Flare

I never thought of being a part of this,

I didn’t knew what it was all about,

I knew it would be hard to manage,

I never knew it would be so much fun,

But now when all is gone,

It hurts more like a bloody thorn,

Now I try to relive the memoirs

Of moments that we shared,

Of late night meetings that we held,

Of walkie-talkie talks that we dealt,

Of flex,banners,posters,stalls,

Of coupons,passes,tickets,brochures,

Of the scolding for the “cc” to all,

Of so much money spent on calls,

Of the Deficit budget that caused nightmares,

Of the immediate decisions that we dared,

Of the backstage requirements full on tight,

Of bunked classes and “XX” fright,

Of booboos for Jaipur Beats,

Of “once more's” for Highway-61,

And so much praise for Agnee Band,

But when Dj Suketu ended it all,

I can do nothing and just recall,

The fun ,the frolic,the moment,the life

The small part of us that’s now gone,

And now it hurts like a bloody thorn.

I am now going to miss,

the best ever days of my college life.

Thank you!

This post is dedicated to:

Ratnabh Sinha,Parag Bandopadhay,Abhimanyu Manna,Abhipreet Sinha,Manish Singh,Dhruvit Berawala,Abhirup Das,Rahul Singh,Ayush Rastogi,Ankit Gupta.

Hats off guys, We did it!!



Peace

Let there be Peace ,

Let there be Love ,

Let there be Petroleum Engineering!

ig'zam fee-vur

Exams are near,raising the fear.
as it has been happening since past long before i remember ,
again i have to face a back-to-back action packed 6 day bonaza .
adding up to this great offer is the Brobdingnagian course .
I have to study a syllabus "ranging from far deep corners of infinite line source circular reservoir , where we can reach drilling directionally through the journey strolling through shale ,sandstone,impervious paths,with continuous mud circulation and travelling back right upto the surface storage  equipments, ending up with the vibrant Gas flare".
  Yes i know,apart from my fellow mates,my readers wouldn't be getting a word,but by writing all this i feel the inner self generated feelings that often bubble out of me,each now and then !!

As per as history is concern ,Ancient China was the first country to develop a test called as Imperial Examination.It is a bit too obvious also ..considering the vast amount of population ,to select and properly test a person's skill,they are deserving and hence apt for this invention!
 Preparing for exam bring a person to such a state that even staring at walls seems interesting!
So it's all for now then..wont' be around for two weeks or so..
Exam fever On!!
Only relaxation from this environment is me ,my headphones and Coldplay.
Give me some good luck.
Good bye.
Sid.

Gigascopic pictorials

 Hello world,Good evening..weekend's ahead ..the burden of studies is increasing exponentially..

(well did you noticed that .."exponentially" the thing is even you are not good at graphs but still you can describe any situation  with these phrases ..one of my lecturer one day told me .."if you are placed in this company ..even  if your pay is less your growth will be exponential" HAHA!)

my web travel is gaining pace and i discovered a lot new sites everyday.Each site has its own specialty ,if you are getting bored these are going to serve you like pepsi in summer ,coffee in winter, oasis in desert ,yes i know you got the point ,let me give you some links    

• www.oddee.com-a blog of oddities around the globe.
• www.wefeelfine.org-an experiment based on human emotions.
• http://www.princeton.edu/~ina/infographics/index.html -a new way of mapping the world (must watch)
• http://universe.daylife.com/-type your curiosity here.
• www.tenbyten.org-displays popular pictures around he web in last one hour. 

     the last four websites are designed by Jonathan Harris,an incredible internet artist.

     you can read more about him on www.number27.org

Now according to the title of the post you have not yet faced anything "gigascopic",just wait for a while because you are going to struggle a bit with your mouse to scroll horizontally to go through these pictures.

To begin with last night i saw a picture on the web regarding what would be the world map like if the area for each country is distributed according to the population on one condition,whole country is habitable.See what's the result:-

interesting isn't it??the most fascinating being USA doesn't moves ,what are thoughts  regarding that do tell me ..

Coming to my mother topic World of Petroleum this time i got some pictorial data regarding the oil consumption around the globe..

Also i fortunately got one fascinating picture on the origin of oil and gas and how it is generated inside Earth..

"A picture can say a thousand words"

remember this saying ,i think it can't be more true than this.I will try to hunt and go down more on this topic while you enjoy surfing my blog ..

Signing off.

Good bye 

Sid.

Left over..

Tuesday evening,nothing to do,
listening to Coldplay ,helping me elude from this humdrum world. While surfing came across a nice site that has developed an app which turns your ordinary mouse movements into modern art!
it's address is http://iographica.com/ do visit.I got some nice graphics.

Now ,coming to World of Petroleum..
let me begin with the name of my blog.
Stochastic World of Petroleum.
Stochastic means random.I named it that because in "our" world (I'm saying "our" because slowly and slowly this oil and gas knowledge is drowning me into its mysterious depths and now I'm also becoming a part of it just like my other college mates )
Coming back so ..in our world nothing is sure ..nothing is certain.By nothing I mean everything.It includes uncertainty of finding prospective areas having oil accumulation,how much depth are we going to drill,how much oil are we going to produce,how much money are we going to make,will revenue collected will be enough to generate profits.So in other sense ..If you ask me whether
Petroleum Engineering and Gambling are the same thing??
I would say definitely YES(but in a legal way).
Huge amount of money is invested in the whole process of extracting oil from rocks,transporting it through
pipelines,refining it and bringing it to petrol pump near you.The immense dependability of world's functionality
on oil products make people spend  more and more in this sector.The greed for money(just like gambling)
drives them nuts.It is said if crude oil prices in the international markets shoot up to $150/barrel , oil companies are willing to drill in the Himalayas.Indeed my and my fellow mates jobs and pay packages are largely dependent on crude oil prices.High prices generates more jobs and fat pays. Thats why I put that gadget on my home screen that shows daily oil prices.

Often my friends ask me about future of my career.
Their argument is " Oil and Gas is for sure going to end one day.What are you going to do then?"
So i thought why not google this topic and i got some satisfying results like "Changes in consumer patterns and emergence of new technologies driven by increases in the price of oil will prevent the oil supply from ever running out".
Like there was Stone age,Bronze age,Iron age currently we can say this is "Oil age".
Now,Stone age didn't end because there was scarcity of stones on earth,but man evolved new methods by using metals to assist him in his day-to-day work .Similarly ,i think we will never run out of oil but new methods are going to substitute it.
But definitely one question often hovers over my mind.
So how much oil is left ? and more importantly is there enough for everyone.
Many theories have been given ,most famous being of Hubbert,
who predicted that U.S. oil production would be at its peak in 1970,which ultimately turned out to be accurate.His prediction on world's peak oil production is around the corner or may be we are just going through it.(By peak oil ,i mean that point onwards where we can't pump more from a well to keep up with the demands and from then on oil production is going to decrease year after year.So after reaching peak oil for world ,we would have used up almost half of the world’s oil. When we reach the half-way point on a bell curve, we embark upon the decline.)

What are my thoughts about it ...i don't know.Due to uncertainty in truthfulness about data of OPEC reserves ,it is difficult to say anything.Many geologists have predictions regarding world peak oil period ranging from 2005-2015.Many have a feeling it's upon us now.
Also China's booming economy is making it worse.China's oil consumption is increasing 11% per yr.
Their thirst of oil due to their growing interest in automobiles is making the scenario worse.Chinese consumers are buying 8 million cars annually.They are World's 2nd oil user after US.

So,bringing down this discussion to a conclusion..i derived three things

1. Oil is not an infinite resource.
2. Remaining supplies of oil should be used wisely.
3. Alternative sources of energy need to be brought on line soon

considering the alternative sources biofuels have caused some relief.But specialists say vast production of bio fuels raises food prices and other side effects.Think of these issues the next time you refill your tank or the next time you buy a car.

Enough of it for now ,would like it to end it with a Saudi saying :-

"My father rode a camel.

I drive a car.

My son flies a jet airplane. 

His son will ride a camel.”

well ..time to say goodbye for now.it's time for dinner ..
Signing off..
Sid..