Ankita Kukshal
Research Scholar,
Department of Earth Sciences
IIT Roorkee
Email: akukshal[at]es.iitr.ac.in
Short Bio:
Ankita Kukshal is currently working as a research scholar in the Department of Earth Sciences, IIT Roorkee…..
Areas of Interest:
Geomechanics, Geophysics, fluid flow through porous media, unconventional reserves
RESEARCH STATEMENT
I have worked on estimation of petrophysical parameters using spectral induced polarization of complex carbonate rocks. Spectral induced polarization is an extended version of DC resistivity method, that measures real and imaginary part of the conductivity and hence it is also known as complex conductivity method also. The pore size distribution of the carbonate rocks was also estimated using complex conductivity and validated with mercury intrusion porosimetry. I also performed bulk XRD data analysis and clay quantification of 120 volcanic powdered samples and cation exchange capacity (CEC) measurements. My future work interest involves usage of spectral induced polarization for ground water exploration, hydraulic parameters (hydraulic conductivity & permeability), in-situ measurements.
SKILLS
PUBLICATIONS & CONFERENCES
- Kukshal A., Sharma R., Kalita H., Pandey P., Lal H. (2022) Wellbore stability using integrated insitu stress and associated pore pressure distribution in Southern Onshore Basin in India. 6th International Workshop on Rock Physics: A Coruña, Spain 13 -17 June 2022: Book of Abstracts, pp 117-118, DOI: https://doi.org/10.17979/spudc.000005.
- Kukshal A., Sharma R., Jamwal V D., Yeshwantth G. (2022) Determination of In-Situ Stress Using Elastic Parameters and Pore Pressure in Unconventional Shale Formations of the Indian Eastern Onshore Basin Paper presented at the 56th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, June 2022, ARMA-2022-0326, https://doi.org/10.56952/ARMA-2022-0326 .
- Kukshal, A., Sharma, R., Jamwal, V., Yeshwantth, G. (2022) Encapsulation of Elastic Parameters and Pore Pressure for In-situ Stress Determination in Unconventional Shale Formations of the Indian Eastern Onshore Basin, Acta Geomechanica (Under review)
- Kukshal, A., Sharma, R., Yeshwantth, G. M., Chaudhary, M., Sadiq, M., Kalita H., Lal, H., (2022) Laboratory Constrained Workflows for Integrated Wellbore Stability Analysis in Clay Rich Sandstone Reservoirs in the Southern Onshore Basin in India in Journal of Rock mechanics and rock engineering (under review)
- Kukshal, A., Sharma R., Jamwal V.D., Yeshwantth, G. M., Kalita, H., Lal, H., (2022) Determination of Regions Prone to Sand production and the Linkage to fluid flow by integrating Rock Strength Parameters and the Microphotographs in the Southern Onshore Basin in Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Petroleum Technology (under review).
- Chaudhary, M., Sharma, R., Kalita, H. J., Kukshal, A. (2023) Estimating the Influence of Rock Texture on Geomechanical Properties of Basement Rocks in Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment (under review).