Content of review 1, reviewed on December 13, 2019

Manuscript Number: GJ-19-0445

Title: RELICT HYDROCARBON SEEP IN THE OLIGOCENE-MIOCENE SUBIS CARBONATE PLATFORM, MALAYSIA: IMPLICATIONS ON HYDROCARBON GENERATION AND MIGRATION PATHWAYS AND POTENTIAL SEALING BY SHALE GOUGING

Overview and general recommendation:
The article is interesting, but if the author can give the influence from South China Sea to the study it make more dynamic.

Some considerations:
1. Introduction
- Introduction well written but missed approach the example from others region in Southeast Asian.

  1. Regional Setting

  2. Well written with comprehensive of geology setting.

  3. Methodology

  4. Well organise.

  5. Results

  6. Well organise.

  7. Discussion

  8. In this subtopic you define the end of the rifting of the South China Sea region that coincides with the Middle Miocene Unconformity (MMU). Maybe you can define a little beat in Introduction about it. Than easy for any readers to understand how from South China Sea can give any influence to your study.

  9. Conclusion

  10. It more interesting if can estimate which site more priority and it can reflect from your title.

Source

    © 2019 the Reviewer (CC BY 4.0).

Content of review 2, reviewed on March 01, 2020

All the review are corrected and can been accepted for publishing

Source

    © 2020 the Reviewer.

References

    Muthuvairavasamy, R., Ramasamy, N., J., M. M., Benjamin, S., A., S. N., B., S. B., M., S., David, M., C., P. M. 2021. Relict hydrocarbon seeps in the Oligocene-Miocene Subis carbonate platform, Malaysia: Implications on hydrocarbon generation and migration pathways and potential sealing by shale gouging. Geological Journal.