A review of petroleum exploration and prospects in the Perth Basin

Petroleum exploration carried out in the Perth Basin up to August

1975 has been reviewed to provide a current assessment of knowledge of the

basin and to determine the need for future exploration.

The Perth Basin is in the form of a half-graben which developed

as a result of movement along the major Darling-Urella fault system which

forms the eastern boundary of the basin. It contains very large thicknesses

of post-Cambrian sediments known to include source, reservoir and cap rocks

suitable for petroleum accumulation. The tectonic forces which have moulded

the basin have been predominantly tensional and faulting is prevalent

throughout the basin.

A considerable amount of petroleum exploration has been done both

onshore and offshore and some commercially exploited gas fields have been

discovered onshore in the northern part of the basin. The prospectivity

of the basin varies from area to area, but overall it is regarded as fair.

There is considerable scope for future exploration, particularly offshore

where the number of wells drilled is small considering the large area

involved.

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1978-01-01T00:00:00
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Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics

 Canberra
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Robertson, C.S.

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Nicholas, E.

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Townsend, D.G.

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1978/066

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2018-04-20T06:19:24
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