Petroleum Geology of India: Exploration, Prospect Generation, Drilling, Evaluation Assessment and Indian Sedimentary Basins

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Sedimentary Environments-Basin Classification. 3. Petroleum Generation and Expulsion. 4. Hydrocarbons Entrapment and Petroleum System. 5. Surface Geophysical Methods: Oil Exploration. 6. Drilling Engineering. 7. Well-Logging in Oil and Gas Exploration. 8. Reservoir Engineering. 9. Petroleum Economics: Development of Oil and Gas field. 10. Petroliferous Basins of India. References. Index.

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.