Cooper Basin

Detailed Report
Petroleum Publications
Petroleum Geology of South Australia 
Cooper Basin Fact Sheet
C Horizon Depth Map (Big Blue) 9.6 MB PDF
P Horizon Depth Map 5.34 MB PDF
Z Horizon Depth Map 1.42 MB PDF
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Cooper Basin Gas & Oil Success Rates
Drilling & Seismic acquisition completed
so far in the new Cooper Basin PELs since 2001
Economics of gas gathering and processing
in the Cooper Basin

 

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Age

Late Carboniferous - Middle triassic
Area in South Australia 35 000 km2 (13 510 sq. miles)
Depth to target zones 1250 - 3670 m
Thickness 2500 m
Hydrocarbon shows

Widespread over 8 formations

First commercial discovery 1963 gas (Gidgealpa 2)
Production (12 months to December 2005) 67.09 PJ sales gas, 168 kt LPG, 263.08 ML condensate, 609.52 ML crude oil, 295.21 kt ethane (Cooper and Eromanga Basins)
Basin type Intracratonic
Depositional setting Non-marine
Reservoirs B Fluvial, deltaic, shoreface sandstones
Regional structure

Faulted anticlines

Seals Lacustrine shales, coal
Source rocks Carbonaceous shale, thick (up to 30 m) coal
Depth to oil/gas window 1250 m (oil)
Number of wells ~1800
Seismic line km 75 829 2D , 8 882 3D km2  


Current Acreage Releases
Geothermal Energy
Holders of Petroleum Tenements in South Australia (.PDF) 2.75 MB: Earth Resources Information Sheet P1 showing offshore tenements and latest acreage opportunities
Available acreage in South Australia (.PDF) 181KB

Previous Acreage Releases for Cooper and Eromanga Basins