EXPLORE AUSTRALIA
BIDS CLOSE 18 OCTOBER 2007
EXMOUTH PLATEAU, CARNARVON BASIN,WESTERN AUSTRALIAAreas W07-16 and W07-17
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr Bob PeglerGeneral ManagerOffshore Resources BranchResources DivisionDepartment of Industry, Tourism and ResourcesGPO Box 9839, CANBERRA ACT 2601AUSTRALIATelephone: +61 2 6213 7928Facsimile: +61 2 6213 7955E-mail: [email protected]: www.industry.gov.au/petexp
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Dr Clinton FosterChief of DivisionPetroleum & Marine DivisionGeoscience AustraliaGPO Box 378, CANBERRA ACT 2601AUSTRALIATelephone: +61 2 6249 9447Facsimile: +61 2 6249 9933E-mail: [email protected]: www.ga.gov.au
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NORTHERN
TERRITORY
SOUTH
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QUEENSLAND
NEW SOUTH WALES
VICTORIA
TASMANIAHobart
Melbourne
Sydney
Brisbane
Darwin
Perth
2007 Offshore Acreage Release Area
2007 Designated Frontier Area
2006 Offshore Acreage Release AreaBids close 10 May 2007Existing petroleum explorationor development titleGas pipelineOil pipeline
NT07-2
NT07-3 to 5
W07-4
V07-1 to 3
NT07-1
W07-16 to 21
W07-12 to 15
W07-8 to 11
W07-1to 3
AC07-1 to 5
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W07-5 to 7
2007 Release of Offshore Petroleum Exploration AreasThe 2007 Offshore Petroleum Exploration Acreage release comprises 34 areas, located across six basins. The release areas range from frontier to mature status and offer opportunities for exploration companies of all sizes.
Comprehensive acreage release information packs can be obtained (free of charge) by emailing contact details to: [email protected]
Areas W07-16 and W07-17
• Australia’s premier hydrocarbon province.
• Frontier blocks in a range of water depths (less than 200 m to approx 800 m).
• Near to giant producing fi elds and near existing infrastructure and an expanding gas market.
• Traditional Triassic Mungaroo fault block plays, as at Goodwyn.
• Special Notices apply, refer to Guidance Notes.
Geoscience Australia Reports/Products W07-16 & W07-17, Exmouth Plateau
• Interpretations of Geoscience Australia’s regional seismic data, Survey 101, 110 and 128 (2001) – digital horizon and fault data in ASCII format. GA Catalog No. 35240, 35242 and 35247.
• Line drawings of Geoscience Australia’s regional seismic profi les, offshore northern and northwestern Australia.GA Catalog No. 36353.
• Northern Carnarvon Basin high-resolution seismic survey CTT-136, and Interpretation Report.GA Record 1996/36.
• Source rock time-slice maps (TOC, HI, VR), offshore Northwest Australia - 1:3,000,000 scale. GA Catalog No. 61179.
• Characterisation of Natural Gases from West Australian Basins: Carnarvon Basin Module. GA and Geotechnical Services Non-exclusive Study, 2000.
• Oils of Western Australia: Regional Petroleum Geochemistry and correlation of crude oils. GA and GeoMark Research, 1996.
• Oils of Western Australia II: Regional Petroleum Geochemistry and correlation of crude oils and condensates from Western Australia and Papua New Guinea. GA and GeoMark Research, 2005.
• Northwestern and Northern Australian margins stratigraphic chart showing GA’s interpreted regional seismic horizons, 2001. GA Catalog No. 36454.
• Basin Biozonation and Stratigraphy charts for the Southern and Northern Carnarvon Basins. Charts 4 and 11, 1998.
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WA-388-PW07-16
W07-17
W07-18
WA-389-P
WA-191-P
WA-361-P
WA-359-P
WA-4-L R1
WA-3-L R1
WA-1-P R6
WA-208-P R2
WA-2-L R1
WA-28-P R6
WA-17-L
WA-5-L R1
WA-360-PWA-11-LGaea
Perseus
Egret
Lambert
Hermes
Cossack
Angel
Mutineer
ExeterBounty
Wanaea
Montague
Eaglehawk
North Rankin
Goodwyn South
TidepoleKeast/Dockrell
Goodwyn
Echo/Yodel
Sculptor
Serval 1
Tigger 1
Lacerta 1
Brigadier 1
Glatton 1
Ermine 1
Field outlines supplied by Encom Petroleum Information Pty Ltd
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Gandara 1
Banambu 1
Plymouth 1
Carteret 1
0 25 km
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Andromeda 1
Norfolk
116°
19°
Existing petroleum exploration or development permit
Gas pipeline
Bathymetric contour (depth in metres)500
2007 release area
1. Location map of areas W07-16 and W07-17, Exmouth Plateau Carnarvon Basin.
2. Structural elements of the Northern Exmouth Plateau also showing the location of Figure3.
3. Composite regional seismic line 128/05 and 101R/10, Northern Exmouth Plateau.
4. Stratigraphy of the Northern Exmouth Plateau.
Current Exploration Opportunities in the Exmouth Plateau, Carnarvon Basin, Offshore AustraliaOpen for bids until 18 October 2007
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Windalia Radiolarite
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Mardie GreensandBirdrong Sst
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Figure 2. Structural elements of the Northern Exmouth Plateau (modified after Blevin et al., 1994b;Kufpec, 1995; Woodside, 1999).
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Figure 5. Composite regional seismic line 128-05 and 101R-10, Northern Exmouth Plateau.
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www.nwsda.com
NORTHERN EXMOUTH PLATEAU PETROLEUM PLAY ELEMENTS
Source Locker Shale Formation equivalents (Early Triassic) and Mungaroo Formation equivalents (Middle to Late Triassic).
Reservoir Brigadier Formation (Late Triassic to Early Jurassic), the Mungaroo Formation (Late Triassic) and Barrow Group (Early Cretaceous).
Seal Regional seals provided by Locker Shale (Early Triassic), Cossigny Member of the Mungaroo Formation (Middle Triassic) and Forestier Claystone and Muderong Shale (Early Cretaceous). Mungaroo Formation (Triassic) provides an intraformational seal.
Traps Tilted fault blocks, horsts, fault roll-over structures, drape anticlines and stratigraphic pinch-outs.
Infrastructure and Markets
Producing oil accumulations at Lambert, Hermes, Mutineer/Norfolk and Exeter lie no more than 10km to the east of Area W07-17. North Rankin/Perseus gas accumulation extends to within 10km of the southern edge of Area W07-17.
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