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Offshore seepage mapped from space high-grades unexplored parts of Southeast Asia basins

Year: 1997 Authors: Lawrence, G.,Fleming, A.,Broadley, M.,Press, N.A.

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Proceedings Title : Proc. Indon. Petrol. Assoc., International Conference on Petroleum Systems of SE Asia and Australasia, 1997

HYDROCARBON SEEPAGE ANDACCUMULATIONSOil explorers use hydrocarbon seepage onshore to confirm an active source in a basin and to obtain samples from which the source can be characterised. On a regional scale there is a close relationship between active seepages and oil accumulations in a basin. In Southeast Asia there is substantial seepage onshore, some of which was recognised over 100 years ago. Until our recent survey, the distribution of seepage offshore, however, was largely unknown.