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Keshava Deva Malaviya Institute of Petroleum Exploration |
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Introduction |
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Functions |
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Petroleum Economics & Foreign
Appraisal |
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Geoscience Research |
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Basin Research |
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Contact |
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Performance Contract 2005-06 |
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| Introduction |
The Keshava Deva Malaviya
Institute of Petroleum Exploration (KDMIPE), loca-ted
at Dehra Dun in the picturesque Doon valley, was set up
in 1962 as a research and training institute. The institute
continues to be the country's premier centre for basic
and applied research in petroleum exploration.
It caters to the research
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needs of ONGC's operating regions in the field of geosciences
for petroleum exploration, and development of alternate sources
of energy.
The objectives of the Institute are:
Synergistic geoscientific studies for understanding habitat
of petroleum and identification of
prospective petroliferous areas
Appraisal of potential hydrocarbon resources
Basin evaluation and development of exploration concepts
and models
Management of centralized database and exploration informatics
through countrywide E&P data
network (EPINET)
Development of frontier technologies and state-of-the-art
methodologies
Harnessing of alternate energy resources
Exploration efforts review for short term strategic and
long term prospective plans |
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| Functions |
The Institute undertakes collaborative projects with universities
and other institutes of India and abroad. It also provides consultancy
sevices besides work association facilities with national and
international organizations.
The Eremenko Library in KDMIPE houses a collection of 31,000
books, 11,000 journals and various CD-ROMs in the field of petroleum
sector. The Core Research Centre has five core libraries organized
by CORIS software for the available collection of 2,16,000 well
cutting samples, over 23,000m of cores and 50,000 surface samples
from various basins of India and overseas.
KDMIPE also contributed to value generation and has been a constant
partner in establishing over 6 billion tonnes of oil & oil
equivalent gas while maintaining an overall success ratio of
l:3 in terms of exploratory wells over the last two decades
in ONGC.
During the past five years, the Institute has completed over
850 projects, out of which as many as 380 were contractual.
In addition, the institute has mapped over 340 prospects with
techno economic viability in different basins. Drilling of some
of these prospects have led to the hydrocarbon discoveries in
more than 20 locations.
The Institute is moving ahead on the quality performance path
and has been accredited with the ISO-9001 Certificate.
The functions of the Institute can be classified under three
major areas:
Petroleum Economics & Foreign Appraisal
Geoscience Research
Basin Research |
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| Petroleum
Economics & Foreign Appraisal |
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Develops long range scenarios to generate operating plans
and techno-economic assessment of prospects.
The services offered in this field are:
Assessment of hydrocarbon resources of sedimentary basins
Exploration
risk analysis and economic analysis of prospects / acreages
in onshore, offshore and
deep-waters
Exploration
economic analysis for prospects/acreages in the major prominent
petroliferous provinces
of the world
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fiscal terms of any country can be modeled to aid the investor
in decision analysis
Carry
out sensitivity and decision analysis, thereby aiding the
exploration management of a
company in prudent decision making
Preparation
of competitive bids for E&P projects and contractual negotiations
Evaluation
of hydrocarbon prospects and identification of available prospective
acreage for full set
data examination
Preparation
ofdockets on geology and hydrocarbon prospects of foreign
basins/countries
High
pressure studies
Sealing
and non-sealing fault analysis for development geology
Identification
of opportunities in foreign basins
The facilities for the above services include a well-equipped
computer center, along with state of-the-art cost estimation
and economic modeling software like Quester Offshore, Quester
Onshore, Deepest and Asset developed by IHS Energy Group.
State of-the-art software for estimation of YetToFind hydrocarbons
and Coal Bed Methane (CBM) resources, subscription to leading
foreign scouting services, etc.
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| Geoscience
Research |
KDMIPE carries out R&D activities and provides inputs for
basin research through specialized laboratories and expertise
in the areas of geology, geophysics, geochemistry, reservoir
and alternate energy sources.
The services offered in this field are:
Major
themes covering interpretation and analysis of remotely sensed
data in the field of hydrocarbon exploration
Remote
Sensing & Geomatics
Lithofacies
and structural mapping
Morphotectonic
and neotectonic analysis
Terrain
analysis
Satellite
altimeter derived gravity for offshore areas
Remote
sensing for pregeophysical surveys and predrilling intelligence
Multispectral
and panchromatic, Landsat - TM and MSS Spot, IRS
Thermal
IR - Landsat, Airborne thermal IR survey
Microwave
- Airborne
Airborne
gamma-ray spectrometry surveys
Sedimentology:
Field sedimentology-study of fractures and stress field analysis
High resolution reservoir description and sequence stratigraphy
Lithostratigraphy and sediment fill mechanism
Carbonate and clay mineral identification and reservoir characterization
Pore throat size, its geometry and effect of diagenesis
Reconstruction of paleodiagenetic environments of reservoirs
Management of core repositories
Biostratigraphy
(Paleontology and Palynology):
High resolution multimicrofossil biostratigraphy employing foraminifera,
ostracoda & nannofossils
Precise dating of sediments and high resolution biochronostratigraphy
using pollen-spores,
dinoflagellate
cysts and acritarchs
Estimating duration and magnitude of hiatusus
Regional biostratigraphic correlation
Paleobathymetry and reconstruction of relative sea level changes
Depositional environments and preparation of paleogeographic
maps
Source rock evaluation by visual kerogen typing, organic matter
and thermal maturation studies
Coal
Red Methane:
Mapping of coal seam, thickness and geometry
Identification of fracture system
Rank and maturity of coal
Coal lithotype and maceral composition
Petrophysical characteristics of coal seam
Determination of gas content
Resource appraisal
Geophysics:
Designing geophysical data acquisition programme for frontier
and complex areas
High resolution gravity-magnetic survey
Special processing of seismic data for attribute analysis
Generation of seismic signatures over scaled down geologic model
Processing and interpretation of land and marine gravity-magnetic,
aeromagnetic and
magnetotelluric
data
Integrated interpretation of seismic, gravity, magnaic and magneto-telluric
data
Well
Logging:
Integrated field studies using well log, petrophysical/ sedimentological
and production testing data
Generation of electrofacies for recognition of principal lithofacies
for field development plans
Re-evaluation of existing log data
Natural Gamma-Ray Spectroscopic (NGS) studies to determine relative
concentrations of U, Th, K
elements and
to generate transforms for continuous TOC from logs, for source
rock evaluation
Dipmeter log processing/interpretation and interpretation of
formation image logs for structural
and stratigraphic
features and reservoir characterization
Performance evaluation of horizontal wells using wireline logs
Comprehensive well log interpretation for CBM and Gas hydrates
Reservoir
Analysis & Management:
Petrophysical data generation in ambient and in-situ conditions
Reservoir description, characterization and analysis
Thermodynamic characterization of reservoir fluids
Rheological investigation of crudes
Productivity
Improvement of Exploratory Wells through:
Sand control measures and gravel pack designs
Optimization of artificial lift requirement
Well stimulation through suitable workover and drilling fluids
Reservoir performance analysis and prediction
Reserve estimation
Flow studies on linear and radial models
Environment protection measures related to development of oil
and gas fields
Hydrocarbon generation/expulsion modeling oil to oil, gas to
gas and oil to source correlations
Reservoir geochemistry
Production geochemistry
Hydrogeochemistry and hydrogeochemical modeling
Rb-Sr, K-Ar and Ar-Ar dating
Microbial exploration for petroleum resources
Sedimentology
Biostratigraphy (Palaeontology & Palynology):
Source rock palynology
X-RD and X-RF spectroscopy
Cathode luminiscence
Scanning electron microscopy
MPV-3 Fluorescence microscopy
Seismic physical modelling
Gravity and potential field modeling
Magnetic and magneto-tellurics
Workstation for analysis and interpretation of GM data Gamma
ray spectrometry
Gravity and potential field modeling
Geochemistry:
Surface geochemical prospecting
Source rock screening and evaluation
Hydrous pyrolysis for simulation of hydrocarbon generation
Optimization of kinetic parameters for hydrocarbon generation
Productivity
Improvement of Exploratory Wells through:
Sand control
Petroleum microbiology
Fission track analysis
Geochronology and thermal ionization mass spectrometry
Organic matter petrography
Formation fluid geochemistry
Stable isotope geochemistry
GC-MS and GC-MSD
Source rock geochemistry
Production geochemistry
Organic mass spectrometry
Trace element and atomic absorption spectrometry
Iatroscan Rock-Eval
Gas chromatograph
The facilities for these processes include the latest Image
Analyzers and Interographs, NGS Lab with SDS Well Log, and Interactive
workstation Sun Sparc-20 IWS Petrophysics. |
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| Basin
Research |
Has seismic Interactive Interpretation workstations and computer
aided genetic basin modeling linked with E&P database and
caters to the studies of proven, emerging and frontier basins,
both domestic and foreign.
The services offered are:
Interactive
seismic data processing and migration pattern studies
Generation
of balanced cross sections
2D/3D
seismic data interpretation on workstation
Basin/regional
seismic and sequence stratigraphic studies
Integrated
reservoir delineation studies
Prospect
evaluation, mapping and prioritisation
Quick
look evaluation of hydrocarbon prospects for acquisition of
bid blocks
Integrated
basin analysis |
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| Contact |
Keshav Deva Malaviya Institute of Petroleum Exploration
9 - Kaulagarh Road, Dehradun 248195,
Uttaranchal, India
Tel.: + 91-135-623311-15
Fax: + 91-135-625265
e-mail: ipongc.isnet@access.net.in
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