Application of Big Data in Petroleum Streams

The book aims to provide comprehensive knowledge and information pertaining to application or implementation of big data in the petroleum industry and its operations (such as exploration, production, refining and finance).

The book covers intricate aspects of big data such as 6Vs, benefits, applications, implementation, research work and real-world implementation pertaining to each petroleum-associated operation in a concise manner that aids the reader to apprehend the overview of big data’s role in the industry.

The book resonates with readers who wish to understand the intricate details of working with big data (along with data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence) in general and how it affects and impacts an entire industry. As the book builds various concepts of big data from scratch to industry level, readers who wish to gain big data-associated knowledge of industry level in simple language from the very fundamentals would find this a wonderful read.

Mr. Jay Gohil is pursuing Bachelor of Technology in Information and Communication Technology at Pandit Deendayal Energy University. He has authored three research papers, two conference papers, two book chapters and a book (this) during his academic study. His research interests include Big Data, Data Science, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Data Mining and Artificial Intelligence, and he has communicated research work in esteemed journals in these areas. He has been a research intern at ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization, Ahmedabad, India) and Ryerson University (Toronto, Canada). He is also a Google DSC Lead, Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador, Intel Student Ambassador for IoT, IBM Z Ambassador, AWS Community Builder and deeplearning.ai Event Ambassador.

Dr. Manan Shah has a B.E. in Chemical Engineering from LD College of Engineering and an M.Tech. in Petroleum Engineering from School of Petroleum Technology, PDPU. He has completed his Ph.D. in the area of exploration and exploitation of Geothermal Energy in the state of Gujarat. He is currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Technology (SOT), PDPU, and Research Scientist in Centre of Excellence for Geothermal energy (CEGE). One of his areas of research is power generation from low enthalpy geothermal reservoirs using Organic Rankine Cycle. He was also involved in the designing of a Geothermal Space Heating and Cooling system at Dholera and doing research on hybrid setup in the renewable energy sector. Dr. Shah has received the Young Scientist Award from the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB). He has published several articles in reputed international journals in the areas of renewable energy, petroleum engineering, water quality and chemical engineering. He serves as an active reviewer for several Springer and Elsevier international journals.