Publication Name: Australasian Exploration Geoscience Conference 2018
Authors: Johann Soares, Christopher Webb
Date Published: February 2018
Number of Pages: 8
Abstract:
The hydrocarbon play in the Patchawarra Formation lies within a Permian age, high latitude, fluvial sand and coal measure system that is up to 300m thick in the Cooper Basin of Central Australia. Fluvial channel belt sands, ranging from 1 to 20m thick, form a conventional reservoir. Seal and source play components are in the inter bedded overbank, silts, clays and coal seams. The low seismic reflectivity sands combined with the numerous, high seismic reflectivity coals makes standard seismic interpretation difficult. These factors combined with the thin, irregular geometry of the reservoir, make exploring for hydrocarbon traps challenging.