Petroleum Geosciences: Indian Contexts

Front Matter....Pages i-vi
Plate-Tectonic Evolution of the Deep Ocean Basins Adjoining the Western Continental Margin of India—A Proposed Model for the Early Opening Scenario....Pages 1-61
Rift Grabens and Crustal Architecture of the Offshore North East Coast-Mahanadi Basin, Eastern Continental Margin of India....Pages 63-85
Study of CO2 EOR in a Sector Model from Mature Oil Field, Cambay Basin, India....Pages 87-98
Organic Properties and Hydrocarbon Generation Potential of Shales from Few Sedimentary Basins of India....Pages 99-126
Overpressure Zones in Relation to In Situ Stress for the Krishna-Godavari Basin, Eastern Continental Margin of India: Implications for Hydrocarbon Prospectivity....Pages 127-142
Estimation of In-situ Stress and Coal Bed Methane Potential of Coal Seams from Analysis of Well Logs, Ground Mapping and Laboratory Data in Central Part of Jharia Coalfield—An Overview....Pages 143-173
Calcareous Algal-Rich Carbonate Sediments from Assam Shelf, N-E India: An Overview of the Palaeoenvironmental Implications....Pages 175-189
Hydrocarbon Potential of the Paleogene Disang Group, Manipur Region, India-A Palynological Approach....Pages 191-204
Identifying Relationship Amongst Vitrinite/Inertinite Ratio (V/I), Cleat Parameters, Vitrinite Reflectance, O/C Ratio and Permeability of Coal Seams and V/I Ratio as Exploration Tool: Study from Raniganj Coal Bed Methane Block, Essar Oil Limited, India....Pages 205-217
Plant-Microbe Association-Assisted Removal of Heavy Metals and Degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons....Pages 219-236
Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques for Indian Reservoirs....Pages 237-269
India: Petroleum Policies and Geopolitics....Pages 271-294