Searching for OIL

Being a part of the National Oil Museum, I have visited several Oil Wells and Refineries located at North-East India. I have seen the first Oil Well at Dibrugarh. The Oil exploration was started around 1826, British India in Assam region. Oil was discovered at Naharpung on 1867. This is regarded the first oil well in British India. In this well British people did not find any hydrocarbon. So this product can not be used for daily life. Day after day, people was passionately searched for hydrocarbon based oil. Finally, Oct. 1889, an Oil well was discovered at Digboi, the product was hydrocarbon based oil.  This is the renowned OIL WELL NO.1, the first oil well in India. Commercial production of Oil was started around Nov. 1890. The production was ceased in 1927. This Well no. 1 is now under Oil India Limited associated with Digboi Centenary Museum.  

Bhramhaputra River Bed on 01.12.14

Himalaya on 01.12.14

   

I have visited several Oil installation sites in Dibrugarh and Digboi. Digboi view point is installed above the Digboi Oil Field, from where one can see how extent the field is.

On the other hand, I have visited Indian Oil Refinery, Digboi and Indian Oil Refinery, Guwahati. In this downstream section, crude oil is being distilled and thousands of components are separated at different heights and at different temperature. The Indian Oil Refinery, Digboi produces 0.65 MMT of oil per annum whereas Indian Oil Refinery, Guwahati produces 1.0 MMT oil per annum.

It was a precious and tremendous experience for me. Now I could understand what exactly a man have to do to extract oil. From today I will try to save every drop of oil and also request you to do the same.      

Visit to Mangrove Interpretation Centre

Team CMD has visited Sajnekhali, Sundarban, West Bengal on 14^th June 2014. There was huge humidity on that day. We took several halt during our six hours journey. The Basanti, Sundarban is connected to the mainland Kolkata by road. After that, we have to cross the Bidhyadhari River to reach Gosaba. Another part of Bidhyadhari River have to cross from Gosaba to reach Sajnekhali. This small island is mounted by high rise metal net to protect from tiger. Tiger can enter that place any time. Our basic notion is to visit to the Mangrove Interpretation Centre (MIC).

We reached Sajnekhali around 13.00 on the same day. The tour was informal, so we took permission from the Office to enter the MIC. We enter inside MIC and documented the exhibits, diorama and panels by capturing on camera. Basically a project is going to be start soon entitled National Biodiversity Museum in Hyderabad, this documentation will be applied on that project. The area was small and we took just forty five minutes to cover the whole area. The care taker of the MIC told us he saw a tiger nearby lake on 21^st may’14.

After that we took lunch at nearby guest house of Forest Department, Govt. of West Bengal. We reached the mainland around 17.00 and reached Kolkata around 20.00.

MIC main building

Maps of Sundarbans

Mr. Manash Bagchi (extreme left), me and others while crossing the river.

The tour has governed by Mr. Manash Bagchi, CRTL.   

My first DPR

The Detailed Project Report for Ranchi Planetarium has prepared by Creative Museum Designers. It is my great pleasure to be a part of this renowned project.

The Planetarium is going to be set up inside the Ranchi Science Centre complex and CMD proposes the Astronomy gallery and Amateur Astronomy club as an associated facility.  The proposed system contains control console, lighting, acoustics and so many other things. There is a tentative planning for Planetarium show and Astronomy club equipment to make it more interactive and acceptable to the visitors. Proposed layouts and construction concepts describes the detail structure of the building. We have developed each and every detail of the Planetarium building and captured rendered view from different angle of the building. The aesthetic beauty of the building should have to be appreciated. The expected time to complete total project is 36 months. The current statistics says Ranchi Science Centre has average visitor of 70000.00 per year. We have calculated it will go to around 255600.00 in 2022-23 and the corresponding revenue would be around 86 lakh INR.

Team CMD has worked hard to make the DPR perfect from all direction.           

The agreement has already been signed between CMD and Government of Jharkhand on National Science Day. 

I always try to give wings to my Imagination 

Newspaper clipping of Planetarium Foundation

Upcoming Museums

Geological Survey of India wants to set up a Museum in Kolkata withing their complex at Saltlake. This Museum will contain five galleries on Geo-Science with required museum facilities. I have visited the site. The first draft for Detailed Project Report has prepared. It contains the full description of the galleries like its area, associated facilities, 3D Theater, Auditorium, Reception and many other things. The visitor's can learn about the Geo-Science after visiting the museum. GSI requires a Repository almost equal to the area of the museum. The Repository is their highest priority.

Jharkhand Council of Science & Technology (JCST) wants to set up a Planetarium in their Science center compound at Ranchi. The Planetarium will be 15 meter dome diameter with 160 seating arrangements. The first draft for Detailed Project Report has been send to JCST. I have calculated the manpower, required expenditure, total specification of Planetarium projectors, sound system, cove lighting and many other things.
These two projects are undergoing in top priority. So many projects are waiting. The Creative Museum Designers are working hard to implement them as soon as possible.