Southern Bonaparte Basin Upper Permian Stratigraphic and Well Analysis

The southern Bonaparte Basin in Australia contains an upper Permian to Lower Triassic sedimentary succession. This dataset includes results from a post-drill analysis of wells, focusing on reservoir heterogeneity and stratigraphic calibration using palynological data. It was published by Owens et al. in 2022 and is hosted by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Use Cases

• Assessing reservoir effectiveness and heterogeneity risks based on post-drill well analysis
• Mapping depositional environments and lithofacies transitions using the updated stratigraphic scheme
• Calibrating chronostratigraphic timelines based on late Permian and Early Triassic biostratigraphic data
• Evaluating gas resource potential in the Petrel Sub-basin and Londonderry High regions

Strengths

• Analysis is informed by recent improvements in chronostratigraphic calibration for Australian biostratigraphic schemes
• Focuses on a known producing gas field (Blacktip, in production since 2009) and surrounding identified resources
• Integrates reinterpretation and infill sampling of well data with available palynological data

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Post-drill analysis and review of palynological data from wells, with re-interpretation and infill sampling.

Time Range

Late Permian to Early Triassic geological period

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 08:40:18.141632; freshness should be verified

Geography

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