IndoDeep: New Insights into the Geology of Indonesia

Abstract Three paradigms exists in the TGS IndoDeep project, the Sumatra Fore-arc is totally unprospective, there is not sufficient section in Bone Bay to have generated hydrocarbons, Cenderawasih Bay is underlain by oceanic crust and is unprospective. Keywords: Nicobar- Andaman Ridge • Meulaboh Basin • Sumatra • Bone Canyon • Sphenochasm • Biak Basin • Waipoga Fold • Waipoga Thrust Belt • Sunda • North Banggai-Sula • Seram Trough Presented at: 2009 South East Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX) Conference, Singapore, 2009