Abstract

Recent discovery and flow of gas from Jardepahar Porcellanite has brought the focus of hydrocarbon exploration in the Paleo-Neo Proterozoic Vindhyan Basin back to the deeper hydrocarbon plays. In such a scenario, the tectono-sedimentary evolution of the major depo-centres, which are envisaged to act as kitchen, plays a very crucial role in decision-making for selection of the sweet spots for future exploratory activities in the Basin. Bijawars have been envisaged to be present below the Lower Vindhyan rocks by earlier workers, however, poor seismic imaging provided very little help in resolving the true picture. Acquisition of new data and advanced re-processing techniques have brought to fore the Bijawars which have recently been mapped regionally. Based on seismic and well data analyses, the present study brings out the evolution of the Jabera and Damoh lows vis-