Preface xxi

Acknowledgments xxiii

Introduction to "Handbook of Petroleum Geoscience: Exploration, Characterization, and Exploitation of Hydrocarbon Reservoirs" 1
Soumyajit Mukherjee, Swagato Dasgupta, Chandan Majumdar, Subhadip Mandal, and Troyee Dasgupta

1 Application of Machine Learning Algorithms for Petroleum Reservoir Characterization 6
Soumi Chaki, Aurobinda Routray, and William K. Mohanty

2 Petrophysical Predictions Using Regression and Advanced Machine Learning Algorithm 21
Shubham Singh and Abhijeet Bhardwaj

3 A Modified Guided Filter to Denoise Seismic Attributes 50
Soumi Chaki, S.L. Happy, Aurobinda Routray, and William K. Mohanty

4 Geomechanics: A Basic Requirement for Wells at Every Operational Stage 66
Chandreyi Chatterjee, Chandan Majumdar, Lenin Mora Guerrero, and Juan Carlos Rabanal Chavez

5 In Situ Stresses from Log Measurements 89
Kuppili Meenakshi Sundaram

6 3D Inversion of Ultra-Deep Azimuthal Electromagnetic Logging-While-Drilling Data 101
Nigel Clegg and Karol Riofrio Rodriguez

7 Solving the Puzzle: Seven Effective Habits of Geosteering Team Members 115
Bronwyn Djefel

8 Driving Technology for Geosteering Decisions: Halliburton Geosteering 123
Bronwyn Djefel and Nigel Clegg

9 Rock Strength Estimation from Petrophysical Logs Through Core Data Calibration in Low Porosity and Low Permeability Carbonate Rocks 137
Sankhajit Saha and Vikram Vishal

10 Review on Organic Porosity in Shale Reservoirs 151
Deependra Pratap Singh, Bodhisatwa Hazra, Vivek Singh, and Pradeep K. Singh

11 Experimental Understanding of Pore Structure and Wettability of the Unconventional Reservoir 172
Md Golam Kibria and Qinhong Hu

12 Analysis of Pore Characteristics of Select Indian Shale Samples and Assessment of Pore Connectivity by Conformance Correction of Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry Results 198
Tuli Bakshi, Venkata Yasaswy Turlapati, Vikram Vishal, B.K Prusty, and Khanindra Pathak

13 Geochemical Modeling of Diagenetic Reactions in the Eocene Sediment-Gravity-Flow Deposit Reservoirs Influenced by Salt Tectonics: The Espírito Santo Basin, Brazil 212
Marcos Antonio Klunk, Sudipta Dasgupta, Mohuli Das, Renzo D’souza, Soyane Juceli Siqueira Xavier, and Paulo Roberto Wander

14 Stratigraphic Boundary Detection Using UDWT and Edge-Detection on Well Log Data 219
Somali Roy, Biplab Kumar Mukherjee, and Sudipta Dasgupta

15 Source Rock Geochemistry for Shale Characterization 233
Devleena Mani, Nihar Ranjan Kar, and M.S. Kalpana

16 A GIS-Based Approach to Explore the Possibility of N--S Gondwana Rift in the South-Eastern Part of India 254
Subhobroto Mazumder, Ravi Prakash, and D.S. Mitra

17 The Upper Assam Basin, Its Evolution, and Modification: A Review 280
Devojit Bezbaruah, Tapos Kumar Goswami, and Ranjan Kumar Sarmah

18 Basement Tectonics in the Assam Shelf and Its Implications in Hydrocarbon Exploration -- A Remote-Sensing and GIS-Based Perspective 300
Subhobroto Mazumder, Blecy Tep, D.S. Mitra, and K.K.S. Pangtey

19 Taphonomy, Petrophysics, and the Relationship of Dense Shell-Accumulation with Reservoir Quality 341
Rodrigo Scalise Horodyski, Guilherme Furlan Chinelatto, Hugo Schmidt-Neto, Eduardo Guareschi, and Sudipta Dasgupta

20 Tectonic Evolution of Jaisalmer Basin (Rajasthan, India) 374
Rajesh Pandey

21 Improving Insights Into Petrophysics using Geophysical Data for the Habiganj Structure, Surma Basin, Bangladesh 394
Kamruzzaman, Delwar Hossain, Mizanur Rahman Sarker, Mahmuda Khatun, and Md. Upal Shahriar

22 Assessment of Efficacy of "b" Value as a Seismic Precursor for Select Major Seismic Events 413
Deepali Gadkari and Soumyajit Mukherjee

Acknowledgments 428

References 428

Web References 434