Assam–Arakan basin

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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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Assam–Arakan basin canonical 2
Assam Shelf 1
Assam–Arakan Basin 1

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

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Digboi oil field geologicalBasin Assam–Arakan basin
Assam oil fields geologicalBasin Assam–Arakan Basin
linked to: Assam–Arakan basin
Assam–Arakan basin geologicalProvince Assam Shelf
linked to: Assam–Arakan basin
Assam–Arakan basin geologicalProvince Assam–Arakan Fold Belt
linked to: Assam–Arakan basin
Margherita coalfields geologicalBasin Assam–Arakan basin