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EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION:
M.Sc. (Geology) in 1979 with specialisation in Applied Sedimentology & Petroleum Geology from MD University, Rohtak (Haryana), INDIA
* First Class throughout with merit scholarship
M.B.A in 1995 with specialisation in HRD from IGNO University, New Delhi
* One of the few Petroleum Geologists in India holding Management Degree.
Matric passed in 1973 from Govt. High School, Akbarpur under Board of School Education, Haryana with English, Hindi, Maths, Soc.St, Gen. Sc., Phys & Chemistry in First division and Merit with 73.4% marks.
B.Sc. passed in 1977 from Govt. College, Narnaul, Haryana under Kurukshetra University with Geology, Chemistry & Zoology in First disvison with 64.1% marks.
M.Sc. (Geology) passed in 1979 from Govt. PG College, Narnaul, Haryana under MD University, Rohtak with Structural Geology, Stratigraphy, Petrology, Palentology, Applied Sedimentology & Petrolrum Geology in First division with 63.4% marks.
MBA passed in 1995 from Regional Centre, Ahmedabad under IGNO University, New Delhi with General Management, Managerial Economcs and HRD in First division with >60% marks.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Over 25 years experience as a Petroleum Geologist in Exploration, Appraisal, Reservoir Development & Field Production, including Wellsite Geological & Workover Operations in clastic and carbonate reservoirs of onland and offshore areas.
Feb, 2003 to Sept, 2005 Contd. (2-1/2 years):
General Manager (Technical), Essar Oil Limited, E & P Division, Mumbai-400034, India
Planning, execution & evaluation of Exploratory Work Programme of seismic (2D/3D), well logging, drilling & production testing in existing Oil & Gas PSC blocks within India and overseas alonhgwith prospect evaluation with risk-reward analysis of new oportunties.
Nov, 1995 to Feb, 2004(8 yrs):
Chief Geologist(E&P) Reliance Ind. Ltd, Ahmedabad
Oil & Gas, including Unconventional Gas (Coalbed Methane) prospect evaluation, risk- reward assessment for E&P opportunities within India and abroad.
May 1995-Nov,1995(6 months):
Suptdg Geologist (Development & Production),ONGC, IRS, Ahmedabad
Preparation of Development Schemes of various oil & gas fields by geological modelling & reservoir simulation.
1987-1995(8 years):
Sr. Geologist to Suptdg Geologist (Exploration & Development), ONGC, Ahmedabad Project
Geological, Geochemical, Geophysical (Logging & Seismic -2D & 3D) data integration, mapping and interpretation for Oil & Gas exploration, reservoir delineation and field development, resulting in reserves accretion and production enhancement from drilling proposed new locations and workover of old wells. Formulation of E&P strategy with prioritisation of objectives for achieving targets by geologic mapping & analysis.
1982-1987(5 years):
Geologist, ONGC, Cachar Project, Silchar (Assam)
Wellsite Geological Operations, involving location survey & staking, drilling, cutting collection, coring, mudlogging, formation evaluation, pressure prediction, wireline logging, casing, cementation, perforation, production testing, stimulation/HF, completion & well control.
1980-1982(2 Years):
Assistant Geologist, ONGC, KDM Institute of Petroleum Exploration, Dehradun
Geological, Geochemical & Geophysical (gravity, magnetic & seismic) data integration, mapping and interpretation for hydrocarbon exploration, prospect generation and reserves estimation.
1979-1980(1 year):
Lecturer in Geology, Govt. PG College, Narnaul(Haryana)
Teaching Geology to B.Sc. and M.Sc. students, alongwith conducting their practicals and dissertation cum thesis work.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS:
ONGC (1980-1995)
* Estimated reserves of various Oil & Gas fields of Cambay, Bombay Offshore & Assam Basins at KDMIPE, ONGC, Dehradun and submitted report to the Ministry at New Delhi.
* Detected formation pressure and fracture gradient of Cachar wells (Chargola # 6 and Badarpur # 2) based on Shale resistivity, D-exponent and Sigma log plots online through Geo-Mud logging unit and prevented the wells from Blowouts by timely increasing the desired mud sp. gr. from 1.5 to 1.7.
* Prepared Geological Section of Badarpur Structure incorporating the well data of Badarpur #1 and #2, which is valid till date and cut stratigraphic cores right at the thrust (1735m depth) in later well, which otherwise was expected at 2100m depth, based on well geological and drilling data observation & analysis.
* Discovered new prospect of Nandej between Wasna and Ahmedabad oil fields, based on integrated geological modelling and analysis, delineated and developed, producing about 400 tons per day of oil at present.
* Delineated Oil & Gas pools like Wadu, Paliyad, Motera, South Viraj, Limbodra etc by proposing the new locations from time to time, resulting in discovery of new pay zones equivalent to Kalol - V, VI & VII, VIII and Chhatral (XII) and contributing major reserves accretion and production enhancement.
* Prepared development strategy for production of various Oil and Gas fields of Cambay Basin such as Nawagam, Dholka, Wasna, Ahmedabad, Kalol, South Kadi, Viraj, Jhalora, Sanand, Motera, Indrora, Wavel, Bakrol, Limbodra, Nandej, Wadu, Paliyad etc.
* Accreted about 185 MMt of Oil & Gas reserves in Ahmedabad Project from 1987-1995 by generating about 75 exploratory and 125 development locations, thereby increasing oil production from 2200 to 4350 tpd. Controled declining oil production by enhancing 500 tpd within 3 months through workover of idle/poor flowing wells such as zone transfer, water shut off, additional perforation, reperforation, artificial lift installation, stimulation/hydro fracturing, layerwise detailed testing etc.
* Achieved the best Exploratory Discovery Index (EDI) of 1:3 alongwith reserves accretion and production targets by drilling the proposed exploratory and development wells resulting in known field extension and finding new oil in old fields, including bypassed oil by caaying out detailed log analysis and multiple zone testing. Thrust laid on drilling cluster deviated wells, side tracking, drain holes and horizontal wells.
* Awarded merit certificate for mega research project on Standardisation of Stratigraphy of Cambay Basin and Evaluation of its Petroleum potential by Director Exploration.
* Interacted with Geodata Processing and Interpretation Centre (GEOPIC) Workstation at Dehradun for 3D seismic interpretation of South Kadi, Jotana, Linch, Nandasan, Limbodra, Wadu and Paliyad fields, while integrating with well data.
* Exposed to working of PC and Workstation based G&G and Reservoir interpretation softwares like PETREL & GEOQUEST of Schlumberger and LANDMARK of Halliburton.
RELIANCE (1995-2003)
* Associated with prospect evaluation and exploratory drilling, which resulted in giant gas discovery in one of the deep water blocks along east coast of India in KG Basin.
* Involved in delineation & development activities of offshore Panna-Mukta-Tapti fields comprising clastic and carbonate reservoirs, held with consortium of Reliance-Enron (now British Gas)-ONGC and currently producing about 30,000 bpd oil and 9 MMcmd gas.
* Evaluated various overseas Oil & Gas opportunities, including LNG of Middle East, FSU and SE Asian countries, some of which like that of Iraq, Iran and Yemen got materialised.
* Associated with evaluation of various Indian oil & gas exploration blocks such as offshore Kutch (GK-OSJ-3), Saurashtra (SR-OS-94/1), Bombay south (BB-OS/8) and onland Bhagewala (RJ-ONJ-94/1), which were later awarded through bidding.
* Assessed hydrocarbon prospectivity of first two rounds of New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP) blocks as a member of Taskforce, resulting in award of 15 blocks (12 in NELP-I and 3 in NELP-II) comprising deep water, shallow offshore and onland areas with minor equity of Niko and Hardy, respectively.
* Studied potential of unconventional hydrocarbon resources like coalbed methane, tight gas sands, gas shales, underground coal gasification, tar sands oil shales etc, besides conventional oil & gas of Indian and international basins.
* Estimated all India Coal reserves of Gondwana and Tertiary Basins at 467 billion tonnes, while segregating into mineable (160 bt) and unmineable (307 bt) categories and suggesting three pronged exploitation strategy viz. Mining with Clean Coal Technology (CCT), Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) and Coal Bed Methane (CBM) extraction, depending upon their depth of occurrence and geo-mining conditions.
* Assessed all India CBM potential at about 110 MMcmd, about 1.5 times the country's present natural gas production, equivalent to LNG supply of about 26 MMtpa and power generation of about 19,000MW over a period of 20 years. The study was compiled in the form of a compendium with basin-wise and block-wise CBM inplace, recoverable reserves and gas production potential.
* Identified new CBM prospects through regional geological studies and correlation viz. Tharad in Gujarat, Barmer in Rajasthan, Mannargudi in Tamilnadu, Birbhum in West Bengal and Sonhat in M.P. and appraised to DGH for offering blocks through bidding.
* Evaluated CBM exploration blocks of first round bidding, of which two were awarded to Reliance viz. Sohagpur (East) and Sohagpur (West) with acreage of about 1000sq.km.
ESSAR (2003-2005 Contd):
* Efficiently managed drilling of an exploratory well (Binjbayla-1) in Paleozoic Bikaner-Nagaur Evaporite basin without any problem of mud loss, salt dissolution, hole enlargement, stuck up, fishing or cementation failure, which normally happen while drilling in such formations.
* Discovered gas and oil in two exploratory wells in CB-ON/3 Block, Cambay basin, where 13 wells were drilled and abandoned earlier, which could be possible by new ideas/ new concepts and innovative thinking in terms of Total Petroleum System (TPS) while carrying out abandoned well analysis and mapping fault closures cum stratigraphic traps defining entrapment conditions.
* Evaluating new international E&P opportunities alongwith risk-reward analysis, which resulted in award of two gas and oil prospective contiguous Onland (L) and Offshore (A2) blocks in Myanmar.
MANAGERIAL EXCELLENCE:
ONGC:
While working from Geologist to Suptdg. Geologist (Manager) levels at different project offices, regional centres and research institutes, got varied experience in oil & gas exploration, reservoir delineation, field development and production by geological mapping, including geophysical (seismic & logging), geochemical (source rock), and reservoir analyses, resulting in reserves accretion and production enhancement.
* Handled high pressure well drilling as a Wellsite Geologist In-charge at Cachar Project, Silchar, Assam and prevented blowouts by timely midcourse corrections.
* Monitored drilling of 108 development wells in Kalol Oil field through four contract rigs under FDP scheme aided by World Bank, involving extensive coring, logging, casing, cementation, perforation, production testing, stimulation and workover operations.
* Actively participated in Oil & Gas Exploration, Development, Reserves Estimation and Production Monitoring Board meetings from time to time by proposing new locations for drilling and old wells for re-testing.
* Worked as In-charge Exploration & Development Section at Ahmedabad Project and Western Region Development Group at Institute of Reservoir Studies (IRS).
RELIANCE:
* Worked as Chief Geologist and Head of Exploration for Oil & Gas and other Unconventional Gas resources like CBM, alongwith a team of Geologists, Geophysicists, Log Analysts and Reservoir Engineers in synergy with Drilling and Production Engineers.
* Interacted with US consultancy agencies like ARI, PetroTel etc and MNCs like Texaco, Arco, Phillips, Elpaso, Evergreen Resources etc with data input and interpretation for exploratory prospect evaluation and generation.
* Adept in carrying out Reservoir Simulation for forecasting oil & gas production rates.
ESSAR:
* Efficiently evaluating and executing Exploration Work Programme of 3D seismic API and well drilling in awarded PSC blocks, resulting in new discovery of gas & oil in CB-ON/3 PSC Block, Cambay Basin, recently.
* Evaluation on international E&P opportunities, resulted in award of two contiguous exploration blocks (L-onland and A2-offshore) in Myanmar, recently.
Training Attended:
Attended various trainings related to E & P of Oil & Gas from time to time such as Gravity, Magnetic and Seismic (2D & 3D) data interpretation,3D Seismic Interpretation through Interactive Workstation, Well Log interpretation, Exploration & Development Geology, Computer Application in Geological Interpretation, Risk-Reward assessment and Decision analysis in Petroleum exploration, Coalbed Methane reservoir evaluation and simulation and Geosteering- an innovative technology of Horizontal & Multilateral wells.
Trainings Rendered:
Besides attending training, conducted various training courses for new geoscientists and petroleum engineers on E&P technology, wellsite geology, reservoir evaluation, oil & gas reserves estimation, production testing and workover operations, including lectures delivered to University Petroleum Technology Students as a guest lecturer.
Field Visits to US basins:
Visited USA thrice for Oil & Gas and CBM work. First went alone for a week during 1999 at ARI office, Arlington (Washington) for CBM prospect evaluation of Gondwana coal basins with geological and reservoir parameter inputs, which was highly appreciated.
Secondly with Reliance team for a month in 2000, when extensively toured the Western and Eastern CBM producing basins/ fields of USA such as San Juan, Raton, Powder River, Black Warrior etc, including visits to Salt Lake office of TerraTek Lab for gas desorption/ adsorption studies, Denver and Washington offices of ARI, Duncan facilities of Halliburton, BJ facilities at Tomball, Houston and AAPG at Tulsa, Oklahoma. Got exposed to latest CBM well geological, logging, reservoir evaluation, drilling, testing, hydofracturing, dewatering and production techniques for their application in India. Interacted with various operators and companies working for Oil & Gas and CBM in the same area harmoniously.
Thirdly attended international CBM symposium at Tuscaloosa, Alabama for a week alongwith a training course in CBM geological, hydrological and production technology, including visit to CBM producing fields of Black Warrior basin. Interacted with various CBM specialists, consultants and company representatives for knowledge upgradation and technological assimlation. Also visited Elpaso office at Houston for various upstream Oil & Gas opportunities.
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS:
Presented and published a plenty of papers from time to time in various national & international conferences & journals based on actual geo-scientific studies related to E&P of Oil & Gas including CBM, alongwith new insights, innovative ideas and concepts for exploration like shale resistivity ratio for high pressure reservoirs, temperature survey for onland virgin blocks and electromagnetic seabed logging for deep water areas.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP:
Certified Petroleum Geologist and Active Member of AAAPG, SPE, Society of Petroleum Geophysicists (SPG), Indian Geological Congress (IGC), Geological Society of India (GSI), Mining Geological and Metallurgical Institute of India (MMGI), South Asian Association of Economic Geologists (SAAEC), Mining Engineers Association of India (MEAI), Ahmedabad Management Association (AMA) etc.
How I can Contribute to Your Organisation:
I am a young, dynamic, self motivated and result-oriented Petroleum Geologist, experienced in the entire gamut of E&P activities from exploratory discovery of a new prospect to delineation, reservoir development and field production, including wellsite geological and workover operations in both clastic and carbonate reservoirs of onland and offshore basins.
Reserves accretion and production enhancement are my special strengths achieved by proposing new locations (exploratory, development, infill) for drilling and old wells for retesting based on geological (structural, stratigraphic, sedimentogical) and reservoir data integration, mapping & interpretation alongwith log analysis and seismic interpretation.
Global regions like Middle East, Gulf of Mexico, North Sea, Africa, America, SE Asia, Australasia and FSU, including Caspian Sea offer immense challenges to an E&P Geologist, where wells prove prolific oil & gas producer and geologists get thrilled on getting success. Self, being an aggressive E&P cum Operations geologist gets satisfaction while working for such areas.
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