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Volume 40, Issue 7
  • ISSN: 0263-5046
  • E-ISSN: 1365-2397

Abstract

Abstract

The Mannar Basin is a failed rift basin located between Sri Lanka and India. Massive flood basalts have been deposited during latest Cretaceous/earliest Paleocene magmatic activity that is also represented by numerous igneous sill intrusions. The two discoveries are associated with this magmatism: Barracuda and Dorado, both discovered in 2011, have been drilled in the northern part. One of the key challenges for hydrocarbon exploration in volcanic provinces is sub-basalt imaging due to the velocity contrast between basalts and siliciclastics. To unlock hidden play types and identify geological features within Mesozoic intervals we utilized both infill 2D seismic data acquired in 2018 and vintage 2D seismic data reprocessed in 2021. These provide new insights for hydrocarbon exploration and the tectono-stratigraphic evolution of Sri Lanka’s offshore basins. We integrated these new study results into a regional 2D petroleum system modelling study. Modelling results indicate hydrocarbon potential for several play types: Cretaceous reef, turbidite and fan plays. Since the tectonic evolution of the Mannar Basin is still a matter of debate, especially related to timing and duration of extension and Sri Lanka’s position during Gondwana breakup, we created different heat flow scenarios to validate the impact on the hydrocarbon prospectivity.

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