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The study region is located along the eastern wing of convergent margin ‘Himalayan Suture’ in South East Asia and consists of Myanmar, Bangladesh and Manipur (India). This highly prospective hydrocarbon region has witnessed several tectonic events including Early Cretaceous rifting and separation of the Indian Plate from Antarctica, formation of the Indian Ocean (part of Palaeo-Tethys), and ultimately the collision of the Indian Plate with the Eurasian Plate. The petroleum system in the region acquired its primary structural and stratigraphic features as a result of plate movements that occurred from latest Paleozoic to the present. The presence of thick source rocks and of good quality reservoirs, seals and traps makes the basins in the region potentially very attractive for exploration. The Lower Tertiary Shales are primarily gas prone with terrestrial, Type III kerogen and the tectonic setting is similar throughout the region. The region is close to Asian markets and recent political and economic reforms offer foreign investors increasing opportunities for entry into what are Asia’s significant frontier economies. These factors make this region of South Asia ripe for future investment in the oil and gas sector.

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Tectonics and Petroleum Prospectivity in South East Asia - A Tertiary Play Model in Myanmar, Bangladesh & Manipur, India
Conference Proceedings 2014, 1 (2014); https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.20141071
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