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Training Programme on “PALYNOLOGY IN FOSSIL FUEL EXPLORATION” [ September 10-17, 2012 ] GEOCHEMISTRY AND PALYNOLOGY IN UNCONVENTIONAL GAS RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION BALESHWAR KUMAR National Geophysical Research Institute , Hyderabad 500007 E-mail: baleshk@yahoo.com The energy scenario in India and even in the world is mostly driven by conventional fuel, (coal, oil & gas) which may last for ~ 200 years and therefore development of unconventional oil & gas fields have taken a major stride worldwide. While the developed economies, mostly USA and Europe are producing Unconventional shale gas & oil and coal bed methane on commercial scale, the emerging economies are still to explore and exploit. Gas is a cleaner fuel than oil and hence there is an urgent need for exploring and exploiting unconventional fossil fuels such as shale gas; coal bed methane; and gas hydrates. India has taken initiatives towards research and development of unconventional gas. The recoverable shale gas reserve estimates of India are around 60 tcf (EIA, 2011), but may be4-5 higher than these as EIA estimates is based on the available R&D data from conventionaloil and gas fields. The potential shale gas bearing basins of India are; Vindhyan, Gondwana, Cauvery, Krishna- Godavari, Bengal & Cambay etc. and these basins have shale horizons with Suitable maturity and TOC. Shale gas explorations have already been initiated in Cambay and Gondwana basins by Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation and Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC). ONGC have joined hands with Schlumberger and have drilled a bore well upto the depth of 2000 meters in Damodar valley coalfield area of West Bengal and the results are quite encouraging. The prognostic resource potential of coal bed methane and hydrate gas are around 20 and 2000 TCF respectively. The commercial production of coal bed methane (CBM) has already been started in the country. Status and outlook of India’s R& D program for unconventional gas resource exploration and exploitation will be presented and discussed with special reference to shale gas and coal bed methane. The role of Geochemistry and Palynology in shale gas and CBM research and exploration will also be deliberated. Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow 9

Training Programme on “PALYNOLOGY IN FOSSIL FUEL EXPLORATION” [ September 10-17, 2012 ] DR. D.S.N.RAJU MSR Residency, 2 nd Floor Pragati Marg, J.N. Road, Rajahmundry - 533103, A.P., India E-mail: rajudsn1@gmail.com Dr. D.S.N. Raju obtained his M.Tech degree in 1963, from IIT Kharagpur; Certificate of training, 1968 from UNESCO Center, Vienna, Austria; Certificate of Participation , 1971, in Austria, Hungary and Czechoslovakia and Ph.D., 1972, from State University of Utrecht (375 years old university), Netherlands in a record time. Since 1963, he worked in various capacities in Paleontology laboratories of ONGC at Dehradun, Baroda and Chennai. Worked as a scientific collaborator for IGCP Project-1 at Utrecht during 1975-1977. For sometime worked as an adviser and consultant to Energy and Geoscience Institute (EGI), University of Utah, USA in 2007 and again 2009. Presently working, with a few gaps, as consultant for ONGC at Dehradun and Rajahmundry. Some of the prestigious awards he has been conferred with are - National Mineral Award 1991; 1999- Award for Technocratic Excellence & Meritorious Achievements In The Field Of Petroleum Exploration By Technocrats Welfare Society , India; L. Rama Rao Birth Centernary Award 2000; Man of the year- 2003 (American Biographical Institute); Outstanding contribution in the field of petroleum exploration 2008 (American Association of Petroleum Geologists and Association of Petroleum Geologists). He has published nearly 150 scientific papers including extended abstracts. Major contributions include: • 1964-1968: Planktic foraminifera: results published from Austria and India. • 1969-1970: Basin Scale T/R cycle (Cambay Basin) • 1971-1972: Miogypsinidae: published as Utrecht Micropaleontological Bulletin, Vol. 9, pp 1-148 • 1975: Recognition of pulsating evolution in larger foraminifera. • 1980-1987: Application of biostratigraphy in explorations, T/R cycles. • 1987-1994: Estimation of duration and magnitude of hiatuses in Indian basins. • 1995-1996: Reconstruction of sea-level changes. • 1996-2002: Application of foraminifera in recognition of 3 rd , 4 th , 5 th order sequences/cycles. • 2002-2009: Standardization of Indian stages. * Prepared several megacharts (Stratigraphy of India) * Prepared Oligo-Miocene larger foraminiferal zonation for ICS (International Commission on Stratigraphy) website. Contributor and Principal Editor of 3books-1993, 2005 and 2009. Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow 10

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