Assam–Arakan basin

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sedimentary basin

The Assam–Arakan basin is a major hydrocarbon-rich sedimentary basin in northeastern India, known for its significant oil and gas reserves and complex tectonic setting along the eastern Himalayas.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf sedimentary basin ⓘ
boundedBy Eastern Himalayas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indo–Burman Ranges NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains Baramura gas fields NERFINISHED ⓘ
Digboi oil field NERFINISHED ⓘ
Moran oil field NERFINISHED ⓘ
Naharkatiya oil field NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rudrasagar gas field NERFINISHED ⓘ
Upper Assam oil fields NERFINISHED ⓘ
country India ⓘ
discoveredHydrocarbons late 19th century ⓘ
economicImportance major petroleum-producing region of India ⓘ
extendsInto Bangladesh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Myanmar NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedBy India–Eurasia plate collision ⓘ
India–Myanmar plate interaction ⓘ
geologicalProvince Assam Shelf NERFINISHED ⓘ
Assam–Arakan Fold Belt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Naga Schuppen Belt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tripura–Mizoram Fold Belt NERFINISHED ⓘ
hydrocarbonSystem Tertiary clastic reservoirs ⓘ
knownFor complex tectonic setting ⓘ
significant oil and gas reserves ⓘ
locatedIn Arunachal Pradesh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Assam ⓘ
Mizoram NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nagaland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northeast India ⓘ
Tripura NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorLithology sandstone ⓘ
shale ⓘ
siltstone ⓘ
notableEvent discovery of Digboi oil field in 1889 ⓘ
operator Oil India Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf eastern Himalayan foreland region ⓘ
resource crude oil ⓘ
natural gas ⓘ
sourceRockAge Cretaceous ⓘ
Paleogene NERFINISHED ⓘ
stratigraphy Cenozoic sediments ⓘ
Mesozoic sediments ⓘ
Paleozoic sediments ⓘ
tectonicSetting fold-and-thrust belt ⓘ
foreland basin ⓘ
strike-slip faulting ⓘ
trapType stratigraphic traps ⓘ
structural traps ⓘ
traversedBy Brahmaputra River NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Digboi oil field → geologicalBasin → Assam–Arakan basin ⓘ