regional geologyofthe carnarvon basin（区域geologyofthe卡那封盆地）（31页）.docVIP

Regional geology of the NORTHERN CARNARVON basin basin outline The Northern Carnarvon Basin is located predominantly offshore, covering an area of approximately 535,000?km2, in water depths of up to 4,500?m (Figure?1). As one of Australia’s most explored and prospective basins, the Northern Carnarvon Basin has ready access to established oil and gas production infrastructure (Figure?2). Oil and gas production areas are located in the Barrow (including Barrow, Thevenard and Varanus islands) and Dampier sub-basins. In the Damper Sub-basin, the most recent development to come to fruition is the Reindeer–Devil Creek Project which produced gas in December 2011. Gas is also produced from the northern Rankin Platform and oil from the northern Exmouth Sub-basin, where there are also plans to produce domestic gas from the Macedon discovery. LNG developments in progress include the Gorgon, Pluto, Scarborough and Wheatstone projects. Redevelopment and expansion projects are planned in several areas to extend the life of existing fields and production facilities, including the redevelopment of the North West Shelf Venture. A major LNG loading terminal and processing centre is located at Karratha. The Northern Carnarvon Basin is proximal to the major settlements of Port Hedland, Karratha, Dampier, Onslow, Exmouth and Carnarvon, and the North West Coastal Highway (Figure?1). The Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline and the Goldfields Gas Transmission Pipeline (Figure?2) provide a direct connection with the major domestic and industrial markets of southern Western Australia (Perth, Bunbury and the goldfields). The basin is also favourably located in relation to the main export markets in Southeast Asia and East Asia. The Northern Carnarvon Basin is the southernmost of the late Paleozoic to Cenozoic basins that underlie the northwestern continental margin of Australia (Bradshaw et al, 1988). The basin is bounded to the northeast by the Roebuck and offshore Canning basins, to t