Carbonates of D-A structure, Deep continental Shelf, Western Offshore Basin, India/Ajay Biswas and D.K. Dasgupta. 22. Geochemical prospecting in Ganga Basin-a lead for exploration/R.R. Tewari, Ravi Misra, D. Dutta, R.P. Singh, D.N. Dangwal, Dolly Pal Rana, Jyoti and Rajiv Soni. II. Petroleum systems: 23. Reconnaissance of Proterozoic Petroleum Systems of sedimentary basins of India/P.K. Padhy and S.S. Yalamarty. 24. Recent methods to quantify lack of knowledge in petroleum systems modeling/Johannes Wendebourg. 25. Internal geometry of miocene carbonate sequence over Mumbai High and adjoining areas: implications for Hydrocarbon Accumulation and Fluid Movement/Narendra K. Verma and Mahesh Chandra. 26. Critical depth of hydrocarbon entrapment in offshore carbonate banks: two case studies from Western Indian Offshore/Chakradhar Mahapatra and G.N. Murthy. 27. Hydrocarbon prospects of infratrappean intracratonic sedimentary basins of Deccan Syneclise, India/P.K. Nandi. 28. Potential Tarapur-Post Tarapur Petroleum System in Cambazy Basin with special reference to North Cambay Basin-a new paradigm for exploration/V. Pratap, D. Kodandapani and H.L. Kak. 29. Hydrocarbon potential of Bikaner-Nagaur Basin of Western Rajasthan, India/R.K. Sharma and Md. Salim. 30. Geology and hydrocarbon prospects of Mahanadi Basin/G.N. Rao, S. Mallick, N.C. Mandal, S. Bandopadhyay, A.K. Nayak and S. Dutta. 31. Cretaceous Petroleum System(.) in Kuthalam--Kali Area of Cauvery Basin, India/D. Vyas, J. Mala and S.K. Das. 32. Hydrocarbon prospect in Son Valley Coals, Gondwana, India/R.P. Singh, M.N. Pandey and S.K. Sharma. 33. Palaeocene channel fill hydrocarbon plays in Ramnad Sub Basin/C.S.V.R. Murthy, A. Chaudhuri, K. Vasudevan and N. Phanishkar. 34. Deeper prospect--a thrust area in North Kadi Field, Cambay Basin, India/B.N. Ghosh and S.C. Sonare. 35. Occurrence of hydrocarbon in Mesozoics of Kutch Offshore in relation to adjoining South Indus Basin of Pakistan/C.P. Gourshetty and M. Bhattacharya. 36. An analysis of hydrocarbon accumulation of fractured/weathered metamorphic basement of Borholla-Changpang Field/P.C. Goswami, P. Goswami, S.D. Saikia and M.K. Ghosh. III. Environment, new concepts and alternative energy sources: 37. Potential of geothermal energy in Jharkhand State, India/Nitish Priyadarshi. 38. The scope of integrated knowledge management in Upstream Business/K.L. Tak and J. Barpatragohain. 39. Exploration opportunities and challenges in India's Frontier Deepwater Sector under New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP)/G. Pardia. 40. What caused the spectacular deformations over Major Grabens of Narmada Block, Cambay Basin, India?/S. Rangarajan. 41. Coal bed methane potential of North Raniganj Block Raniganj Coal Field/D. Biswas, A. Roychowdhury, A.T. Chaudhury, P.N. Hajra and D. Pal. 42. Characteristic features of methane production mechanism from coal reservoirs/V.K. Mehta and P.N. Hajra. 43. Geochemical characterization of coalbed gas of Jharia and Raniganj Basins and its implications/P.N. Hajra, Malay Rudra, S. Guha, M.K. Kar, J.K. Basumatary and Arun Kumar. 44. Perception of Lignite Bed Methane (LBM) in India/S.K. Singh, N.K. Punjrath, A. Chakraborty and James Peters. 45. Geologging solutions for identification of K-T Boundary in Cauvery Basin, India/Chakradhar Mahapatra, A. Sengupta and A.C. Naithani. IV. Deepwater exploration and exploration technology: 46. Separation scattering from reflection in seismic data/V.A. Tcheverda and Ram Kumar Thakur. 47. Petroleum systems modeling--a guidance tool for the Upstream Petroleum Industry/Dietrich H. Welte and Bijorn P. Wygrala. 48. Risking hydrocarbon systems models in deep water using structural modelling-new workflows/Alan Gibbs, Stuart Bland, Massimo Bonora and Simon Price. 49. Looking for hydrogen potential in frontier basins/S. Kapoor, Anurag Jain, B.B. Chhabra, R.D. Sharma, Chaman Lal and K.N. Misra. 50. Geo-steering of India's First Onland Multilateral Well in Kalol Field-a success story/A.K. Jena, Surender Kumar, P.K. Gupta, S.K. Patet, K.A. Shah and T.C. Patra. 51. Chemistry of high performance cements in primary cementation/S.K. Lijhara and R.N. Chakraworthy. 52. SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) interferometer: an emerging remote sensing tool in petroleum industry/S. Sengupta, D.S. Mitra and James Peters. 53. Numerical simulation of seismic wave propagation in heterogeneous 3D Media/G.V. Reshetova, B.G. Mikhailenko, Ram Kumar Thakur. 54. An alternative approach for determination of compressibility factor for reserve estimation/S.N. Mohanty, P.P. Deo, R. N. Mishra and Mohan Menon. 55. CAHRIB--a corporate appraisal system for hydrocarbon resource of Indian basins/P.K. Mukherjee.