GERMI has a fully equipped petroleum research laboratory to carry out routine and advanced core analysis, source rock potential characterization, surface geochemical prospecting, coal characterization and crude oil mapping. The laboratory has a basic objective of serving as a centre of excellence in research and development in the field of oil and gas. The laboratory aims to address the challenges of meeting India’s growing demand for affordable oil and gas by conducting basic and applied research on hydrocarbon energy resources and economic impacts of their production and use.
Capabilities
- Routine core analysis
- Special core analysis
- Advanced core analysis
- Source rock potential characterization
- Surface geochemical prospecting
- Coal characterization
- Crude oil mapping
Key Projects
Integrated microbial and geochemical methodology for the detection hydrocarbon microseepage
Trace metal anomalies associated with hydrocarbon seepage in Sanand East and Miroli area of Cambay basin
Key Persons
Email: zaheer@germi.res.in
Clients
The objective of this wing is to serve as a centre for excellence in research and development of increasingly efficient and well adopted technologies to extract, upgrade, manage and commercialize the oil and gas resources. The R & D involves geophysical and geological data interpretation. The center provides a unique environment that incubates multidisciplinary collaborations among GERMI scientists for developing and exploring new technologies for understanding of hydrocarbon plays.
The Data Interpretation Center of GERMI also has a “Software Development Group” whose main aim is to develop innovative tools for software that aids in G&G data interpretation. The developed software and applications significantly reduces the cost of software due to indigenization.
Capabilities
- Seismic data enhancement
- Fault & Fracture analysis and geometry extraction in tectonically complex areas
- Reservoir characterization
- Coal characterization using seismics
- Identification of channels and thin sands/coals using spectral decomposition and inversion studies
- Integration of multiple domain data for interpretation
- G&G data analysis for exploratory block evaluation
- 2D/3D Seismic data acquisition parameterization/planning & designing of survey and quality control
- Processing of 2D and 3D seismic data
- Software development for Seismic Data Interpretation and Processing
Key Projects
R&D Project with ONGC on Pore Pressure Prediction using Seismic Velocities & Reverse Time Migration
Key Persons
Email: phrao@germi.res.in
Clients
