Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a Petrophysicist with global experience .My area of expertise is in open hole evaluation is probabilistic & deterministic formation evaluation, Nuclear magnetic resonance and elemental spectroscopy data interpretation and integration, I have also done lots of work in cased hole formation evaluation using pulsed neutron logs.
I have extensively worked in integrated interpretation involving integration of data from various geoscience disciplines and in several field development plan projects.
I wrote “Geoscience in Petroleum Exploration:Fundamentals of Geology,Geophysics, Petrophysics and Drilling Engineering Techniques Applied in Petroleum Exploration” in 2017 and now I put a small book on Reservoir monitoring / cased hole formation evaluation using pulsed neutron logs.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Oil industry is going through hard time for more than 5 years now.Many companies are not focusing on new exploration activities however , reservoir monitoring and cased hole formation evaluation is increasingly becoming important due to need of properly managing/monitoring current reservoirs. Pulsed neutron tools such as Pulsar ,RMT ,RPM are most important tools available in industry as of now for reservoir monitoring.
The inspiration behind writing this small book to educate petrophysicist , reservoir engineers and other technical peoples about physics and principles of this tool as they make lots of big decision on the basis of data acquired from this tool.
What are you working on now?
I am currently working with major E&P company working on these tools and also planning to write on machine learning in Oil and gas industry.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Awesome gang is best website for promoting books.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Write on topic you love.
What are you reading now?
Machine learning/ Artificial intelligence
What’s next for you as a writer?
Machine learning/artificial intelligence on Oil and gas industry
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Some books on Geoscience and some nice novels