Kumar Vivek
Part-time Research Fellow,
Department of Earth Sciences
IIT Roorkee
Email: kumar_v@es.iitr.ac.in
Short Bio:
Kumar Vivek has completed his Masters in Applied Geology from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee in 2005 and thereafter joined Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (NOC). Presently, he is supervising various R&D and interpretation (G&G) projects at Geo-Data Processing & Interpretation Centre (GEOPIC) of ONGC Ltd. at Dehradun. Additionally, he is also pursuing Ph.D. at Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee.
Areas of Interest:
Play based Exploration- Geo-cellular Modelling- Reservoir Characterization- Seismic Attributes- Resource Assessment- Pore-pressure Analysis- Geomechanics- Fault Seal Analysis- Carbon Underground Storage.
RESEARCH STATEMENT
Assam Basin has been extensively explored and is bestowed with some of the major oil producing fields in India. Most of the earlier discoveries within these fields were made on simpler sub-surface structures which mimicked similar entrapment (mainly structural) conditions at various stratigraphic levels. However, the easy days for exploration has faded away and nowadays, for ascertaining the sub-surface uncertainties, the focus has been laid on exploring smaller structures with strati-structural aspects using advanced and innovative G&G interpretational skills. Currently the focus of my research work is to highlight the main controlling factors of hydrocarbon accumulation, revealing hydrocarbon accumulation patterns and establishing hydrocarbon accumulation models, so as to provide theoretical guidance for further oil and gas exploration in Assam Basin in Eastern India.
SKILLS
Software : Landmark Suite, Petrel, Paradigm (SKUA), Drillworks, SeisP3
Languages : English, Hindi
PUBLICATIONS
Vivek, K., S. K. Singh, B.K. Mangaraj and H. Lal (2018, Jan). Overpressure generation and distribution in compressional tectonic setting: Basin modelling approach. Geohorizons, 15-20.
Narayan, S., A. Mohan, K. Vivek, and P. Acharya, (2022, Dec). Reservoir characterization of Kopili sands using model-based impedance inversion and multilayer perceptron neural network in Lakwa oilfield, Assam Basin, India. Geohorizons, 101-117.
Narayan, S., R. Singh, A. Mohan, K. Vivek, P. Acharya and S.K. Pal. Delineation of thin and discrete sand reservoir facies from shale-dominated Kopili Formation (Middle to Late Eocene) using the post-stack seismic inversion and neural network algorithm: A case study from Assam Basin, India. Journal of Earth System Science (Manuscript Accepted).
CONFERENCES
Vivek, K., M. Mann, A.S. Kumar, P. Basu and H. Lal, 2017, Use of seismic and wellbore electrologs to explore sandstone-type uranium deposits in Kaikalur-Lingala area, KG basin: Finding new avenues to utilize data acquired for hydrocarbon exploration: IGC, Nagpur.
Basu, P., H.S. Vachak, K. Vivek, A.S. Kumar and H. Lal, 2017, Identification of stratigraphic play potential within the Jalangi Formation using high resolution sequence stratigraphy in the shelfal part of Bengal basin, India: AAPG GTW, India.
Singh, S.K., K. Vivek, P. Basu, B.K. Mangaraj and H. Lal, 2017, Seismic guided pore pressure prediction in deepwater block of Mahanadi basin: AAPG GTW, India.
Singh, S.K., K. Vivek, D. Singh, and A. Bhardwaj, 2018, An address to shallow hazards and pore pressure complexities of Indian petroliferous basins: Integrated modelling approach: AAPG GTW, Australia.
COPYRIGHTS
K. Singh, P. Singh, B.K. Mangaraj, K. Vivek and S. Konka, (2018), SEISP3- Pore pressure prediction using seismic velocities (Software).