Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium V (EABS 2015)
Authors: Scott Keenan, Kevin Hill
Date Published: September 2015
Number of Pages: 10
Abstract:
The Mananda Anticline is one of the larger structures in the Papuan Fold Belt at 40 km long, 15 km wide and up to 2000m high (Figure 1.a). It is over 20 km from the nearest road and airstrip, is deeply karstified, covered in equatorial jungle and is regularly in the clouds. Despite its challenges, the structure has been the focus of hydrocarbon exploration for over 40 years. With a similar structural style and superior in size to the nearby Hides and Kutubu structures, the lure of hundreds of millions to billion barrel field size has attracted 7 exploration wells, over 250 km of extreme 2D seismic acquisition and several hundreds of kilometres of geological surveys. The future of the Mananda Anticline remains bright with 3 discoveries to date, further untested hangingwall fairway prospects and potentially large sub-thrust, footwall targets.