Dr. Soumyajit Mukherjee, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400 076, India email: soumyajitm@gmail.com

• Plate-tectonic evolution of the deep ocean basins adjoining the western continental margin of India – a proposed model for the early opening scenario.- Rift Grabens and Crustal architecture of the Offshore North East Coast- Mahanadi Basin, eastern continental margin of India.- Study of CO2 EOR in a Sector Model from Mature Oil Field, Cambay Basin, India.- Organic properties and hydrocarbon generation potential of shales from few sedimentary basins of India.- Overpressure Zones in relation to in-situ stress for the Krishna-Godavari Basin, eastern continental margin of India: implications for hydrocarbon prospectivity.- Estimation of In-situ Stress and Coal Bed Methane Potential of Coal Seams from Analysis of Well logs, Ground Mapping and Laboratory Data in Central part of Jharia Coalfield– An Overview.- Calcareous algal-rich carbonate sediments from Assam Shelf, N-E India: An overview of the palaeoenvironmental implications.- Hydrocarbon potential of the palaeogene Disang Group, Manipurregion, India - A palynological approach.- Identifying Relationship amongst Vitrinite/Inertinite ratio (V/I), cleat parameters, vitrinite reflectance, O/C ratio and permeability of coal seams & V/I ratio as exploration tool: Study from Raniganj Coal bed methane block, Essar Oil Limited, India.- Plant-microbe association-assisted removal of heavy metals and degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.- Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques for Indian Reservoirs.- India: Petroleum policies and geopolitics.

"It is a compact book which delves into some of the aspects of hydrocarbon exploration in India. The book is a collection of 12 papers on diverse fields, accompanied by detailed charts and pictures. ... The diversity of information put together in this book will be useful to have in libraries of universities and oil industries, for individuals associated with the oil industry, as well as amateur geologists who are interested in the Indian hydrocarbon exploration scenario." (Partha Pratim Saikia, Journal of the Geological Society of India, Vol. 87 (87), 2016)