The Petroleum Systems of the Bonaparte Basin

The Cambrian to Recent Bonaparte Basin is located on the North-west shelf of Australia and extends 329,000 sq. km offshore and onshore. The region is an established hydrocarbon province with a number of commercial discoveries. New infrastructure is being constructed within the region, such as the Bayu-Undan LNG plant, with a number of giant gas accumulations yet to be developed. The area has remaining oil and gas potential, particularly in the Vulcan Sub-basin, Laminaria-Flamingo High and northern Sahul Platform areas, with additional discoveries likely within the next decade. The main exploration risk in the region is fault seal breach.


The Bonaparte Basin has seven petroleum systems based on geological and geochemical information. The systems are concentrated in the Jurassic, Permian and Carboniferous:

Jurassic

Elang-Elang (!): Sahul Syncline, Flamingo High

Plover-Plover (.): Malita Graben Sahul Platform

Vulcan-Plover (!): Vulcan Sub-basin

Permian

Hyland Bay-Hyland Bay (?): Kelp High

Hyland Bay-Keyling-Hyland Bay (.): Central Petrel Sub-basin

Permian-Hyland Bay (?): Londonderry High

Permo-Carboniferous

Milligans-Kuriyippi/Milligans (!): Southern Petrel Sub-basin

(!) : Known hydrocarbon-source correlation

(.) : Geochemical evidence for a hypothetical system

(?) : Lack of direct evidence for a speculative system

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