Western Australia Petroleum Acreage Release 2012

Blocks offered under the Western Australia Petroleum Acreage Release 2012.
Source: PetroView®

The release area in the Northern Carnarvon Basin is located in the highly prospective Barrow Sub-Basin, encompassing the Errol gas discovery made by Apache in 2001, within close proximity to existing production. The Amadeus Basin release area overlies a virtually unexplored area along the border of Western Australian and Northern Territory where preliminary assessment of the area has highlighted the possibility of a Neo-proterozoic sub-salt petroleum system. The release areas in the Officer Basin overlie regions where no significant hydrocarbon exploration has been undertaken in recent decades, highlighting how under explored the basin is for hydrocarbon resources. However, the most recent wells have intersected oil and gas shows within the Neo-proterozoic Buldya Group and the seismic shows evidence of halotectonic activity in the northern parts of the acreage. Finally, the Perth Basin release areas overlie a region where thick Lower Triassic source and seal are predominant, as well as source intervals within the Lower Jurassic. The basin has been moderately explored with several producing oil and gas fields within close proximity.

For further information, please contact the Department of Mines and Petroleum’s Petroleum Division or the Geological Survey of Western Australia.

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