Organic geochemical data release for petroleum fluids of the Roc 1 and 2 wells, Bedout Sub-basin, Australia

Grosjean, Emmanuelle; Edwards, DS; Zhang, Hong; Jinadasa, N.; Sohn, J.; Buckler, T.; Abbott, Steve

doi:10.11636/record.2020.021

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“…1b). The methods and data have been reported in Grosjean et al (2019aGrosjean et al ( , 2019bGrosjean et al ( , 2019cGrosjean et al ( , 2020a. At the time of this study, fluids from the recently drilled Dorado wells were not yet available for analysis but will be included in further work.…”

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Geochemical evidence for a new Triassic petroleum system on the western margin of Australia

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The unexpected discovery of oil in Triassic sedimentary rocks of the Phoenix South 1 well on Australia’s North West Shelf (NWS) has catalysed exploration interest in pre-Jurassic plays in the region. Subsequent neighbouring wells Roc 1–2, Phoenix South 2–3 and Dorado 1–3 drilled between 2015 and 2019 penetrated gas and/or oil columns, with the Dorado field containing one of the largest oil resources found in Australia in three decades. This study aims to understand the source of the oils and gases of the greater Phoenix area, Bedout Sub-basin using a multiparameter geochemical approach. Isotopic analyses combined with biomarker data confirm that these fluids represent a new Triassic petroleum system on the NWS unrelated to the Lower Triassic Hovea Member petroleum system of the Perth Basin. The Bedout Sub-basin fluids were generated from source rocks deposited in paralic environments with mixed type II/III kerogen, with lagoonal organofacies exhibiting excellent liquids potential. The Roc 1–2 gases and the Phoenix South 1 oil are likely sourced proximally by Lower–Middle Triassic TR10–TR15 sequences. Loss of gas within the Phoenix South 1 fluid due to potential trap breach has resulted in the formation of in-place oil. These discoveries are testament to new hydrocarbon plays within the Lower–Middle Triassic succession on the NWS.

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