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OFFICER BASIN
Links
Tenements (PDF; contains a link to the DMITRE website for the latest information)


Reports
The petroleum geology of South Australia, Volume 3: Officer Basin (Morton and Drexel, 1997; PDF)
Chapter 2 (Play types). The Roadmap for Unconventional Gas in South Australia 2012
http://www.pir.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/178346/Chapter_2.pdf
Exploration opportunities in the Officer Basin (Tingate and McKirdy, 2003; PDF)
Eastern Officer Basin: Structural framework (Rankin, 2003; PDF)
Deepwater architecture and outcrop analogues in the Flinders Ranges (Payenberg et al., 2005)

Publications (website, DMITRE)

Summary
Age Neoproterozoic (Adelaidean) middle Palaeozoic (Devonian).
Area in South Australia 176 000 km
2
(67 935 sq. miles).
Depth to target zones 2002000 m.
Thickness Up to 10 000 m.
Hydrocarbon shows Found in 4 formations, the majority in a playa carbonate in the
Marla Overthrust Zone.
First commercial discovery None.
Identified reserves Nil.
Undiscovered resources (50% prob.) 400 x 10
6
kL (2516 mmbbl) recoverable oil (DMITRE, formerly
PIRSA estimate 1997, Monte Carlo method).
Production Nil.
Basin type Intracratonic.
Depositional setting Marine shelf epeiric sea, sabkha alkaline playa.
Reservoirs Sandstone, carbonate.
Seals Shale, siltstone, evaporites.
Regional structure Foreland basin, thrust complexes (Adelaidean, Late Cambrian,
Devonian); salt walls, salt pillows.
Source rocks Siltstone, carbonate.
Depth to oil/gas window Variable, 1202000+ m (oil), shallowest in Marla Overthrust
Zone.
Number of wells 13 petroleum, 32 stratigraphic/deep mineral (>400m).
Seismic line km 13320 2D onshore, 509 2D offshore.
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Introduction
The Officer Basin represents one of the last remaining onshore frontier exploration areas where large
petroleum discoveries may still be made. It has close geological affinities with the productive Amadeus Basin
in the Northern Territory, and with basins in the former USSR and Oman, both of which host giant oil and gas
fields and have proven oil reserves in the order of billions of barrels. Numerous oil shows are known in the
Officer Basin from mineral and stratigraphic drillholes, although there has been little on-structure drilling for
petroleum targets. Excellent reservoir quality and source are proven. Evaporites and salt tectonics are
evident and may provide viable trapping and preservation mechanisms.

Structural setting
The Officer Basin spans 525 000 km
2
of central southern Australia from the Yilgarn Block in Western
Australia east to the Gawler Craton in South Australia (Figs 1, 2). It is an arcuate depression 500 km long
with six main depocentres containing flat to gently dipping Neoproterozoic and Palaeozoic sediments. About
one third of the total area, 176 000 km
2
, comprises the Officer Basin in South Australia. Officer Basin
sediments crop out in a linear belt south of the Musgrave Block, marking the northern limit of the basin.
Outcrop is sporadic elsewhere. To the south the basin is overlapped by up to 400 m of Cainozoic, Mesozoic
and locally, Permian strata. The eastern margin is ill defined.

The two major depocentres in South Australia, the Birksgate Sub-basin and Munyarai Trough, are separated
by a structural rise, and contain 510 km of sediment respectively. Subsidence began in the Neoproterozoic
(~820 Ma). A single drillhole in each depocentre indicates similar Neoproterozoic sections. A thin Devonian
section overlies the Ordovician in the Munyarai Trough, but much of this has been removed elsewhere by
Carboniferous erosion following the Alice Springs Orogeny.

Early Adelaidean units outcrop only in the north of the basin. Late Adelaidean sediments are thickest in the
north but extend south, becoming thinner and shallower on the Murnaroo and Nullarbor Platforms, which
continue southwards to the Great Australian Bight.

Northeast-trending thrust faults separate the Munyarai Trough from the Manya and Tallaringa troughs which
contain mainly Early Cambrian sediments. Thin, mainly Neoproterozoic strata extend across the Murnaroo
Platform.

During the early Neoproterozoic, the Officer was a component of the giant Centralian Superbasin. The two
main episodes of structuring occurred during the Late Devonian to Early Carboniferous (Alice Springs
Orogeny) and the terminal Proterozoic (Petermann Ranges Orogeny). Uplift and erosion also affected the
NE part of the basin during the Late Cambrian Delamerian Orogeny.

Exploration history
Petroleum exploration began in the 1960s, initially by Exoil, Conoco and Outback Oil. Seismic, aeromagnetic
and gravity surveys were carried out and seven stratigraphic and two exploration wells drilled. Minor
hydrocarbon shows were encountered in Denman 1 on the southern Murnaroo Platform. Sporadic
exploration was continued by the Mines and Energy department until 1979 when the Byilkaoora 1
stratigraphic well intersected significant oil bleeds in the Observatory Hill Formation. Stimulated by this
discovery, Comalco carried out extensive mineral and petroleum exploration from 198089, including over
2500 km of seismic (mainly weight-drop, Fig. 1), five exploration wells and 20 deep mineral holes. Drillholes
were extensively cored and most had wireline logs, though of poor quality.

Comalco exploration significantly improved understanding of the geology and petroleum potential of the NE
Officer Basin. Amoco briefly explored an adjacent area in the mid 1980s, acquiring 235 km of 2D Vibroseis
data and tying Munyarai 1 to Ungoolya 1. In 1993 AGSO recorded a 550 km transect (explosive source)
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across the Murnaroo Platform and Birksgate Sub-basin. In the same year, the Mines and Energy department
recorded 378 km of Vibroseis in the Marla area.

Hemley Exploration, operator of PELs 61 and 63 in the Marla Overthrust Zone, carried out a detailed
aeromagnetic investigation in 1998. This new aeromagnetic data was meshed in with previous aeromagnetic
and seismic data and interpreted by Leigh Rankin.

Canadian explorer Rodinia Oil Corp, through an affiliate, Officer Basin Energy Pty Ltd, was granted two
PELs in the Officer Basin in July 2007 after successfully concluding a conjunctive access agreement with the
traditional Aboriginal owners of Maralinga Tjarutja Lands (Officer Basin Energy became Rodinia Oil Corp. in
2008). The company recorded 985 line-km of seismic in late 2007 and early 2008 (Phase I seismic program),
then followed up with 526 line-km of exploration seismic in early 2009 (Phase II). Between November 2010
and June 2011 Rodinia acquired an additional 41 lines of seismic data totalling 2536 line km in PELs 81 and
253.

In June 2011 Rodinia spudded its first oil exploration well in PEL 253 (near the SA-WA border) and drilled to
a depth of ~2700m intersecting five prospective formations. Rodinia has stated that the well, Mulyawara 1,
confirmed the presence of excellent reservoir quality rocks in the Neoproterozoic succession and provided
evidence of a petroleum system. A second well, Kutjara 1, was also drilled in Q4 2011. Rodinia Oil Corp.
currently holds two PELs (PELs 81 and 253) and three PELAs (303, 351 and 445) in the Officer Basin.

PELA 139 (now PELs 499 and 500) was granted in April 2007 to Dawnpark Holdings Pty Ltd and Standard
Oil Pty Ltd. The companies were then operators of seven PELAs in the Officer Basin, and planned to
negotiate access with the traditional Aboriginal owners of Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara and
Maralinga Tjarutja lands in 200708. Ahava Energy Pty Ltd (Ahava) farmed in to the StandardDawnpark
licences in 2008 and commenced exploration in the Officer Basin with a 1300 line-km seismic program in
early 2009. Ahava acquired an additional 362 line-km of seismic data in late 2009 and drilled three
petroleum exploration wells (Welbourn Alpha 1 PEL 499, Trainor Echo 1 PEL 138 and Trainor Alpha 1
PEL 138) in 2010. In 2011 Ahava acquired a small seismic survey comprising 7 lines for a total 85 line km in
PEL 499 and in 2012 drilled a petroleum exploration well (Adi 1) near the southern boundary of PEL 143.

PELAs 147 and 148 were granted to Ahava in July 2011. Ahava (and subsidiary companies) now holds six
PELs (138, 143, 147, 148, 499, 500) and 11 PELAs in the Officer Basin.

Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy of the eastern Officer Basin and a rock-relation diagram linking the Birksgate Sub-basin,
Munyarai Trough and Murnaroo Platform are shown in Figures 3 and 4. Details of each unit are available in
reports cited below. The sediment packages of immediate interest are the Neoproterozoic (Willouran,
Marinoan) and Cambro-Ordovician.

Willouran
The oldest rocks in the cover sequence, the ~800 million year old Pindyin Sandstone and Alinya Formation
were deposited in the (present day) southern reaches of a saline supergiant basin that might have been up
to 2 000 000 km
2
in area. The section ranges from 200 m to at least 600 m thick. Outcrops are sparse;
Giles 1 and Watson Siding 1 are the only well intersections at present, but the formations are widespread on
seismic evidence. Correlated units in Western Australia are the Townsend Quartzite, Browne and Lefroy
beds; in the Amadeus Basin, Northern Territory, the Heavitree Quartzite and Bitter Springs Formation are
equivalents. Salt in the Alinya sabkha facies formed a major decollement for the propagation of thrust faults;
salt structures (swells, pillows and salt walls) occur on the NW margin of the Murnaroo Platform. The
aeolianfluvial Pindyin Sandstone has excellent reservoir potential and the sabkha facies of the Alinya
Formation contains gas-prone source rocks and seal potential.
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Marinoan
The Marinoan sedimentary sequences from the Tarlina to the Punkerri Sandstone (Fig. 3) record the
transition from fluviodeltaic to fully marine conditions in the Officer Basin between ~650 and 540 million years
ago. The sediments are widespread with most units being at least partially intersected by wells on the
Murnaroo Platform (Fig. 5). Munyarai 1 (Fig. 6) and Birksgate 1, the only deep wells in the major
depocentres where 5 km or more were deposited, have partly intersected these sequences. Formations of
the Ungoolya Group are dominated by muddy dolomitic siltstone with minor limestone in the Munyarai
Trough, whereas sandy sediment and limestone characterise the Birksgate Sub-basin.

A major canyon cutting event reflects early uplift on the Ammaroodinna Ridge. These movements, which
also affected the Adelaide Geosyncline to the east, were precursors of the transpressional Petermann
Ranges Orogeny. A shift in depocentres from the Munyarai Trough to the Birksgate Sub-basin resulted from
this uplift.

Cambrian
The Manya and Tallaringa troughs subsided after the Petermann Ranges Orogeny. Early Cambrian aeolian,
fluvial, salina and epeiric sea deposits of the Relief Sandstone and Ouldburra Formation accumulated in
these troughs and the adjacent hinterland. These sediments exceed 1100 m thickness in Manya 6 and have
been intersected primarily in mineral drillholes in the Marla Overthrust Zone in the eastern part of the basin.
Wilkinson 1 in the Tallaringa Trough reached total depth in the Relief Sandstone after intersecting more than
500 m of these sediments, including oil-prone source rocks in the Ouldburra Formation.

Similar, though thinner sections with petroliferous shale were drilled in Karari 1 and 2A, 65 km SW of
Wilkinson 1. The overlying Observatory Hill Formation rose to prominence in 1979 with the discovery in
Byilkaoora 1 stratigraphic well of oil generated in situ in alkaline playa lake carbonate. This formation hosts
the richest source rocks known in the Officer Basin. Fluvial, paralic and marine conditions are recorded in the
overlying formations which principally comprise arkosic sandstone and interbedded mudrock. Potential
reservoirs have been identified (see below).

Ordovician and Devonian
Ordovician and Devonian rocks locally exceed 1 km in thickness and were once probably up to 3 km thick.
The Ordovician is sandstone dominated while the Devonian, intersected only in Munyarai 1, is characterised
by freshwater lacustrine deposits (with fossil fish fragments) and evaporative redbeds. These rocks are
important indicators of a northward thickening sediment wedge which buried Cambrian strata to petroleum
generative depths. The Ordovician and Devonian are structurally concordant with the underlying rocks and
were deformed with them by the advancing thrust sheets that signalled the Alice Springs Orogeny. Excellent
potential reservoirs exist in the Ordovician Mt Chandler Sandstone, but unless structurally sealed beneath
hanging wall rocks, they are at risk from Permian erosion.

Source rocks
Oil shows (in the form of fluorescence, bleeds, stains and extracts) occur in six different formations and
belong to four genetically distinct oil families, implying the existence of multiple effective source rocks.

TOC values in the Alinya Formation from Giles 1 (six samples from 1238 to 1266 m) only reach 0.62%
(mean 0.36%) in the 35 m thick sabkha facies. Organic richness is poor to fair, kerogen is gas-prone and
maturation levels correspond to the oil generation window. Molecular biomarkers indicate eukaryotic algal
and bacterial sources. The same molecular fossil assemblage is found in oil extracted from the much
younger Murnaroo Formation and Relief Sandstone. MPI measurements suggest these oils are relatively late
expulsion products.

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The Dey-Dey Mudstone and Narana Formation (Fig. 3) have TOC values to 1.47% (87 samples, mean
0.28%). The highest values are from transgressive and late highstand systems tracts but sampling has been
random as shown by the low mean value. A marine source is inferred from sterane distributions similar to
those reported in oils from Oman and Siberia.

Shallow marine carbonates of the Ouldburra Formation have variable TOC values from 0.04 to 1.87%. The
richest potential source beds are thin (~1 m) but widespread and appear to be concentrated in sabkha and
highstand sediments. Kerogen is of poor quality and mature to overmature in the NE part of the basin, but
good quality Type II kerogen in the main oil generative window (VRcalc = 0.580.8%) occurs in Wilkinson 1
and Karari 2A in the Tallaringa Trough. The oil source is of algal origin. One sample from Manya 6 appears
to be stained by migrated hydrocarbons.

A quite distinct oil family occurs in the non-marine, alkaline playa lake sediments of the Observatory Hill
Formation. There are nine recorded occurrences of oil bleeds and oil stains in vugs and fractures from
depths as shallow as 200 m below surface. TOC values range from 0.5 to 1.4%, calculated vitrinite
reflectance (VR
calc
) places the Byilkaoora 1 intersection in the oil window (VRcalc = 0.91.0). The playa lake
facies (Parakeelya Alkali Member) extends for 200 km along the Manya Trough, reaching the surface at
Observatory Hill.

Reservoirs and seals
The Officer Basin contains a number of reservoirs with excellent porosity and permeability. These are
generally sandstones of fluvial or aeolian origin, and were originally feldspathic, but dissolution of the
feldspars has led to extensive secondary porosity development, in some cases with permeabilities over 8
darcys (8000 mD). Reservoir potential also exists in carbonates (vuggy porosity). Most of these reservoirs
have semi-regional seals.

Sandstone reservoirs are primary exploration targets due to their thickness and wide extent. Intra-Ouldburra
dolomite and Observatory Hill Formation chert are potential reservoirs and were intersected when Comalcos
exploration concentrated on evaporites in the Marla area. In the Munta area Comalcos search for petroleum
was centred chiefly on the Ungoolya Group siltstone which, it was hoped, had significant fracture porosity.
This did not eventuate. Only two Comalco wells (Giles 1, Ungoolya 1) targeted anticlinal closures. Current
interpretation suggests these wells were drilled off-structure. Conoco well Munyarai 1 drilled a large anticline
but failed to reach sealed Neoproterozoic reservoir sand. Summaries of the reservoir characteristics of each
formation are given below.

The clean, aeolian Pindyin Sandstone at the base of the section in Giles 1 (porosity 3.822.5%, mean
11.8%; permeability 0.041538 mD, mean 48 mD) is widespread, outcropping on the northern margin of the
Birksgate Sub-basin, and occurring at shallow depth on the southern Murnaroo Platform (~450 m in Watson
Siding 1a).

The alluvialtidal shallow marine Tarlina Sandstone disconformably overlies the Alinya Formation on the
Murnaroo Platform (porosity 9.019.6%, mean 15.9%; permeability 0.164.5 mD, mean 1.2 mD). It is arkosic
with a calculated shale volume of 525%.

The Murnaroo Formation was deposited in a lower alluvial plain to shoreface setting on the Murnaroo
Platform and east of the Manya Trough (porosity 1.218.8%, mean 14%; permeability 0.01213 mD, mean
20 mD). It is feldspathic, micaceous and locally glauconitic.

The Early Cambrian Relief Sandstone disconformably overlies the Proterozoic in the Manya Trough. Aeolian,
fluvial and tidal facies are related to cycles of relative sea-level change. Porosity is variable and related to
burial depths reached during the Alice Springs Orogeny. Footwall situations average 2.9%, hanging wall
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situations 6.7%. On the Murnaroo Platform porosity values average 16.4%, with permeability up to 8000 mD
resulting from dissolution of clay and carbonate cements.

Relief-type sandstones are interbedded with Ouldburra lowstand deposits (porosity 123%, permeability
0596 mD). Intercrystalline porosity and permeability of Ouldburra dolomites are greater (623%, 23
1640 mD) thus this unit has both source and reservoir potential.

The Cambrian Arcoeillinna and Trainor Hill sandstones extend through the Manya and Munyarai troughs and
onto the Murnaroo Platform. The Arcoeillinna is an immature, muddy micaceous arkose with poor to
excellent reservoir properties. Average porosity is high (13%) and permeability ranges from 0.1 to 1700 mD.

The Trainor Hill Sandstone is fine grained, usually quartzose, with average porosity of 15% and permeability
in the tens to hundred millidarcy range. Thickness of this sandstone is variable owing to Delamerian erosion.

The Ordovician Mt Chandler Sandstone (porosity 12.719.7%, permeability 0.26238 mD) is a clean
quartzose sandstone. Reservoir potential is good but due to its stratigraphic position the Mt Chandler risks
lack of seal resulting from Permian erosion. However, it presents an excellent footwall target in overthrust
zones.

Evaporites, which may act as very good seals, have been recorded at many horizons below the Middle
Cambrian including the Observatory Hill Formation, Ouldburra Formation, Mena Mudstone Member, Tanana
Formation, Dey Dey Mudstone, Meramangye Formation, Coominaree Dolomite and the Alinya Formation.
Evaporites of the Alinya Formation have been deformed diapirically across much of the NE of the basin.
However, to the SW of the Birksgate Coober Pedy Corridor (Fig. 2) there is evidence of stable evaporites
overlying sediments of high reflectivity.

Traps
Traps range from simple domes and faulted anticlines to salt swells, pillows and salt walls and drape over
basement horst blocks (Fig. 7). Stratigraphic traps are expected in the carbonates. Neoproterozoic thrust
zones were reactivated in the Late Devonian and provide trap opportunities close to the Musgrave Block
and on the northern margin of the Manya Trough. The largest fault complex strikes NESW almost 140 km,
with vertical displacements up to 2 km. Hanging wall anticlines are the principal targets.

A thick undrilled section of Torrensian to Willouran sediment SW of the Birksgate Coober Pedy Corridor is
considered very prospective along the NE edge of the Watson Ridge, where oil that migrated from the
Munyarai Trough may have been focused and left entrapped within large undisturbed drape structures over
basement-related horst blocks.

Undiscovered resources
An assessment of the undiscovered petroleum potential of the Officer Basin in South Australia is
summarised in Table 1 and Figure 8.

The average estimate of the potential plays is ~400 x 10
6
kL (~2516 mmbbl) of recoverable oil. These
estimates may appear to be large in comparison to other, geologically younger, Australian petroleum basins,
but are comparable to ProterozoicCambrian analogues elsewhere in the world. The LenaTunguska
province in the Siberian Platform has a predicted potential of 318 x 10
6
kL (2000 mmbbl) of oil and gas
liquids and 2417 x 10
6
m
3
(85.8 bcf) of gas; the Moscow Basin has a potential of 2353 x 10
6
kL (14 800
mmbbl) of gas liquids. Proterozoic sediments are a very significant source for the prolific oil and gas fields of
the Persian Gulf area; the proven oil reserves in Oman alone are 795 x 10
6
kL (5000 mmbbl).

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Table 1 Undiscovered recoverable oil resources of the Officer Basin (South Australia)
PLAY
UNDISCOVERED POTENTIAL 10
6
kL (mmbbl)
Probability that the ultimate potential will exceed the stated value:
90% 50% 10%
Arcoeillinna Sandstone 3.3 (21) 10.8 (68) 27.8 (175)
Ouldburra Formation 29.4 (185) 85.1 (535) 209.9 (1320)
Relief Sandstone 6.3 (40) 30.3 (191) 95.0 (598)
Murnaroo Formation 21.7 (137) 69.1 (435) 210.4 (1323)
Tarlina Sandstone 18.6 (117) 63.7 (401) 186.1 (1171)
Pindyin Sandstone 18.0 (113) 62.6 (394) 172.9 (1088)

Current projects
There are no current projects in the Officer Basin.

Exploration access
A number of National Parks and Wildlife reserves are fully or partly located within the boundaries of the
Officer Basin (Fig. 9). Exploration is permitted in all except the Mamungari Conservation Park and part of the
Nullarbor National Park.

The Officer Basin underlies Maralinga Tjarutja and Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) lands and
Yalata Aboriginal Reserve (Fig. 9). Traditional Aboriginal owners of both APY and Maralinga Tjarutja lands have
expressed willingness to allow further petroleum exploration on their lands.

Entry to the Woomera Prohibited Area (Fig. 9), main roads excepted, must be cleared with the Director,
Woomera Test Facility, located at the RAAF Base in Edinburgh, South Australia. Operators proposing to
conduct activities within the prohibited area are required to liaise with the Director, Woomera Test Facility,
and the Defence Legal Service to determine appropriate levels of insurance and indemnities to the
Commonwealth. Some areas of the Woomera Prohibited Area (WPA) may be subject to access restrictions.

Follow this link for information on accessing the former British atomic test sites at Maralinga and Emu.

A petroleum exploration or production licence could be acquired over the Mintabie Precious Stones Field
(Fig. 9). However, the number of open cut mines could make access for petroleum exploration hazardous.

Licence status
Figure 10 shows the licence status at the time of publication. Use this link for further information on
holders of petroleum tenements in South Australia.

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Key references
Amoco Australia Petroleum Co., 1987. PEL 29, Officer Basin. Reports for the period 1/11/85 to 31/10/87.
South Australia. Department of Primary Industries and Resources. Open file Envelope, 6843 (unpublished).

Boult P.J. and Rankin L., 2004. Eastern Officer Basin new play sleeping giant? In: Boult, P.J., Johns,
D.R. and Lang, S.C. (Eds), PESAs Eastern Australasian Basin Symposium II, Adelaide 2004. Petroleum
Exploration Society of Australia. Special Publication, pp. 231-242.

Brewer, A.M., Dunster, J.N., Gatehouse, C.G., Henry, R.L. and Weste, G., 1987. A revision of the
stratigraphy of the eastern Officer Basin. South Australia. Geological Survey. Quarterly Geological Notes,
102.

Gravestock, D.I. and Hibburt, J.E., 1991. Sequence stratigraphy of the eastern Officer and Arrowie basins: a
framework for Cambrian oil search. APEA Journal, 31:177-190.

Grey, K., 1998. Ediacarian acritarch biozonation in Australia. In: Inaugural Sprigg Symposium, Adelaide,
1998. Geological Society of Australia. Abstracts, 51:22-23.

Hoskins, D. and Lemon, N.M., 1995. Tectonic development of the eastern Officer Basin, central Australia.
Exploration Geophysics, 26:395-402.
Kamali, M.R., 1995. Sedimentology and petroleum geochemistry of the Ouldburra Formation, eastern Officer
Basin, Australia. University of Adelaide. National Centre for Petroleum Geology and Geophysics. PhD thesis.
South Australia. Department of Primary Industries and Resources. Open file Envelope, 8591 (unpublished).

Kamali, M.R., Apak, S.N. and Lemon, N.M., 1995. Porosity generation and reservoir potential of the
Ouldburra Formation in the Officer Basin, South Australia. APEA Journal, 35:106-120.

Lindsay, J.F. (Ed.), 1995. Geological atlas of the Officer Basin, South Australia. Australian Geological Survey
Organisation and Department of Mines and Energy, South Australia.

McKirdy, D.M., 1993. Oil shows and source rocks of the eastern Officer Basin a review. In: Alexander,
E.M. and Gravestock, D.I. (Eds), Central Australian Basins Workshop, Alice Springs, 1314 September
1993. Program and Abstracts, pp. 68-70.

Michaelsen, B.H., Kamali, M.R. and McKirdy, D.M., 1995. Unexpected molecular fossils from Early Cambrian
carbonates. Proceedings of the 1995 Organic Geochemistry Conference. The University of Adelaide, p. 46.

Morton, J.G.G. and Drexel, J.F. (Eds), 1997. The petroleum geology of South Australia. Vol. 3: Officer Basin.
South Australia. Department of Primary Industries and Resources. Petroleum Geology of South Australia
Series, Vol. 3.

Payenberg, T.H.D., Lang, S., Deller, K., Ceglar, N. Reilly, M.R.W., Cotton, T and Krapf, C.B.E, 2005.
Reducing critical uncertainties for deepwater stratigraphic architecture in the Officer Basin the significance
of outcrop analogues in the Flinders Ranges. University of Adelaide. Australian School of Petroleum.
Reservoir Analogues Research Group. Unpublished Report, ASP-RARG-2005-01.

Rankin, L., 2003. Eastern Officer Basin: Structural framework from geophysical data. South Australia.
Department of Primary Industries and Resources. Report Book, 2003/32.

Sukanta, U., Thomas, B., von der Borch, C.C. and Gatehouse, C.G., 1991. Sequence stratigraphic studies
and canyon formation, South Australia. PESA Journal, 19:68-73.
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Thomas, B., 1990. Summary of seismic interpretation in the eastern Officer Basin. South Australia.
Department of Mines and Energy. Report Book, 90/58.

Tingate, P.R. and McKirdy, D.M., 2003. Exploration opportunities in the Officer Basin, South Australia.
Revised edn. South Australia. Department of Primary Industries and Resources. Report Book, 2003/1.

Zang, W., 1995. Early Neoproterozoic sequence stratigraphy and acritarch biostratigraphy, eastern Officer
Basin, South Australia. Precambrian Research, 74:119-175.

Zang, W. and McKirdy, D.M., 1994. Microfossils and molecular fossils from the Neoproterozoic Alinya
Formation a possible new source rock in the eastern Officer Basin. PESA Journal, 22:89-90.

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FIGURES
1. Officer Basin, South Australia. Wells and seismic lines. (204344-054)
2. Officer Basin, South Australia. Structural framework superimposed on a reduced to pole first derivative
magnetic image. (204344-055)
3. Geological summary of the Officer Basin. (204344-056)
4. Schematic rock relation diagram of the Officer Basin. (204344-057)
5. Regional seismic section of the Officer Basin: Watson Ridge to Munyarai Trough. Line of section is
located in Figure 2. (204344-058)
6. Regional seismic section of the Officer Basin: Munyarai 1 to Giles 1. Line of section is located in
Figure 2. (204344-059)
7. Base Cambrian with seismic image showing multiple thrusts and salt tectonics associated with the
transpressive Middle Bore Ridge. (204344-060)
8. Prospectivity of the Officer Basin: (a) Pindyin Formation, Tarlina Sandstone and Murnaroo Formation;
(b) Relief Sandstone; (c) Ouldburra Formation; (d) Arcoeillinna Sandstone. (204344-061)
9. Officer Basin, South Australia. Reserved land and geomorphology. (204344-062)
10. Officer Basin, South Australia. Petroleum tenements. (204344-063)

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Yumbarra (CP)
Great Australian Bight Marine
Wahgunyah (CP)
Hambidge (WA)
Pinkawillinie (CP)
Lake Newland (CP)
Venus Bay (CP)
Point Labatt (CP)
Officer Basin
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Trainor Echo 1
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Cootanoorina 1
Marla 1
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EOB 1
Emu 1
Cur 1
Nuba 1
Arck 1
Reid 1,1A
Cook 1
Munta 1
Manya 1,3
Rodda 2
Giles 1
Lairu 1
Maglia 1
Albany 1,1A
Ooldea 1
Hughes 1
Denman 1
Karari 1
Apollo 1
Wallira 1
Kutjara 1
Officer 1
Coongra 1
Lambina 1
Karlaya 1
Karkaro 1
Arkeeta 1
Yardinna 1
Toondina 1
Ungoolya 1
Murnaroo 1
Munyarai 1
Mallabie 1
Dalmatia 1
Wilkinson 1
Todmorden 1
Mulyawara 1
Nicholson 1,1A
Birksgate 1
Mount Bray 1
Oodnadatta 1
Muddy Tank 1
Meramangye 1
Birribiana 1
Howard Hill 1
Wallira West 1
Mount Furner 1
Mount Crispe 1
Stuart Range 3
Denman North 1
Trainor Alpha 1
Wilkinson Lakes 2
Observatory Hill 1
Mount Willoughby 1
Mount Hammersley 1
Comalco Coalhole 1
Lake Maurice West 1
Lake Maurice East 1
Watson Siding South 1
5
2
4
3
14
18
Cur 1
EOB 1
Dalmatia 1
Mount Crispe 1
Mount Hammersley 1
Lake Everard
Lake Harris
Nullarbor (RR)
Yellabinna (RR)
Tallaringa (CP)
Yumbarra (CP)
Pureba (CP)
Nullarbor (NP)
Lake Gairdner (NP)
Gawler Ranges (NP)
Boondina (CP)
Pinkawillinie (CP)
Kulliparu (CP)
Chadinga (CP) Wahgunyah (CP)
Acraman Creek (CP)
1350'E
1350'E
1340'E
1340'E
1330'E
1330'E
1320'E
1320'E
1310'E
1310'E
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WELLS and
SEISMIC LINES
Officer Basin
South Australia
MC/ Zono 53
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NORTHERN TERRITORY
Great Australian Bight
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
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Nuba 1
Reid 1
Cook 1
Munta 1
Manya 5
Manya 4
Manya 3
Manya 2
Rodda 2
Reid 1A
Giles 1
Marla 7
Marla 3
Lairu 1
Ooldea 1
Denman 1
Marla 1B Marla 1A
Hughes 3
Hughes 2
Hughes 1
Karari 2
Wallira 2
Wallira 1
Officer 1
Coongra 1
Lambina 1
Karlaya 1
Karkaro 1
Arkeeta 1
Ungoolya 1
Murnaroo 1
Munyarai 1
Mallabie 1
Coongra 1A
Wilkinson 1
Todmorden 2
Nicholson 2
Birksgate 1
Mount Bray 1
Muddy Tank 1
Meramangye 1
Howard Hill 1
Wallira West 1
Trainor Echo 1
Mount Furner 1
Stuart Range 3
Trainor Alpha 1
Comalco Uphole 9
Comalco Uphole 7
Comalco Uphole 5 Comalco Uphole 4
Comalco Uphole 3
Wilkinson Lakes 2
Comalco Uphole 10
Mount Willoughby 2
Comalco Coalhole 7
Comalco Coalhole 6
Lake Maurice East 1
Watson Siding South 1
Lake Phillipson Bore 1
Lake Everard
Lake Harris
1340'E
1340'E
1330'E
1330'E
1320'E
1320'E
1310'E
1310'E
1300'E
1300'E
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DMITRE 204344-055
STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORK
Officer Basin
South Australia
MGA Zone 52
Figure 2
0 25 50 75 100 km
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ADELAIDE
Tarcoola
W
E
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R
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R
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MUSGRAVE PROVINCE
GAWLER
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Marla
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Great Australian Bight
Petroleum wells
!( Dry hole
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Fault line
Superimposed on a reduced to pole
first vertical derivative magnetic image
GENERAL
LITHOLOGY
AGE ROCK UNIT
EARLY
CRETACEOUS
E
R
O
M
A
N
G
A
B
A
S
I
N
A
R
C
K
A
R
I
N
G
A
B
A
S
I
N
Bulldog Shale
Stuart Range Formation
Boorthanna Formation
CONTINENTAL
UPLIFT
RODINGAN
EVENT
DELAMERIAN
OROGENY
PETERMANN
RANGES
OROGENY
HST
HST
HST
HST
HST
HST
MFS or HST
?HST
MFS
HST
MFS or HST
HST
IVF & TST
HST
HST
HST
TST
TST
LS
MFS
MFS
TST
LST
LST
TST
HST
TST
TST
TST
TST
TST
TST
LST
?TST
TST
TST
TST
LST
LST
LST
LST
LST
LST
GLACIO-
GENIC
UPLIFT
DMITRE 204344-056
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C1
C2
C3
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J-K
C1.1
C2.1
C2.2
J-K.1
J-K.2
C1.2
C1.3
E.4
E.3
E.2
E.1
W
ALICE
SPRINGS
OROGENY
Cadna-owie Formation
Algebuckina Sandstone
Mt Toondina
Formation
TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
Late
Late
Early
Early to
Middle
PERMIAN
CARBONIFEROUS
TECTONIC
EVENTS
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260
270
280
290
355
205
95
Figure 3 Geological summary of the Officer Basin.
V V
V
V
V
V
V V
V V
Ouldburra
Formation
Munyarai
Fm
Oolarinna Mbr
Moyles Chert
Marker Bed
Wilari
Dol
Mbr
Narana Fm
U
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G
O
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Dey Dey Mudstone
Karlaya Limestone
Relief
Sandstone
Tanana Formation
Punkerri
Sst
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Indulkana Shale
Trainor Hill Sandstone
Arcoeillinna Sandstone
Observatory
Hill Fm.
Murnaroo Formation
Meramangye
Formation
Pindyin Sandstone
Coominaree Dolomite
Wantapella Volcanics
Tarlina Sandstone
Alinya Formation
Mt Chandler Sandstone
Apamurra Fm
Blue Hills Sandstone
Mimili Fm
Byilkaoora
Member
Mt Johns Conglomerate Member
Walla-
tinna
Mbr
Para-
keelya
Alkaki
Member
Cadlareena
Volcanics
Kulyong
Formation
Cadney Park Mbr
Chambers Bluff Tillite
Late
Early
Late
Late
Middle
Early
Early and
Middle
Early and
Middle
Late and
Middle
DEVONIAN
MARINOAN
STURTIAN
TORRENSIAN-
WILLOURAN
SILURIAN
ORDOVICIAN
CAMBRIAN
360
375
417
435
443
445
450
455
505
507
510
516
518
520
524
536
545
560
570
575
585
590
600
615
640
650
700
720
760
780
800
820
522
457
495
428
Mena
Munta Lst Mbr
Mdst Mbr
Glaciogenic uplift
Alice Springs
Orogeny
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Delamerian Orogeny
Petermann Ranges Orogeny
Oil show Oil source rock Reservoir Seal Evaporite
Average Thickness (55m)
(39.54m)
(20.37m)
(68.11m)
(53.64m)
(50.17m)
(149m)
(174.5m)
(13.67m)
(244m)
(271.24m)
(52.66m)
(96.34m)
(141.17m)
(130m)
(434.9m)
(207.17m)
(448m)
(343.83m)
(37.8m)
(47m)
(148.13m)
(231.75m)
(195m)
(241.52m)
(79.5m)
(56m)
(110m)
(92.4m)
YOWALGA SUB-BASIN
YILGARN
CRATON
WAIGEN-BIRKSGATE
SUB-BASINS
MUNYARAI
TROUGH
MANYA
TROUGH
GAWLER
COOMPANA
CRATON
BLOCK
204344-057
West East
ALINYA
FORMATION
BABBAGOOOLA BEDS
WIRRILDAR BEDS
TRAINOR HILL SST
OULD
OH-APAMURRA
FM
TRAINOR HILL SST
OBSERVATORY HILL - APAMURRA FORMATIONS
OULDBURRA
FM
OULDBURRA
FM
TARLINA
SST
Salt
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BLUFF TILLITE
CADLAREENA VOLCS.
COOMINAREE DOL.
UPP R E UNGOO
LYA
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LOWER UNGOOLYA GROUP
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NAROO
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ANGYE FORMATIO
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AND TONE
WRIGHT
HILL
BEDS
PUNKERRI
SANDSTONE
LUPTON - TURKEY HILL BEDS
LEFROY - BROWNE BEDS
TOWNSEND
QUARTZITE
TABLE HILL - KULYONG VOLCANICS
FRA
E S
R-MUSGRAVE OROGEN
PETERMANN
EROSION
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Figure 4 Schematic rock relation diagram of the Officer Basin.
DMITRE 204344-058
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East West
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Tanana Formation
Basement Basement
Near top Alinya
Formation
Near base Cambrian Near base Cambrian
Near top Dey Dey Mdst Near top Dey Dey Mdst
Near top Alinya
Formation
Roof anticlines
Canyoning events
associated with
the Narana Formation,
and salt tectonics
Salt withdrawal
collapse structures
Salt movement Salt movement
Hydrocarbon
charged sands?
Stable salt?
Torrensian/ Willouran?
>870m
Munta soft wall
Nr top Trainer Hill SST Nr top Trainer Hill SST
Tanana Formation
Figure 5 Regional seismic section of the Officer Basin: Watson Ridge to Munyarai Trough. Line of section is located in Figure 2.
Munta 1 Giles 1 Karlaya 1 Ungoolya 1
Lairu 1
Munyarai 1
North South
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Near top
Trainer Hill
SST
Near top Alinya Formation
Near top Dey Dey Mdst
Base Observatory Hill Fm.
DMITRE 204344-059
Canyoning events
associated with the
Narana Fm. and salt
tectonics
Munta salt wall
Salt
withdrawal
collapse
structures
Basement Basement
Near top
Trainer Hill
SST
Base Observatory Hill Fm.
Relief SST Relief SST
Tanana Fm. Tanana Fm.
Near top Dey Dey Mdst
Near top Alinya Formation
Near top
Acroeillinna
SST
Near top
Acroeillinna
SST
Figure 6 Regional seismic section of the Officer Basin: Munyarai 1 to Giles 1. Line of section is located in Figure 2.
DMITRE 204344-060
Figure 7 Base Cambrian with seismic image showing multiple thrusts and salt tectonics associated with the transpressive
Middle Bore Ridge
Nicholson 1A
Marla
Nicholson 2
6
Marla 8
Marla 4
Marla 3
Marla 10
Byilkaoora 3
Marla 2
Marla 5
Mount Willoughby 1
Mount Willoughby 2
Marla 7
Manya 6
Manya 5
Midelle Bore 1
Figure 8 Prospectivity of the Officer Basin: (a) Pindyin Formation, Tarlina Sandstone and
Murnaroo Formation; (b) Relief Sandstone; (c) Ouldburra Formation; (d) Arcoeillinna Sandstone.
GREAT AUSTRALIAN BIGHT
MUSGRAVE PROVINCE
GAWLER CRATON
No exploration
access
W
A
Overmature
source
Overmature
source
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source
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W
A

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ARCKARINGA
BASIN
Coober Pedy
97-0168 MESA
Minimum prospective area
Maximum prospective area
Drillhole
132 129
Marla
30
28
COOMPANA
BLOCK
KILOMETRES
0 100
GREAT AUSTRALIAN BIGHT
MUSGRAVE PROVINCE
GAWLER CRATON
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BASIN
Coober Pedy
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Minimum prospective area
Maximum prospective area
Drillhole
132 129
Marla
30
28
KILOMETRES
0 100
COOMPANA
BLOCK
GREAT AUSTRALIAN BIGHT
MUSGRAVE PROVINCE
GAWLER CRATON
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ARCKARINGA
BASIN
Coober Pedy
204344-061
Minimum prospective area
Maximum prospective area
Drillhole
132 129
Marla
30
28
KILOMETRES
0 100
COOMPANA
BLOCK
(a)
GREAT AUSTRALIAN BIGHT
MUSGRAVE PROVINCE
GAWLER CRATON
N
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BASIN
Coober Pedy
97-0170 MESA
Minimum prospective area
Maximum prospective area
Drillhole
132 129
Marla
30
28
KILOMETRES
0 100
COOMPANA
BLOCK
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Lock
Eucla
Marla
Ceduna
Wudinna
Tarcoola
Mintabie
Kyancutta
Glendambo
Maralinga
Oodnadatta
Streaky Bay
Coober Pedy
Mamungari (CP)
Yellabinna (WA)
Nullarbor (NP)
Yumbarra (CP)
Great Australian Bight Marine
Wahgunyah (CP)
Hambidge (WA)
Pinkawillinie (CP)
Lake Newland (CP)
Venus Bay (CP)
Darke Range (CP)
Point Labatt (CP)
Officer Basin
Maralinga
Commonwealth
Land
Woomera Prohibited Area
Koonibba Aboriginal Community
Murat Bay
Oodnadatta
Streaky Bay
Fowlers Bay
Nunjikompita
Mamungari Conservation Park
Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands
Maralinga Tjarutja Lands
Yalata Aboriginal Reserve
Coober Pedy
Lambina
exclusion
zone
Lake Everard
Lake Harris
1350'E
1350'E
1340'E
1340'E
1330'E
1330'E
1320'E
1320'E
1310'E
1310'E
1300'E
1300'E
1290'E
1290'E
2
6

0
'S2
6

0
'S
2
7

0
'S2
7

0
'S
2
8

0
'S
2
8

0
'S
2
9

0
'S
2
9

0
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3
0

0
'S
3
0

0
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3
1

0
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3
1

0
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3
2

0
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3
2

0
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3
3

0
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DMITRE 204344-062
RESERVED LAND and
GEOMORPHOLOGY
Officer Basin
South Australia
MGA Zone 53
Figure 9
0 25 50 75 100 km
"
"
ADELAIDE
Tarcoola
W
E
S
T
E
R
N

A
U
S
T
R
A
L
I
A
Petroleum wells
Dry hole with oil shows
Dry hole
:
Proposed or currently drilling
Areas with no petroleum access
Park or Reserve
Marine Mammal
Protection Zone
Great Australian Bight
Whale Sanctuary
Great Australian
Bight Marine
Precious stones field
NORTHERN TERRITORY
Great Australian Bight
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Geomorphology
Continental dunefield
Limestone plain
Ridges/Ranges
Sandplain with dunes
Sandplain
Areas with petroleum access
Aboriginal Lands
Park or Reserve
Benthic Protection Zone
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
AUSTRALIAN
RAILW
AY
TRANS
T
A
R
C
O
O
L
A

A
L
I
C
E

S
P
R
I
N
G
S

R
A
I
L
W
A
Y
H
I
G
H
W
A
Y
S
T
U
A
R
T
H
I
G
H
W
A
Y
EYRE
Denman
Basin
E
r
i
n
g
a

T
r
o
u
g
h
Bight Basin
Pedirka
Basin
Arckaringa Basin
Warburton
Basin
Eromanga
Basin
Emu
Eucla
Marla
Ceduna
Wudinna
Tarcoola
Mintabie
Kyancutta
Glendambo
Maralinga
Oodnadatta
Streaky Bay
Coober Pedy
Mamungari (CP)
Yellabinna (WA)
Nullarbor (NP)
Yumbarra (CP)
Great Australian Bight Marine
Wahgunyah (CP)
Hambidge (WA)
Pinkawillinie (CP)
Lake Newland (CP)
Venus Bay (CP)
Point Labatt (CP)
Officer Basin
586
585
587
580
584
581
583
582
579
577
578
576
142
141
332
333
519
351
517
520
140
529
604
530
77
518
159
303
511
518
521
485
445
447
604
521
521
517
580
334
609
550
555
589
595
554
593
533
594
548
591
590
551
537
539
534
592
535
556
540
598
588
543
542
541
544
545
597
546
596
552
547
599
532
536
538
600
553
549
538
549
549
532
Lake Everard
Lake Harris
Nullarbor (RR)
Yellabinna (RR)
Tallaringa (CP)
Yumbarra (CP)
Pureba (CP)
Nullarbor (NP)
Lake Gairdner (NP)
Gawler Ranges (NP)
Boondina (CP)
Pinkawillinie (CP)
Kulliparu (CP)
Chadinga (CP) Wahgunyah (CP)
Acraman Creek (CP)
1350'E
1350'E
1340'E
1340'E
1330'E
1330'E
1320'E
1320'E
1310'E
1310'E
1300'E
1300'E
1290'E
1290'E
2
6

0
'S2
6

0
'S
2
7

0
'S2
7

0
'S
2
8

0
'S
2
8

0
'S
2
9

0
'S
2
9

0
'S
3
0

0
'S
3
0

0
'S
3
1

0
'S
3
1

0
'S
3
2

0
'S
3
2

0
'S
3
3

0
'S
DMITRE 204344-063
PETROLEUM TENEMENTS
Officer Basin
South Australia
MGA Zone 53
Figure 10
0 25 50 75 100 km
Petroleum tenements
Petroleum exploration
licence application (PELA)
Petroleum exploration
licence (PEL)
Gas storage exploration
licence application (GSELA)
Gas storage exploration
licence (GSEL)
"
"
ADELAIDE
Tarcoola
W
E
S
T
E
R
N

A
U
S
T
R
A
L
I
A
Areas with petroleum access
Park or Reserve
Benthic Protection Zone
Areas with no petroleum access
Park or Reserve
Marine Mammal
Protection Zone
Great Australian Bight
Whale Sanctuary
Great Australian
Bight Marine
NORTHERN TERRITORY
Great Australian Bight
SOUTH AUSTRALIA