Abstract

Cambay basin is one of the most explored sedimentary Basins in India. The hydrocarbon exploration in Cambay Basin has gradually become more challenging as the easy-to-find oil have been mostly explored and exploited especially from Mid Eocene Kalol and Hazad plays. Hence, present exploration focus of Cambay Basin requires a paradigm shift in finding new plays in old field and also to explore unconventional and deeper plays in Cambay Shale and Olpad formation. Exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons from thin, discrete silt laminae within transgressive argillaceous Cambay Shale provides immense exploration challenges owing to the difficulties in identification of dispersal patterns and its fine and sparse occurrence within Cambay Shale. Present study attempts to bring out a model for distribution of thin silt laminae within Cambay Shale integrating available G&G data