Southern Bonaparte Basin Upper Permian Stratigraphic Analysis and Well Data

The APPEA Journal 2022 paper presents a review of palynological data and re-interpretation of well data from the southern Bonaparte Basin. The work provides an updated stratigraphic scheme for the upper Permian to Lower Triassic sedimentary succession, which hosts gas accumulations like the Blacktip field. This analysis aims to address reservoir heterogeneity and exploration risks in the Petrel Sub-basin and Londonderry High.

Use Cases

• Modeling reservoir heterogeneity based on described lithofacies transitions from carbonate to siliciclastic formations.
• Calibrating chronostratigraphic frameworks using the reviewed palynological data and biostratigraphic schemes.
• Assessing exploration risk for gas plays based on the post-drill analysis of well data from the study area.

Strengths

• Analysis is informed by recent improvements in chronostratigraphic calibration of Australian biostratigraphic schemes.
• Focuses on a specific, economically significant region containing the producing Blacktip gas field.
• Provides a re-interpreted and up-to-date stratigraphic scheme for the target interval.

Limitations

• The core data (well logs, sample results) are not directly accessible, only the analysis in PDF/HTML format.
• Row count and column-level documentation for any underlying tabular data are unknown.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au, focusing solely on the southern Bonaparte Basin.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Post-drill analysis and re-interpretation of available well and palynological data.

Time Range

Covers the upper Permian to Lower Triassic geological period; analysis published in 2022.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 17:59:56.617128; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Southern Bonaparte Basin, specifically the Petrel Sub-basin and Londonderry High, Australia.