Southern Bonaparte Basin Upper Permian to Lower Triassic Stratigraphic and Well Analysis

A 2022 study from the APPEA Journal provides enhanced stratigraphic control for the upper Permian to Lower Triassic sedimentary succession in the southern Bonaparte Basin, Australia. The dataset, sourced from the Australian Ocean Data Network, includes reinterpreted palynological and well data to address reservoir heterogeneity risks. It focuses on the Petrel Sub-basin and Londonderry High, informed by recent chronostratigraphic calibration.

Use Cases

• Modeling reservoir heterogeneity and effectiveness based on described post-drill well analyses.
• Correlating depositional environments and facies transitions using the updated stratigraphic scheme.
• Assessing exploration risks for gas plays based on the reviewed palynological and well sample data.
• Mapping the distribution of the Dombey, Tern, and Penguin formations across the study area.

Strengths

• Data is informed by recent improvements in chronostratigraphic calibration for the late Permian and Early Triassic.
• Analysis provides a better resolved and consistent stratigraphic scheme for the target interval.
• Study area includes the producing Blacktip gas field, offering a known reference point.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale ML tasks.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the specific sub-basins studied.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Re-interpretation and infill sampling of well data, review of available palynological data.

Time Range

Upper Permian to Lower Triassic geological period

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 05:50:54.173923; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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