Highlights - Release Area S09-7, Western Otway Basin, South Australia
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Bids Close - 29 April 2010
- Largely under-explored area.
- Located adjacent to a producing onshore gas province.
- Majority of Release Area in shallow water (<200 m).
- Bitumen strandings indicate access to oil prone petroleum sub-system.
- Access to existing onshore infrastructure and growing energy market.
- Special Notices apply, refer to Guidance Notes.
Western Offshore Otway Basin Petroleum Play elements
Source | Casterton Formation (Tithonian-Hauterivian) Basal shale, Pretty Hill Formation (Berriasian) Intra-Pretty Hill Formation (Valanginian-Hauterivian) Laira Formation (Hauterivian-Barremian) Eumeralla Formation (Aptian-Albian) Belfast Mudstone (Coniacian-Maastrichtian) |
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Reservoir | Pretty Hill Formation (Valanginian-Hauterivian) Copa Formation (Cenomanian) Waarre Formation (Turonian) Paaratte Formation, Timboon Sandstone (Campanian-Maastrichtian) |
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Seal | Intra-Eumeralla Formation (Aptian-Albian) Flaxman Formation (Turonian-Coniacian) Belfast Mudstone (Coniacian-Maastrichtian) |
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Traps | Faulted anticlines, tilted fault blocks that were modified by Miocene inversion |
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Infrastructure and Markets | Adjacent to onshore gas province. Access to growing energy market |
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Graticular Block Listing
Release Area S09-7, Western Otway Basin, South Australia
Map Sheet SJ 54 (Hamilton)
1532 | 1533 | 1534 | 1535 | 1536 | 1537 |
1538 | 1539 (part) | 1540 (part) | 1606 | 1607 | 1608 |
1609 | 1610 | 1611 | 1612 (part) | 1679 | 1680 |
1681 | 1682 | 1683 | 1684 (part) | 1685 (part) | 1686 (part) |
1753 | 1754 | 1755 | 1756 | 1757 | 1758 (part) |
1759 (part) | 1826 | 1827 | 1828 | 1829 | 1830 |
1831 (part) | 1832 (part) | 1833 (part) | 1834 (part) | 1835 (part) | 1836 (part) |
1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 |
1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 (part) | 1973 | 1974 |
1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 (part) |
2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 | 2051 (part) | 2052 (part) |
Assessed to contain 66 blocks (includes 48 full blocks and 18 part blocks)
Graticular Block Map