See older notes on the new paradigm. STOP PRESS: As of today gas is green energy! Some sense at last The year 2021 was a…
SE Asia and the science of stratigraphy
See older notes on the new paradigm. STOP PRESS: As of today gas is green energy! Some sense at last The year 2021 was a…
See also: Evidence on the speed of tectono-stratigraphic change -1 In North Sumatra / West Thailand Mobil and Esso exploration both noted mid-Oligocene abrupt change…
Lunt, P., 2019. Partitioned transtensional Cenozoic stratigraphic development of North Sumatra. Marine and Petroleum Geology 106, 1-16. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.04.031 A paper with two aims. First…
See also a post on why tectonics are more important that eustasy in South East Asia, and notes on how this compares to the ideal…
A reappraisal of the Cenozoic stratigraphy of the Malay and West Natuna Basins Published in the Journal of Asian Earth Science, 2021 This review of…
I have suggested that a new, dynamic stratigraphy for SE Asia leads to new plays, a statement that needs validation. There are cases, such as…
Well sections are better that outcrops as they are continuous records of sedimentation, especially in the tropics where outcrops degrade so fast. However few wells…
Mature exploration areas are those already well understood, with the majority of the commercially viable oil and gas deposits found. Further exploration in these areas…