The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay is a public engineering institution located in Powai, Mumbai, India.

It was founded in 1958

As per your demand here I am providing you syllabus of the M.Tech. (Petroleum Geoscience ) of this Institute:


GS 662 Petroliferous Basins of India
Types of petroliferous basins, relations between basin type and hydrocarbon richness; classification of petroliferous basins of India; Detailed study of stratigraphy, structure and petroleum geology of Assam shelf, Cambay and Bombay offshore basins; Potential source rocks, reservoir rocks and exploration targets of Krishna-Godavari, Mahanadi, Cauvery, Bengal, Kutch, Saurashtra and Rajasthan Basins; Curent status of exploration and prospects in Indo-Gangetic plains, Kashmir valley and Vindhyan Basins

GS 672 Reservoir Sedimentology
Facies diagnosis and facies models of carbonates, classification of carbonate rocks; standard microfacies types; carbonate diagenesis; porosity evolution and diagenesis in sequence stratigraphic framework; pore geometry and performance of reservoir rocks; relationship of depositional environments with the development of reservoirs.
Properties of sandstone, environment of deposition of sandstone; sandstone classification, porosity evolution in course of sandstone diagenesis; characteristic reservoir morphology and criteria for recognition of eolian, fluvial, coastal, deltaic, shelf and basin sandstone bodies; reservoir heterogeneity; petrophysical analysis using logs; reservoir sedimentology of Indian petroliferous basins.

GS 675 Petroleum Exploration
Origin and composition of petroleum and natural gas, source rocks, reservoir rocks and traps. Migration and accumulation of oil and gas.
Types of petroliferous basins and their relation to hydrocarbon potential.
Geographic and stratigraphic distributions of oil and gas. Methods and techniques for petroleum exploration, Surface indications and direct detection of hydrocarbons.
Sub-surface geological methods and brief idea about geologic interpretations of seismic data. Drilling methods, drilling equipments, drilling fluids, well-logs.
Estimation of reserves and resources. Petroleum economics, production and development geology.

GS 676 Well logging
Well logging and geology, Formation evaluation, Archie’s formulae, Well drilling technology, Drilling fluids, Borehole environment, Invasion profiles, Principles, methods and application of logging tools including Spontaneous polarization, Resistivity, Microresistivity, Induction, Sonic, Density, Litho-density, Neutron, Pulsed neutron, Natural Gamma ray, Gamma ray spectrometry, Cement bond, Variable density, Caliper, Dipmeter, Formation microscanner and imager.
Well log interpretation - quick look techniques, Hingle, Pickett, MID, M-N cross plots, saturation estimation, lithology, porosity and permeability determination, Log interpretation case studies.

GS 677 Remote Sensing, GIS and GPS
Fundamentals of remote sensing, digital image data formats, image rectification and restoration techniques – geometric correction, radiometric correction and noise suppression, image histograms, density slicing, image enhancement techniques – contrast manipulation, spatial filtering and edge enhancement, multi-image manipulations – spectral ratioing, vegetation indices, principal components analysis, multi-spectral image classification involving supervised and unsupervised algorithms, Recent developments and applications.
Fundamentals of GIS, vector, raster and attribute data models, vector and raster data structure, spatial data input and editing, visualization and query of spatial data, spatial data transformations, spatial analysis, case studies of geological applications, current issues and trends in GIS. Principles of global positioning systems (GPS) and its applications.


GS 679 Basin Analysis and Applied Micropalaeontology
Basin classification and their characteristics; tectonic framework of basins and their architecture; economic significance of basin analysis; facies concept, process-response models and interpretation of sedimentary environments; carbonate and clastic facies models; seismic facies and stratigraphy; well-log facies application in sequence stratigraphy; sequence stratigraphy; stratigraphic correlation; basin mapping – structure and isopach contouring, lithofacies and biofacies maps, preparation of stratigraphic cross- sections and palaeogeographic synthesis; regional and global stratigraphic cycles.
Surface and subsurface sampling methods for micropalaeontological studies; brief description of major microfossil groups used in hydrocarbon exploration; palaeoenvironmental interpretation using microfossils; biostratigraphic classification, dating and correlation of stratigraphic sequences, standard planktonic foraminiferal zones; application of micropalaeontology in sequence stratigraphy; case studies of Indian sedimentary basins.


Seismic Data Processing and Seismic Stratigraphy
Theory and geometry of seismic wave propagation, Seismic wave velocities in rocks, Review of marine and land seismic data acquisition techniques; Fundamentals of time series analysis, auto and cross correlation, convolution, sampling theorem and aliasing, filtering, deconvolution; Data enhancement techniques – Noise reduction, traveltime correction, stacking, wavelet processing, frequency filtering, velocity analysis, amplitude correction, migration techniques, Seismic interpretation – typical trap types and their seismic definition, velocity, structural and timing effects; Basic concepts, definitions and objectives of seismic stratigraphy, Stratigraphic patterns in seismic data, Seismic attribute analysis, Seismic sequence analysis - interpretation of depositional environment and lithology, eustatic sea level changes, Seismic Facies analysis- seismic reflection characteristics, simple and complex reflection configuration, Seismic reflection character analysis- amplitude and continuity.

Petroleum Geochemistry
Composition and structure of organic matter, Organic matter accumulation, maturation process, Characterization of hydrocarbon source rocks, Modelling petroleum maturation and migration, Introduction to different biomarkers used in oil exploration, biomarkers and source rock-oil correlation, oil-oil correlation using biomarkers, thermal degradation and biodegradation of crude oil. Introduction to different techniques used in petroleum geochemistry including optical methods applied to source rock study, vitrinite reflectance, elemental composition of kerogen. LECO, Rock Eval Pyrolysis, Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS), Fourier Transformed Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Identification of petroleum systems, application of basin modelling to petroleum exploration, identification and delineation of generative basins.

Structural Geology and Subsurface Geological Mapping
Brittle and ductile deformation of rocks. Mechanisms of deformation. Folds, faults and fault-fold association. Balanced cross section. Fractured reservoirs. Effects of faulting on reservoirs. Mapping faults and faulted surfaces, Structural style in different tectonic settings. Structures in compressional, extensional and strike-slip terranes, Gravity induced structures. Diapirism. Stratum contour and isopach maps for structural and stratigraphic interpretation of reservoir units.

Oilwell Drilling Technology
Introduction to drilling methods, types of drilling operations, Designing an oil well, Downhole equipment, The drilling rig - its components and functions, rig sizing and selection, Drilling fluids, Wellheads, Casing and cementing operations, Principles of kick control, fishing jobs, The drill stem test (DST). Drilling a well- from top to bottom, Drilling methods and equipment for directional, horizontal and multilateral wells. Prediction of formation pore pressure and stress gradients. Determination of safety mud weight bounds for different in-situ conditions. Types of offshore drilling rigs- bottom founded vs. floating, Special issues for offshore drilling operations- motion compensation, station keeping. Stresses around a borehole, hole stability. Drilling in overpressured regimes, Drilling in depleted zones, underbalanced drilling. Waste disposal and environmental factors in drilling.


Well-site Geology and Formation Evaluation
Duties of a well-site geologist. Geotechnical order. Coring and core analysis. Examination of well cuttings. Preparation of lithologs. Drill time logging, mud logging. Detection of oil and well logging. Preparation of composite logs. Principles of formation testing. Well completion, well acidisation, velocity shooting and fracturing. Concept of formation evaluation and log interpretation. Response of logging tools and borehole effect on log measurements. Logging practices, log quality control and environmental correction on well log measurements. Lithology plots. Saturation, irreducible saturation and permeability studies from well logs. Shaly sand analysis. Cementing quality monitoring. Constant bottomhole pressure tests. Practical aspects of design and performance of field tests. Analysis of transient pressure data, effects of boundaries, reservoir heterogeneity, multiphase flow. Study of production, DST and formation interval tests. Pulse testing and multiwell tests.

Sequence Stratigraphy
Historical developments of sequence stratigraphy, key concepts, transgressions and regressions. Sequence stratigraphic surfaces, types of stratal terminations, Systems tract: Lowstand systems tract, Highstand systems tract, Falling stage systems tract, Regressive systems tract. Hierarchy of sequences and sequence boundaries; Sequence stratigraphy of hydrocarbon reservoirs; Applications to source rocks exploration. Application of sequence stratigraphy in clastic and carbonate depositional systems. Case studies showing applicability of sequence stratigraphic concepts for understanding petroleum plays.

Petrophysics
Fundamentals of petrophysics. Porosity, permeability, capillary action in porous media, relative permeability, Interaction between petrophysical parameters. Borehole environment. Invasion profiles and invasion characteristics. Hydrocarbon mobility. Acquisition of petrophysical data. Data quality assurance. Presentation of petrophysical data. Measurement of natural gamma rays. Formation waters, Importance of formation water characteristics. The SP curve. Well-site log evaluation. Formation resistivities. Shallow and deep resistively measuring devices. Fluid zones and capillary pressure, capillary pressure saturation. Case studies with well log, core analysis and well pressure data.

Petroleum Geostatistics
Introduction to applications of geostatistics in petroleum geoscience; Introduction to basic statistics: random variables, univariate and joint probability distributions, expectation, variance, covariance, conditional distribution. Introduction to random functions, stationarity, second-order stationarity, quasi-stationarity, intrinsic random functions, non-stationary random functions coregionalization; covariance and variogram, properties and modeling, concepts of regularization and change of support; estimation: ordinary and simple kriging, cokriging; transfer functions: indicator kriging. Simulation of random functions: non-conditional and conditional simulation, sequential simulation, LU-based simulation, simulated annealing, co-simulation; truncated Gaussian and indicator simulation; introduction to object-based simulation. Application of simulation techniques in petroleum geology: simulation of facies, simulation of reservoir characteristics.

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