Hydrocarbon Fluid Inclusions in Petroliferous Basins

Dr. V. Nandakumar is a geoscientist in NCESS, India. He has vast expertise in fluid inclusion work, both in sedimentary and high-grade metamorphic rocks. Dr. V. Nandakumar has more than 28 years of experience in fluid inclusions studies, beginning from his MSc thesis on fluid inclusions in igneous and hydrothermal systems. As a continuation to his MSc thesis, his PhD work was also on fluid inclusions in cordierite bearing granulites. He also collaborated with the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Government of India to study fluid inclusions from the petroliferous basins and is developing techniques for oil exploration. Dr. Jayanthi JL is a physicist at NCESS specialised in spectroscopic applications in fluid inclusions. She has expertise in characterising fluorescence and Raman spectra of geological and biological samples. She is currently associated in the study of fluid inclusions in sedimentary and metamorphic rocks

1. Introduction to fluid inclusions2. Non-destructive analytical techniques for fluid inclusions3. Petroleum geology and the significance of HCFIs study4. Hydrocarbon fluid inclusions (HCFIs)-examples from Mumbai and Kerala offshore basins in India5. Fluorescence emission of oils in hydrocarbon fluid inclusions and its relation to API gravity6. Raman spectroscopic studies on hydrocarbon fluid inclusions7. Petrograhic and microthermometric analysis of hydrocarbon fluid inclusions8. Conclusions and future perspectives