Abstract

Focused exploration for Mesozoic prospectivity in the Kutch Offshore Basin began after discovery of commercial quantities of both liquid and gaseous hydrocarbon. Offshore part of the Kutch-Saurashtra Basin forms the northern part of Western Offshore Basin of India and is located in a divergent margin setup. It is a pericratonic rift basin which came into existence during the breakup of India from Africa. A significant amount of Mesozoic sediments are likely to be present in addition to Tertiary sequences. The Kutch Offshore is characterized by dominantly NNW-SSE striking faults. The rift evolution and synrift sedimentation continued through the Jurassic and Cretaceous time and subsequently into Passive Margin setup during Late Paleocene