PROPOSED ONSHORE PSC TIMORGAP Presentation
PROPOSED ONSHORE PSC TIMORGAP Presentation
PROPOSED ONSHORE PSC TIMORGAP Presentation
PRESENTATION
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OUTLINE
INTRODUCTION
REGIONAL GEOLOGY
STRATIGRAPHY
PETROLEUM SYSTEMS
Arafura/Money
Shoal Basins
Bonaparte
Basin
Browse Basin
155 Ma Australia
Continental margin 0 km 500
Aitutu Fm Babulu Fm
North Savu Sea Timor Island Timor Trough Northern Bonaparte Basin
Allochthon Banli-1 Flamingo High
Mola-1
Cretaceous - Neogene
Jurassic
Triassic
OCEANIC
CRUST Permian
CONTINENTAL CRUST
Mola-1
Timor Trough
EXPLORATION HISTORY
• FIRST DRILLED AT ALIAMBATA ( TOTAL DEPTH 100 M, FLOWED 37 BOPD, Source : Boutakoff (1967)
DRILLED IN 1911-1914).
• MATAI-1 IN SUAI AREA- (TOTAL DEPTH 621M, FLOWED 180 BOPD, DRILLED IN 1960 & 1961).
• COTA TACI-1 IN SUAI AREA ( TOTAL DEPTH 2800M, FLOWED 200 BOPD, DRILLED IN 1971).
PETROLEUM SYSTEMS: ONSHORE TIMOR-LESTE
PETROLEUM SYSTEMS: COMPARISON WITH SERAM
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PETROLEUM SYSTEM
Seram Production History
Seram First Oil field discovered in 1865 and first produced in 1897
by BPM from Bula field
Oseil Field :
* Cummulative 13,349,199 bbl
* Reserves 4.74 mmbbl
Timor-Leste (Source : http://www.ogj.com/articles/print/volume-96/issue-38/in-
this-issue/pipeline/complex-eastern-indonesia-poses-
exploration-challenges.html)
Lofin Field :
* GIIP : 3,070 Bcf
* Recoverable gas : 2,020.1 Bcf
Australia * Recoverable Condensate : 18.25 MMbbl
(Source : Report By Order of the Board CITIC Resources Holdings Limited
Kwok Peter Viem Chairman)
Source rock : The main potential source rock are believed to be Late Triassic-Jurassic restricted marine mixed carbonate and
clastic sequence.
Reservoir rock : For exploration in East Timor up to 1975, the primary reservoir target were lightly compacted sandstone within
the late Neogene post orogenic basins along the south coast, while the deeper drilling failed to establish reservoir sequences,
however Sani et al (1995) only described the Plover equivalent in Banli-1, indicating as shallow Marine siliciclastic facies.
Seal : the primary sealing horizon in Timor is middle Jurassic Shales of the Wailuli Formation which immediately succeeds the
main potential reservoir sequences of the Malita and Plover equivalent.
(Charlton, 2002b)
PETROLEUM SYSTEMS : ONSHORE TIMOR-LESTE
Aliambata well
Matai well
Source : The Petroleum Potential of East Timor, Tim Charlton- APPEA Journal
2002
SUMMARY & RECOMMENDATION
Summary
• ONSHORE AREA HAS AN ACTIVE PETROLEUM SYSTEM AND THE EARLIER DISCOVERIES IN
THE SOUTH COAST CAN BE COMMERCIALLY ATTRACTIVE DUE TO THE CURRENT INFRA-
STRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IN SUAI (SSB).
Recommendation
• REQUIRES HIGH QUALITY, HIGH RESOLUTION GRAVITY & MAGNETIC DATA TO IDENTIFY
REGIONAL STRUCTURES.