As part of the Association of Petroleum Geologists India (APG-India) group recently accompanied geology experts from the industry and academia, senior office bearers of APG-India, representatives from the oil & gas and service companies, scientists from the Geological Survey of India, besides geology students and researchers on a geological field trip to the Mohand Section, Doon Valley, Uttarakhand.
APG-India is a forum which brings together Petroleum Geologists on one platform to discuss, deliberate and plan ways and means to support worthwhile educational and scientific programs or projects related to geosciences. It focuses on advancement of the science of Petroleum Geology and promotion of technology for exploration and production in an economically and environmentally sound manner.
Mohand is where an exploratory well drilled by ONGC six decades back. The field trip studied delineating the Quaternary signatures of tectono-climatic evolution of the Himalaya and its foreland; building the syn and post-collision landscape using archives; understanding the sedimentary pattern and basin evolution of pre- Himalayan sedimentary basins. A close study of sedimentary rock classification, type of source material, environment of deposition and process deposition was taken up.
The visit provided a very different experience and an opportunity to watch from close quarters how geologists turn every pebble and minutely study the rocks for hydrocarbons and mineral exploration/search. Salute to the geologists!
