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Highlights - Release Areas W09-1, W09-2, W09-3, W09-4 and W09-5, Southern Browse Basin, Western Australia

In this section

Overview

Bids Close - 3 December 2009
Bids Close - 29 April 2010 for W09-3

  • Under-explored Release Areas; 5 wells test single play type.
  • Untested Permo-Triassic tilted fault blocks and Cretaceous onlap plays.
  • Thick Early-Middle Jurassic and Early Cretaceous section with source potential.
  • Widespread minor oil and gas shows, small gas accumulation on Leveque Shelf at Psepotus 1, and inferred gas column at Arquebus 1ST1.
  • Good seismic coverage, including multiple regional seismic grids and 3D seismic survey.
  • Water depths 800-2000 m in Release Areas W09-1 and W09-2, 50-800 m in Release Areas W09-3, W09-4 and W09-5.
  • Special Notices apply, refer to Guidance Notes.
Quicklook - Southern Browse Basin

Southern Browse Basin Petroleum Play elements

Source

Permian to Early Cretaceous: oil and gas.

Reservoir

Echuca Shoals Formation (Early Cretaceous), Vulcan Formation (Middle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous) and Plover Formation (Early to Middle Jurassic).

Seal

Echuca Shoals Formation (Early Cretaceous) and Vulcan Formation (Middle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous) regional seals.

Traps

Faulted anticlines, horsts/tilted fault blocks, drape anticlines and stratigraphic traps.

Infrastructure and Markets

Located adjacent to current offshore petroleum exploration permits WA-306-P, WA-378-P, WA-397-P and WA-423-P.

Graticular Block Listing

Release Area W09-1, Southern Browse Basin, Western Australia

Map Sheet SD 51 (Brunswick Bay)

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245524562457252125222523
252425252526252725282529
259325942595259625972598
259926002601266526662667
266826692670267126722673
273727382739274027412742
274327442745281428152816
28172886288728882889 

Assessed to contain 53 full blocks

Release Area W09-2, Southern Browse Basin, Western Australia

Map Sheet SD 51 (Brunswick Bay)

280928102811281228132881
288228832884288529532954
295529562957302530263027
302830293097309830993100
316931703171324132423243

Assessed to contain 30 full blocks

Release Area W09-3, Southern Browse Basin, Western Australia

Map Sheet SD 51 (Brunswick Bay)

324632473316331733183319
332033213322332333243325
338833893390339133923393
3394339533963397  


Map Sheet SE 51 (Broome)

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10111213  

Assessed to contain 32 full blocks

Release Area W09-4, Southern Browse Basin, Western Australia

Map Sheet SD 51 (Brunswick Bay)

296329642965296629672968
303530363037303830393040
310731083109311031113112
317931803181318231833184
325132523253325432553256
332633273328339833993400


Map Sheet SE 51 (Broome)

141516

Assessed to contain 39 full blocks

Release Area W09-5, Southern Browse Basin, Western Australia

Map Sheet SD 51 (Brunswick Bay)

275627572825282628272828
282928972898289929002901
296929702971297229733041
304230433044304531133114
311531163117318531863187
318831893257325832593260
326133293330333133323401
340234033404   

Map Sheet SE 51 (Broome)

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Assessed to contain 49 full blocks

Graticular Block Map

Graticular Block Map - Southern Browse Basin
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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