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Play mapping workflow – a practical example from the onshore Otway Basin, South Australia.
Published: 01 Nov 2024 Created: 09 May 2025 Revised: 09 May 2025
Author: Strong, P.; Cubitt, C.

The Otway Basin is one of the Mesozoic rift basins that span the southern coastline of Australia formed as a result of rifting between the Antarctic and Australian plates. The basin is a proven hydrocarbon province with discoveries and production...

The Otway Basin is one of the Mesozoic rift basins that span the southern coastline of Australia formed as a result of rifting between the Antarctic and Australian plates. The basin is a proven hydrocarbon province with discoveries and production both onshore and offshore. In 2023 the Department for Energy and Mining conducted an integrated geological, chemostratigraphic, geochemical and geophysical study to prepare a petroleum systems model of most of the onshore Otway Basin in South Australia. The model showed significant hydrocarbon generation in the Penola Trough as expected, but also for the first time it indicated that significant oil and gas may have been generated and expelled in the lightly explored Robe and Tantanoola Troughs.

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Record No mesac1242
Topic Geoscientific Information
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Document Type Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication
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Geological Province Otway Basin
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Stratigraphy Pretty Hill Formation
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    MESAJ098017-028_11_2024
    MESAJ098017-028_11_2024
    Language English
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    Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac1242
    Citation Strong, P.; Cubitt, C. 2024. Play mapping workflow – a practical example from the onshore Otway Basin, South Australia. Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication. Government of South Australia.
    https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac1242

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