Manish CV Exploration-Geologist
Manish CV Exploration-Geologist
Manish CV Exploration-Geologist
Current position
PhD. Research Scholar (Department of Petroleum Engineering and Geo Engineering, RGIPT, Amethi, Uttar Pradesh)
Assistant Professor (On Leave) (Department of Petroleum Engineering, Graphic Era University, Dehradun)
Personal Profile
Highly self-motivated and a good team worker with Master’s degree in Applied Geology. Over ten years of experience with
Schlumberger, a well-known petroleum exploration and production service provider, having wide exposure on surface seismic data
acquisition and processing using industry standards software and guidelines, on various conventional and unconventional latest
seismic data. A good understanding of geological field data gathering, mapping, modeling and interpretation, integrated exploration
projects. About 5 years of academic experience. Possess a good experience of Technical, managerial (administrative) and academic
positions.
Academic Qualification
Key Competencies
• Seismic data acquisition: Experience of different marine seismic data acquisition techniques including,
o Q-Seismic
o 4D-Shooting
o Coil- Shooting
o ObliQ -Shooting
o Worked in close association with Navigator, Observer, Gunner and online processing team to meet the technical
requirement of the project.
• Geology
o Geological mapping and map interpretation
o 3D static modeling of exploration area
o Well versed with field geological equipment like GPS and Brunton compass
o Geological field trips to several geological province in India and abroad, as team member or team leader
• Management role:
o Mentoring junior staff for technical development
o Participated in cross domain seismic data processing training
o Participated in university placement drives for WesternGeco
o Active member of QHSE, Loss prevention team and Quality stare committee
• Academics:
o Designed course structure and syllabus of M.Tech (Petroleum Exploration)
o SPE presentations
o Designed and developed petroleum engineering museum
o Courses taken: Sedimentology, Petroleum geology, Geophysics, Structural geology, Seismic data interpretation,
Basic drilling techniques,
Technical Training
Depth Imaging Level2: Depth imaging, Mumbai, August 2010 Mumbai, India 1 weeks
Velocity modeling training: Earth velocity model (in conjunction with geology) on software package Mumbai, India 1 weeks
Inva.
Project Management: Project management skills and job role of Project Leaders. Mumbai, India 1 week
Seismic Data processing Phase1, Phase 2 and Phase 3. Oslo Norway 12 weeks
and Gatwick UK
Turkey Shoot: Training cum assessment on a test line processing and project management skills. Gatwick UK 2 weeks
Seismic Interpretation: Seismic data interpretation and mapping. Mumbai, India 1 week
• Geochemical Study of Coals from Sohagpur Coalfield, India, and Its implication to CBM Potential. International Journal of
Coal Preparation and Utilization.
• Geochemical and microstructural analysis of coals from Sohagpur coalfield with reference to adsorption behaviour: an
assessment for CO2 sequestration, International Journal of Coal Preparation and Utilization.
• An assessment of the environmental impact of coal mining through acid mine drainage and soil degradation from
Makum coalfields, Upper Assam, India: A case study. Journal of Geological Society of India.
• Macro Lithotype and Proximate Analysis: A tool to check Coal Bed Methane Potentiality of Sohagpur Coalfield, India in
National Seminar on Conventional, Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Perspective at Nagpur, India.
• SPE presentation delivered on 28th October,2016, at RGIPT, Raebareli, UP, India. titled ‘Sub Basalt Exploration: India's
need, its challenges and value addition by unconventional imaging approach"
• An article published in Schlumberger internal library titled, “Online project management sensitivity for the data file name”
May 2011.
• A presentation delivered in Schlumberger global geoseminars titled, “Sub-basalt imaging in India: a case study - Value
Addition by Unconventional Time processing approach”, hosted by WesternGeco Sub-Basalt Imaging Group, October
2010.
• An article titled “Seismic Velocity Trend understanding in the DeccanBasalt Provence, India Southern Offshore”,
published by Schlumberger’s Sub-Basalt Special Interest Group in their Quarterly News Letter, September 2010.
• A Schlumberger internal presentation and further an article, titled, “Velocity sensitivity for far angle stack” validated and
published in Schlumberger internal library for future references, May 2010.
• An article published and linked to the best practice in Schlumberger internal library, titled, “How to know a data need water
velocity correction” December 2009.
• A Schlumberger internal presentation and further an article, titled, “Auto-Archival of dataset in Omega 2.8” validated and
published in Schlumberger internal library, the presentation helped to define the data retention policy of some of the
WesternGeco data processing centers. August 2009.
• A work flow developed on Omega and presented and further published on Schlumberger internal library, titled, “Horizon
based Trace-mixing process” for filtering high amplitude random noise, December 2008
• A Schlumberger internal presentation and further an article titled “Conventional versus Met-Ocean tidal correction” published
in Schlumberger internal library for future references, November 2008.
Software Skills
• Omega (processing), INVA (Interactive velocity analysis), WesternGeco inhouse acquisition system and software (Advance)
• Petrel (Basic)
• Working Experience on Window/Linux/Unix
• OpendTect (Basic)
• ARC GIS
• EMERSON-ROXAR RMS (Basic)
Personal Biodata
Reference
Declaration
I, hereby, declare that the particulars furnished above by me are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Date: 20.07.2023
Place: Ranchi Manish Kumar Srivastava