Abstract

The assessment of unconventional resources in shale plays is a challenging task in the present context of exploration in India, as regional investigations of their economic potential are scarce. In contrast, regional play evaluations to assess conventional resources are now commonly based on the characterization of petroleum systems elements describing subsurface geological conditions as an input for uncertainty and economic resource assessments. Despite ongoing efforts to improve decision making, the Indian E&P industry lacks a reliable and consistent resource quantification approach similar to the methodologies used in conventional workflows.