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Malay Basin of Malaysia has been explored since the 70s until recent and since then, considered to be a mature basin. However, to this day, there are areas and intervals that remained to be tested, given the depth and historically by-passed due to attractiveness of HC in the younger stratigraphic group. This study uses synthetic seismic modeling to explore the causes of an amplitude anomaly in the syn rift section of the Eastern flank of the Malay Basin. Interestingly, the area has not been penetrated by any wells, making the studies to be quite challenging. Proper modelling using all the available offset data was done to consider all potential responses. The study comes out with four scenarios that could create a class IV amplitude versus offset (AVO) response: high porosity or overpressure shales, phase change, coal, or hydrocarbon effects. The modeling results suggest that the anomaly is likely due to high porosity or overpressure shales, which implies a high hydrocarbon exploration potential in this undrilled depocenter, given the classification of the prospect to be considered as high risk with high rewards.

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New Play Concept in an Undrilled Depocenter, Malay Basin
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