Officer Basin

The Officer Basin is an intracratonic sedimentary basin that covers roughly 320,000 km2 along the border between southern and western Australia.[1][2] Exploration for hydrocarbons in this basin has been sparse, but the geology has been examined for its potential as a hydrocarbon reservoir.[3][2] This basin's extensive depositional history, with sedimentary thicknesses exceeding 6 km and spanning roughly 350 Ma during the Neoproterozoic, make it an ideal candidate for hydrocarbon production.[1][3]

Along with other nearby sedimentary basins of similar age (Amadeus Basin, Georgina Basin), the Officer Basin is believed to have once been part of the hypothetical Centralian Superbasin which was fragmented during several episodes of tectonic activity.

  1. ^ a b Apak, S. N.; Ghori, K. a. R.; Carlsen, G. M.; Stevens, M. K. (2002). "Basin Development with Implications for Petroleum Trap Styles of the Neoprotorezoic Officer Basin, Western Australia": 913. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ a b McKirdy, David M.; Kantsler, Agu J.; Emmett, John K.; Aldridge, Alan K. (1984). "Hydrocarbon Genesis and Organic Facies in Cambrian Carbonates of the Eastern Officer Basin, South Australia". 30: 13–31. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ a b Ghori, K. a. R. (2002). "Modelling the Hydrocarbon Generative History of the Officer Basin, Western Australia". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)