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{{Short description|Indian geoscientist (born 1958)}}
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| birth_place = [[Odisha]], India
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| occupation = [[Geoscientists|Geoscientist]]
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| known for = KG-D6 Gas field in [[Krishna Godavari Basin]]
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]] Odisha Living Legend Award National Mineral Award [[Oil and Natural Gas Corporation|ONGC]] Young Executive Award AEG Gold Medal Infraline Service to Nation Award Ruchi Bharat Gaurav Samman [[Indian National Science Academy|INSA]] Young Scientist Award [[International Biographical Centre|IBC]] International Educator of the Year Oceantex Leadership and Excellence Award
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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=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 | archive-date=20 August 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820155131/http://www.orissadiary.com/odisha_living_legend/Rabi-Narayan-Bastia.asp | url-status=dead }}</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 | archive-date=15 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Biography ==
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 | archive-date=17 January 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117010933/http://www.pressbox.co.uk/detailed/Science/Brief_Profile_of_Dr._Rabi_Narayan_Bastia_110927.html | url-status=dead }}</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 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105025623/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-05-16/news/31726772_1_kg-d6-dhirubhai-1-krishna-godavari-basin-d6 | url-status=dead | archive-date=5 January 2016 | 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 | title=Core Team | publisher=Oilmax | date=2015 | access-date=26 December 2015 | archive-date=20 August 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150820013324/http://www.oilmax.in/about.htm#team | url-status=dead }}</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 | archive-date=27 December 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151227141733/http://asianoilfield.com/about-us/board-of-directors.html | url-status=dead }}</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=978-8190176781 | archive-date=27 December 2015 | access-date=26 December 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151227144111/http://www.easternbookcorporation.com/moreinfo.php?txt_searchstring=13840 | url-status=dead }}</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" />

== 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]].<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 ==
* [[Krishna Godavari Basin]]
* [[Reliance Industries]]
* [[Upstream (petroleum industry)]]
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== References ==
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== 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=978-8190176781}}

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