Petroleum Plays of the Bowen and Surat basins

Alison Troup; Neal Longdon; Justin Gorton

doi:10.1071/ASEG2018abM3_1C

1st Australasian Exploration Geoscience Conference – Exploration Innovation Integration

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oa Petroleum Plays of the Bowen and Surat basins
Authors Alison Troup^a, Neal Longdon^b and Justin Gorton^c
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^a Geological Survey of Queensland, Level 3, 1 William Street, Brisbane, QLD, , 4000, [email protected] ^b Geological Survey of Queensland, Level 3, 1 William Street, Brisbane, QLD, , 4000, [email protected] ^c Geological Survey of Queensland, Level 3, 1 William Street, Brisbane, QLD, , 4000, [email protected]
Publisher: Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Source: ASEG Extended Abstracts, Volume 2018, Issue 1st Australasian Exploration Geoscience Conference – Exploration Innovation Integration, Dec 2018, p. 1 - 10
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1071/ASEG2018abM3_1C
- Published online: 01 Dec 2018

Abstract

The plays of the Bowen and Surat basins consist of conventional structural plays along major regional structures and depositional platforms, most of which have some stratigraphic component. These can be subdivided into three main regions: the eastern and western flanks of the Taroom Trough, and the Denison Trough. Coal seam gas is found in fairway zones within the Permian coals of the Bowen Basin, which can be subdivided into two main fairways: structurally associated plays in the southern Bowen Basin, and a tighter play in the northern Bowen Basin. Coal seam gas is also found along a broad fairway in the Walloon Coal Measures of the Surat Basin. Recent exploration for new targets has highlighted potential for tight gas in the deeper sections of the Bowen Basin, though further evaluation is required. More speculative plays within the region include tight gas within potential, but untested targets in the deeper sections of the Denison Trough.

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Keyword(s): Bowen Basin; petroleum; petroleum exploration; Queensland; Surat Basin

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