Preliminary Report on Total Organic Carbon & Potential Source Rocks in Cambrian Segment of the Amadeus Basin, OP175 and OP178 of the Northern Territory

Abstract

Good Potential hydrocarbon source rocks appear to be undeveloped in the Cambrian sequence of the Amadeus Basin. This preliminary study of wells drilled in the basin, based primarily on total organic carbon measurements of core and cuttings, has indicated that only marginal source facies exist in the eastern part of the basin during Early Cambrian time, and the northeastern region during later Middle and Late Cambrian time.