The major functional domains of the institute are as under:

• Basin Analysis
• Petroleum System Modelling
• Structural Modelling
• Sequence Stratigraphy
• Petroleum Economics
• Resource Assessment
• Sedimentology
• Biostratigraphy
• Geochronology
• Remote Sensing and Geomatics Organofacies Characterization
• Reservoir Fluid Finger Printing and Migration Modelling
• Inorganic Geochemistry
• Geochemical and Microbial Surface Prospecting
• Bio-Energy
• Multi-mineral Petrophysical Modelling
• NMR Spectroscopic Analysis
• Geomechanical Analysis
• Non-Seismic Geophysical Techniques
• Productivity Enhancement
• Reservoir Performance Analysis
• Unconventional Resources
• Gas Hydrate
• Carbon Capture Utilization & Storage (CCUS) laboratory

• Geological Model and template standardization of HC bearing Daman pay sands in Tapti-Daman Block.
• Evaluation and understanding of petroleum system in west of DCS, Diu Block, Saurashtra Low and Deep water Areas of Western Offshore Basin.
• Study of paleoenvironment and geological events in Tertiary Period through fingerprinting of carbon and oxygen isotopes in sediments in selected wells of West Coast Margin and its correlation with biostratigraphy.
• Microfacies and Palynological studies of Clastics of Paleocene-Late Oligocene age, West and Southwest of Mumbai High Area, Mumbai Offshore Basin.
• Extension of existing Paleogeography maps to Deep & Ultradeep Offshore areas in the Northern part of Cauvery Basin.
• Integrated G&G studies (Remote Sensing, Sedimentological, Biostratigraphic & Geochemical) for identification of leads in OALP Block CD-ONHP-2020/1, Cuddapah Basin.
• Geomechanical and Petrophysical Studies for reservoir characterization of upper and middle Bhuban Formation of Gojalia field through Logs and Core Studies.
• Petrophysical interpretation of wells Asokenagar#1, Asokenagar#2, Kankpul#1 and Raspur#1 by standardization of multi-mineral Petrophysical model by integrating Petrophysical, Sedimentological, NMR and Geomechanical lab studies on core samples.
• Reservoir Performance Analysis of Agartala Dome Field through Classical Reservoir Engineering Methods.
• Generation of Gravity constrained Basement configuration of Satpura-South Rewa-Damodar Basin.

• Project titled ‘Utilization of Earth Observation Derived Information for Hydrocarbon Exploration’ with National Remote Sensing Centre’(NRSC)/ ISRO, Hyderabad.
• Project titled ‘Correlation of Vindhyan in Son and Chambal valleys by using High-resolution Biostratigraphy, Chemostratigraphy, Palaeoredox reconstruction, Paleoenvironment and Paleogeography’ with Birbal Sahni Institute of Paleosciences (BSIP).
• Project titled “Plate tectonic evolution of the Indian Plate with emphasis on the northwestern continental margin encompassing on land and offshore basins and its implication on hydrocarbon proclivity” with Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR-NIO) Dona Paula, Goa.
• Project titled “High-resolution sequence stratigraphic interpretations of Cretaceous succession of Jaisalmer Basin and its implication for reservoir characterization” with ONGC, IIT Bombay, BPRL and OIL.

• Seismic Amplitude Anomalies: Implemented Partial stacks and Phase decomposition for sweetspot identification in the Biogenic gas corridor, West of Deep Continental Shelf.
• Advanced Modeling Technologies: Introduced Forward Stratigraphic Modeling and Basin Modeling using Beicip Franlab’s Openflow suite modules (DionisosFlow, KronosFlow, TemisFlow, and CougarFlow) for projects in Bengal Basin, Mumbai Offshore Basin, Assam Shelf, and Assam-Arakan Fold Belt.
• Water Purification System: Installed an ultra-pure water purification system in Microbiology and Bio Energy Research Laboratory on 17.08.2023.
• GC-EA-IRMS: Installed state-of-the-art Gas Chromatography-Elemental Analyzer-Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry in the Stable Isotope Laboratory on 21.11.2023.
• Raman Spectrometer: Procured a Raman Spectrometer for fluid inclusion study and analysis of low maturity oils.
• Portable Multimeter: Inducted in the Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage laboratory for oxidation-reduction potential and dissolved oxygen analysis.
• Core Saturator: Installed in Petrophysics Laboratory for Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Acoustic, and Petrophysical parameter analysis on 09.01.2024.
• Rheometer Upgrade: Purchased an upgraded rheometer with a pressure cell for advanced rheological studies, including viscosity, yield stress, thixotropy, and storage modulus and loss modulus at reservoir pressure up to 400 bar.

• Granted Patent no.- 452396 dated 18-09-2023 Indian Patent application no.- 202011001015 dated 09-01-2020. Title: - A system and a method for identification of petroleum provinces through microgravity.
• Granted Patent no: - 469722 dated 16-11-2023, Indian Patent application no: - 202111016536 dated 08-04-2021. Title: - A method for assessing shale gas potential of unconventional reservoirs.
• Granted Patent no.- 495837 dated 08-01-2024 Indian Patent application no.- 202111016535 dated 08-04-2021. Title: - A system for optimized quantitative estimation of thermal maturity of crude oil.

• A system for optimized quantitative estimation of thermal maturity of crude oil.

• “Process for estimating water saturation and net pay in laminated shale sand reservoirs” (Patent no.441340).
• "Process for estimation of free fluid cut off value from nuclear magnetic resonance logs" (Patent no.462993).
• "Process of estimation of realistic hydrocarbon saturation by computation of cementation exponent of sub-surface formations" (Patent no.493741)
• "Method for characterizing fluid components of shale reservoirs using 2D NMR spectroscopy" (Patent no.494912)