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'''Rabi Narayan Bastia''' is an Indian [[Geoscientists|geoscientist]] and the Global Head of Exploration at Lime Petroleum, Norway, known for his contributions in the [[hydrocarbon]] explorations at [[Krishna Godavari Basin]] (2002), at [[Mahanadi]] Basin (2003) and at [[Cauvery River|Cauvery]] (2007).<ref name="Bloomberg profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=137079038&privcapId=216749627 | title=Bloomberg profile | publisher=Bloomberg | date=2015 | accessdate=December 26, 2015}}</ref> A non-executive director of Asian Oilfield Services Limited and the President at OilMax Energy,<ref name="4 Traders profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.4-traders.com/business-leaders/Rabi-Narayan-Bastia-0CBSTV-E/biography/ | title=4 Traders profile | publisher=4 Traders | date=2015 | accessdate=December 26, 2015}}</ref> Bastia is a recipient of the ''Odisha Living Legend Award''.<ref name="Odisha Living Legend Award">{{cite web | url=http://www.orissadiary.com/odisha_living_legend/Rabi-Narayan-Bastia.asp | title=Odisha Living Legend Award | publisher=Orissa Diary | date=11 November 2011 | accessdate=December 26, 2015}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2007, for his contributions to Science and Technology.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | accessdate=July 21, 2015}}</ref>
'''Rabi Narayan Bastia''' is an Indian [[Geoscientists|geoscientist]] and the Global Head of Exploration at Lime Petroleum, Norway, known for his contributions in the [[hydrocarbon]] explorations at [[Krishna Godavari Basin]] (2002), at [[Mahanadi]] Basin (2003) and at [[Cauvery River|Cauvery]] (2007).<ref name="Bloomberg profile">{{cite web | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=137079038&privcapId=216749627 | title=Bloomberg profile | publisher=Bloomberg | date=2015 | access-date=26 December 2015}}</ref> A non-executive director of Asian Oilfield Services Limited and the President at OilMax Energy,<ref name="4 Traders profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.4-traders.com/business-leaders/Rabi-Narayan-Bastia-0CBSTV-E/biography/ | title=4 Traders profile | publisher=4 Traders | date=2015 | access-date=26 December 2015}}</ref> Bastia is a recipient of the ''Odisha Living Legend Award''.<ref name="Odisha Living Legend Award">{{cite web | url=http://www.orissadiary.com/odisha_living_legend/Rabi-Narayan-Bastia.asp | title=Odisha Living Legend Award | publisher=Orissa Diary | date=11 November 2011 | access-date=26 December 2015 }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820155131/http://www.orissadiary.com/odisha_living_legend/Rabi-Narayan-Bastia.asp |date=20 August 2014 }}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2007, for his contributions to Science and Technology.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015 }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |date=15 October 2015 }}</ref>


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Rabi Narayan Bastia was born on 2 October 1958 in the Indian state of [[Odisha]] and graduated in Science from [[Utkal University]].<ref name="Brief Profile of Dr. Rabi Narayan Bastia">{{cite web | url=http://www.pressbox.co.uk/detailed/Science/Brief_Profile_of_Dr._Rabi_Narayan_Bastia_110927.html | title=Brief Profile of Dr. Rabi Narayan Bastia | publisher=Press Box, UK | date=26 March 2007 | accessdate=December 26, 2015}}</ref> His master's degree came in Applied Geology from the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur]] which was followed by a doctoral degree (PhD) in Structural Geology from the same institution. Later, he completed an advanced master's course (MS) in petroleum exploration at the [[Norwegian University of Science and Technology]], with a first rank.<ref name="Brief Profile of Dr. Rabi Narayan Bastia" /> His career started at the [[Oil and Natural Gas Corporation]] (ONGC) in 1980 and he worked there for 16 years till he joined [[Reliance Industries]] (RIL) in 1996 where he founded and headed the [[Upstream (petroleum industry)|exploration and production]] (E&P) Division.<ref name="Bloomberg profile" /> He led the RIL exploration team at [[Krishna Godavari Basin]] and discovered the KG-D6 field in 2002, reportedly the biggest oil find worldwide in the year 2002.<ref name="Why And How Bastia Got Busted">{{cite web | url=http://www.indianoilandgas.com/viewarticle.php?id=16599 | title=Why And How Bastia Got Busted | publisher=Indian Oil and Gas | date=2015 | accessdate=December 26, 2015}}</ref> He worked with RIL till 2012 during which time the team led by him was successful in discovering gas at [[Mahanadi]] basin of the Northeast coast in 2003 and at [[Cauvery River|Cauvery]] basin in 2007.<ref name="Bloomberg profile" />
Bastia was born on 2 October 1958 in [[Odisha]], India, and graduated in Science from [[Utkal University]].<ref name="Brief Profile of Dr. Rabi Narayan Bastia">{{cite web | url=http://www.pressbox.co.uk/detailed/Science/Brief_Profile_of_Dr._Rabi_Narayan_Bastia_110927.html | title=Brief Profile of Dr. Rabi Narayan Bastia | publisher=Press Box, UK | date=26 March 2007 | access-date=26 December 2015 }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117010933/http://www.pressbox.co.uk/detailed/Science/Brief_Profile_of_Dr._Rabi_Narayan_Bastia_110927.html |date=17 January 2013 }}</ref> His master's degree came in Applied Geology from the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur]] which was followed by a doctoral degree (PhD) in Structural Geology from the same institution. Later, he completed an advanced master's course (MS) in petroleum exploration at the [[Norwegian University of Science and Technology]], with a first rank.<ref name="Brief Profile of Dr. Rabi Narayan Bastia" /> His career started at the [[Oil and Natural Gas Corporation]] (ONGC) in 1980 and he worked there for 16 years till he joined [[Reliance Industries]] (RIL) in 1996 where he founded and headed the [[Upstream (petroleum industry)|exploration and production]] (E&P) Division.<ref name="Bloomberg profile" /> He led the RIL exploration team at [[Krishna Godavari Basin]] and discovered the KG-D6 field in 2002, reportedly the biggest Natural gas find worldwide in the year 2002.<ref name="Why And How Bastia Got Busted">{{cite web | url=http://www.indianoilandgas.com/viewarticle.php?id=16599 | title=Why And How Bastia Got Busted | publisher=Indian Oil and Gas | date=2015 | access-date=26 December 2015}}</ref> He worked with RIL till 2012 during which time the team led by him was successful in discovering gas at [[Mahanadi]] basin of the Northeast coast in 2003 and at [[Cauvery River|Cauvery]] basin in 2007.<ref name="Bloomberg profile" />


In 2012, he resigned from RIL, under controversial circumstances, reportedly due to the decline in the output from the KG-D6.<ref name="Why And How Bastia Got Busted" /><ref name="Ravi Narayan Bastia, the man who discovered KG-D6 fields for RIL quits the company">{{cite web | url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-05-16/news/31726772_1_kg-d6-dhirubhai-1-krishna-godavari-basin-d6 | title=Ravi Narayan Bastia, the man who discovered KG-D6 fields for RIL quits the company | publisher=Economic Times | date=16 May 2012 | accessdate=December 26, 2015}}</ref> By that time, he had already been associated with Lime Petroleum, Norway for two years, as a director, where he is the Global Head of Exploration. He is the President of E&P business at OilMax Energy, a Pune-based project management consultants in the energy sector,<ref name="Core Team">{{cite web | url=http://www.oilmax.in/about.htm#team | title=Core Team | publisher=Oilmax | date=2015 | accessdate=December 26, 2015}}</ref> concurrently serving Asian Oilfield Services as a non-executive independent director and Hibiscus Petroleum Bernhad, Malaysia as a director,<ref name="Board of Directors">{{cite web | url=http://asianoilfield.com/about-us/board-of-directors.html | title=Board of Directors | publisher=Asian Oilfield Services | date=2015 | accessdate=December 26, 2015}}</ref> resigning from the latter board in 2014.<ref name="HIBISCUS PETROLEUM BERHAD ANNOUNCES ">{{cite web | url=http://www.bursamarketplace.com/index.php?ch=ch_content&pg=pg_cont_news&ac=9737 | title=HIBISCUS PETROLEUM BERHAD ANNOUNCES | publisher=Burs Market Place | date=2014 | accessdate=December 26, 2015}}</ref> He also sits in the director boards of Oil Field Instrumentation India Limited and Synergy Oil and Gas Consultancy Pvt Ltd.<ref name="4 Traders profile" /> In 2005, he was elected as the chairman of the International Quality and Productivity Centre (IQPC), the first Indian to hold the post.<ref name="Brief Profile of Dr. Rabi Narayan Bastia" /> He is a member of [[American Association of Petroleum Geologists]] and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists and Petroleum Engineers. He is also a member of the Society of Geoscientists and Allied Technologists, Indian Geological Congress and the Association of Petroleum Geologists of India.<ref name="4 Traders profile" />
In 2012, he resigned from RIL, under controversial circumstances, reportedly due to the decline in the output from the KG-D6.<ref name="Why And How Bastia Got Busted" /><ref name="Ravi Narayan Bastia, the man who discovered KG-D6 fields for RIL quits the company">{{cite web | url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-05-16/news/31726772_1_kg-d6-dhirubhai-1-krishna-godavari-basin-d6 | title=Ravi Narayan Bastia, the man who discovered KG-D6 fields for RIL quits the company | publisher=Economic Times | date=16 May 2012 | access-date=26 December 2015}}</ref> By that time, he had already been associated with Lime Petroleum, Norway for two years, as a director, where he is the Global Head of Exploration. He is the President of E&P business at OilMax Energy, a Pune-based project management consultants in the energy sector,<ref name="Core Team">{{cite web | url=http://www.oilmax.in/about.htm#team | title=Core Team | publisher=Oilmax | date=2015 | access-date=26 December 2015 }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150820013324/http://www.oilmax.in/about.htm#team |date=20 August 2015 }}</ref> concurrently serving Asian Oilfield Services as a non-executive independent director and Hibiscus Petroleum Bernhad, Malaysia as a director,<ref name="Board of Directors">{{cite web | url=http://asianoilfield.com/about-us/board-of-directors.html | title=Board of Directors | publisher=Asian Oilfield Services | date=2015 | access-date=26 December 2015 }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151227141733/http://asianoilfield.com/about-us/board-of-directors.html |date=27 December 2015 }}</ref> resigning from the latter board in 2014.<ref name="HIBISCUS PETROLEUM BERHAD ANNOUNCES ">{{cite web | url=http://www.bursamarketplace.com/index.php?ch=ch_content&pg=pg_cont_news&ac=9737 | title=HIBISCUS PETROLEUM BERHAD ANNOUNCES | publisher=Burs Market Place | date=2014 | access-date=26 December 2015}}</ref> He also sits in the director boards of Oil Field Instrumentation India Limited and Synergy Oil and Gas Consultancy Pvt Ltd.<ref name="4 Traders profile" /> In 2005, he was elected as the chairman of the [[International Quality and Productivity Centre]] (IQPC), the first Indian to hold the post.<ref name="Brief Profile of Dr. Rabi Narayan Bastia" /> He is a member of [[American Association of Petroleum Geologists]] and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists and Petroleum Engineers. He is also a member of the Society of Geoscientists and Allied Technologists, Indian Geological Congress and the Association of Petroleum Geologists of India.<ref name="4 Traders profile" />


Bastia is the author of ''Geologic Settings and Petroleum Systems of India's East Coast Offshore Basins : Concepts and Applications'', a text on exploration of hydrocarbons in Indian coast.<ref name="Geologic Settings and Petroleum Systems of India's East Coast Offshore Basins : Concepts and Applications">{{cite book | url=http://www.easternbookcorporation.com/moreinfo.php?txt_searchstring=13840 | title=Geologic Settings and Petroleum Systems of India's East Coast Offshore Basins : Concepts and Applications | publisher=Eastern Book Corporation | author=Ravi Bastia | year=2007 | isbn=8190176781}}</ref> Besides, he has published over fifty articles in peer reviewed national and international journals and serves as a visiting professor at many universities. He has also mentored four students in their doctoral research and has delivered keynote addresses at several international conferences including the ''Petromin Deepwater Conference'' at Malaysia and the ''SEAPEX Conference'' at Singapore.<ref name="Brief Profile of Dr. Rabi Narayan Bastia" />
Bastia is the author of ''Geologic Settings and Petroleum Systems of India's East Coast Offshore Basins : Concepts and Applications'', a text on exploration of hydrocarbons in Indian coast.<ref name="Geologic Settings and Petroleum Systems of India's East Coast Offshore Basins : Concepts and Applications">{{cite book | url=http://www.easternbookcorporation.com/moreinfo.php?txt_searchstring=13840 | title=Geologic Settings and Petroleum Systems of India's East Coast Offshore Basins : Concepts and Applications | publisher=Eastern Book Corporation | author=Ravi Bastia | year=2007 | isbn=978-8190176781 }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151227144111/http://www.easternbookcorporation.com/moreinfo.php?txt_searchstring=13840 |date=27 December 2015 }}</ref> Besides, he has published over fifty articles in peer reviewed national and international journals and serves as a visiting professor at many universities. He has also mentored four students in their doctoral research and has delivered keynote addresses at several international conferences including the ''Petromin Deepwater Conference'' at Malaysia and the ''SEAPEX Conference'' at Singapore.<ref name="Brief Profile of Dr. Rabi Narayan Bastia" />


Bastia is married to Rashmi and the couple has two sons.<ref name="Brief Profile of Dr. Rabi Narayan Bastia" />
Bastia is married to Rashmi and the couple has two sons.<ref name="Brief Profile of Dr. Rabi Narayan Bastia" />


== Awards and honours ==
== Awards and honours ==
Bastia was awarded the degree of Doctor of Science (DSc) by the [[Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad]], his thesis validated by [[Alberta University]] and [[Oklahoma University]].<ref name="Bloomberg profile" /> This was the first instance a scientist in India receiving the honour for petroleum research.<ref name="Board of Directors" /> In 1990, the [[Indian National Science Academy]] awarded him their Young Scientist Award.<ref name="Bloomberg profile" /> While working at the [[Oil and Natural Gas Commission]], he received three institutional awards between 1993 and 1995, including the Young Executive Award.<ref name="Brief Profile of Dr. Rabi Narayan Bastia" /> The [[Geological Society of India]] awarded him the National Mineral Award in 2003 and the Government of India followed it up, three years later, with civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]] in 2007;<ref name="Padma Awards" /> a year earlier, he had received the Gold Medal of the ''Association of Exploration Geophysicists''.<ref name="Brief Profile of Dr. Rabi Narayan Bastia" /> The year 2007 brought him two more awards viz. ''Infraline Service to Nation Award'' and ''Ruchi Bharat Gaurav Samman'' of the [[Government of Odisha]].<ref name="Bloomberg profile" /> He was featured in the ''Who's Who in the World'' of the American Continental Research in its 2008 edition and the [[International Biographical Centre]] listed him among the top 100 educators of the world in 2009.<ref name="Bloomberg profile" /> He is also a receipient of the Oceantex Leadership and Excellence Award (2010)<ref name="Bloomberg profile" /> and the Odisha Living Legend Award (2011).<ref name="Odisha Living Legend Award" />
Bastia was awarded the degree of Doctor of Science (DSc) by the [[Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad]], his thesis validated by [[Alberta University]] and the [[University of Oklahoma]].<ref name="Bloomberg profile" /> This was the first instance a scientist in India receiving the honour for petroleum research.<ref name="Board of Directors" /> In 1990, the [[Indian National Science Academy]] awarded him their Young Scientist Award.<ref name="Bloomberg profile" /> While working at the [[Oil and Natural Gas Commission]], he received three institutional awards between 1993 and 1995, including the Young Executive Award.<ref name="Brief Profile of Dr. Rabi Narayan Bastia" /> The [[Geological Society of India]] awarded him the National Mineral Award in 2003 and the Government of India followed it up, three years later, with civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]] in 2007;<ref name="Padma Awards" /> a year earlier, he had received the Gold Medal of the ''Association of Exploration Geophysicists''.<ref name="Brief Profile of Dr. Rabi Narayan Bastia" /> The year 2007 brought him two more awards viz. ''Infraline Service to Nation Award'' and ''Ruchi Bharat Gaurav Samman'' of the [[Government of Odisha]].<ref name="Bloomberg profile" /> He was featured in the ''Who's Who in the World'' of the American Continental Research in its 2008 edition and the [[International Biographical Centre]] listed him among the top 100 educators of the world in 2009.<ref name="Bloomberg profile" /> He is also a recipient of the Oceantex Leadership and Excellence Award (2010)<ref name="Bloomberg profile" /> and the Odisha Living Legend Award (2011).<ref name="Odisha Living Legend Award" />


== See also ==
== See also ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{cite web | url=http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Rabi-Bastia/2083377653 | title=Bastia on Zoom Info | publisher=Zoom Info | date=2015 | accessdate=December 26, 2015}}


== Further reading ==
== Further reading ==
* {{cite book | title=Geologic Settings and Petroleum Systems of India's East Coast Offshore Basins : Concepts and Applications | publisher=Eastern Book Corporation | author=Ravi Bastia | year=2007 | isbn=8190176781}}
* {{cite book | title=Geologic Settings and Petroleum Systems of India's East Coast Offshore Basins : Concepts and Applications | publisher=Eastern Book Corporation | author=Ravi Bastia | year=2007 | isbn=978-8190176781}}


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Revision as of 18:23, 23 April 2024

Rabi Narayan Bastia
Born (1958-10-02) 2 October 1958 (age 66)
Odisha, India
OccupationGeoscientist
Known forKG-D6 Gas field in Krishna Godavari Basin
SpouseRashmi
Children2
AwardsPadma Shri
Odisha Living Legend Award
National Mineral Award
ONGC Young Executive Award
AEG Gold Medal
Infraline Service to Nation Award
Ruchi Bharat Gaurav Samman
INSA Young Scientist Award
IBC International Educator of the Year
Oceantex Leadership and Excellence Award

Rabi Narayan Bastia is an Indian geoscientist and the Global Head of Exploration at Lime Petroleum, Norway, known for his contributions in the hydrocarbon explorations at Krishna Godavari Basin (2002), at Mahanadi Basin (2003) and at Cauvery (2007).[1] A non-executive director of Asian Oilfield Services Limited and the President at OilMax Energy,[2] Bastia is a recipient of the Odisha Living Legend Award.[3] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2007, for his contributions to Science and Technology.[4]

Biography

Bastia was born on 2 October 1958 in Odisha, India, and graduated in Science from Utkal University.[5] His master's degree came in Applied Geology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur which was followed by a doctoral degree (PhD) in Structural Geology from the same institution. Later, he completed an advanced master's course (MS) in petroleum exploration at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, with a first rank.[5] His career started at the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) in 1980 and he worked there for 16 years till he joined Reliance Industries (RIL) in 1996 where he founded and headed the exploration and production (E&P) Division.[1] He led the RIL exploration team at Krishna Godavari Basin and discovered the KG-D6 field in 2002, reportedly the biggest Natural gas find worldwide in the year 2002.[6] He worked with RIL till 2012 during which time the team led by him was successful in discovering gas at Mahanadi basin of the Northeast coast in 2003 and at Cauvery basin in 2007.[1]

In 2012, he resigned from RIL, under controversial circumstances, reportedly due to the decline in the output from the KG-D6.[6][7] By that time, he had already been associated with Lime Petroleum, Norway for two years, as a director, where he is the Global Head of Exploration. He is the President of E&P business at OilMax Energy, a Pune-based project management consultants in the energy sector,[8] concurrently serving Asian Oilfield Services as a non-executive independent director and Hibiscus Petroleum Bernhad, Malaysia as a director,[9] resigning from the latter board in 2014.[10] He also sits in the director boards of Oil Field Instrumentation India Limited and Synergy Oil and Gas Consultancy Pvt Ltd.[2] In 2005, he was elected as the chairman of the International Quality and Productivity Centre (IQPC), the first Indian to hold the post.[5] He is a member of American Association of Petroleum Geologists and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists and Petroleum Engineers. He is also a member of the Society of Geoscientists and Allied Technologists, Indian Geological Congress and the Association of Petroleum Geologists of India.[2]

Bastia is the author of Geologic Settings and Petroleum Systems of India's East Coast Offshore Basins : Concepts and Applications, a text on exploration of hydrocarbons in Indian coast.[11] Besides, he has published over fifty articles in peer reviewed national and international journals and serves as a visiting professor at many universities. He has also mentored four students in their doctoral research and has delivered keynote addresses at several international conferences including the Petromin Deepwater Conference at Malaysia and the SEAPEX Conference at Singapore.[5]

Bastia is married to Rashmi and the couple has two sons.[5]

Awards and honours

Bastia was awarded the degree of Doctor of Science (DSc) by the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, his thesis validated by Alberta University and the University of Oklahoma.[1] This was the first instance a scientist in India receiving the honour for petroleum research.[9] In 1990, the Indian National Science Academy awarded him their Young Scientist Award.[1] While working at the Oil and Natural Gas Commission, he received three institutional awards between 1993 and 1995, including the Young Executive Award.[5] The Geological Society of India awarded him the National Mineral Award in 2003 and the Government of India followed it up, three years later, with civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 2007;[4] a year earlier, he had received the Gold Medal of the Association of Exploration Geophysicists.[5] The year 2007 brought him two more awards viz. Infraline Service to Nation Award and Ruchi Bharat Gaurav Samman of the Government of Odisha.[1] He was featured in the Who's Who in the World of the American Continental Research in its 2008 edition and the International Biographical Centre listed him among the top 100 educators of the world in 2009.[1] He is also a recipient of the Oceantex Leadership and Excellence Award (2010)[1] and the Odisha Living Legend Award (2011).[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Bloomberg profile". Bloomberg. 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "4 Traders profile". 4 Traders. 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Odisha Living Legend Award". Orissa Diary. 11 November 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2015. Archived 20 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ a b "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015. Archived 15 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "Brief Profile of Dr. Rabi Narayan Bastia". Press Box, UK. 26 March 2007. Retrieved 26 December 2015. Archived 17 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ a b "Why And How Bastia Got Busted". Indian Oil and Gas. 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  7. ^ "Ravi Narayan Bastia, the man who discovered KG-D6 fields for RIL quits the company". Economic Times. 16 May 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  8. ^ "Core Team". Oilmax. 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015. Archived 20 August 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ a b "Board of Directors". Asian Oilfield Services. 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015. Archived 27 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ "HIBISCUS PETROLEUM BERHAD ANNOUNCES". Burs Market Place. 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  11. ^ Ravi Bastia (2007). Geologic Settings and Petroleum Systems of India's East Coast Offshore Basins : Concepts and Applications. Eastern Book Corporation. ISBN 978-8190176781. Archived 27 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine

Further reading

  • Ravi Bastia (2007). Geologic Settings and Petroleum Systems of India's East Coast Offshore Basins : Concepts and Applications. Eastern Book Corporation. ISBN 978-8190176781.
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