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Borissova, I. | Nelson, G.
Abstract
In 2008-09, under the Offshore Energy Security Program, Geoscience Australia (GA) acquired 800 km of 2D seismic (Southwest Margin seismic survey) along with regional gravity and magnetic data (Southwest Margin Marine Reconnaissance survey) in the southern Carnarvon Basin. Data acquisition targeted the western Bernier Platform, as well as the adjoining poorly explored deepwater (>500m) parts of the margin, where prominent gravity lows indicated likely southern extension of the Exmouth Sub-basin and northern extension of the Houtman Sub-basin. The 2011 Acreage Release areas in the frontier part of the southern Carnarvon Basin are about the same size as the combined Rankin Platform, Barrow and Dampier Sub-basins. Only two wells (Pendock 1A and Herdsman 1) have been drilled in and in close proximity to these Acreage Release areas, providing only limited information on stratigraphy and petroleum systems of the region. The newly acquired seismic and potential field data were used to evaluate structure, stratigraphy and petroleum potential of the area. Analysis of the seismic data resulted in better understanding of tectonic and depositional history, including the role of extensive Early Cretaceous volcanism. Sufficient sediment thickness and a wide-range of possible structural and stratigraphic plays have been identified in the 2011 Acreage Release areas.
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- External PublicationConference Paper
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- sedimentary basins
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- petroleum exploration
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- seismic sections
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- prospectivity
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- marine
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- Earth Sciences
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