Exploration and Prospecting of Petroleum in Western Rajasthan – A Review

Today, petroleum remains our primary source of energy. To reap the maximum benefits from petroleum developments, we need to understand this new industry in Rajasthan state. By educating ourselves as individuals, we can be in a better position to take advantage of the resultant employment and business opportunities.

Methods of petroleum exploration and production typically involve expensive, technologically driven approaches. During the prospecting phase, petroleum exploration includes the uses of subsurface geological evaluation, seismic data and large computing power to process the geophysical data. Drilling exploratory wells is also an expensive and risky undertaking. All decisions about investments made in exploratory drilling, development and production are weighted against the potential economic return anticipation from the investment.

This review paperexplore about petroleum origin, properties of crude oil, parameters controlling the occurrence of petroleum and different methods of explorations in detail. It focus on the petroleum reserve in world, India as well as in Rajasthan. This Paper also emphasis on the exploratory work going on in Rajasthan and the involvement of various companies in that work.