Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
Authors: P.F. Green, I.R. Duddy
Date Published: August 2013
Number of Pages: 15
Abstract:
Exhumation tends to be viewed by many as highly negative for hydrocarbon prospectivity, leading to basin models and regional assessments which downplay the possibility that preserved basin sequences have been more deeply buried by section that has subsequently been eroded away. However, major hydrocarbon accumulations are present in many exhumed basins, e.g. Reconcavo Basin, Barents Sea, East Irish Sea Basin, Southern North Sea and many North African basins, and exhumation need not necessarily rule out the presence of hydrocarbon reserves.