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Title: Structure, stratigraphy and petroleum geology of the south east Nam Con Son Basin, offshore Vietnam

Abstract

Recent exploration of the south east Nam Con Son Basin, offshore Vietnam, by BP in alliance with Statoil has involved acquisition of new seismic and well data. These new data have allowed re-evaluation of the tectono-stratigraphic development and petroleum geology, and have provided additional constraints on the regional tectonic evolution. The offshore Vietnamese basins have evolved in response to the complex relative motions of Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo and the South China Sea during the Cenozoic. On the regional scale these motions have been accommodated by strike-slip fault development, rifting and contraction. In the Nam Con Son Basin these motions have interacted in different ways from the Palaeogene to recent. Two rifting episodes are recognized; a Palaeogene phase dominated by E-W trending extensional faults, and a Miocene phase dominated by N-S to NE-SW trending faults. The structural evolution is complicated by a pulse of mild contraction during the Middle Miocene. The sedimentary fill of the basin evolves from continental fluvio-lacustrine in the Palaeogene through to fully marine following the second phase of rifting in the Miocene. This pulsed structural and stratigraphic evolution has resulted in basinwide deposition of source, reservoir and seal facies, and produced a variety of potential trappingmore » styles. This paper describes the hydrocarbon habitat of the south east Nam Con Son Basin within the context of the regional tectono-stratigraphic model.« less

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OSTI Identifier:
425555
Report Number(s):
CONF-960527-
TRN: 96:004994-0191
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Annual convention of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Inc. and the Society for Sedimentary Geology: global exploration and geotechnology, San Diego, CA (United States), 19-22 May 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of 1996 AAPG annual convention. Volume 5; PB: 231 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
02 PETROLEUM; SOUTH VIETNAM; OFFSHORE SITES; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTARY BASINS; STRATIGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES; PETROLEUM; EXPLORATION

Citation Formats

Fraser, A J, Matthews, S J, Lowe, S, Todd, S P, and Simon, P. Peel, F.J. Structure, stratigraphy and petroleum geology of the south east Nam Con Son Basin, offshore Vietnam. United States: N. p., 1996. Web.
Fraser, A J, Matthews, S J, Lowe, S, Todd, S P, & Simon, P. Peel, F.J. Structure, stratigraphy and petroleum geology of the south east Nam Con Son Basin, offshore Vietnam. United States.
Fraser, A J, Matthews, S J, Lowe, S, Todd, S P, and Simon, P. Peel, F.J. 1996. "Structure, stratigraphy and petroleum geology of the south east Nam Con Son Basin, offshore Vietnam". United States.
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title = {Structure, stratigraphy and petroleum geology of the south east Nam Con Son Basin, offshore Vietnam},
author = {Fraser, A J and Matthews, S J and Lowe, S and Todd, S P and Simon, P. Peel, F.J.},
abstractNote = {Recent exploration of the south east Nam Con Son Basin, offshore Vietnam, by BP in alliance with Statoil has involved acquisition of new seismic and well data. These new data have allowed re-evaluation of the tectono-stratigraphic development and petroleum geology, and have provided additional constraints on the regional tectonic evolution. The offshore Vietnamese basins have evolved in response to the complex relative motions of Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo and the South China Sea during the Cenozoic. On the regional scale these motions have been accommodated by strike-slip fault development, rifting and contraction. In the Nam Con Son Basin these motions have interacted in different ways from the Palaeogene to recent. Two rifting episodes are recognized; a Palaeogene phase dominated by E-W trending extensional faults, and a Miocene phase dominated by N-S to NE-SW trending faults. The structural evolution is complicated by a pulse of mild contraction during the Middle Miocene. The sedimentary fill of the basin evolves from continental fluvio-lacustrine in the Palaeogene through to fully marine following the second phase of rifting in the Miocene. This pulsed structural and stratigraphic evolution has resulted in basinwide deposition of source, reservoir and seal facies, and produced a variety of potential trapping styles. This paper describes the hydrocarbon habitat of the south east Nam Con Son Basin within the context of the regional tectono-stratigraphic model.},
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year = {Tue Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1996},
month = {Tue Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1996}
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