Abstract
A number of sedimentary basins of various ages are located onand offshore Vietnam (Fig. 1). Some of them have significant petroleum resources and have thus attracted interest from industry and academia (Rangin et al. 1995; Matthews et al. 1997; Lee & Watkins 1998; Lee et al. 2001). Moreover, Vietnam is located in a position central to the understanding of the geological development of South-East Asia (Hall & Morley 2004). The structural style and the stratigraphy of the Vietnamese basins thus provide a valuable record about the development of South-East Asia throughout the Phanerozoic and the subsequent Eocene as well as younger deformation associated with the collision and indentation of India into Eurasia and the opening of the South China Sea (Fyhn et al. 2009a, 2010a).
Highlights
A number of sedimentary basins of various ages are located onand offshore Vietnam (Fig. 1)
The Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland has worked in Vietnam since 1995 to assess the geology and petroleum potential of the Vietnamese basins
An integrated part of the project is its training of Vietnamese MSc and PhD students incorporating both training courses at the Department of Geography and Geology and courses held in Vietnam
Summary
The Phu Quoc Basin stretches in a 100–150 km broad belt from the central part of the Gulf of Thailand c. 500 km northwards to central Cambodia. The Phu Quoc Basin stretches in a 100–150 km broad belt from the central part of the Gulf of Thailand c. The basin is Late Jurassic to Cretaceous in age but is one of the least explored basins in the region and remains to be drilled offshore (Fyhn et al 2010a). In order to assess the geological evolution and the petroleum potential of the basin, regional seismic analyses of the Vietnamese part of the basin were carried out in combination with drilling of the fully cored, 500 m deep ENRECA-2 well on the Phu Quoc island. Data from the ENRECA-2 well were complemented by data from outcrop studies on Phu Quoc and in Cambodia
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