Abstract

The western Myanmar Rakhine Basin has developed renewed interest in Hydrocarbon exploration after recent giant gas discoveries. The basin lies in an active subduction regime and possesses very complex geological history. The basin has proven petroleum system and most of the significant hydrocarbon discovery lies in stratigraphic traps or strati-structural traps. Thus understanding of the structure and depositional environment is essential to identify prospects for hydrocarbon exploration. This study is aimed to understand the tectonics of the study area and provide a depositional model of the stratigraphic units interpreted from seismic data and attribute analysis.