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Highlights - Release Areas W09-9, W09-10 and W09-11, Rankin Platform, Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

In this section

Overview

Bids Close - 3 December 2009

  • Surrounded by major oil and gas accumulations.
  • Active and successful exploration with established infrastructure.
  • Proven Triassic and Cretaceous plays in adjacent acreage.
  • Un-drilled 80 km2 Release Areas on the continental shelf and along the shelf break.
  • Special Notices apply, refer to Guidance Notes.
Quicklook - Rankin Platform

Rankin Platform Petroleum Play elements

Source

Triassic Mungaroo fluvio-deltaic coaly gas-prone source rock widespread, currently generating

Reservoir

Fluvio-deltaic sands, Triassic Mungaroo Formation; Early Cretaceous deltaic and shallow marine sands, Barrow Group

Seal

Regional seal of the Early Cretaceous Muderong Shale, intra-formational seals within the Triassic and Early Cretaceous deltaic sequences

Traps

Triassic fault block traps, drape anticlines, stratigraphic and structural/stratigraphic traps in the Early Cretaceous deltaic and transgressive marine sequences

Infrastructure and Markets

Nearby established oil and gas production, gas developments for export LNG and domestic gas supply.


Graticular Block Listing

Release Area W09-9, Rankin Platform, Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Map Sheet SE 50 (Rowley Shoals)

3258

Assessed to contain 1 full block


Release Area W09-10, Rankin Platform, Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Map Sheet SF 50 (Hamersley Range)

84

Assessed to contain 1 full block


Release Area W09-11, Rankin Platform, Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Map Sheet SF 50 (Hamersley Range)

584

Assessed to contain 1 full block


Graticular Block Map

Graticular Block Map - Rankin Platform
For convenience, geographical coordinates shown on this map are expressed in terms of the Geocentric Datum or Australia 1994 (GDA94). Permit areas are defined by the 5 minute graticular block system set out under Section 16 of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006; under Sections 20, 21 and 21A of the Act, the position of those blocks is determined by reference to the Australian Geodetic Datum (AGD66).
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